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diff --git a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/CHANGES-1.32.txt b/code/unix/LinuxSupport/CHANGES-1.32.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0208b82..0000000 --- a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/CHANGES-1.32.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,150 +0,0 @@ -CHANGES 1.32 - -11/13/2002 - 1.32b - -Update to the Linux client, fixing a number of issues: - - -- Text mode install broken on glibc 2.3 (Debian Sid) -http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=165358 -Current Debian Sid's glibc package break backwards compatibility -with binaries compiled on older glibc and statically linked. -This will cause the text mode setup to segfault. - -For now you can either: - - find a solution to run the graphical gtk-based setup - - roll back to glibc 2.2 - - use an updated setup binary: - run the linux setup once, with the --keep option - (this will exand all the files to setup.tmp/) - get this updated setup file: - http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/165358/setup - replace setup.tmp/setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/setup by the new one - cd to setup.tmp/ and run setup.sh - - -- Current NVidia drivers don't officially support glibc 2.3 systems -This affects Debian Sid in particular, causing crashes during vid_restart -The issue is related to the SMP build depending upon libpthreads -1.32b has both SMP and non-SMP binary. Use quake3-smp to launch -the SMP version if you want to use it. - - -- SMP and non-SMP builds: -Default quake3 shortcut will spawn a non-SMP build. Use quake3-smp -for an SMP-enabled run. From the feedback we got after the 1.32 release, -the SMP support as designed in the Quake III Arena technology isn't so -much relevant anymore. It was designed for much lower CPU frequencies -and lower AGP throughputs. Modern systems won't benefit from SMP. Since -it didn't make much sense to remove the SMP binary, we have both now. - - -- Fixing broken mouse on Suse: -Starting with XFree 4.2, the event timestamps returned by the X server -are no longer matching gettimeofday. And there is currently no API in X -to provide easy synchronisation. 1.32 introduced improved event timing -by correcting event time with X server event timestamp (sub-frame timing). -This worked fine with XFree 4.1, and no longer does. 1.32b adds a safe -check to work again with XFree 4.2, but basically the input timing is -back to 1.31 quality. - -Some new cvars related to the mouse control: -in_dgamouse - not new, but be sure to have it set to 1 on any recent system -in_subframe - completely disables sub-frame timing. If XFree 4.2 - in_subframe 1 won't hurt, but it won't do anything either. -in_nograb - for mod developers. Set to 1 and run windowed, Q3 won't be - grabbing your mouse pointer (useful for debug breaks) - - -8/26/2002 - -General: - -- new network protocol, 68 - -- network code: - improved fragmented messages handling - map change while client loads map no longer causes an 'Invalid .PK3' error - map_restart while client loads map no longer causes a reload - fixing donedl being ignored after autodl if map_restart'ed -- the demo command has a list of compatible protocols, it will loop through 66 67 68 - you can do '/demo four' and it will try four.dm_66 four.dm_67 four.dm_68 - or you can explicitely give a '/demo demoname.dm_??' - -- added mousewheel support in the console: - wheel to scroll, ctrl+wheel to scroll faster, shift+wheel to scroll history - -- UI in baseq3/ and missionpack/ for PunkBuster configuration - punkbuster server in server creation dialog (sv_punkbuster) - punkbuster client in server browser (cl_punkbuster) - added PB Yes/No to the browsers -- removed obsolete MPlayer UI stuff -- bumped server browser to handle up to 4096 servers - -- IP maintained in userinfo -- cl_guid in userinfo (as part of PB integration) -- printing ports as unsigned ints, no longer printing negative port numbers -- cleaned up the legacy IP banning code - use * for IP pattern matching now instead of 0 (fixes some confusion) - ex: 192.246.12.