Hey, That only happens to me when I'm already playing a sound (other games, MIDI's, etc). I would make sure no other processes are running, and also that your sound is configured properly.
Cameron Matheson ----- Original Message ----- From: Pollywog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <debian-user@lists.debian.org> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 3:33 PM Subject: OFFTOPIC: can't start Quake2 > > I installed Quake2 according to the instructions at > http://www.linuxgames.com/quake/Quake-HOWTO-3.html#ss3.2 > > but when I try to start it I get this: > > lilypad:/usr/local/games/quake2->./quake2 +set vid_ref softx > Added packfile ./baseq2/pak0.pak (1106 files) > Added packfile ./baseq2/pak2.pak (2 files) > execing default.cfg > couldn't exec config.cfg > Console initialized. > > ------- sound initialization ------- > > > > And it stops right there. Anyone know what the problem is? The > troubleshooting section does not mention any config.cfg, which does > not even exist on my installation. > > Here are the contents of my quake2 directory: > > lilypad:/usr/local/games/quake2->ls -l > total 46606 > -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 4327 Nov 30 1998 > 3.20_Changes.txt > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Dec 27 22:16 baseq2 > drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 1024 Dec 27 22:13 docs > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 120460 Nov 30 1998 lib3dfxgl.so > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 12 Dec 27 22:16 libGL.so -> > libMesaGL.so > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 27 22:16 libMesaGL.so > -> libMesaGL.so.2 > lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 16 Dec 27 22:16 > libMesaGL.so.2 -> libMesaGL.so.2.6 > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 897135 Nov 30 1998 > libMesaGL.so.2.6 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8963 Feb 18 1998 license.txt > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 39015499 Dec 27 21:56 > q2-314-demo-x86.exe > -rwsr-xr-x 1 root root 342972 Nov 30 1998 quake2 > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6004460 Dec 27 21:56 > quake2-3.20-glibc-i386-unknown-linux2.0.tar.gz > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 24 Nov 30 1998 quake2.conf > -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8580 Nov 30 1998 README > -rwxrwxr-x 1 root root 61630 Nov 30 1998 readme.txt > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 285753 Nov 30 1998 ref_gl.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 286984 Nov 30 1998 ref_glx.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 235055 Nov 30 1998 ref_soft.so > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 242990 Nov 30 1998 ref_softx.so > drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Nov 30 1998 rogue > drwxrwxrwt 2 root root 1024 Nov 30 1998 xatrix > > Does anyone know what the problem might be? > > thanks > > -- > Andrew > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
