Re: Quake

[Joey Hess <joey@kite.ml.org>]

> Since I downloaded Quake, I only run it with the command
> "xquake". But since yesterday, when I see messages about
> "xf86quake", I tried this. The first time it said anything
> like "permission denied, as root do chmod 666 /dev/mem".

Note: chmod 666 /dev/mem is a _very_ bad idea unless you are running a
single-user system and you don't care if anyone on your computer can read
any part of your memory. Some better ways to give xf86quake the
permissions it needs are outlines in /usr/doc/quake/README.debian .

I may try to patch the binary so and change the message to "read
README.debian" or something for a later release of the package.

> I make this, and when I tried to execute "xf86quake", a
> border appears on screen, then go away, and in xterm appears
> this error message:

> Error: Video card bank size (65536) too small for
> this res.

> My system is configured to 1024x768, with virtual screen
> size = 1024x768 too (I don't like the VS scroll effect),
> running with 8 bpp, on a Trident SVGA 8900D with 1 Mb
> DRAM. 16 Mb of memory, and 32 Mb of virtual memory.

I have the same problem when I run xf86quake on my computer with a 1 MB
trident card in it. If I switch to a 2 MB diamond stealth card, I can run
xf86quake ok. 

I don't know enough about video cards to guess what this error message
means. Maybe someone can help clearify it?

> Some solution? Or I need to use only xquake?

Try fiddling around with your video modes -- maybe a smaller video mode
will work better (It'll surely be faster for xf86quake). If you get it to
work, let me know.

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