I think CTRL+ALT+BKSPC will do it, but it shuts down X.
Ernie
----- Original Message -----
From: Bill Munden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 1:16 PM
Subject: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
> 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
>
