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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!wombat.cs.monash.edu.au!news From: bmeyer@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (Bernd Meyer) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,rec.games.computer.quake.misc Subject: Re: Linux Quake under FreeBSD? -Working, kinda (How good is SVGAlib support?) Date: 16 Jul 1997 22:04:24 +1000 Organization: This is innd taking over... Lines: 56 Message-ID: <5qidc8$osu@wombat.cs.monash.edu.au> References: <5q71m2$1tm$1@nntp2.ba.best.com> <5qaobp$au9@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk> <5qblbr$cth@wombat.cs.monash.edu.au> <5qcum1$ddt@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk> <5qd71d$kcj@wombat.cs.monash.edu.au> <5qhn0s$ljv$1@otis.netspace.net.au> Reply-To: bmeyer@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au (Bernd Meyer) NNTP-Posting-Host: modem02.cs.monash.edu.au Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:44513 rec.games.computer.quake.misc:66999 mheath@netspace.net.au (Mark Heath) writes: >Bernd Meyer (bmeyer@bruce.cs.monash.edu.au) wrote: >: adam@thelonious.new.ox.ac.uk (Adam Spiers) writes: >: >In article <5qblbr$cth@wombat.cs.monash.edu.au>, >: >It's a pain to set up. >: Huh? It's easier than squake. >Really? >I typed ./squake and up came quake _After_ you had set up svgalib, of course. I typed ./xf86quake, and up it came. >i typed xf86quake and it complained that it couldn't get enough video >memory. I changed to the lowest resolution that was configured for my >Xserver and It ran rather slowly. When I exited xf86quake it took down >the Xserver and the rest of the operating system. Not really an ideal >situation. What version of X are you using? >: You just switch X into the resolution you want, and type "./xf86quake". >: That's it. Doesn't sound too hard to me. The first step can be achieved >: by CTRL-ALT-Plus >640x480 is a little high a resolution for most processors. >I dont really know of anyone who has 320x200 as one of their X resolutions. You obviously never used any modern setup tool for X. I have both 320x200 and 320x240 as X modes, even though I am usually using 1280x1024. >: Now, how would you play Quake on a Matrox Millenium, under linux? In >: something other than 320x200? >vid_mode 5 maybe??? Or is there something special about Matrox Millenium's >and the svga library? I dont have any problems with my et6000. vid_mode 5 is 320x200. Oh, and there is something special --- or rather, there isn't. The Milennium is not supported by svgalib, which means it is used like any ordinary 256k VGA card. Your ET6000 --- what modes does it offer you? Bernie -- ============================================================================ "It's a magical world, Hobbes ol' buddy... ...let's go exploring" Calvin's final words, on December 31st, 1995