q2 segfaults at initialisation

[Guy Griffin]

Hi,
I can't get quake2-r0.15 to run past the 'id' intro screen of the game; 
it always segfaults no matter what driver I specify, and complains about 
missing file particle/beam.jpg if using the glx driver. Occasionally the 
  mouse locks up too, IIRC if '+set _windowed_mouse 0' isn't specified.

I've tried compiling from source and the pre-compiled rpm with the same 
results. FYI under mandrake 9.1, nvidia graphics card. Can anyone help?

thanks,
Guy
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