1 2 README for Linux SVGALib Quake 3 ------------------------------ 4 5 Requirements: 6 7 - SVGALib 1.20 or later (/lib/libvga.so.1.2.10) 8 - libc 5.2.18 or later (5.0.9 will not work, /lib/libc.so.5.2.18) 9 - CD-ROM for CDAudio 10 - Soundcard capable of mmap'd buffers. USSLite 3.5.4 was used to build squake 11 with. Works fine on SoundBlaster 16 and Gravis Ultrasound MAX. 12 - SVGALib supported mouse (usually if it works with X, it'll work with 13 squake). 14 - Kernel 2.0.24 or later 15 - untested with 2.1 kernels, your mileage may vary 16 17 Here's the release you've been waiting for. Linux squake supports 18 320x200x256, the various modeX modes (320x400, 360x400, etc) as well as high 19 res modes if your card is supported by SVGALib. Use the Quake console command 20 vid_describemodes to list supported modes and the command vid_mode <number> to 21 change modes. 22 23 Full sound support is included. The default sound rate is 16-bit stereo, 24 11KHz. You can change this in the options section below. 25 26 Mouse works great, but SVGALib may not detect a 3-button mouse properly (it 27 will only use two buttons). Check your /etc/libvga.config (or 28 /etc/vga/libvga.config for SlackWare users). 29 30 **Version 1.1 fixes some crash bugs with the mission packs. 31 32 New Command Line Options for Linux SVGAlib Quake 33 ------------------------------------------------ 34 35 -mem <mb> 36 Specify memory in megabytes to allocate (default is 8MB, which should be fine 37 for most needs). 38 39 -nostdout 40 Don't do any output to stdout 41 42 -mdev <device> 43 Mouse device, default is /dev/mouse 44 45 -mrate <speed> 46 Mouse baud rate, default is 1200 47 48 -cddev <device> 49 CD device, default is /dev/cdrom 50 51 -mode <modenum> 52 Use indicated video mode 53 54 -nokdb 55 Don't initialize keyboard 56 57 -sndbits <8 or 16> 58 Set sound bit sample size. Default is 16 if supported. 59 60 -sndspeed <speed> 61 Set sound speed. Usual values are 8000, 11025, 22051 and 44100. 62 Default is 11025. 63 64 -sndmono 65 Set mono sound 66 67 -sndstereo 68 Set stereo sound (default if supported) 69 70 Installation 71 ------------ 72 73 Boot DOS (I know, but you need it to run the Quake install program) and 74 install Quake from your Quake CD to a DOS parition. 75 76 Boot Linux and make a directory for Quake. Copy everything from the DOS Quake 77 directory into it. i.e.: 78 (cd /dos/quake; tar cf - .) | (cd ~/quake; tar xf -) 79 80 Place squake into your Quake directory. You must make it setuid root (since 81 Quake access stuff like direct video writes, the raw keyboard mode, CD, etc). 82 Quake will setuid back to the normal user as soon as it opens these files. 83 Make Quake suid root as follows: 84 chown root squake 85 chmod 4755 squake 86 87 Run squake. I don't recommend running it as root, since all the saved 88 config.cfg files will be then owned as root. Use your normal account, unless 89 you do everything as root, then your mileage will vary. 90 91 squake may segfault if it tries to initialize your sound card and their isn't 92 one. Same with the CDROM. If it dies, try it with -nosound and/or 93 -nocdaudio. If you have a sound card it died on and you know it is 94 supported by USSLite (the driver that comes with the Linux kernel), let me 95 know and I'll take a look at it. 96 97 It should work with SCSI CDROMs, but is untested. 98 99 Full TCP/IP network support is in, including listen and dedicated server 100 modes. squake makes a nice dedicated server as you don't need the X11 101 libraries kicking around. 102 103 All of the options described in TECHINFO.TXT and MANUAL.TXT from the Quake 104 distribution will work, 'cept for stuff with vid modes and stuff. 105 106 End Notes 107 --------- 108 109 Linux SVGALib Quake is *NOT* an officially supported product. Mail about it 110 will be deleted. Do not email id about this product. If you are having 111 technical difficultly, you can email me, but make sure you have the correct 112 kernel, libc, svgalib and other software versions before you email me. 113 114 Dave 'Zoid' Kirsch 115 zoid (a] threewave.com 116 Official Quake Unix Port Administrator 117 118 Acks 119 ---- 120 121 Greg Alexander <galexand (a] sietch.bloomington.in.us> for initial work in SVGALib 122 support. 123 Dave Taylor <ddt (a] crack.com> for basic Linux support. 124 id Software for Quake and making me port it. :) 125 126 Lots of people on #linux, #quake for testing. 127 128
