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$Log: Quake-HOWTO.sgml,v $ 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.