2.8 Linux−Specific Command Line Options
This section covers command line options that are specific to the Linux versions of Quake. There are plenty
of other Quake options, but they're beyond the scope of this HOWTO. Check out some of the sites listed in
section General Quake Information for this kind of information.
−mem num
Specify memory in megabytes to allocate (default is 8MB, which should be fine for most needs).
−nostdout
Don't do any output to stdout. Use this if you don't want all the console output dumped to your
terminal.
−mdev device
Mouse device, default is /dev/mouse
−mrate speed
Mouse baud rate, default is 1200
−cddev device
CD device, default is /dev/cdrom
−mode num
Use indicated video mode (squake only)
−nokdb
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Don't initialize keyboard
−sndbits 8 or 16
Set sound bit sample size. Default is 16 if supported.
−sndspeed speed
Set sound speed. Usual values are 8000, 11025, 22051 and 44100. Default is 11025.
−sndmono
Set mono sound
−sndstereo
Set stereo sound (default if supported)