Quake III Help

I'm running Suse 7.3 with a Voodoo 3. Everything works fine in 3D except Quake III. All the games that use 3D that came with Suse work fine like tux racer. After I install Quake III and try to run it, some times it will pop down in the task bar sit there for about 20 or 30 seconds like it's going to start and then does nothing. Other time it just does nothing. I've never even got to the point were the logo screen comes up. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.298 / Virus Database: 161 - Release Date: 11/13/2001