On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Mark Panzer wrote:
> Well, I tried to use xquake but my system locked up 3 times after about
> two seconds of use. I then decided to try out squake however when I run
> squake I recieve the error:
>
> svgalib: Cannot get I/O permissions.
>
> I checked the permissions on the lib files and changed them so group and
> user could read and execute them, but there was no change. Suggestions?
The binary, /usr/games/squake.real has to be setuid root to use svgalib.
I't is not packaged as such because it is a security hole.
A `chmod +s /usr/games/squake.real` will fix it.
Michael Beattie ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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