Running Quake 2 under linux

[zappa inetnow net]

Hi all,
Has anyone succesfully gotten Quake 2 to run under linux. I have followed
The install instructions that came with the linux Quake 2 binaries and
read the linux Quake-HOWTO and still can't get Quake to run. Here is the
error I am getting:

Added packfile ./baseq2/pak0.pak (3307 files)
execing default.cfg
couldn't exec config.cfg
Console initialized.

------- sound initialization -------
sound sampling rate: 11025
------------------------------------
------- Loading ref_softx.so -------
setting mode 0: 320 240
MITSHM shared memory (id=1408, addr=0x402ea000)
MITSHM shared memory (id=1409, addr=0x40335000)
808k surface cache
ref_soft version: SOFT 0.01
------------------------------------
CD Audio Initialized
couldn't exec autoexec.cfg
------- Loading gamei386.so -------********************
ERROR: failed to load game DLL
********************
Error: Error during initialization
Couldn't write config.cfg.

I get this same error when I try to run the shareware or the full version
as root. Any ideas?
Thanks,
- Mandarth

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