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twitch

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Is nobody bummin' for lack of linux client??
« on: May 16, 2002, 04:25:14 am »
Greetings, List!

I am just wondering: is nobody concerned that the linux client is so overdue? Because I know I am!!

I am wishing that the linux client would come out real soon, I only run windows to play everquest, and I think I would rather play PlaneShift. With planeShift I can see where I could actually contribute rather than watch a ten dollars go away every month. Its like the difference between renting a house and owning one :D

I am pretty good with linux, perhaps I could help solve the problems if I know what they are.

Best of Luck and Best Regards,
Twitch
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« Reply #1 on: May 16, 2002, 07:09:18 am »
The linux client is still being worked on. There were several problems, most of them are now resolved. One problem still remains and that appears to be a problem with nVidia OpenGL drivers in combination with OSS... If we can\'t solve that problem we\'ll have to disable sound.

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« Reply #2 on: May 16, 2002, 07:18:52 am »
The linux rpms have been tested on several machines (still with the sound bug jorrit mentioned), and I would expect them to be released around the time the .004 patch is out.

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twitch

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nVidia/OSS Issues on Linux
« Reply #3 on: May 16, 2002, 02:29:50 pm »
Here\'s a load of questions for you:

Have you tried this on different distros?
Why not make sound be disabled for nVidia (not everyone uses nVidia, you know =)
Has it been tried with sound drivers other than OSS?
Whats the precise nature of the driver collision?
anyway I can get the rpm and try it on my system (I use an ancient SB16 and a Voodoo3)? windows rel doesn\'t work for me at all
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« Reply #4 on: May 16, 2002, 03:14:05 pm »
How exactly can you see there is an nvidia card on board? We could perhaps make a script for this to detect this but how would we do it?

rpm\'s for linux will be there soon. If you *really* want to test this you could also check out the sources and compile it yourselves. This is some work but then you\'re very up-to-date :-)

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I'm game...
« Reply #5 on: May 16, 2002, 07:42:28 pm »
YES,

I\'m game!  Where can I check out the source?

-James aka Twitch
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« Reply #6 on: May 16, 2002, 07:44:50 pm »
Sorry, should have been able to do this in last msg but....

You should be able to detect whether nVidia is installed by looking at any one of several configuration files (Xconfig, modules.conf/lsmod, or even by examining the /proc directory tree.

Is there some reason why this sort of strategy wont work?

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« Reply #7 on: May 16, 2002, 11:56:35 pm »
There is another thread on this board about how to download and compile PS on Linux.  You should be able to find it if you search.
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