From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 29 21:26:01 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) id VAA02650 for questions-outgoing; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 21:26:01 -0700 (PDT) Received: from genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au [129.127.96.120]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id VAA02633; Tue, 29 Apr 1997 21:25:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from msmith@localhost) by genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au (8.8.5/8.7.3) id NAA25695; Wed, 30 Apr 1997 13:55:44 +0930 (CST) From: Michael Smith Message-Id: <199704300425.NAA25695@genesis.atrad.adelaide.edu.au> Subject: Re: Linux squake bombs under FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <3366C141.41C67EA6@pegasus.rutgers.edu> from Red Barchetta at "Apr 29, 97 11:49:21 pm" To: paradox@pegasus.rutgers.edu (Red Barchetta) Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 13:55:43 +0930 (CST) Cc: questions@freebsd.org, emulation@freebsd.org X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL28 (25)] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk Red Barchetta stands accused of saying: > I recently tried running Dave "Zoid" Kirsch's recently-released 'squake' > version of id Software's Quake. This version is supposed to add > high-res video modes and (finally!) mouse support within the game. > While older versions of Linux Quake will run under FreeBSD 2.2 (albeit > with no sound-- all versions complain about the sound driver being too > old), With a recent fix to the Linux emulator, quake should work with the OSS beta code. I'm not sure just how unstable it actually is. > Sound Initialization > LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=6, typ=0x450(P), num=0xf not implemented That's SNDCTL_DSP_SETTRIGGER/GETTRIGGER; courtesy of the older Voxware code in the FreeBSD sound driver. > svgalib: Configuration file /etc/vga/libvga.config not found. > svgalib: Assuming Microsoft mouse. > svgalib: Assuming low end SVGA/8514 monitor (35.5 KHz). > LINUX: 'ioctl' fd=7, typ=0x56(V), num=0x1 not implemented That's VT_GETMODE. You are trying to use an SVGALIB executable. > Requirements: > > - SVGALib 1.20 or later (/lib/libvga.so.1.2.10) Yup. SVGALIB stuff is not supported by the emulator. If you have some time and energy, this would probably be a worthwhile project. -- ]] Mike Smith, Software Engineer msmith@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] Genesis Software genesis@gsoft.com.au [[ ]] High-speed data acquisition and (GSM mobile) 0411-222-496 [[ ]] realtime instrument control. (ph) +61-8-8267-3493 [[ ]] Unix hardware collector. "Where are your PEZ?" The Tick [[