From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 10 09:21:43 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EABDB16A4CF for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:21:42 -0800 (PST) Received: from endif.cjb.net (65-101-229-205.dnvr.qwest.net [65.101.229.205]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4156B43F93 for ; Mon, 10 Nov 2003 09:21:41 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from end@endif.cjb.net) Received: (qmail 65850 invoked from network); 10 Nov 2003 17:21:37 -0000 Received: from localhost (end@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 10 Nov 2003 17:21:37 -0000 Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:21:34 -0700 From: Robin Schoonover To: "Karel J. Bosschaart" Message-Id: <20031110102134.13db5376.end@endif.cjb.net> In-Reply-To: <20031110091130.GA11620@phys9911.phys.tue.nl> References: <20031109145538.0aa4ce3d.end@endif.cjb.net> <20031110091130.GA11620@phys9911.phys.tue.nl> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 0.9.6claws (GTK+ 1.2.10; i386-portbld-freebsd5.1) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Enemy Territory X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 10 Nov 2003 17:21:43 -0000 On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 10:11:30 +0100, "Karel J. Bosschaart" wrote: > On Sun, Nov 09, 2003 at 10:55:38PM +0100, Robin Schoonover wrote: > > > > On a slightly related note, I've been trying to run some of the linux > > loki demos under FreeBSD. All work (plus heretic II, which has > > software rendering), except the ones labeled "3d Acceleration". The > > ones labeled "3d Acceleration" tend to crash X. > > > > One thing I've noticed is when X is started it displays: > > (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to load GLX > > > > It appears to be finding the GLX stuff, but when it tries to load it, > > it can't. If it helps any, I have a 'GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X'. > > > Games are running fine for me with the Nvidia driver and a GeForce4 > Ti4200, on a -stable system. Below is a list I made some time ago with > the games I can run successfully, with some notes. 'pcm' denotes the > native FreeBSD sound driver, 'OSS' the (commercial) driver by Opensound. > I have plans to make a website with this info as well as install notes > and a forum for asking questions; I don't know though if there is a lot > of need for this. Some time ago, the forum at swissgeeks closed down soon > due to lack of interest. Personally, I'd like some chit-chat about gaming > on FreeBSD :-). > I haven't been much of a gamer since a virus wiped the windows box I was using a couple years ago, and that kinda turned me away from windows. Then I used FreeBSD on an old (formerly dos) machine, and there wasn't really any hard drive space for anything, including games. Now that I have a reasonably new computer (running FreeBSD of course), I decided to try a few games. It didn't take me long to find the loki demo stuff. > > 2003-09-09 Linux games on FreeBSD > > Hardware: Athlon 1.4 GHz, Asus A7M266, 512 MB RAM, GeForce4 Ti 4200 > 128MB, onboa rd sound CMI8738. > OS : FreeBSD 4.x (currently 4.9-PRERELEASE) Here is where we are really different. I'm running 5.1 (and this means I won't be saddened if things don't work, since I knew things like this might happened when I installed it). I have an Athlon 2 GHz, 512 MB ram, GeForce4 MX 440 with AGP8X, and for sound, I have 'CMI9739'. [snip list] Nice list of games...I should look into a few of those. And just because, here is my list (even ones that don't work): Game Works Sound Remarks Descent 3 (demo) no (crashes X) Heretic II (demo) yes ew Must use software rendering Heros of M and M III (demo) yes yes Kohan: IS (demo) yes yes Myth II: Soulblighter (demo) no (crashes) Railroad Tychoon II (demo) yes yes Simcity 3000 unlimited (demo) no (crashes) SM's Alpha Centauri (demo) yes ? SM's Alien Crossfire (demo) no UT2003 (demo) no I should try playing this again Soldier of Fortune (deno) no (crashes) Bizarre, Alien Crossfire seems to have written over Alpha Centauri, so I can't really test the sound for Alpha Centauri until I deinstall Alien Crossfire and reinstall Alpha Centauri. Soldier of Fortune, Myth II: Soulblighter and Descent 3 all require 3d accel... -- Robin Schoonover (aka End) # This space intentionally has nothing but text explaining why this # space has nothing but text explaining that this space would otherwise # have been left blank, and would otherwise have been left blank.