[aclug-L] Re: silent quake

[Jonathan Hall <jonhall@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I believe you can give it a -nosound option, or something to that effect.

Check the docs--I know when I first played quake I had no soundcard, either,
and found the answer in the docs or a FAQ (included with the shareware
download).

If you should decide you want a sound card, let me know.  I'll give you one
pretty cheap (prolly $5 or so if you promise I never see it again :-)


On Tue, Dec 28, 1999 at 08:32:25PM -0600, phrostie wrote:
> i'm trying to set up quake for the first time.
> i'm using the x11 binary and the shareware download.
> 
> i've followed the instruction but it crashes with:
> 
> ./quake.x11
> Added packfile ./id1/pak0.pak (339 files)
> FindFile: can't find gfx/pop.lmp
> Playing shareware version.
> PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx.wad
> Console initialized.
> UDP Initialized
> Exe: 00:36:23 Oct 14 1997
>  8.0 megabyte heap
> PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/palette.lmp
> PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/colormap.lmp
> 600k surface cache
> VID: shared memory id=48768, addr=0x2b429000
> VID: shared memory id=48769, addr=0x2b449000
> 
> Sound Initialization
> PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/conback.lmp
> /dev/dsp: No such device
> Could not open /dev/dsp
> S_Startup: SNDDMA_Init failed.
> Segmentation fault
> 
> is there a way to run it with no sound support?
> i don't own a sound card, don't really want one.
> am i S.O.L.?
> 
> 
> 
> --
> phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Oh I've slipped the surly bonds of dos
> and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
> http://www.cottagesoft.com/~phrostie/cad-tastrafy
> 
> 
> 
> 

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