which video card are you trying top use with quake3?
I actually had quite a bit of luck with that game so I
might be able top help you out.
Dacia
--- Mike & Tracy Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I completely agree with you; I've been frustrated
> for the last four months
> that I haven't been able to play quake 3 even though
> the box said my card
> was supported! I spent $40 on a game that I can't
> use and I've tried the
> howto's and all with no luck. The closest I've been
> to getting X working
> with it was loading SuSE 7.0 (just released) and I
> still have so many lines
> across the screen that I can't begin to play the
> game - I can just tell that
> my old problem is gone (choppy video and way to much
> delay to actually
> play).
>
> Linux may at some point rival Windows on the home
> users desktop, but I don't
> think it will be in the very near future; if that's
> the end goal, then it
> will have to become A LOT more intuitive and user
> manageable (i.e. - buy a
> game or an app off of the shelf, put the cdrom in
> the computer, few minutes
> later you're off and running).
>
> Mike
>
> p.s. - I still love Linux!
>
> > Its true, but when I want to play a game I want to
> > play a game not spend three days upgrading X and
> > checking dependencies so I can play.
> >
> > For example, I have spent the last week trying to
> > install X 4.01 so I can use my voodoo5 in linux.
> I
> > have totally ruined my install 3 times. I
> actually
> > got it working once but my mouse wouldn't work. I
> > turned the computer off and went to bed. When I
> > booted the next morning X wouldn't even start.
> >
> > Windows 98 first edition took the card fine. No
> > problems. Works great out of the box. I've been
> > playing games in windows for a week. Yesterday I
> > bought, installed and played Unreal Tournament.
> It
> > was about as easy as that too.
> >
> > Now, before you go off on me for not being
> hardcore
> > enough about linux let me say that I use linux
> because
> > I enjoy the challenge. I get frustrated just like
> any
> > other person though. All of this is to support my
> > explanation that windows is an excellent gaming
> > playform. Like a nintendo on steroids.
> >
> > By the way, has anyone managed to install 4.01 and
> get
> > a voodoo5 running? Mind sharing with me how you
> did
> > it? I've followed the directions on Xfree86.org
> for
> > upgrading to 4.01 and I've installed the 3dfx
> drivers
> > but all I get is software mode or my mouse slides
> to
> > the bottom right hand corner of the screen and
> stays
> > there. ug.
> >
> >
> > Dacia
>
>
>
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