----- Original Message ----- From: "James Drabb" <JDrabb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "fedora-list" <fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx> 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.
