RTCW + KDE 3.0.3 = no go

[DragonFire]

I have looked and searched fora fix to my problem and cant seem to find one, perhaps someone here can help.

I'm running ManDrake 8.2, KDE 3.0.3, and the latest nvidia drivers for my geforce3 which are working right!

I have installed the linux demo of Return to Castle Wolfenstein along with the full version using the windows cd.

Both version run fine under gnome 1.4, however I hate gnome...

Under KDE 3.0.3 all I get is a black screen and if I move my mouse Im looking at my desktop at 640x48 (its really ugly)....

I have learned that if I tell KDE to not load the arts sound server I can get RTCW to work sometimes however this causes problems with Xmms and other programs that use/play audio.

I do relize that gnome uses esound for audio while kde uses arts.

There has got to be a way to get rtcw to run under KDE 3.0.3 using the arts sound server.

Will someone please help me before I give up on linux and go back to windows :eek:

Update: Iv now learned that UT has the same problem, however It still loads with the arts sound server installed.

In case it might be useful Im using the Cmedia 8732 soundchip which is onboard my Soyo dragon+

[Gaccm]

open a console, start RtCW from their and tell us the output.

[DragonFire]

[root@AthlonXP wolfenstein-mpdemo]# ./wolfmpdemo
Wolf 1.1-MP linux-i386 Dec 25 2001
----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/root/.wolf/main
/usr/local/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/main
./wolf.x86/main

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0 files in pk3 files

Running in restricted demo mode.

----- FS_Startup -----
Current search path:
/root/.wolf/demomain
/usr/local/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/demomain/pak0.pk3 (1846 files)
/usr/local/games/wolfenstein-mpdemo/demomain
./wolf.x86/demomain

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1846 files in pk3 files
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec language.cfg
couldn't exec wolfconfig_mp.cfg
execing autoexec.cfg
Hunk_Clear: reset the hunk ok
Joystick is not active.
Bypassing CD checks
----- Client Initialization -----
----- Initializing Renderer ----
-------------------------------
Loaded 714 translation strings from scripts/translation.cfg
----- Client Initialization Complete -----
----- R_Init -----
...loading libGL.so: Initializing OpenGL display
...setting mode 3: 640 480
Using XFree86-VidModeExtension Version 2.1
XF86DGA Mouse (Version 2.0) initialized
XFree86-VidModeExtension Activated at 640x480
Using 8/8/8 Color bits, 24 depth, 0 stencil display.
GL_RENDERER: GeForce3/AGP/3DNOW!
Initializing OpenGL extensions
...using GL_S3_s3tc
...ignoring GL_EXT_texture_env_add
...using GL_ARB_multitexture
...using GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array
XF86 Gamma extension initialized

GL_VENDOR: NVIDIA Corporation
GL_RENDERER: GeForce3/AGP/3DNOW!
GL_VERSION: 1.3.1 NVIDIA 29.60
GL_EXTENSIONS: GL_ARB_imaging GL_ARB_multisample GL_ARB_multitexture GL_ARB_texture_border_clamp GL_ARB_texture_compression GL_ARB_texture_cube_map GL_ARB_texture_env_add GL_ARB_texture_env_combine GL_ARB_texture_env_dot3 GL_ARB_transpose_matrix GL_S3_s3tc GL_EXT_abgr GL_EXT_bgra GL_EXT_blend_color GL_EXT_blend_minmax GL_EXT_blend_subtract GL_EXT_compiled_vertex_array GL_EXT_draw_range_elements GL_EXT_fog_coord GL_EXT_multi_draw_arrays GL_EXT_packed_pixels GL_EXT_paletted_texture GL_EXT_point_parameters GL_EXT_rescale_normal GL_EXT_secondary_color GL_EXT_separate_specular_color GL_EXT_shared_texture_palette GL_EXT_stencil_wrap GL_EXT_texture3D GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc GL_EXT_texture_edge_clamp GL_EXT_texture_env_add GL_EXT_texture_env_combine GL_EXT_texture_env_dot3 GL_EXT_texture_cube_map GL_EXT_texture_filter_anisotropic GL_EXT_texture_lod GL_EXT_texture_lod_bias GL_EXT_texture_object GL_EXT_vertex_array GL_EXT_vertex_weighting GL_HP_occlusion_test GL_IBM_texture_mirrored_repeat GL_KTX_buffer_region GL_NV_blend_sq
GL_MAX_TEXTURE_SIZE: 4096
GL_MAX_ACTIVE_TEXTURES_ARB: 4

PIXELFORMAT: color(24-bits) Z(24-bit) stencil(0-bits)
MODE: 3, 640 x 480 fullscreen hz:N/A
GAMMA: hardware w/ 0 overbright bits
CPU:
rendering primitives: single glDrawElements
texturemode: GL_LINEAR_MIPMAP_NEAREST
picmip: 1
texture bits: 0
multitexture: enabled
compiled vertex arrays: enabled
texenv add: disabled
compressed textures: enabled
Initializing Shaders
----- finished R_Init -----

------- sound initialization -------

[Gaccm]

um, you're not running this as root, right?

[DragonFire]

To get the above info, yes.........I dont see why running it as root has anything to do with my problem however the same things happens under my normal user......

Yes that is the MPdemo I was trying to run, I dont plan on playing online so dont worry about the reasons why I shouldnt run it as root