quake 2/3 premissions

Beav · 10-02-2002, 05:40 AM

I read on a web site while tryng to install quake 2 and 3 that they can only be run as root because it uses the OpenGL subsystem. I did a search on Google for allowing users to use quake and never really came up with much. How can this be right? I dont really want to give my brother my root pwd so he can play quake :P
anyone know of a site with a fix for it?

Half_Elf · 10-02-2002, 05:37 PM

Well, I don't know, but last time I played Quake3 under Linux (looong ago) I THINK I was running it as users. OpenGL is available to users, just look at your openGL screensavers! But maybe I'm wrong... Anyways... try

neo77777 · 10-02-2002, 05:41 PM

I run Quake, RTCW, UT2003demo - all use teh same GL libs - as a regular user.

sandman · 10-03-2002, 12:01 AM

i have q3,q2,q3ta,rtcw all installed on mdk9 and run all as user.