I tried to play quake2, and it wouldn't use my video card. The howto spoke
only of voodoos. It looked like really bad software rendering. What kind of
video card are you guys using? And if other than voodoo, how did you get it
to use it?
-s
On Tuesday 31 July 2001 06:01 pm, you wrote:
> Castle,
> start q2 with command line
> # ./quake2 +set s_initsound 0
>
> this will bypass sound initialization and so you can see if all the other
> million things are configured right. It depends mainly on your video card-
> see the quake howto, included in LM8. As for the sound problem, I suggest
> you try to install ALSA drivers for your soundcard.
>
> --Jeferson L. Zacco aka Wooky
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>
> From: CastleKidd
> Subject: [newbie] Quake 2
> Date: Sat, 28 Jul 2001 22:25:56 -0700
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> OK, I installed Quake 2 on my new system and I can not get it to work. This
> is what it
> does, I run ./quake2 and I get this:
>
> -----sound init-----
> sound sampleing rate: 11025
> Segmentation fault (core dumped)
>
> the sound card makes a quick little blurp of a noise.
> What can I do?
>
> Thanks in advance
