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by Negatratoron
Mon Jul 17, 2017 4:21 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Descent 3 Linux Files
Replies: 67
Views: 46589

Re: Descent 3 Linux Files

Reinstalled linux again, found the culprit. The package I installed that broke descent3 was libgl1-mesa-dev:i386. Now trying to figure out how to run descent3 even with that package installed... Also, there's no sound :/ The sound problem is pretty easy to fix: put "padsp" before "de...
by Negatratoron
Wed Jul 12, 2017 5:17 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Descent 3 Linux Files
Replies: 67
Views: 46589

Re: Descent 3 Linux Files

Reinstalled linux again, found the culprit. The package I installed that broke descent3 was libgl1-mesa-dev:i386. Now trying to figure out how to run descent3 even with that package installed...

Also, there's no sound :/
by Negatratoron
Mon Jul 10, 2017 1:36 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Descent 3 Linux Files
Replies: 67
Views: 46589

Re: Descent 3 Linux Files

Renamed .local/share/Steam, no dice.
by Negatratoron
Sun Jul 09, 2017 1:45 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Descent 3 Linux Files
Replies: 67
Views: 46589

Re: Descent 3 Linux Files

Very weird, it suddenly doesn't work any more. Same error. No clue what I changed that broke it. However at least we know it CAN work. Hey, I'm getting the following libGL error trying to run this: lol@foldingmachine:~/Downloads/d3linux$ ./descent3 Could not load [/home/lol/Downloads/d3linux/imd.bmp...
by Negatratoron
Sun Jul 09, 2017 12:14 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Descent 3 Linux Files
Replies: 67
Views: 46589

Re: Descent 3 Linux Files

I have no idea what happened, but I had to reinstall Linux for other reasons - and now descent3 is working. Even on the new install, I was getting that same error until I installed the libgl1-nvidia-glx:i386 package, which I installed because it was required for Steam as explained here: https://wiki...
by Negatratoron
Sat Jul 08, 2017 12:13 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Descent 3 Linux Files
Replies: 67
Views: 46589

Re: Descent 3 Linux Files

Hey, I'm getting the following libGL error trying to run this: lol@foldingmachine:~/Downloads/d3linux$ ./descent3 Could not load [/home/lol/Downloads/d3linux/imd.bmp]! Can't request CD swap! libGL error: No matching fbConfigs or visuals found libGL error: failed to load driver: swrast X Error of fai...
by Negatratoron
Wed Jul 23, 2014 9:45 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: Any of Team NuB still out there?
Replies: 16
Views: 19133

Re: Any of Team NuB still out there?

I was on Team NuB as well. I am still alive, and hopefully will be for some time yet, though I don't play very much Descent these days.
by Negatratoron
Thu Jun 26, 2014 9:00 pm
Forum: Descent Multiplayer
Topic: D3 activity dismal
Replies: 32
Views: 9223

Re: D3 activity dismal

If you run d3 windowed, you can lurk on a server and hear the beep when someone joins. I am trying this out right now, running d3 in a virtual machine. (as soon as someone joins I plan to say 'brb', close the VM, and go play d3 on the host os) (it's too bad it's so hard to run d3 with sound active b...
by Negatratoron
Fri Jul 04, 2008 9:25 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Space Colonization
Replies: 23
Views: 1880

Re:

So I don't see space colonization as being the quick fix to mankind's problems. Right, it's not supposed to be a quick fix to mankind's problems; that's a totally different ballpark. Expanding onto other planets would just protect humanity from mindless coincidental disasters like giant rocks hitti...
by Negatratoron
Tue Jun 24, 2008 7:39 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Where will you be in 20 years?
Replies: 30
Views: 2319

Not to pick on you too much, but if you're still playing Descent 3 in 20 years I really worry about you. Right, realistically Descent 3 is likely to be either dead or uttering its last breath in 20 years, but it's worth including anyway :) The following is one third nonsense, one third tangent, and...
by Negatratoron
Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:50 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Space Colonization
Replies: 23
Views: 1880

Re:

Gooberman wrote:
if we humans do expand into other solar systems, it's going to be, like, impossible for one government to run the whole mess
So there is hope for humanity!
That's Right! Now we're making progress :D
by Negatratoron
Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:33 am
Forum: Ethics and Commentary
Topic: Space Colonization
Replies: 23
Views: 1880

Stephen Hawking has something to say on that subject. According to him, the only way to pretty much ensure humanity's survival is to expand into other solar systems. About faster-than-light communication... I don't understand this very well (yet), but a book that I read on entanglement a few years ...
by Negatratoron
Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:03 am
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Where will you be in 20 years?
Replies: 30
Views: 2319

In 20 years, I'll be 37 and insanely good at Descent 3. Beyond that, I have no idea, but right now I would like to end up exploring some field of math, programming stuff, and/or doing something involving the two best languages in the world (German and Russian) (according to me) for a living. I might...
by Negatratoron
Fri Jun 20, 2008 5:30 pm
Forum: PTMC Cafe
Topic: Desktops of 2008
Replies: 144
Views: 27525

KDE 4 on OpenSuse

The calculator was last used to find out how many hours were left until an ecard finished.

