On Tue, 2 Mar 1999, Peter Ludwig wrote: > Well, I did the funny thing today, I started upgrading my machine to > slink, after a few glitches (i.e. exmim returning 40-50 messages saying > that it wouldn't accept mail for @localhost) I seem to have everything > going smoothly (fingers crossed, haven't yet tried the network settings, > I'm moving soon and have the other machine packed already). > > Well to cut a long story short, I got the basic problems fixed, but now > for some reason Quake (thats Quake 1) refuses to run as a user. I've > checked all the settings I changed last time to get it to work but the > update kept them intact. The exact error message I get is :- > > svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.
Svgalib needs suid root permissions. To give the executable the proper permissions, execute `chmod u+s /usr/games/squake.real` The executable in the .deb is not like this for security reasons. > Now, what has changed with the permissions on I/O between Hamm and slink > that would account for this problem, and how can I "fix" it so I can run > Quake again? Oh, before I forget I am running S-Quake, not X-Quake (for > those who can't figure it out), and I don't really have the resources to > run X-Quake properly, I use quake to do something while my machine is > downloading lots of megabytes of the internet/compiling a kernel whatever, > and I would rather _NOT_ run it as root. xquake does not have this problem anyway. Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) PGP Key available, reply with "pgpkey" as subject. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Don't force it, use a bigger hammer. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian GNU/Linux.... Ooohh You are missing out!