* - made it safe from overflowing and crashing - NOTE: using PunkBuster's banning system is advised instead though -- rcon: some fixes to the buffering to avoid overflowing and dropping parts of the message -- rcon: now supports quoting /rcon g_motd "foo bar" -- added SVF_CLIENTMASK (0x00000002), works only with <= 32 players - set bitmask of players to which send entity -- pushed cl_maxpackets upper limit to 125 -- added [skipnotify] from RTCW, use to display in the console only, but not on client screen - (also fixes pb_msgprefix and pb_sv_msgprefix) - -- new cvar sv_lanForceRate (defaults 1): - forces LAN clients to the maximum rate instead of accepting client setting - (1 is the default behaviour, backward compatible) - -- new cvar sv_strictAuth (defaults 1): - server side variable to control wether strict CDKEY auth should be performed with the auth server - this is required if you want reliable cl_guid for the server (for users tracking) - -- filesystem: - client re-orders it's pk3s according to the order given by server - (fixes some 'Invalid .PK3 files referenced' situations - -- fixed invisible entities/players bug (thanks goes to Rick Johnson / Raven for this one!) -- update x86 VM code (better and safer optimisations) (Richk Johnson / Raven too) -- clearing client gentity before GAME_INIT call -- failing vote if there's only one voting client (fixes exploit on 2-player server where one player votes then disconnects, forcing vote to pass) - -- added trap_FS_Seek - -- renderer fix: - if client game code registers a shader after drawsurfaces are generated but before frame is rendered - had a one-frame visual glitch (shader indexes messed up) -- renderer fix: - r_roundImagesDown 0 + map q3dm1 -> crash (buffer overflow fix) -- renderer fix: - fixed a crash in widescreen displays (q3dm11) -- renderer fix: - MAX_SHADERS up to 2^12 -- renderer fix: - moved screenshot from frontend to backend, fixes broken r_smp 1 screenshots - -- TA fixes: - MOD_KAMIKAZE MOD_JUICED logging properly to games.log - fixed bot taunt spamming -- fixed typo in scripts/models2.shader (shader error Ursula head) - -Win32 specific: - -- fixed the DirectInput mouse init procedure -- rcon: - fixed rcon not working on NT/2000/XP workstations that have a long uptime - -Linux specific: - -- no longer trying to load libMesaVoodooGL.so - obsolete code, was confusing when trying to setup correct OpenGL acceleration -- SMP support in the renderer. Detects CPU count, r_smp 1 default if available. (thanks to Gareth Hughes for contributing this) -- changed default GL driver from libGL.so to libGL.so.1 - see LSB 1.2 spec: http://www.linuxbase.org/spec/refspecs/LSB_1.2.0/gLSB/libgl.html -- Handle Ctrl and Space key together correctly (Ctrl was disabling Space) -- sub-frame timing of input events (key/mouse) (input timing quality now equivalent to win32) diff --git a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/INSTALL b/code/unix/LinuxSupport/INSTALL deleted file mode 100644 index d654d17..0000000 --- a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/INSTALL +++ /dev/null @@ -1,52 +0,0 @@ - Quake III Arena - Quake III: Team Arena - Installation instructions - ------ - -What you need: - -- retail CD-ROM of Quake III Arena for Windows or linux -- optionally, retail CD-ROM of Quake III: Team Arena -- a computer running linux (kernel >= 2.2 glibc >= 2.1) -- running the client requires X11 and 3D hardware acceleration with OpenGL - -Installation: - -If you have the retail CD-ROM of Quake III Arena for linux: -- install Quake III Arena from the CD-ROM -- run the Point Release installer -(to buy Quake III Arena for linux online, try http://www.tuxgames.com/) - -If you have the retail CD-ROM of Quake III Arena for Windows: -- run the Point Release installer first -- now you need to copy the main pak files from the CD-ROM - or from your win32 partition. Namely, you need to copy baseq3/pak0.pk3 - and for Team Arena, missionpack/pak0.pk3 - see below for more instructions on how to copy the files: - -WARNING: Those instructions are provided as a reference, -depending on your distribution the CD-ROM might not have the same -mount point. Please refer to your linux documentation for additional -information. - -- open a root shell and cd to the default installation path: - cd /usr/local/games/quake3 -- mount the Quake III Arena CD-ROM and install the game content - cp /mnt/cdrom/Quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3 -- optionally, mount the Quake III: Team Arena CD-ROM - cp /mnt/cdrom/Setup/missionpack/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/missionpack - -NOTES: -- If you are running Quake III Arena and Quake III: Team Arena on a - Windows partition, you can save some space by symlinking the game - assets to their windows installation: - ln -s /win/quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/baseq3/pak0.pk3 - ln -s /win/quake3/missionpack/pak0.pk3 /usr/local/games/quake3/missionpack/pak0.pk3 - (Windows partition is mounted as /win and Quake III Arena installation is C:\quake3) - -Getting Help: - -- consult the FAQ in Help/Q3A_FAQ.html -- head over to the Quake3World forums http://www.quake3world.com/forums -- consult the list of known issues and tips at - http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux diff --git a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/index.html b/code/unix/LinuxSupport/index.html deleted file mode 100644 index e87ef29..0000000 --- a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/index.html +++ /dev/null @@ -1,283 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head> - <title>Linux Quake III Arena Known issues</title></head> - -<body text="#000000" bgcolor="#ffffff"> -<font size="+2"><b>Linux Quake III Arena Known issues</b></font><br> -<i>Known issues and frequently asked questions - 1.32b</i><br> -<br> -<a href="mailto:ttimo@idsoftware.com">TTimo</a><br> -<i>Changes history</i><br> -2004.2.20 Last update<br> -2001.6.18 Initial version -<hr size="1"><br> -<font size="+1">Current topics</font> -<ul> - <li><a href="#install">Installation instructions</a></li> - <li><a href="#setupfiles">What do I do with a .x86.run file?</a></li> - <li><a href="#glibc">The setup crashes with <i>Segmentation fault "$setup" "$@" 2>/dev/null</i></a></li> - <li><a href="#bsd">Installation on BSD</a></li> - <li><a href="#auth">CLIENT_UNKNOWN_TO_AUTH</a></li> - <li><a href="#pk3">Sys_Error: Couldn't load default.cfg / Sys_Error: FS_FreeFile( -NULL )</a></li> - <li><a href="#setupbug29h">I get <i>./setup.sh {: ==: binary operator expected</i> -when running the setup?</a></li> - <li><a href="#hints">The game doesn't start, I have performance problems, -etc.</a></li> - <li><a href="#aureal">Aureal sound drivers</a></li> - <li><a href="#nosound">The sound doesn't work / sound crashes</a></li> - <li><a href="#discuss">Where can I report bugs and discuss about linux -Quake III Arena?</a></li> - <li><a href="#gameso">The *.so files are not in the setups? (<i>cgamei386.so -qagamei386.so uii386.so</i>)</a></li> - <li><a href="#vm_game">I get <i>Sys_Error: Sys_LoadDll(..) failed dlopen() -completely!</i> when running quake3?</a></li> - <li><a href="#3dnow">I have an AMD CPU and a kernel 2.4.*, Quake III Arena -is slowing down to a complete stop after a while?</a></li> - <li><a href="#gamma">How do I set up the gamma correction?</a></li> - <li><a href="#browser">Servers don't show up in the ingame browser</a></li> - <li><a href="#libsafe">Detected an attempt to write across stack boundary</a></li> - <li><a href="#libmesa">libMesaVoodooGL.so</a></li> - <li><a href="#UDPwide">Running a LAN dedicated server with multiple network -interfaces</a></li> - <li><a href="#64bits">Setup and execution on 64 bits CPUs</a></li> - <li><a href="#links">Links</a></li> -</ul> -<hr size="1"><font size="+1"><a name="install"><b>Installation instructions</b></a></font> -<a name="install"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="install">Linux Quake III Arena is using a graphical installer -(based on Loki software's </a><a href="http://www.icculus.org/loki_setup/">Setup Graphic Installer -</a>). However, since it's a Point Release, you need a retail CD-ROM of Quake -III Arena to perform a complete installation (and optionally your Quake III: -Team Arena CD-ROM). This process is documented in the <a href="http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/q3a/INSTALL">INSTALL</a>file -(this file is also in the setups, it's default location is /usr/local/games/quake3/INSTALL -.. you can run the PR setup and read it to finish the installation afterwards).