Other glibc UPDATE

[Jeff Ratliff]

----- Original Message -----
From: "James Drabb" <JDrabb at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "fedora-list" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
Sent: Tuesday, February 24, 2004 8:51 PM
Subject: Re: Other glibc UPDATE


> On Fri, 2004-02-20 at 22:38, James Drabb wrote:
> > Is there an easy way to run an older version of glibc?
> >
> > My wife bought me a Loki game from Amazon.com this Christmas and I have
> > tried to play it under FC1 with no luck.  The game requirements say
> > kernel 2.2+ and glic 2.1.  When I try to run the Loki game under FC1, I
> > just get a seg fault.
>
> I tried to run Jagged Alliance II with LD_ASSUME_KERNEL under FC1 with
> no luck.  So, I installed RH9 and tried the same, again with no luck.  I
> then dusted off my RH 7.3 CDs and and it ran.  I guess it has some
> dependency on glibc-2.1.x.  Oh well.
>

Thanks for the update. I just found a copy of the Linux version of "Descent
3" laying around from Loki that has the same requirements. I've got a copy
of Redhat 7.3 and a spare machine that's just above the "recommended"
hardware listed on the box.
  This gives me motivation to give it a try.