Error: Bad surface extents

Wed Feb 27 16:07:32 EST 2002

I followed the instructions in the README file, but got the following 
error message when I started quake 2:

[omm at moskau quake2]$ ./quake2
Added packfile ./baseq2/pak0.pak (3307 files)
Added packfile ./baseq2/pak1.pak (279 files)
Added packfile ./baseq2/pak2.pak (2 files)
using /home/omm/.quake2/baseq2/ for writing
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec config.cfg
Console initialized.

------- sound initialization -------
sound sampling rate: 11025
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------- Loading ref_softx.so -------
LoadLibrary("./ref_softx.so")
setting mode 0: 320 240
808k surface cache
ref_soft version: SOFT 0.01
------------------------------------
CD Audio Initialized
------- Loading gamei386.so -------
==== InitGame ====
------- Server Initialization -------
0 entities inhibited
0 teams with 0 entities
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====== Quake2 Initialized ======

0.0.0.0:0: client_connect
------- Server Initialization -------
0 entities inhibited
0 teams with 0 entities
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Changing map...
reconnecting...

Installation
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ERROR: Bad surface extents
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==== ShutdownGame ====

What did I do wrong?? I have Mandrake 8.1 and an NVidia Geforce2MX with 
the latest NVidia drivers installed.

Tx a lot.

Olaf