</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="setupfiles"><b>What do I do with a .x86.run file?</b></a></font> -<a name="setupfiles"><br> -</a> -<p>Those are setup files, meant to be executed. They -come with graphical installation UI or console installation, depending on -what's available on your system. You may need to <i>chmod +x file.x86.run</i> -to make them executable.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="glibc"><b>The setup crashes with <i>Segmentation fault "$setup" "$@" 2>/dev/null</i></b></a></font> -<p>This is happening on glibc 2.3 systems such as RedHat 9 and Suze. The text mode installer will crash. If you can do a graphical installation, make sure you have Gtk1 installed and avoid the text installer altogether. -If you are doing a remote installation (such as a dedicated server through ssh), you need to use a newer text mode installer. Run the installer with <i>--keep</i> to extract the files -(look for a <i>setup*</i> directory in the current directory for the extracted setup). -Then replace <i>setup.data/bin/Linux/x86/setup</i> by <a href="http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/setup-RH9/setup">this newer version</a>. Run <i>setup.sh</i> at top level and things should work fine.</p> -<p> -<b>Update</b>: Turns out this solution is working for RTCW and ET, but not for Q3 (because the last q3 setup uses an older version of the installer). Will update a specific solution for Q3 'soon'. -</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="bsd"><b>Installation on -BSD</b></a></font><a name="bsd"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="bsd">The linux binaries will run fine on the BSD family (FreeBSD, -NetBSD and OpenBSD) with the linux binary compatibility software. However -if you are getting the error message <i>ELF binary type "0" not known</i> -while installing or trying to run the binaries, that means you need to run -<i>brandelf</i> on the files.</a></p> -<p><a name="bsd">If it's a setup problem, proceed with the following steps: -</a></p> -<pre><a name="bsd">./linuxq3apoint-1.31.x86.run --keep<br>brandelf -t Linux setup.tmp/setup.data/bin/FreeBSD/x86/setup<br>cd setup.tmp<br>sh ./setup.sh<br></a></pre> -<p><a name="bsd">The --keep option will extract the files and leave them -somewhere below your current directory. Depending on the game (Q3 or RTCW) -and the setup version, your mileage may vary (setup.tmp or another directory).</a></p> -<p><a name="bsd">The game binaries might need to be brandelf'ed too, with -a command such as</a></p> -<pre><a name="bsd">brandelf -t Linux /usr/local/games/quake3/quake3.x86<br></a></pre> -<a name="bsd"></a><font size="+1"><a name="auth"><b>CLIENT_UNKNOWN_TO_AUTH</b></a></font> -<a name="auth"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="auth">Graeme Devine recently updated his <i>.plan</i> with very -complete </a><a href="http://www.webdog.org/cgi-bin/finger.plm?id=279&time=20011210020942" target="_new">information about CLIENT_UNKNOWN_TO_AUTH errors</a>.