Bill Munden wrote:
>
> I have been trying to figure out how to set up games, etc on my computer
> running Linux Mandrake 6.1. I downloaded linux-doom-1.8.tar.gz and have
> extracted it okay. However, I have not been able to launch the game. I
> have a couple of different executables to run, but I keep getting a
> message "cannot execute binary file." The executables are "sdoom" or
> "xdoom." According to the README file, I am suppose to be able to
> launch "xdoom" from an x-server. I'm not quite sure what that means,
> but I was thinking that it meant that I could run it from within KDE.
> So, I started up a konsole window and tried to start the game by just
> typing "./xdoom." This is where I see the message "cannot execute
> binary file." I also get this message if I am at the command line
> "outside" of KDE (I haven't started xwindows at this point). Another
> thing that the README file says is that I need to have these executables
> in my path. Which file would I edit to do this and what would the
> syntax be? The path for the extracted doom files is /opt/doom-1.8.
>
> I have also been trying to find out how to exit KDE down to a command
> line (like DOS mode only in WIN98). Could someone tell me how to do
> this? I know how to use linux config to make Linux boot to a command
> line or to xwindows, but I like to switch back and forth between the two
> without necesarily having to use a console window for the command line.
>
> Thanks for your replies
> -Bill
Bill....I don't have a clue about your games questions, but can try and
help you on your other subject. In conjunction with the key combination
control-alt, the f-keys numbered 1-6 are mapped by linux to access 6
different consoles and the f-keys 7-12 are mapped to access 6 different
x-sessions. So, to get from your x-session that you booted into, to a
console, just hold down the control-alt key combination and press f2 (f1
is already full of messages & stuff from booting and starting your
x-session, so is probably best left alone, at least for now). You can
sign in as anyone you want and be in a console just as if the x-session
wasn't running. When you're done and want to go back, just hold down
control-alt and press f7 (f7 is the f-key mapped for the first [session
0] console session). You'll pop back into your x-windows session, just
as it was when you left.
Alan
