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by shedt
Fri Aug 06, 2004 5:08 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Half-Life
Replies: 8
Views: 4043

Minimum Requirements: P133 24 MB RAM SVGA 2x CD-ROM http://lhl.linuxgames.com/ this is the site for running Half-Life in Linux with wine. possible problems: I'm a Gentoox noob, does it have- XFree86 4.0.1 or later (XFree86 4.2.0 is recommended for DRI users) Alsa simply doesn't play nice with Wine....
by shedt
Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:46 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: installing to f: with boot loader 4
Replies: 2
Views: 1953

installing to f: with boot loader 4

I was really hoping this would work, but it did not. does anyone know how to move/install onto f: on a drive that is 120 gigs or more ? I really think this should be somthing to fix.... but it seems shallax is working on it: http://gentoox.shallax.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2...
by shedt
Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:37 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Post magic confustion
Replies: 5
Views: 2932

i had the same problem, but running magic fix xfce && magic fixed the problem make sure you type in the terminal su to login as root, default password is xbox personally, i've installed everything, and made a folder on my f: partition where i copied all of my working gentoox files. i have a ...
by shedt
Thu Aug 05, 2004 11:42 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: startup-boot a couple things are not ok
Replies: 3
Views: 2222

thanks i ended up just replacing all of my files. i have a stable copy on f: that i just copy over. it is ok so far, i'm slowly learning though ! oh, i made 2 usb adaptors :D keyboard and mouse work awesome ! i also don't find kde that slow, and it has everything ! -question- kde and xfce are, windo...
by shedt
Thu Aug 05, 2004 5:22 pm
Forum: Newbie
Topic: Error writing to E
Replies: 14
Views: 5992

has anyone else has sucess with this ? gentoox is really cool, but it's useless to me if i can't get it on my f: partition. I've been installing it by extracting the distro file and ftp'ing the files to my e: but magic f-drive does not work. at first it cannot write or over write the files on e: the...
by shedt
Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:46 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: startup-boot a couple things are not ok
Replies: 3
Views: 2222

it went quick so i jotted down what i could. snd intel 80 80 snd pcm.... and some more text i did not write quick enough snd mix-os these there are not ok. i'm going to run magic fix kernal after i try to change the terminal font... hope someone can give me a idea what is going on here ? -edit- oh i...
by shedt
Thu Aug 05, 2004 3:42 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Half-Life
Replies: 8
Views: 4043

well, no hurt in trying. i had it playing in software mode on my mac in virtual pc, alittle bit to slow to play, but it's only 450 mhz. i read on Xbox-Scene someone got it running in software mode at a acceptable frame-frame, story mode only. I figure if i try hard it should be able to get it going,...
by shedt
Thu Aug 05, 2004 1:10 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: startup-boot a couple things are not ok
Replies: 3
Views: 2222

startup-boot a couple things are not ok

I was trying to update xfce, and it worked, but i'm not sure if it was updating the kernal or portage, but it gave me a error. when i boot up there is 3 or 4 things that are not ok. I remember one i think was a audio component. if it was a kernal problem, do i just run magic fix kernal ? i should ha...
by shedt
Thu Aug 05, 2004 12:48 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Half-Life
Replies: 8
Views: 4043

hmm, I know there is no 3d drivers, but Half-Life has a software render... it is slower, and does not having fancy effects transparentcies etc, but it should work. i'm going to look into this. Trogdor, would you have a idea of how to map keyboard keys onto the controller ? is there a program / drive...
by shedt
Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:50 pm
Forum: Newbie
Topic: Bios question
Replies: 5
Views: 3597

yeah I was wondering the same thing.

I have most of the time been using cromwell, but i also have used executer 2.

i have not really had a problem with either... i think this is a legal thing though.

sometimes with crowell though usb/controller seems to not work. maybe 1 out of 5 times.
by shedt
Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:42 pm
Forum: Off Topic
Topic: Are you Gamer ?
Replies: 2
Views: 13243

Are you Gamer ?

I was curious here how many people here are gamers.

I would think most of you, but that may not be true!
by shedt
Wed Aug 04, 2004 8:29 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: Half-Life
Replies: 8
Views: 4043

Half-Life

this is a reply to a post i ade on Xbox-scene: I've played Half-Life on my mac in virtual pc in software mode, and it was slow, alittle to slow to be playable. I want to play the story mode, no multiplayer. No CS! My imac is 450 mhz.... I would imagine once i get it set-up I will have fun with Half-...
by shedt
Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:47 pm
Forum: Q & A
Topic: magic f-drive on 160 gig
Replies: 2
Views: 1970

hmm, how can I get it into f: ? I'm going to just backup to my f: drive anyways.... I toasted my install last night. i tried running this frozen bubble game or whatever it was. then then screen went all fubar, and i had to hard reboot via the power button. she did not want to load after that ugh. it...
by shedt
Tue Aug 03, 2004 6:18 am
Forum: Newbie
Topic: did i kill my gentoox install ?
Replies: 3
Views: 2654

ok well i seem to have fixed it. I renamed all of my files on e: that had "old" and took out the old, and changed the names of the other files so they are ***.broke and then i changed my linuxboot.cfg file too this: append init=/linuxrc root=/dev/ram0 kbd-reset video=xbox:800x600,nohwcurso...
by shedt
Tue Aug 03, 2004 5:06 am
Forum: Q & A
Topic: magic f-drive on 160 gig
Replies: 2
Views: 1970

magic f-drive on 160 gig

ok i think i crapped out my current gentoox install. i'm going to start over, and then run magic fix xfce && magic this is what i did last night, and it updated tons of stuff it downloaded like 22 packages or somthing and took like 8 hours or so. so i messed up try to do magic f-drive my que...