</p> -<p> -See some additional information from the <a href="http://www.gameadmins.com/modules.php?name=Mail_List">gameadmins.com mailing list</a>: -</p> -<pre>If the server you are playing on and the auth server don't see you as the -same IP (for instance you are trying to play on a public internet server -that's on your LAN, and your internet access is using NAT), then it won't -work. - -It used to work in 1.31, and it doesn't in 1.32. PunkBuster requires -reliable auth of the players. What you can do: - -- run a server with sv_strictauth 0 and you'll be able to join your -server. This will be the same behaviour as 1.31 - -- connect to a server on the internet before you connect to your local -server (this will trigger your IP into the cache of the auth server for -15mn and let you in to your local server). - -- setup two NATs, one for your client one for your server and make sure -your server and Id's auth see the same IP. (this one ain't for network -setup newbies) -</pre> -<font size="+1"><a name="pk3"><b>Sys_Error: Couldn't load default.cfg / Sys_Error: -FS_FreeFile( NULL )</b></a></font><br> -<p>If you get one of these errors after installing Quake III Arena or Return -To Castle Wolfenstein, it means that the engine didn't find all the required -.pk3 files. Either you didn't copy them, or you copied them to the wrong -place. Check the INSTALL instructions for the game for more details, make -sure they are in baseq3/ for quake3 (missionpack/ for TA files) and main/ -for Return To Castle Wolfenstein.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="setupbug29h"><b>I get <i>./setup.sh {: ==: binary -operator expected</i> when running the setup?</b></a></font><a name="setupbug29h"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="setupbug29h">This is a known issue to 1.29h setups and prior. -It happens on systems with bash version < 2.*. There are several solutions:<br> -- Upgrade bash to something more recent and run the setup again - Run the -setup with the --keep option. It will fail but it will leave a <i>setup-full</i> -directory. You can then copy the files manually from that dir. - Once you -used the --keep option above, you can edit setup.sh and replace occurences -of == by =. Then run setup.sh and the installer will execute.</a></p> -<a name="setupbug29h"></a><font size="+1"><a name="hints"><b>The game doesn't -start, I have performance problems, etc.</b></a></font><br> -<p>The first thing to do is to check on the forums and various FAQs (this -one, but there are others. See the <a href="#links">links</a>). The Quake3World -forums have a great search function.</p> -<p>Before reporting the problem to <a href="mailto:ttimo@idsoftware.com">me</a> -make sure it's an issue with the game, and not an issue with your OS/OpenGL/sound -configuration. Common OS issues are listed in this FAQ. You should make sure -you have OpenGL configured correctly (by checking if <i>gears</i>is running -for instance, and how well it runs). And see if non-Id linux games are running -fine too.</p> -<p>When you are going to report a bug, first make sure you are using the -latest version of the game. Include the game version in your report.</p> -<p>Include general information about your OS:<br> -</p> -<ul> - <li>Motherboard brand, CPU type, RAM</li> - <li>distribution name and version</li> - <li>kernel / OS info (from <i>uname -a</i>)</li> - <li>libc version (<i>ls -l /lib/libc.so.*</i>)<br> - please specify if you can if the libc is your distribution's standard -version, or if you compiled yourself, and what binary target was used (x86, -or AMD, i686 etc.)</li> -</ul> -<p>If it's a problem with the client, send the output of <i>glxinfo</i>.</p> -<p>If you have an nvidia board, send the output of <i>cat /proc/nv/card0</i> -</p> -<p>Send output of the run:<br> -run the game with <i>+set developer 1</i> option, and send the output. You -can do something like <i>quake3 +set developer 1 &>q3run.log</i>.</p> -<p>If it's a crash, you can send a backtrace of the game running through -<i>gdb</i>.</p> -<p>You can also send a log of the game running with <i>strace</i>:</p> -<pre>cd /usr/local/games/quake3<br>strace -o ~/strace.log ./quake3.x86<br></pre> -<p>NOTE: please <b>avoid</b> sending me the <i>strace</i> of <i>/usr/local/games/quake3/quake3</i>, -which is a shell script wrapper and probably no interest to your problem. -</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="aureal"><b>Aureal sound drivers</b></a></font><a name="aureal"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="aureal">It seems that some versions of the Aureal sound drivers -don't work right with Q3. Last I heard, a kernel upgrade to 2.4.17 + Aureal -1.1.3, and/or using the old 1.1.1 drivers from </a><a href="http://aureal.sourceforge.net/" target="_new">Aureal's website</a>fixed -the problem.