[ale] Quake2 catches Sig 11 and blows out and leaves the console messed up?

[Nomad the Wanderer]

I don't know about single player as I'm just doing mutli-player right now.

The only help I've gotten is to login and reboot also.

Robert

Thus spake Linux Idiot (esoteric at denali.atlnet.com):

> Nomad the Wanderer wrote:
> > 
> > Well,
> >   Read the subject.  I'm happily playing Quake2, 3.19a when all of a sudden
> > it reports it caught sig 11 and dumps me back to the prompt.  From this
> > point on my console/keyboard is hosed.  Pressing "r" gives me ^T and
> > alot of other junk.  Very little is readable.
> > 
> >   First,
> >     Anyone know how to keep this from happening?
> > 
> >   Second,
> >     Anyone know if it's possible to fix my console after it gets trashed?
> 
> I had a similar problem with an 3.17, but it always happened at the same
> point in the game.  Anyway, the only way I could get control of the
> machine was to telnet in from another and reboot it. :(
> 
> I've since upgraded to 3.19, but have not yet gotten to the point in the
> game where it crashed on me.
> 
> > 
> > Robert
> > 
> > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
> > Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for
> >   at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???
> > 
> > http://www.orci.com/~nomad
> > 
> > DISCLAIMER:
> >       These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.
> > 
> > FYI:
> >  perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'
> 
> --
> Until later: Geoffrey		esoteric at denali.atlnet.com
> 
> You mean you paid MONEY for Service Pack '98????

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Robert L. Harris                |   You mean you paid
Senior System Administrator II  |        MONEY for 
  at Great West Life.           \_    Service Pack '98???

http://www.orci.com/~nomad

DISCLAIMER:
      These are MY OPINIONS ALONE.  I speak for no-one else.

FYI:
 perl -e 'print $i=pack(c5,(41*2),sqrt(7056),(unpack(c,H)-2),oct(115),10);'