Quake3 problem

bishop00s · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 3:02 am Post subject: Quake3 problem

I've searched the forums but can't seem to find anything pertaining to this specific circumstance.

I have an nVidia Corporation NV25 [GeForce4 Ti 4200] running in a Xinerama configuration with another video card running the other monitor.

I ran emerge quake3 and copied over the pak0.pk3 to /opt/quake3/baseq3/ as instructed.
When i executed the kde menu link i first got a busy cursor and nothing. I then changed from the nVidia OpenGL to xorg's. Quake ran ok except the sound is screwed up. Not important though because i have had some problems with ALSA anyway. When i started the game it worked fine but the graphics were terrible and the menu text illegible. Does anyone know what might be responsible for this?

sOuLjA · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 10:31 am Post subject:

try to start it in a console and post the error message

maybe you can try to start with this command "artsdsp -m quake3"
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blueworm · l33t Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 962

AFAIK xinerama does not support 3D.
Turn it off and quake3 should run fine.

bishop00s · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 1:14 pm Post subject:

is there a way to turn it off temporarily or to switch from a profile to another profile. the only way i know to turn off xinerama is to coment out the xorg.conf file.
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blueworm · l33t Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 962

All you can do is write a script which switches from your xorg.conf(xinerama) to xorg.conf(nvidia) But you still have to restart the X server.
BTW I presume you are running 3 monitors.
Because If all you are running is 2 screens, twinview does support 3D.
And AFAIK all Geforce 4 Ti4200's based on Nvidias reference design have a vga socket and a DVI socket. The DVI can be used as a VGA with the usually provided adaptor.

bishop00s · Posted: Mon Sep 20, 2004 5:01 pm Post subject:

apparently to keep costs down the card manufacturer didnt follow nVidia specs because it only has 1 vga and a tv out function.
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blueworm · l33t Joined: 09 May 2003 Posts: 962

that sux... Oh well unless you have cash to spare your gonna have to live with it.

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