[Herefordshire] linux

[John Michaelson]

thanks mark, i'll have to pick your brains next time i see you. i've gone 
back to ubuntu for a bit.
john m


>From: Mark Broadbent <markb at wetlettuce.com>
>Reply-To: "Herefordshire Linux Users Group." 
><herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk>
>To: herefordshire at mailman.lug.org.uk
>Subject: Re: [Herefordshire] linux
>Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 19:24:04 +0000
>
>On Wed, 2005-01-26 at 12:22 +0000, John Michaelson wrote:
> > i tried to install unreal tournament 2004 on ubuntu. ut2004 is meant to 
>run
> > on linux as well as windows, but i couldn't get it to run after i 
>installed
> > it. i thought that perhaps it was because ubuntu was a fairly small 
>linux
> > and didn't satisfy the dependencies, but i later tried getting it 
>running
> > under mandrake 10.1 and fedora 3 and it failed to run on them too. bit 
>of a
> > disapointment.
>
>None of these distributions come with graphics drivers fully support the
>3d capabilities of the cards.  The game probably doesn't run because the
>relevant 3D support is available.  I have run UT2004 on my own machine
>it does work! :)
>
>Useful links:
>
>NVIDIA:
>http://www.nvidia.com/content/drivers/drivers.asp
>
>ATI:
>http://www.ati.com/support/driver.html
>
>You will need the kernel-headers package installed to be able build the
>drivers except if your using Fedora Core 3 which has them installed by
>default.
>
> > [...]
>
>Thanks
>Mark
>
>--
>Mark Broadbent <markb at wetlettuce.com>
>
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