If \"disgruntle\" is a word, then \"gruntle\" is too...


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by Negatratoron
Sun Apr 15, 2007 11:42 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: The 2007 Post your PC's and Workstations Thread
Replies: 22
Views: 13893

The contrast between these computers is incredible... Computer 1: Motherboard: Biostart TForce 550 Processor: AMD Athlon X2 4200+ (socket AM2, dual core, 2.53 GHz) RAM: 2GB DDR2 800MHz CD drive 1: SATA, DVD burner, and so on, and so fourth CD drive 2: IDE, reads DVD's Hard drive 1: 300GB SATA with W...
by Negatratoron
Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:47 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Linux install & other issues that may be linked in some
Replies: 3
Views: 736

Thank you. It works now. It turned out that the card had nothing to do with it, but there were two other problems. One was that the partition table on the Linux hard drive spontaneously self-destructed. The other problem was that GRUB thought that the hard drives were hda and sda, when they were rea...
by Negatratoron
Mon Mar 19, 2007 7:41 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Linux install & other issues that may be linked in some
Replies: 3
Views: 736

Linux install & other issues that may be linked in some

None of this is life-threatening, but I would like to know what's going on. The motherboard has one IDE port and there is a nonbootable PCI card that adds another two. I use Fedora Core. The Linux hard drive is IDE and the Windows hard drive is SATA. Here's the list of symptoms that may be linked in...
by Negatratoron
Sat Mar 03, 2007 3:56 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Hosting a Website
Replies: 9
Views: 1016

Re:

Did you buy the domain? I'm trying to host a DNS server. It shouldn't be necessary to buy a domain. It doesn't work that way, domains aren't free no matter what you do. If they were, you could easily steal microsoft.com by setting up your own DNS server. Most outfits you can purchase a domain from ...
by Negatratoron
Tue Feb 27, 2007 6:36 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Hosting a Website
Replies: 9
Views: 1016

Re:

Krom wrote:Did you buy the domain?
I'm trying to host a DNS server. It shouldn't be necessary to buy a domain.
by Negatratoron
Mon Feb 26, 2007 9:56 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Hosting a Website
Replies: 9
Views: 1016

Hosting a Website

I am trying to host my own website. I am following the instructions at http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/hostmyown.html which lead me to http://transposed.org/article/2 Everyone that I have spoken with can access the website from my IP (24.245.1.109) but I haven't figured out how to run a DNS s...
by Negatratoron
Sat Dec 30, 2006 11:10 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Getting rid of Bloated Windows XP software?
Replies: 12
Views: 1306

There was a thread on here not too long ago about someone's problems with Maya under Linux. Turns out that it doesn't like Compiz/XGL, so make sure your DRI implementation is completely up to snuff and turn off any 3D composition managers before attempting it. I started that thread. I figured out h...
by Negatratoron
Fri Dec 29, 2006 11:06 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Getting rid of Bloated Windows XP software?
Replies: 12
Views: 1306

Heh, I actually plan to have a Linux partition but I can't use Linux for everything I own, such as Photoshop CS2 and Maya and Windows is a lot more straight-forward as far as installing and running programs goes. Also, Linux requires some knowledge of Unix which I don't understand yet. Hopefully I ...
by Negatratoron
Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:54 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Icon Edit
Replies: 9
Views: 1013

Yes, I know about GIMP. But it's TOO HARD TO USE! I don't know what kind of quality you're looking for, but you could make the image in just about any image-editing program (MS paint, for example), then simply open it in GIMP and save as an icon file. There may be other methods of converting to .ic...
by Negatratoron
Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:39 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Icon Edit
Replies: 9
Views: 1013

Re: Icon Edit

whats wrong with ms paint? As far as I know, MS Paint does not save as icon files. I want one of Icon Edit program for make icons. I looked for that at Google but there is too many freewares. 'Cuz I don't download stupid fake freeware on my PC. Can u pick one of best icon edit? Please. Thanks. I un...
by Negatratoron
Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:49 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: NTFS recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 1059

I was totally correct about everything! Thank you for the help. I do appreciate it. When I was trying to get GRUB to work a long time ago (see Linux does not Boot), I messed up the boot sector of the Windows hard drive. Apparently, you can not read NTFS drives unless there is a working boot sector. ...
by Negatratoron
Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:06 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: NTFS recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 1059

Now Linux can mount the hard drive and the Windows virtual machine can tell that the hard drive is NTFS. I would prefer to repair the hard drive instead of copying the files, reformatting, and starting over, because I have software that requires activation, and I'm not sure if it can be reactivated....
by Negatratoron
Mon Dec 04, 2006 9:03 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: NTFS recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 1059

I just used TestDisk/Chkdsk, and the Windows recovery console to repair the file system, but once it's repaired, it somehow doesn't stay repaired. If I repair the boot sector and MBR either through TestDisk/Chkdsk or through the Windows recovery console, the file system is then accessible and all of...
by Negatratoron
Sun Dec 03, 2006 11:50 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: New power supply?
Replies: 5
Views: 831

