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by **Roy Stogn** » Mon, 17 Nov 1997 04:00:00

>I recently changed some components in my computer, and now squake doesn't
>work! When I type:
>/usr/games/squake -nosound (I don't have a sound card)
>I get these errors on stdout (by redirecting stdout with > ):

Most of these were status messages, not errors.

Quote:>Oak driver: Unknown chipset (id = 0)
>Using VGA driver.

This looks like it's your problem = you don't have svgalib configured to
work with your new video card, and it's freaking out.

*** Try editing /etc/vga/libvga.config - there'll probably be a few lines
you need to comment out, and a few more you need to uncomment. If you
need help, email me.

[snipped normal messages]

Quote:>FindFile: can't find autoexec.cfg
>couldn't exec autoexec.cfg

You don't have an autoexec.cfg file? Great way to customize things.

Quote:>3 demo(s) in loop
>Playing demo from demo1.dem.
>PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : demo1.dem

[snipped] the Packfile things are good messages.

Quote:>CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>CDROM (ioctl) reports ILLEGAL REQUEST.
>svgalib: Signal 11: Segmentation fault received.
>Segmentation fault

This is a known bug with squake - if you don't have a CD in the drive,
then starting without -nocdaudio gives a segfault. If it's a big problem,
a quick workaround is a 3 line shell script to check for a CD in the drive,
then to launch quake with or without the -nocdaudio option accordingly.
---
Roy Stogner

by **Daniel Joyc** » Tue, 18 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> > [...]
> > >Oak driver: Unknown chipset (id = 0)
> > >Using VGA driver.
> > This looks like it's your problem = you don't have svgalib configured to
> > work with your new video card, and it's freaking out.
> > *** Try editing /etc/vga/libvga.config - there'll probably be a few lines
> > you need to comment out, and a few more you need to uncomment. If you
> > need help, email me.

> AFAIK svgalib doesn't support the Millennium (I'm using 1.2.11),
> so I have set 'chipset VGA' in /etc/vga/libvga.config on purpose.
> Is there a (hacked) version available for the Millennium?

> > [snipped normal messages]
> > >FindFile: can't find autoexec.cfg
> > >couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
> > You don't have an autoexec.cfg file? Great way to customize things.

> While we're at it - how do I make squake accept response files, ie.

> > [ ... ]

> BTW is it normal that DOS Quake gives me a higher fps count on -timedemo
> than Linux Quake??! Example: -nosound -nocdaudio -timedemo demo2 gives
> 42.9 fps under DOS, and only 36.5 fps under Linux ... GASP! Do I run a
> hopelessly misconfigured Linux system or what? (I just installed Linux
> recently because of the Linux GLQuake port - Slackware distribution v3.4,
> Kernel 2.0.30, UMSDOS, on a P166/80MB/Millennium I 2MB, if that matters)

> Thomas

Try and start up in single user mode, and also set it up so that as few
processes as possible are running. Remember, linux is multitasking,
unlike dos. Running Httpd and Cron would put a drain on your fps,
wouldn't they? ;)

-Daniel

by **Mick McKin** » Wed, 19 Nov 1997 04:00:00

> If quake thinks your card is an Oak Technology card then your Millennium
> drivers are not installed correctly.

> You can download the latest drivers from
> http://www.matrox.com/mgaweb/drivers/ftp_w95.htm
> The drivers you'll need are the unified Millennium/Mystique, MGA powerdesk
> ones. filename 1677_370.exe.

> Happy Fraggin'

You are an idiot. Those are the Windows drivers.

He asked about what hosed up his _Linux_ svgalib version of Quake.

As to the other posts here, svgalib detecting the Millenium as an Oak
card just
means it runs in regular VGA mode, no high res available since svgalib
doesn't
support the Millenium (but since Linux GLQuake came out, who needs
svgalib for
Quake anymore?). I think his problem is unrelated to the video card
anyway,
since I regularly run squake on my Millenium, and it is just as fast (if
not
faster in some areas) as DOS quake.
--
Mark McCoy: Proud to run RedHat Linux since August 1996

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