Cannot start Quake

patrik1982 · 11-12-2003, 05:15 AM

I have a wierd problem: I cannot start the Quake executable. This is what happens:

Code:

root@darkstar:/usr/local/games/quake# ls -la
total 2058
drwxr-xr-x    4 root     root          304 Oct 25 12:15 ./
drwxr-xr-x    3 root     root           72 Oct 25 12:05 ../
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root          296 Oct 25 12:09 doc/
-rwxrwxr-x    1 500      500        405412 Nov 14  1997 glquake*
drwxr-xr-x    2 root     root           96 Oct 25 12:11 id1/
-rwxr-xr-x    1 500      500        791544 Nov 13  1997 libMesaGL.so.2.5*
-rwsr-xr-x    1 500      500        443624 Oct 14  1997 quake.x11*
-rw-rw-r--    1 500      500          6608 Nov 14  1997 readme.glquake
-rwxrw----    1 501      501          4096 Aug  8  1997 readme.squake*
-rwxrw----    1 500      500          3429 Oct 14  1997 readme.x11*
-rwsr-xr-x    1 501      501        438376 Aug  8  1997 squake*
root@darkstar:/usr/local/games/quake# ./quake.x11
-bash: ./quake.x11: No such file or directory

Why do I get this error? Obviously, the file IS there...

This does not only happen when trying to start Quake, it happens whenever I try to start a executable file (I tried a simple "Hello World!" program written in C)...

(I'm using Slackware 9)

LavaDevil94 · 11-12-2003, 03:41 PM

how about just typing quake.x11? just get rid of the ./
i think the error is from the console thinking the ./ is part of the filename.

patrik1982 · 11-13-2003, 12:47 AM

Quote:

Originally posted by LavaDevil94
how about just typing quake.x11? just get rid of the ./

I've tried.

No success...

LavaDevil94 · 11-13-2003, 02:51 PM

try this
exec quake.x11
also, if you have hardware3d, you might wanna use the opengl quake. just a suggestion.

d_t_baker · 11-13-2003, 06:00 PM

no no no,, look at the permissions on the files, they are root and 500. quake.x11 has got the sticky bit set. Change the owner of the quake.x11 file to the user you are executing it as.

[as root] chown username quake.x11
[as root] chmod -s quake.x11

i dont know if this will work
just a suggestion

griphiam · 01-10-2004, 11:54 AM

I'm having the same trouble. I've messed with the chmod, chown... everything I can think of.

I've tried all three quake binaries from idsoftware (x11, squake, and glquake) and all respond the same way.

[griphiam@localhost quake]$ glquake
-bash: ./glquake: No such file or directory

below is the ls of the directory

Code:

drwxrwxr-x    4 griphiam griphiam     4096 Jan  4 18:24 ./
drwxrwxr-x    6 griphiam griphiam     4096 Jan  4 18:09 ../
drwxrwxr-x    2 griphiam griphiam     4096 Jan  4 18:09 doc/
-rwxrwxr-x    1 griphiam 500        405412 Nov 13  1997 glquake*
drwxrwxr-x    2 griphiam griphiam     4096 Jan  4 18:08 id1/
-rwxr-xr-x    1 griphiam 500        791544 Nov 13  1997 libMesaGL.so.2.5*
-rwxrwxrwx    1 griphiam griphiam   443624 Oct 14  1997 quake.x11*
-rw-rw-r--    1 500      500          6608 Nov 13  1997 readme.glquake
-rwxrw----    1 griphiam griphiam     4096 Aug  7  1997 readme.squake*
-rwxrw----    1 griphiam griphiam     3429 Oct 14  1997 readme.x11*
-rwxrwxr-x    1 griphiam griphiam   438376 Aug  7  1997 squake*

does anyone have any ideas?

I'm running Mandrake 9.2 Were the binaries compiled with an incompatible compiler? Where can I get the source for glquake so I can build it myself?

Thanks!