Quake on ubuntu

[lxndr]

Yep, texture wrapping is much better in software, although animation look quite jerky. I think Darkplaces has fixed this. Lighting difference is also more visible here.

[lxndr]

error when trying to run quake on ubuntu since i upgraded the Kernal from 8.04 or whatever it was that i had installed to the new 9.04 thing....

[email protected]:~/Desktop/Quake$ ./online.sh
Added packfile ./id1/pak0.pak (908 files)
PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/pop.lmp
Playing registered version.
PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx.wad
Console initialized.
Could not initialize security module
UDP Initialized
Exe: 19:38:22 Dec 31 2006
16.0 megabyte heap
PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/palette.lmp
PackFile: ./id1/pak0.pak : gfx/colormap.lmp
X Error of failed request:  BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes)
  Major opcode of failed request:  1 (X_CreateWindow)
  Serial number of failed request:  38
  Current serial number in output stream:  41
[email protected]:~/Desktop/Quake$

also this is what i see when i try to build the glquake.glx again:

[email protected]:~/Desktop/Quake$ ./configure prefix=/usr
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking whether build environment is sane... yes
checking for gawk... gawk
checking whether make sets $(MAKE)... yes
checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
checking for style of include used by make... GNU
checking for gcc... gcc
checking for C compiler default output file name... a.out
checking whether the C compiler works... yes
checking whether we are cross compiling... no
checking for suffix of executables... 
checking for suffix of object files... o
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... gcc3
checking for gcc... (cached) gcc
checking whether we are using the GNU C compiler... (cached) yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... (cached) yes
checking for gcc option to accept ISO C89... (cached) none needed
checking dependency style of gcc... (cached) gcc3
checking for a BSD-compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c
checking for ranlib... ranlib
checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E
checking for grep that handles long lines and -e... /bin/grep
checking for egrep... /bin/grep -E
checking for ANSI C header files... yes
checking whether time.h and sys/time.h may both be included... yes
configure: creating ./config.status
config.status: creating Makefile
config.status: executing depfiles commands

I had a similar problem yesterday, I had to reinstall the video card driver, an nvidia but I guess it's the same for every proprietary drivers. Some graphic libraries which come with the drivers are replaced during the system update. If this is your case, most 3d applications on your system including your quake engine will crash. You could try glxgears for a check.

[golden_boy]

Just for the record: Many people are running Quake engines under Linux with no problems whatsoever. If you give people a power drill and they drill themselves through the head with it, it is NOT the tool's problem.

This needs to be said, Linux works just fine, but it's not for everyone.

[Brebs]

you have to go through all this command line intricacy just to get a program to work? Is there no such thing as a Linux installer?

Ubuntu Linux hand-holds users through getting roughly 99% of their desired software installed. This is a blessing and a curse, because it means that they have no clue what to do about the remaining 1% (i.e. games). Learning Ubuntu's installer takes time-consuming brain effort - people would rather be out living their lives, kissing girls, etc. Ubuntu's installer, which is from Debian, is actually a very *complicated* installer. Other distros have installers which are much easier to learn.

There are many distros - Ubuntu is currently the most popular, but that doesn't mean it's the best. Heck, because it's the easiest to install, the competence of its users is generally the lowest. Yes, this is a huge generalization, and yes it's true, in general. Sue me for telling the truth

What's really annoying about the major distros (I'm thinking about Ubuntu and Fedora in particular here, as the top 2 distros) is that they practically ignore quake{1,2,3} - the engine code is free, but the data is not free, therefore they don't want it. This is ridiculous. Other distros aren't so rigid, so we can actually write installers for Quake engines. Example.

Hell, even getting a non-ancient completely-free alienarena in Ubuntu is a farce taking an eternity.

As to which is the best Quake 1 engine on Linux - it's darkplaces I tried lots of engines while using Gentoo Linux, and darkplaces was the most compatible with the advanced maps (such as Nehahra), and provided the best eye-candy.

command line intricacy

Heh. The command-line will never die in Linux, because it's so powerful, to those who learn to use it well. And Linux GUIs are improving all the time, to hopefully eventually reach an acceptable standard for the casual user.

I wrote a Linux installer for Quake 4 script. I got *zero* feedback. People should be writing scripts like this, to make it easy for others, and to work on multiple distros.

[Polarite]

Stalker maybe try this :

audiodev=dmix glquake_glx

[lxndr]

I don't know for Ubuntu but in Debian you've got a non-free branch which included quake1 data some years ago, don't know why it has changed, and I'm too lazy to google for it. (Fedora is not a distro, it's the sandbox of Redhat, and yes this is the truth)

[MasterSplinter]

Polarite, your instructions worked flawlessly. Thank you.

[powerzord]

fcuk this shitr

[Polarite]

Polarite, your instructions worked flawlessly. Thank you.

No problem , glad to help out and to see that it works for more people.