</p> -<p>If you need to know more about this, have a look at this <a href="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum15/HTML/001348.html" target="_new">Q3W forum thread</a>.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="nosound"><b>The sound doesn't work / sound crashes</b></a></font><br> -<p>The first thing to check is that it is actually a sound related. Run -the game with <i>+set s_initsound 0</i> and see what happens. All problems -reported so far about sound turned out to be OS/drivers. Listed below:</p> -<p>On some Mandrake distributions:<br> -Check if you are running the enlightenment sound daemon (esd). With <i>ps -aux | grep esd</i>for instance. It is a multiplexer for /dev/dsp, and might -block use of /dev/dsp by Quake III Arena. You can disable esd with <i>esdctl -stop</i> (as root).</p> -<p><b><a href="http://www.linux-mandrake.com/">Mandrake 8</a></b>'s default -sound drivers seem broken, installing the <a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/" target="_new">Alsa drivers</a> or the - <a href="http://www.opensound.com/">http://www.opensound.com</a> drivers -fixes the problem.</p> -<p>Some beta <a href="http://www.alsa-project.org/" target="_new">Alsa drivers</a> -have been reported to crash with Q3. Non-beta ones are fine.</p> -<p>VIA chipset and AC97 driver:<br> -This combination is known to have various issues. They have been fixed in -recent drivers (thanks to Arne Schmitz for the heads up):<br> -</p> -<pre>http://sourceforge.net/projects/gkernel has got the up to date version of <br>the AC97 kernel driver. The current version can be found here:<br><br>http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/gkernel/via82cxxx-1.1.15.tar.gz<br><br>It has working mmap sound, so Q3 shouldn't be a problem any more.<br></pre> -(thanks to Arne Schmitz for the heads up)<p></p> - -<font size="+1"><a name="discuss"><b>Where can I report bugs and discuss about linux Quake III -Arena?</b></a></font><a name="discuss"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="discuss">Reports bugs to </a><a href="mailto:bugs@idsoftware.com">bugs@idsoftware.com</a>. If you are pretty -sure this is a linux-only issue, you can shorten the loop by emailing <a href="mailto:ttimo@idsoftware.com">ttimo@idsoftware.com</a> directly.</p> -<p>You will find the discussion forums for linux Quake III Arena on <a href="http://www.quake3world.com/cgi-bin/forumdisplay.cgi?action=topics&forum=*nix+Discussion&number=15&DaysPrune=30&LastLogin="> -Quake3World forums</a>. There is for sure a lot of other places to talk about -linux Quake III Arena, but this is the one we read regularly to track bugs -and common issues.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="gameso"><b>The *.so files are not in the setups? -(<i>cgamei386.so qagamei386.so uii386.so</i>)</b></a></font><a name="gameso"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="gameso">If you still have <i>baseq3/*.so</i> and <i>missionpack/*.so</i> -files, then those come from the earlier 1.27g beta installation and you should -REMOVE them. They were provided in 1.27g to go around a bug in the VM code, -which made win32 VMs incompatible with linux. This problem has been fixed -and the two files are no longer required.</a></p> -<p><a name="gameso">If you are upgrading from 1.27g, it is likely that your -<i>q3config.cfg</i> files are set to use the native libraries (*.so files) -instead of the bytecode. Run quake3 with the following options to set things -right:<br> -<i>quake3 +set vm_game 2 +set vm_cgame 2 +set vm_ui 2</i></a></p> -<a name="gameso"></a><font size="+1"><a name="vm_game"><b>I get <i>Sys_Error: -Sys_LoadDll(..) failed dlopen() completely!</i>when running quake3?