🚀 go-pugleaf

In memory of Mighty (s335810@cello.cs.uq.edu.au) wrote:
: 
: 	G'day.  I'm running linux at home on at nice ET4000 based SVGA 
: card.  Doom runs fine, and so does abuse.  The problem is though, that I 
: downloaded a game off the net last night (two in fact), and they both 
: were trying to use 300x200x256 (or thereabouts) mode of my monitor.  
: logged in not as root, they both came up with "Can't get I/O 
: permissions".  Running as root, one of them still did, and the other 
: started, but just threw trash all over the screen (how do you fix that by 
: the way, I can telnet in from another computer on the local net and 
: reboot, but it's a bit awquard).  The other still couldn't get the I/O 
: permissions.  Does anyone have ideas as to why?  The games where 
: lincycles and lode_run from sunsite.
: 
: 	In memory of Mighty (Zangef in IRC) <s335810@cello.cs.uq.edu.au>
: 
: 	Wynnum, Queensland, Australia through the University of Queensland
: 	Web page at http://student.uq.edu.au/~s335810
: 

I had the same problem with load_run a few months ago.

I would load it and the screen would blank out, and I could not use the console
keyboard. Also I have this problem sometimes with running Descent underneath
dosemu. If I use Control-Alt to switch over to another VT, and then I switch 
back, the screen will blank out.

If I exit out of Descent, but leave dosemu running, I can swap back and forth
no worries.

Sorry, I'm not of much use here, but it is a similar problems.


Thanks
Graham