Linux apps. Easy question. :P

[AkumaBao]

So what's up with these apps I have in my GUI that don't start? They try to start, but then they stop, and close. (i.e. TraceRoute, and a few DL'ed games.) The games were not RPM files so I did the usual and unzipped them. Tried to start them through the File Manger, but no luck. Also, tried in bash at RL 3. No luck. Thanx in advance.

 

[Nothinman]

Try running them from a command line and see if you get an error message.

 

[AkumaBao]

I did. That's what I ment by trying in bash. ( w/o X server running ) Also tried from Konsole.

 

[Nothinman]

I missed that part :/

There's no error message or anything at all?

 

[AkumaBao]

If I do it in Bash, I get a "command file not found". If I do it from KDE, the Menu bar shows, but no screen.

 

[BlitzRommel]

Don't forget to execute files, you use ./ before the name.

Like if you have a program called JoeBlow, to execute it from the current directory, you type:

./JoeBlow

Ignore all this if you knew that.

 

[AkumaBao]

That's probably my problem. I'm quite new to the Linux interface, so I wouldn't put it past myself that I did it wrong. Although some of the programs are installed in KDE, and don't function.

 

[Gantry]

You should probably give one specific example of a file/game you are trying to run, with names directories, etc. Sounds like if you fix one, you will fix them all....

 

[capybara]

othe possibilities
1. are you logged in as root
2. if logged in as regular user, do you have permission to execute
the file. if not, chmod
3. is the file in your current dir, or in your PATH?
(ive made all these mistakes myselkf too)

 

[AkumaBao]

Nevermind. The apps that weren't supposivly working, were not working under KDE. When I logged out, it showed them running.