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i have two files that are supposed to start quake...they're called squake & glquake...
they're located in /usr/local/games/quake/
i type file squake and file glquake & it says they're both executable...
i type ./squake & ./glquake & it says no such file or directory...i type /usr/local/games/quake/squake and /usr/local/games/quake/glquake and it says no such file or directory...but it is a file! and it is executable...so why won't it run it?
chikn
10-10-2001, 07:51 PM
Post the file permissions on them. Only thing I know that will send back a no such file error even when you know its there.
user: read write exec
group: read exec
other: read exec
Closer
10-10-2001, 09:15 PM
Well i will start by asking do you have the full version game and using linux source files
The linux source files require the full game or the demo
What distro are you using and what video card
The linux source files are very old and made for 3dfx - mesa
I recommend if you are using a opengl card such as nvidia and have nvidia drivers installed then use quakeforge convertion at www.quakeforge.net (http://www.quakeforge.net) . the only release that supports single player acton is
QuakeForge Stable release (0.1.1, released 27 Feb 2000)
The newer versions seem to be focused on multiplayer
give that a try and post back
closer
yeah...i've got the full version & i'm using linux binaries...the binaries i'm using are the svga and opengl binaries...i'm running mandrake 8 with a tnt2 nvidia...i'll try out that QuakeForge stable release...l'm downloading it now
ARGH! :mad: I can't ever get these blasted programs to compile! what am i doing wrong??
bdg1983
10-11-2001, 05:31 AM
We wouldn't know unless you tell us first what you are trying to do and what, if any, error messages you are getting.