[quake2] Couldn't load colormap.pcx

[Greg Froese]

After searching some more online, I found that I needed to create a
symlink from ~/.quake2/baseq2 to /usr/share/games/quake2/baseq2 and then
the game worked.

Also had to change permissions on
/usr/share/games/quake2/baseq2/config.cfg to allow my non-root user to
update the file.

All works now, except for some reason my hardware acceleration is broken
now.  If it's not one thing, it's another.

gf

On Sun, 2003-09-21 at 04:51, Alexey Dokuchaev wrote:
> On Sun, Sep 21, 2003 at 05:38:55AM -0400, HaywireMac wrote:
> > On 21 Sep 2003 00:44:42 -0500
> > Greg Froese <gfroese at mts.net> uttered:
> > 
> > > This is the error I get when I run "quake2":
> > > bash-2.05b$ quake2 +set game
> > > Quake 2 -- Version 3.21+rCVS
> > > usage: set <variable> <value> [u / s]
> > > using /home/heavy/.quake2/baseq2/ for writing
> > > couldn't exec default.cfg
> > > couldn't exec config.cfg
> > > usage: set <variable> <value> [u / s]
> > > Console initialized.
> > > 
> > > ------- sound initialization -------
> > > sound sampling rate: 11025
> > > ------------------------------------
> > > ------- Loading ref_softx.so -------
> > > LoadLibrary("./ref_softx.so")
> > > recursive shutdown
> > > Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx
> > 
> > I don't think you need that "+set game Quake 2", it's looking for a
> > non-existent dir maybe?
> 
> He does not type "+set game Quake 2"; you can see ./quake2 complains for
> incorrect "usage: set <variable> <value> [u / s]".  Either supply valid
> argument (dir), or run ./quake2 from it (since default basedir is ".").
> 
> ./danfe
>