[aclug-L] Re: Quake2 woes...

[phrostie <phrostie@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

did the files get corrupted durring the downloaded.
i show
-rwxr-xr-x   1 root     root     39015499 Feb  5 01:01
quake2.exe
and 
-rw-rw-r--   1 phrostie phrostie  6008133 Feb  5 08:49
quake2-3.20-6.i386.rpm

what are your file sizes?

Greg House wrote:
> 
> It's bizarre, that's almost exactly what I did, same downloads, followed the
> instructions from the Quake-HOWTO that came with Mandrake. Yet, I get a
> seg fault every time I try and run the SVGAlib version, and the X version runs
> ok, but displays the image squished into half of the window it creates.
> 
> Greg
> 
> On Sun, 06 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > ok by the numbers:
> > Mandrake 6.0 from Maximum Linux magazine
> > running on my new machine, a AMD 350 with 32 meg of ram
> > 4meg S3 virge pci
> >
> > quake file were down loaded from:
> > ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake2/q2-314-demo-x86.exe
> > (windos demo)
> > ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/idgames/idstuff/quake2/unix/quake2-3.20-6.i386.rpm
> > (linux binary)
> >
> > the windows demo was a 38 meg all nighter.
> > the linux rpm was 5.8 meg, not as bad.
> >
> > i extracted the demo with wine.
> > and copied the required files over to
> > /usr/local/games/quake2
> > per the instruction at:
> > http://www.linuxquake.com/howto/Quake-HOWTO-2.html
> >
> > remember, I'm doing the demo version install.
> >
> > aside from the slower speed, i've had fewer problems with
> > Q2.
> >
> > hope that helps
> >
> > phrostie
> >
> >
> > Greg House wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, 05 Feb 2000, you wrote:
> > > > I just downloaded Q2 last night.
> > > > compared to Quake it was a no brainer.
> > > > I'm running mandrake 6.0
> > > > i followed the instructions at linux quake.
> > > > and it works better than Quake
> > >
> > > Ok...I did the same thing...but I get a segfault on the SVGAlib version
> > > and video that runs in a little less then half the window that pops up for
> > > the softx version. What's different about your Mandrake system & mine? I
> > > installed everything on the CD when I installed mine, so I shouldn't be 
> > > missing
> > > anything.
> > >
> > > I have a Matrox Mystique 220 (4MB) video card (if that matters).
> > >
> > > Greg
> >
> > --
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> > and danced the skies on LINUX silvered wings.
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