Quake 3 on a Fedora 2 not working ok

[D. D. Brierton]

On Sun, 2004-07-04 at 12:35, Alexandre Van Haecke wrote:
> I jumped to test the new config (to sum it up : Fedora 2 kernel 
> 2.6.6-1.435, nVidia driver x86-1.0-6106, athlon 1.3 Ghz Thunderbird,
> GeForce 4 Ti 4200, RAM 768 Mo, Asus A7V133 with NorthBridge Via KT133A) 
> with the ultimate benchmark (at least to that proc generation) Quake 3
> (version 1.32b) !
> End result : it works but it's hardly playable, as it swaps every 10
> sec. The system did not show that kind of behavior with Fedora 1 and 2.4
> kernels (with the corresponding nVidia drivers and of course XFree86).
> So my questions are : has anyone observed the same behavior, and what
> component should I blame for it (the kernel, the nVidia driver, Xorg..)

I can't play Quake 3 either although not for the same reason as you. I
have a GeForce4 440 Go graphics card and the latest (6106) NVidia driver
installed on FC2 with kernel 2.6.6-1.435.2.3. Tux Racer, Chromium, the
OpenGL X Screensavers, and Unreal Tournament 2004 Demo are all
absolutely fine and play/work as expected. However, in Quake 3 the 3D
rendering is all messed up, and everything looks "blocky" -- screenshot
here:

http://www.dzr-web.com/q3shot.png

Any ideas what might be wrong?

Best, Darren

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