Quake 3 Arena

[cookiedan]

I am running Mandrake 10.0 on a Pentium 4 with a nVidia GForce FX card..
I am trying to get Quake running. When I run the program it changes my screen resolution to something like 400x600 and does not run. I then have to log off and log back on to get the screen back to normal. What do I need to do?

[habibbijan]

Is 3D working properly? What is the result if you run:$ glxinfo | grep direct

Did you copy the 'pak0.pk3' file from the Quake 3 CD to the specified folder in the /opt directory?

Can you run any other games on the system?

Please provide a little more info.

[cookiedan]

when I run that I get
extension "GLX" missing on display ":0,0"
I don't believe I have copied those files, is it done at the install stage, or do I need to do this myself?

[habibbijan]

Dan,

It sounds like the Nvidia driver is not installed or working properly? Have you installed it? And did you follow these (ftp://download.nvidia.com/XFree86/Linux-x86/1.0-6106/README.txt) directions, especially the part about how to modify the XF86Config file?

[habibbijan]

I just saw your other thread about the nvidia drivers. In the Module section of your XF86Config file, make sure that:

Load "glx"

is uncommented. You should also remove the following lines (if they exist) by adding a comment (#) in front of them:

Load "dri"
Load "GLcore"

When you're finished, restart X and see if it's working by running:$ glxgears and the command about glxinfo from my first reply. Once the driver is properly working, we'll tackle the Quake3 issue.

[cookiedan]

OK, I did the edit to the XF86Config file, but; I had to reboot the system to get it to read the new config. (I guess I could have just shut down X and started it back up again, huh?)
the $ glxgears thing is pretty cool! Also the $ glxinfo | grep direct answers YES. On top of that, all those crashes seem to have stopped! Cool thanks guys. Now, how about that Quake issue?

[habibbijan]

Great! You're almost there. Now go back and look at the Quake3 installation instructions again. It should say something about copying the 'pak0.pk3' file from the Quake3 CD. I believe it's located inside the Quake3/baseq3 directories. This file is HUGE (about 450MB). You'll need to copy it to the Quake3 game directory on your hard drive (as root).

For instance, my game directory (in Gentoo) is:/opt/quake3/baseq3/ but yours may be slightly different.

Give that a shot, and let us know of the outcome. BTW, here (http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/q3a/) is a link with known issues and frequently asked questions.