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I've been running Linux since 5.2, but as a casual user. When I saw the
announcement of the Doom3 demo for Linux, I had to try it and see what
it was like. After careful research and reading of forums (drivers fail,
sound doesn't work, program locks) and the documentation I decided this
was going to be a real bitch. Yes and No.
Getting the Nvidia drivers to work wasn't as hard as I thought, but
getting the kernel-sourcecode was a bummer. Had to download it myself.
Yum couldn't or wouldn't. The install of the Nvidia drivers was without
event once I got the sourcecode for the kernel. Luckily I changed the
xorg.conf file before I tried anything too adventurous. Sound and Video
are working correctly.
I now have nVidia drivers running on my Soyo K7VTAPro board with Athlon
1700+ and a really weak GeForce 200Mx. I'm getting ready to update the
video to something just a tad faster. Since the Linux machine is a
backup to my MS unit and a testbed/training unit for my continuing
Computer Learning experience, I don't think I'll go much further than a
cheap FX5200/5700 unit.
And, of course, I have to buy the game for Linux and maybe MS also.
My biggest surprise was that I thought I had to run the game from the
command line outside of the X system. Instead, I start it from a
terminal window inside the X system (Gnome).
Thanks idSoftware
I've been running Linux since 5.2, but as a casual user. When I saw the
announcement of the Doom3 demo for Linux, I had to try it and see what
it was like. After careful research and reading of forums (drivers fail,
sound doesn't work, program locks) and the documentation I decided this
was going to be a real bitch. Yes and No.
Getting the Nvidia drivers to work wasn't as hard as I thought, but
getting the kernel-sourcecode was a bummer. Had to download it myself.
Yum couldn't or wouldn't. The install of the Nvidia drivers was without
event once I got the sourcecode for the kernel. Luckily I changed the
xorg.conf file before I tried anything too adventurous. Sound and Video
are working correctly.
I now have nVidia drivers running on my Soyo K7VTAPro board with Athlon
1700+ and a really weak GeForce 200Mx. I'm getting ready to update the
video to something just a tad faster. Since the Linux machine is a
backup to my MS unit and a testbed/training unit for my continuing
Computer Learning experience, I don't think I'll go much further than a
cheap FX5200/5700 unit.
And, of course, I have to buy the game for Linux and maybe MS also.
My biggest surprise was that I thought I had to run the game from the
command line outside of the X system. Instead, I start it from a
terminal window inside the X system (Gnome).
Thanks idSoftware