Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> 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
Well
In an xterm or console
$ path=path;/opt/doom-1.8
will put it on your path.
To start, from an xterm (NOT from a console)
Well, first find the exact directory where xdoom resides, then type in the
complete path without the dot on the command line.
Alternatively, edit the menu, add an item for it, and use that same path
there in command. Then you can start it from within KDE which is just an X
client.
Civileme
