Re: [expert] Quake2 - won't run...??
On Saturday 23 December 2000 15:36, you wrote: Hi list, Recently I downloaded Quake2 and got the thing installed, but when I try to start the game per the instructions in the readme file I see this message displayed in the terminal. [root@mdw1982 quake2]# ./quake2 Added packfile ./baseq2/pak2.pak (2 files) couldn't exec default.cfg couldn't exec config.cfg Console initialized. Do you have a kernel running with framebuffer support? If so, try one without the framebuffer. Civileme --- sound initialization --- sound sampling rate: 11025 --- Loading ref_softx.so --- recursive shutdown Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx What does it mean? Mark
Re: [expert] Quake2 - won't run...??
Do you have a kernel running with framebuffer support? If so, try one without the framebuffer. Civileme To tell you the truth I don't know. It's the stock kernel that comes with Mdk 7.2. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful." Linus Torvalds
Re: [expert] Quake2 - won't run...??
On Saturday 23 December 2000 09:36, you wrote: recursive shutdown Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx What does it mean? Apparently, that file doesn't exist.
Re: [expert] Quake2 - won't run...??
On Saturday 23 December 2000 18:10, you wrote: Here is a site that might be able to help you out: http://www.linuxquake.com I didn't see what video card you have? If you have opengl installed and working. Did it run for you in the past and just stop? BTW I checked my quake2 dir and I have no such file either and mine runs, it must be something loaded from inside one of the quake libraries. On Saturday 23 December 2000 09:36, you wrote: recursive shutdown Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx What does it mean? Apparently, that file doesn't exist.