Krom wrote:Getting a more or less powerful PSU will not have any effect on the speed of your computer at all. However if the PSU is not powerful enough it can cause stability problems and crashing.
In that case, I will not get a new power supply, but I have learned a few things in any event. Thank you.
by Negatratoron
Sun Dec 03, 2006 7:23 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: New power supply?
Replies: 5
Views: 831

Thank you. 650 did seem like a lot. I don't really do extreme gaming, but I do play a new one every so often. Would a switching from 300W to 420W or so make the computer faster in general? Thank you.
by Negatratoron
Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:34 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: New power supply?
Replies: 5
Views: 831

New power supply?

I have never bought a power supply, and I have no idea how much power is really necessary for the computer. The hardware is as follows: Power supply: 300W with 20-pin and 4-pin power connectors, both of which are connected Mowherboard: Biostar TForce 550 with 24-pin and 4-pin power connectors Video ...
by Negatratoron
Tue Nov 28, 2006 8:15 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: NTFS recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 1059

Chkdsk says, \"The type of the file system is RAW. CDKDSK is not available for RAW drives\". My Computer in Windows XP also displays the drive as being raw, but \"fdisk -l\" in Linux does say that the drive is NTFS.
by Negatratoron
Tue Nov 28, 2006 7:26 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: NTFS recovery
Replies: 8
Views: 1059

NTFS recovery

As explained in the topic, \"Linux does not boot\", I have Linux on a PATA hard drive. I also have an SATA hard drive with a corrupt NTFS file system. The SATA hard drive is larger than the PATA hard drive, so I can not save an image of the hard drive. I used an expired trial version of VM...
by Negatratoron
Fri Nov 10, 2006 9:57 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Maya 7 crashes on Fedora 6
Replies: 0
Views: 598

Maya 7 crashes on Fedora 6

I just upgraded from Fedora 5 to Fedora 6, and Maya 7 does not work. I removed old XGL packages to get Beryl to work, and then reinstalled Maya. There were no missing dependencies. \"maya -d gdb\" output: Program received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. [Switching to Thread 46989872 (L...
by Negatratoron
Fri Oct 27, 2006 10:30 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Maya 7 causes logout
Replies: 5
Views: 825

I just found out that XGL wasn't really diasbled. When I commented the old XGL line in xorg.conf, the computer added a new one. I don't know why Maya stopped causing the computer to logout, but it's nice that it did. :) Maybe XGL running could have caused this? I believe that Fedora Core 6 uses XGL ...
by Negatratoron
Mon Oct 23, 2006 8:15 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Maya 7 causes logout
Replies: 5
Views: 825

Thank you. It worked. I don't remember if I have already put this in \"Linux does not boot\", but it looks like there is some sort of character encoding problem. The letters around the little box in the corner, the frame numbers at the bottom of the screen, and all of the convenient HUD fe...
by Negatratoron
Sun Oct 22, 2006 8:54 am
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Maya 7 causes logout
Replies: 5
Views: 825

Maya 7 causes logout

I use Fedora 5, and I have Maya 7 Unlimited. I usually don't use XGL as my window manager, but XGL is on the computer, so XGL keyboard shortcuts like Shift+Backspace still work. Sometimes after releasing the mouse button when selecting objects, or when grabbing a move, scale, or rotate handle, I get...
by Negatratoron
Tue Oct 03, 2006 3:16 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Linux does not boot
Replies: 55
Views: 4464

When I set the buffers too low, the \"restarting sound server\" window freezes and I need to reboot the computer to make any further changes to the system sound. At the lowest possible setting that doesn't freeze the computer, the delay is still present, and definitely noticable. By the wa...
by Negatratoron
Mon Oct 02, 2006 8:27 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Linux does not boot
Replies: 55
Views: 4464

I didn't notice that I had to load the kernel modules. Now Descent 3 works online, with sound and everything. However, there is a delay of about one second from the time when an event happens to the time when the sound leaves the speakers, whether this event be an after burner, a fusion blast, or a ...
by Negatratoron
Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:34 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Linux does not boot
Replies: 55
Views: 4464

[root@localhost descent3]# /usr/local/sbin/d3fixd & ./descent3 -n -c -f -o [1] 3564 starting Filter Failed to send netlink message: Connection refused at script/d3fixd.pl line 72. [1]+ Exit 111 /usr/local/sbin/d3fixd Descent 3 started properly, but games did not even show up on the TCP/IP screen...
by Negatratoron
Sun Oct 01, 2006 10:00 pm
Forum: Tech Forum
Topic: Linux does not boot
Replies: 55
Views: 4464

By disabling SELinux (which allowed some kind of shared libraries thing, I think) and by following FunkyStickman's impeccable instructions, I was able to both get the OpenGL screensavers to work flawlessly and to play a bit of single player Descent 3. There are still two more problems with Descent 3...