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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!inferno.mpx.com.au!brian.telstra.net!news.telstra.net!nsw.news.telstra.net!news.syd.connect.com.au!news.mel.connect.com.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.Hawaii.Edu!news.caldera.com!enews.sgi.com!nntprelay.mathworks.com!infeed2.internetmci.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news1.best.com!nntp2.ba.best.com!zenin!thrush.omix.com!byron From: Zenin <zenin@best.com> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,rec.games.computer.quake.misc Subject: Linux Quake under FreeBSD? -Working, kinda (How good is SVGAlib support?) Date: 12 Jul 1997 04:37:22 GMT Lines: 48 Message-ID: <5q71m2$1tm$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: thrush.omix.com Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44296 rec.games.computer.quake.misc:66762 In my attempts to run Linux Quake under FreeBSD I've run into a couple problems. When running XQuake, it only seems to work with the X server in 8 bit color mode. When running in 16 bit it's video goes nuts. Anyway to force 8 bit mode for a single app when running in 16 bit? I'd hate to have to restart X just to play Quake. I tryed running sQuake (SVGA Lib Linux Quake) and couldn't get it to start. It spits up the error message below. The main thing it seems to choke on is the message: svgalib: Cannot open /dev/mem. LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=6, typ=0x56(V), num=0x1 not implemented Any idea what this meens? Is there a way around it? I'd much rather run sQuake as Quake without a mouse or sound is pretty silly, and neither work under XQuake. I'm running FreeBSD v2.2.1 with Linux lib v2.4 and XFree86 v3.2. Thanks! -Zenin (Hopeing he can avoid having install NT just to run Quake) zenin@best.com --SGVA lib Quake Error Message-- /dev/dsp: No such file or directory 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: 13:15:48 Apr 30 1997 8.0 megabyte heap PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/palette.lmp PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/colormap.lmp Sound Initialization Could not open /dev/dsp S_Startup: SNDDMA_Init failed. CDAudio_Init: open of "/dev/cdrom" failed (2) svgalib: Configuration file /etc/vga/libvga.config not found. svgalib: Assuming Microsoft mouse. svgalib: Assuming low end SVGA/8514 monitor (35.5 KHz). svgalib: Cannot open /dev/mem. LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=6, typ=0x56(V), num=0x1 not implemented