</b></a></font><a name="vm_game"><br> -</a> -<p><a name="vm_game">Try running quake3 with the following options:<br> -<i>quake3 +set vm_game 2 +set vm_cgame 2 +set vm_ui 2</i><br> -You should also read the </a><a href="#gameso">above answer</a>.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="3dnow"><b>I have an AMD CPU and a kernel 2.4.*, -Quake III Arena is slowing down to a complete stop after a while?</b></a></font><br> -<p>It seems the 3DNow! copy routines have issues with the southbridge chip -in the KT133A, this results in performances degrading while playing for a -while. Re-compile your kernel without 3DNow! instructions to avoid the problem, -and wait for newer kernels with better support for 3DNow! / KT133A.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="gamma"><b>How do I set up the gamma correction?</b></a></font><br> -<p>Starting with 1.29h, you can set the gamma correction with the brightness -slider in the graphical menu (under setup). On some older systems which don't -have the appropriate XFree86 extensions, you might have to set <b>r_gamma</b> -manually from the console, and issue a <b>vid_restart</b> command.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="browser"><b>Servers don't show up in the ingame -browser</b></a></font> -<p>The reason for this has not been clearly identified yet, seems to be related -to upgrade from older versions. Deleting ~/.q3a/baseq3/q3config.cfg fixes -the problem (you will have to reconfigure your bindings)</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="libsafe"><b>Detected an attempt to write across -stack boundary</b></a></font> -<p>If Quake III Arena exits with the error "Detected an attempt to write -across stack boundary", this probably means that you are running libsafe -on this system. Quake III Arena is compiled with some options that confuse -libsafe, you should disable it before running. See <a href="http://www.mudos.org/?faq" target="_new">this page</a> for more details. -</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="libmesa"><b>libMesaVoodooGL.so</b></a></font> -<p>The GL driver for Voodoo cards (libMesaVoodoGL.so) used to be distributed -in older Q3 setups. <b>This is no longer the case.</b> If you have this .so -in your Quake III Arena directory (<i>/usr/local/games/quake3</i>), you should -remove it. Any recent/decent linux distribution should support your Voodoo -card out of the box, otherwise it is recommended that you setup XFree 4.* -and the correct DRI infrastructure for it.</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="UDPwide"><b>Running a LAN dedicated server with -multiple network interfaces</b></a></font> -<p>A LAN dedicated server will use the <i>net_ip</i> cvar to identify the -NIC it is going to use (default is "localhost"). As it only opens one socket, -it is not possible to have a server broadcast it's packets on all the NICs. -This can be a problem if the server is serving games for a LAN and runs several -NICs to access the various sub networks.<br> -</p> -<p>The following Linux kernel patch (2.4.19) was provided by Rogier Mulhujzen -and John Tobin, it will force broadcasts to be emitted on all interfaces:<br> -<a href="http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/q3a/udp_wide_broadcast.patch">udp_wide_broadcast.patch</a><br> -<a href="http://zerowing.idsoftware.com/linux/q3a/udp_wide_README.txt">udp_wide_README.txt</a><br> -The equivalent <a href="http://www.bsdchicks.com/patches/">patch for FreeBSD</a> -is available too.<br> - </p> -<font size="+1"><a name="64bits"><b>Setup and execution on 64 bits CPUs</b></a></font><br> -<p>If you are running Linux on a 64 bit CPU (such as AMD's Opteron), and if your system is backwards compatible so that it can execute 32 bits x86 binaries, then the regular Quake III Arena binaries should work (your mileage may vary).