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by tjwhaynes
Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:36 am
Forum: Linux Issues
Topic: Speedy research?
Replies: 3
Views: 1699

Research levels?

Without cheating, the most I've ever seen on the demo level is the darwinians up to 2.0 and the bar maybe half full to the next level. Is that just an indication that I'm letting too many darwinians be killed during the level or should I try and harvest the lives created by the triffids to boost the...
by tjwhaynes
Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:31 am
Forum: Linux Issues
Topic: CPU usable in sound options
Replies: 1
Views: 1298

I've seen that too

Yes - I've never seen that figure ever move off zero. Must fiddle with preferences and see if that makes a difference...

Cheers,
Toby Haynes
by tjwhaynes
Fri Dec 31, 2004 6:30 am
Forum: Linux Issues
Topic: bad sysinfo result
Replies: 7
Views: 2918

Don't run xhost + unless...

I really don't recommend running "xhost +" unless you are running on a LAN behind another firewall and you trust your other users. There are some interesting ways to play with someone else's X session if the X authentication is turned off, which range from the annoying (running stupid programs on yo...
by tjwhaynes
Wed Dec 29, 2004 10:38 pm
Forum: Linux Issues
Topic: 4d crash-on-exit (GLXBadContent)
Replies: 14
Views: 5050

X crashes on exit

I'm getting a full blown Xfree86 crash whenever I exit. I've just run though the beta4d release and the same thing happens as before. The XFree86 server dies and I end up back at the GDM login screen. With beta4d I didn't get a blackbox.txt for this most recent crash. This is on a Ubuntu AMD64 box r...
by tjwhaynes
Fri Dec 24, 2004 5:16 am
Forum: Windows Issues
Topic: Battling
Replies: 46
Views: 6810

Another similar crash near refinery (explosions, hillside)

This crash occured during an airstrike on the side of the hill next to the refinery. Mainly viruses and triffid eggs around. Darwinians had just got lasers (v2.0). Two engineers and one air-strike Squad. ========================= DARWINIA BLACK BOX REPORT ========================= VERSION : linux-de...
by tjwhaynes
Thu Dec 23, 2004 10:17 pm
Forum: Linux Issues
Topic: sometimes after exiting darwinia i cannot move mouse anymore
Replies: 18
Views: 6069

Full blown X server takedown on exit.

For those of you who need a reliable method for getting the mouse cursor alive again, get umouse from icculus, compile it and stick it in some convenient bin directory for quick reference. http://icculus.org/misc/umouse.c When I exit after playing for a while, darwinia crashes out and takes the X se...

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