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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!paladin.american.edu!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.fibr.net!nntp.news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!news.primenet.com!not-for-mail From: ahupp@primenet.com (Adam Hupp) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Linux X Doom under FreeBSD 2.1R Date: 20 Jan 1996 16:47:01 -0700 Organization: Primenet Services for the Internet Lines: 28 Sender: root@primenet.com Message-ID: <4drutl$s1f@nnrp1.news.primenet.com> References: <4dq1ja$hfs@eplet.mira.net.au> X-Posted-By: ip212.msp.primenet.com X-Newsreader: Forte Free Agent 1.0.82 gfm@werple.net.au (Graham Menhennitt) wrote: >Hi FreeBSDers, >I remember some time ago there was a discussion about getting the Linux X >version of DOOM running under FreeBSD. I have intsalled the Linux emulator >and it seems to run the executable OK but the game doesn't work properly. >I start it running and the title screen comes up. If I do nothing, I get a >message in the xterm where I started it saying: > Error: Demo is from a different game version! >This is using the shareware doom1.wad. I do not have sndserver running (as I >don't have a sound card). The command line is "linuxxdoom -3" to expand the >size by a factor of three as documented in README.linuxx. >If, instead of just doing nothing when it starts, I hit enter and start >selecting from menus, I get to the "Choose skill level" menu and then it >aborts with the message: > Error: W_GetNumForName: STTMINUS not found! >Does anybody have this working? What am I doing wrong? >Thanks for any help, > Graham You can fix both problems by getting a newer IWAD. The documentation should tell you which version.