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Date:      Wed, 7 Aug 1996 11:25:09 -0400 (EDT)
From:      Bruce Drake <bruce@synxcti.com>
To:        jlambert@trout.inet-images.com
Cc:        questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Xwindows
Message-ID:  <Pine.LNX.3.95.960807111832.19133F-100000@synxcti.com>
In-Reply-To: <199608070333.XAA02810@trout.inet-images.com>

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On Tue, 6 Aug 1996 jlambert@trout.inet-images.com wrote:

> I am treying to run linux xdoom and it runs, tbutbut after awhile,
> it says broken pipe.
> that's what's wrong?

Regardless of whether you run sdoom or xdoom, it is looking for a program
that is running the sound.  If you don't have a Linux-compatible sound
device configured, the sound program fails.  The main executable for doom
keeps sending requests to the sound program, but eventually fails.

I fixed this on my system by renaming the sound program!  The startup
can't find the executable, but continues to run the game silently.

Check the directory /usr/games/doom.  You will probably find the file
called sndserver.  Rename it to sndserver.save, and see what happens.
Hopefully, this will work for you.

For the curious, this makes xdoom run across a network onto an ordinary
X-terminal!  Disgusting :-)

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Bruce Drake
Synectics, Inc.
(919) 872-1275 USA




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