New Debian AMD64 Etch install

BigVig · 10-15-2006, 11:55 AM

I know this is an old topic of sorts, but every time I attempt to run the Quake 4 demo I get an error message.

Code:

./quake4.x86: error while loading shared libraries:
libSDL-1.2.so.0: cannot open shared object file:
No such file or directory

I have an AMD64 Athlon 64 3200+ and am running the 2.6.16-2-amd64-k8 kernel.

I have a Gigabyte Nvidia 7600GT with the 1.0.87456-3+2.6.16-18 drivers packaged by Debian.

I read somewhere that, if I install or place the 32bit version of libSDL-1.2.so.0 in the /usr/local/games/quake4-demo folder, it might work.

Two questions - will it work? And how do I get that 32bit file/package/whatever and place it in the folder?

Yes, I did google a little bit and didn't find any good answers. Sorry if this is too simplistic.

BigVig · 10-15-2006, 02:24 PM

Okay, I borrowed an idea for installing wine on AMD64 and installed the ia32-libs, and then I created six symlinks.

The Quake 4 demo ran, but the video was very choppy, the audio lagged and had lots of pops and artifacts, and the actual game play was very very slow with lots of rendering artifacts. Unplayable.

I will look at older threads to learn about solutions to these issues.