Re: I can't run games

[Bryan Swann <swann nosc mil>]

I have a problem running games as an ordinary user.  It appears to me that
the audio device can only be written to by root.  Doom and xgal both died
because they could not write to the device.  I had to run the games as
root to get them to work, but I never really worried about looking for a
fix.

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On Fri, 25 Jul 1997, Hugo van der Kooij wrote:

> On Fri, 25 Jul 1997 DoWNxxGoD aol com wrote:
> 
> > Hugo.. your response to this quesion was not very helpful and actually quite
> > harsh.. I have the same problem as Henry... and I do understand Unix paths..
> > even if I can't get my games to work... now.. does anyone have a suggestion
> > that can help us out?? I am in the correct directory.. but get no response
> > when I try to run my games....
> 
> Hmm. so something like:
> 
> 	cd /usr/games
> 	./morse
> 
> Does not work?
> 
> Remember that many of the programs in /usr/games requires the SVGA-LIB
> stuff to be working.
> 
> And I can't answer a question beyond the info I have. So I will start of
> with the most obvious things that will go wrong.
> 
> > >On Thu, 24 Jul 1997, Henry Boardman wrote:
> > 
> > >> My install went fine, but I can't run anything in /usr/games.
> > 
> > >start with ./your_program_here or add /usr/games to your path.
> > 
> > >> I feel I'm missing something elemental. What is it?
> > 
> > >Understanding of UNIX paths.
> 
> Hugo.
> 
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