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From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, October 09, 1999 3:27 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Executing binaries in Mandrake 6.1
> On Sat, 09 Oct 1999, you 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, too, downloaded 'em and thought I could run them. However, IIRC,
> you need to have the DOS version as well, for the *.wad files.
> >
> >
> > 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.
> >
> Well, if you only want to do it occasionally, you could boot the
> machine and type "linux3" at the LILO prompt. Otherwise, just do what
> I do and boot to console and then type "startx" to get to KDE.
> John
>
>
Or if you want to run KDE as your default interface, then you can type:
CTRL+ALT+F# (where # indicates the console to be used - I usually
use F2)
Then you must log in as whatever user you want to be ( even if it is the
same username as the KDE session ), and you are on your way.
Then to get back to KDE, use:
CTRL+ALT+F7
The above will keep the KDE (X) session loaded, but it will not affect the
console session, except that you cannot use the "startx" command when X is
already running. I believe that the function keys F1 through F6 start new
full screen console sessions, and that F7 through F12 start new X-sessions,
but I have not tried multiple X-sessions as yet. Using these "hot keys" you
can switch sessions as easily as you can switch windows, with the added
bonus that each session is something like a terminal on a mainframe ( that's
an analogy, and not entirely accurate, it is the way I understand Linux
sessions ) in that you can switch sessions in Linux, and on a mainframe, you
can work from terminal number 1 while an associate works from terminal
number 2 at the same time, and neither of you will have any affect on the
other unless you are both trying to use the same file at the same time. Well
I'm starting to ramble, but I hope something in here is of help,
Ernie