</p> -<p>It's likely that the installer scripts will get confused though, and will refuse to install giving you an error: "This installation doesn't support glibc-2.1 on Linux / unknown". You will have to extract the game files manually by passing --keep on the command line when running the setup script. Once the files are unpacked, you will need to copy them manually to /usr/local/games. You probably want to have a working installation to refer to while doing this. This also applies to RTCW and ET</p> -<font size="+1"><a name="links"><b>Links</b></a></font><br> -<p>The <a href="http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq" target="_new">Linux Gamer's -faq</a> is a very good resource for general Linux Gaming topics.</p> -<p>Also at <a href="http://www.icculus.org/" target="_new">icculus.org</a>, -the <a href="http://www.icculus.org/lgfaq/loki/q3faq.html" target="_new">old -Q3 FAQ from Loki Software</a>.</p> -<p><a href="http://www.quake3world.com/ubb/Forum15/HTML/000529.html">Quake3World's -linux FAQ</a></p> -<br> -</body></html> diff --git a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/udp_wide_README.txt b/code/unix/LinuxSupport/udp_wide_README.txt deleted file mode 100644 index ecd0b98..0000000 --- a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/udp_wide_README.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,20 +0,0 @@ -UDP Wide Broadcast Patch for Kernel 2.4.19 - -Main purpose is to allow Quake 3 servers, and all games powered by the -engine, to be visible in the server browser when the servers are being run on -aliased IP addresses and multiple NICs using the +set net_ip option. - -To apply the patch run "patch -p1 < udp_wide_broadcast.patch" from your -source directory and recompile. - -Add "echo "1" > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/udp_wide_broadcast" to one of your startup -scripts, i.e./etc/rc.d/rc.local, and run thousands of servers from your -computer. - - -Patch by: -Rogier Mulhujzen <linux@bsdchicks.com> -John Tobin <ogre@sirinet.net> - -A patch with the same functionality for FreeBSD is available from -http://www.bsdchicks.com/patches diff --git a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/udp_wide_broadcast.patch b/code/unix/LinuxSupport/udp_wide_broadcast.patch deleted file mode 100644 index 2f1092e..0000000 --- a/code/unix/LinuxSupport/udp_wide_broadcast.patch +++ /dev/null @@ -1,57 +0,0 @@ ---- linux/include/linux/sysctl.h.orig 2002-08-17 19:52:27.000000000 -0500 -+++ linux/include/linux/sysctl.h 2002-08-17 19:53:00.000000000 -0500 -@@ -291,7 +291,8 @@ - NET_IPV4_NONLOCAL_BIND=88, - NET_IPV4_ICMP_RATELIMIT=89, - NET_IPV4_ICMP_RATEMASK=90, -- NET_TCP_TW_REUSE=91 -+ NET_TCP_TW_REUSE=91, -+ NET_UDP_WIDE_BROADCAST=92 - }; - - enum { ---- linux-modified/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c.orig 2002-08-17 19:48:19.000000000 -0500 -+++ linux-modified/net/ipv4/sysctl_net_ipv4.c 2002-08-17 19:52:03.000000000 -0500 -@@ -45,6 +45,9 @@ - extern int inet_peer_gc_mintime; - extern int inet_peer_gc_maxtime; - -+/* From udp.c */ -+extern int sysctl_udp_wide_broadcast; -+ - #ifdef CONFIG_SYSCTL - static int tcp_retr1_max = 255; - static int ip_local_port_range_min[] = { 1, 1 }; -@@ -221,6 +224,8 @@ - &sysctl_icmp_ratemask, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec}, - {NET_TCP_TW_REUSE, "tcp_tw_reuse", - &sysctl_tcp_tw_reuse, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec}, -+ {NET_UDP_WIDE_BROADCAST, "udp_wide_broadcast", -+ &sysctl_udp_wide_broadcast, sizeof(int), 0644, NULL, &proc_dointvec}, - {0} - }; - ---- linux-modified/net/ipv4/udp.c.orig 2002-08-17 19:40:59.000000000 -0500 -+++ linux-modified/net/ipv4/udp.c 2002-08-17 23:37:47.000000000 -0500 -@@ -94,6 +94,8 @@ - #include <net/inet_common.h> - #include <net/checksum.h> - -+int sysctl_udp_wide_broadcast = 0; -+ - /* - * Snmp MIB for the UDP layer - */ -@@ -272,9 +274,10 @@ - if ((s->num != hnum) || - (s->daddr && s->daddr!=rmt_addr) || - (s->dport != rmt_port && s->dport != 0) || -- (s->rcv_saddr && s->rcv_saddr != loc_addr) || -- (s->bound_dev_if && s->bound_dev_if != dif)) -+ !(sysctl_udp_wide_broadcast || !(s->rcv_saddr && s->rcv_saddr != loc_addr)) || -+ (s->bound_dev_if && s->bound_dev_if != dif)) { - continue; -+ } - break; - } - return s; |