From owner-freebsd-newbies Wed Aug 19 22:28:33 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id WAA21213 for freebsd-newbies-outgoing; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:28:33 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from phoenix.welearn.com.au (suebla.lnk.telstra.net [139.130.44.81]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id WAA21201 for ; Wed, 19 Aug 1998 22:28:23 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sue@phoenix.welearn.com.au) Received: (from sue@localhost) by phoenix.welearn.com.au (8.8.5/8.8.5) id PAA19665; Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:27:38 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <19980820152734.30618@welearn.com.au> Date: Thu, 20 Aug 1998 15:27:34 +1000 From: Sue Blake To: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: nethack... still... Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.88e Sender: owner-freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org A while ago we had a few people here expressing frustration with nethack (the game). Either they installed from the package and it wouldn't run, or they couldn't build the port on a system without X. A small fix for the package has been submitted, and might be avialable soon. A simpler way could be to install the port instead. In order to learn about ports (that's my excuse) I've been pulling the nethack port apart, and I think I've worked out how to make it X-less and add a few improvements for the hardware-challenged among us. There doesn't seem to be enough interest in low-tech computing to add yet another nethack port, so if you are having this problem (can't build nethack because it requires X), please let me know. If I stop responding to email you'll know it blew up in my face :-) If you have specific questions about nethack, especially where I could give a technically incorrect response, please write to me and cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org (not -newbies). -- Regards, -*Sue*- To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message