On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 12:42 AM, drew wymore <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > On Tue, Apr 28, 2009 at 10:57 PM, Michael Robinson < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> >> On Tue, 2009-04-28 at 21:39 -0700, drew wymore wrote: >> > I'd try and find source rpms instead of doing it the way you are >> > trying because then you screw with package tracking and dependencies >> > which is never good. >> >> Hmm, that's why I set the prefix to /opt2 so I'm not installing over >> anything preexisting. >> >> I've tried openredalert, it isn't playable. I'm not sure why that >> is. Events that are supposed to trigger don't. You are supposed >> to have Tanya, you never get her. Einstein is supposed to show up, >> he never does. There is junk on the left side of the screen in the >> objectives area. Overall, the first scenario is impossible to win. >> I got further with openredalert compiling it from source, but it's >> no better than freera and freecnc which strangely enough aren't >> developed anymore. >> >> I am at a loss as to what it takes to update Mesa for crossover >> linux so that this game will work correctly. I am worried that >> things will break. >> >> _______________________________________________ >> PLUG mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug >> > > The problem with compiling to /opt2 is that X is going to be looking for > the shared objects and other library foo that is built with these packages > that it's not going to work any better. What you end up with is removing the > packages you're building for and creating symlinks from /opt2/$foo to where > X expects the libraries to actually live. So you really don't gain much > IMHO. Others might disagree and I'm willing to listen to the arguments. > > I hate to be the one to say this. I think you need to look at a different > distro for your gaming needs. I believe you mentioned dropping in a second > disk and installing another distro which keeps more up to date with X > updates and things of that nature. > > You've stated a few times that you think Fedora is too unstable. Have you > had any experiences that lead you to that belief? I have had really good > experiences with the last few releases and some of the graphics foo if not > updated through the normal channels can be found in 3rd party repo's like > Livna. They also offer custom "spins" geared towards certain niches, one of > them including gaming IIRC. So it might be worth the time and bandwidth to > actually give it a try. > > I'm a Slackware user, however if you're used to clicky pointy drag n' drop > then it's not really gonna work for you. Also unless it's a security update > you're not going to find a lot of updates to things like Mesa unless you run > up with the -current branch which may and has broken things in the past. > There is a distro based on Slackware that is quite a bit more friendly > called Zenwalk which might fit your needs though. > > Also there is always ^buntu's ... which I'm sure you can find plenty of > support for on this list as I get the perception that most of the folks on > list use some derivative. > > The name escapes me at the moment but there is a blob of software out there > that makes gaming much easier on Linux with some custom packages and such > and has pretty wide distro support. It's a pay for deal but it's rather > cheap if I recall correctly. I used it back in 2003 when I was playing > Counter Strike =) Might be a better alternative to getting Crossover > Office/Linux to force these games to try and work. I'll see if I can dig up > the name of the software and I'll post back when I get a chance. > > Cheers, > Drew- > It was called Cedega but I take it from a good friend it's now called Crossover Gaming but not they are not part of the Crossover Office team. _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list [email protected] http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
