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Copyright (c) 1998, Bob Zimbinski, Brett A. Thomas and Mike Hallock. This document may be distributed under the terms set forth in the LDP license at sunsite.unc.edu/LDP/COPYRIGHT.html.
This HOWTO is free documentation; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the LDP license. This document is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. Heck, even if this document kills your dog, it's not our fault.
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Sections of this document that were updated in the last revision have a ** after the section heading. Sections updated in the revision prior to the last are marked with a ++.
Below is the full revision history of this document. It is not intended to be useful to anyone but the document authors.
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Revision 1.0.1.11 1998/08/15 19:28:49 bobz
Added glibc topic in Troubleshooting/FAQ section
Moved non-setuid info to Tips & Tricks section
Moved rcs log into Revision Hist section
Changed distribution info a little until LDP wakes up
Changed references to quake.medina.net to www.linuxquake.com
Added linuxgames.com to list of places to get current version
Changed 3dfx Howto pointer
Moved explanation of change markings (** and ++) to intro section where they'll be noticed
Mentioned zoid's GL driver port in the Win vs Linux FAQ
Fixed credit and URL in q2getty
Revision 1.0.1.10 1998/08/07 19:07:02 bobz
Changed XQF url
Added comments to the revision history section
Started marking changed sections
Added OS Considerations to troubleshooting section
Added rcon to Other Software section
Added ICE to Other Software section
Revision 1.0.1.9 1998/08/04 21:06:22 bobz
Updated Acknowledgements
Added discussion of Quake security
Added QIPX to "Related Software"
Added ts topic about -noudp
Revision 1.0.1.8 1998/08/03 22:09:28 bobz
Updated and restructured the q2 mods section
Minor change to gpm troubleshooting info
Changed sound ts info
Changed intellimouse ts info
Revision 1.0.1.7 1998/08/03 04:55:21 mikeh
Added "Playing" section of Q2 Mods & Addons section.
Added "Intelimouse" section of Troubleshooting section
Added RedHat sndconfig part to Troubleshooting section
Fixed a few spacing problems, and one error message
Revision 1.0.1.6 1998/08/03 02:01:13 bobz
Changed abstract.
Revision 1.0.1.5 1998/07/31 16:07:11 bobz
Added gpm -k mention in mouse troubleshooting
mentioned 'sensitivity' in mouse lag troubleshooting
Added qstat|less tip
Added "/dev/dsp not configured" to troubleshooting
Slightly reworded part of the mod compiling section
Added bit about running mods server side
corrected required version # in q2 mission pack 1
Updated acknowledgements section
Revision 1.0.1.4 1998/07/30 21:08:46 bobz
Fixed a problem with broken lines in <sect> tags
Revision 1.0.1.3 1998/07/30 17:40:29 bobz
Fixed broken link to Latex version.
Revision 1.0.1.2 1998/07/30 15:46:40 bobz
Test update.
Revision 1.0.1.1 1998/07/30 15:43:59 bobz
Changed version numbering scheme.
Revision 1.10 1998/07/30 13:51:24 bobz
Minor version reporting change
Revision 1.9 1998/07/29 20:42:03 bobz
Added some server links
Revision 1.8 1998/07/29 17:37:15 bobz
Added a Quake II model viewer to the Other Programs section
Revision 1.7 1998/07/29 16:02:23 bobz
Added some relative links in Other Formats to make it
more portable.
Revision 1.6 1998/07/29 15:18:12 bobz
Version and date stamps back to the way they were
Revision 1.5 1998/07/29 14:52:03 bobz
Added tags for automatic timestamping
Revision 1.4 1998/07/29 13:17:51 bobz
Changed captured.com's web address per webmaster's request
Revision 1.3 1998/07/29 02:11:02 bobz
Ooops again. Made "Other formats" a <sect> instead of a <sect1>.
Revision 1.2 1998/07/29 01:55:41 bobz
Oops. I deleted the doctype tag...
Revision 1.1 1998/07/29 01:48:34 bobz
Added Other Formats section.
Changed acknowledgments slightly
Added ftp.medina.net to list of ftp sites.
Revision 1.0 1998/07/28
First publicly released version
Revision 0.9 1998/07/25
Restructured,rewritten and expanded by Bob Zimbinski.
Revision 0.01 1998/06/16
First Pre-Release version v0.01by Brett A. Thomas and Mike Hallock.