Date: Wed, 26 May 1999 13:55:35 +0200 From: Martin Cracauer <cracauer@cons.org> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org> Cc: multimedia@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Quake2 Message-ID: <19990526135535.A22132@cons.org> In-Reply-To: <owner-freebsd-multimediaATFreeBSD.ORG--Pine.BSF.3.96.990525144755.8079A-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org>; from Jamie Bowden on Wed, May 26, 1999 at 02:33:35AM %2B0200 References: <owner-freebsd-multimediaATFreeBSD.ORG--Pine.BSF.3.96.990525144755.8079A-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org>
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In <owner-freebsd-multimediaATFreeBSD.ORG--Pine.BSF.3.96.990525144755.8079A-100000@beelzebubba.sysabend.org>, Jamie Bowden wrote: > > I got the quake3 arena demo running a while ago, and figured since I owned > a copy, it would be cool to get quake2 up and running, and bench it > against win98. Well, I can run it in software mode in a window, but it's > only rendered on half the window (the right half is black). Wrong color depth. > When I try to > run it in 3dfx opengl mode, X switches modes, but my screen goes black, > and recovery isn't always an option. Sound like you're using the Mesa that come with quake2. Use the one from ports/emulator/linux_mesa. Shut down X before you start Quake2. > I have a Canopus Pure3d2 12M VooDoo2 > card, and am Running 3.2-RELEASE. I also went ahead and created a > libvga.conf file, and tried running it in console mode. It starts on a > console, except the console is black, with a solid block cursor in the > upper left corner, still in 80x24 character mode. Any clues? Also make sure you have the patched libvga from ports/emulators/linux_libs-2.6 or higher, not a native Linux one. See my usenet postings for more info. Martin -- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% Martin Cracauer <cracauer@bik-gmbh.de> http://www.bik-gmbh.de/~cracauer/ "Where do you want to do today?" Hard to tell running your calendar program on a junk operating system, eh? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-multimedia" in the body of the message
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