LXDoom wont run - Ubuntu

Hi all again,

I use Ubuntu 7.10 with all updates.
I used to play Doom a lot of Windows, and I have LXDoom shoot em up in
my Games menu, but when I click on it, nothing happens what so ever.

I would love to play this game but I cant, is there a way around this?


TIA,


Mike.

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Lets stop hurting and killing each other,
Lets all live in peace.

Primax wrote:

> Hi all again,
>
> I use Ubuntu 7.10 with all updates.
> I used to play Doom a lot of Windows, and I have LXDoom shoot em up in
> my Games menu, but when I click on it, nothing happens what so ever.
>
> I would love to play this game but I cant, is there a way around this?
>
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Mike.
>
Not familiar with LXDoom, but if you try running it from a terminal, it
might give you further info on any errors it is encountering.

Cheers.

--
Sometimes, I Wake Up Grumpy.
Sometimes, I Just Let Him Sleep In.
-- My Wife

NoStop wrote:
> Primax wrote:
>
>> Hi all again,
>>
>> I use Ubuntu 7.10 with all updates.
>> I used to play Doom a lot of Windows, and I have LXDoom shoot em up in
>> my Games menu, but when I click on it, nothing happens what so ever.
>>
>> I would love to play this game but I cant, is there a way around this?
>>
>>
>> TIA,
>>
>>
>> Mike.
>>
> Not familiar with LXDoom, but if you try running it from a terminal, it
> might give you further info on any errors it is encountering.
>
> Cheers.
>

Yes I just done that, it seems I need a WAD file so I shall do a search
for one.

Mike.

--
Lets stop hurting and killing each other,
Lets all live in peace.

Primax writes:

> Hi all again,
>
> I use Ubuntu 7.10 with all updates.
> I used to play Doom a lot of Windows, and I have LXDoom shoot em up in
> my Games menu, but when I click on it, nothing happens what so ever.
>
> I would love to play this game but I cant, is there a way around this?

Yes. You have to buy the game and install the data files I believe.

>
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Mike.

--
Non capisco tutta questa eccitazione per il multitasking: io sono anni
che leggo in bagno.
-- Carlo Landini

Em Sábado, 17 de Novembro de 2007 17:08, Primax escreveu:


> Yes I just done that, it seems I need a WAD file so I shall do a search
> for one.
>
> Mike.
>
use the one (or ones) in your doom cd, zip, etc...
the ones you use to play in dos.

ArameFarpado wrote:
> Em Sábado, 17 de Novembro de 2007 17:08, Primax escreveu:
>
>
>> Yes I just done that, it seems I need a WAD file so I shall do a search
>> for one.
>>
>> Mike.
>>
> use the one (or ones) in your doom cd, zip, etc...
> the ones you use to play in dos.
>
>
>
Download freedom. that is how I got mine to run

free game files for the 3D game DOOM
Freedoom is a project to create a complete Doom II-compatible IWAD file
which is Free Software.

The IWAD file is the file used by Doom which contains all the game data
(graphics, sound effects, music, etc.). While the Doom source code is
Free, you currently still need one of the proprietary IWAD files from id
in order to play Doom. Freedoom aims to create a Free alternative.

Combined with the GPL-licensed Doom source code this will result in a
complete Free Doom-based game.

On Sat, 17 Nov 2007 15:19:55 +0000, Primax wrote:

> Hi all again,
>
> I use Ubuntu 7.10 with all updates.
> I used to play Doom a lot of Windows, and I have LXDoom shoot em up in
> my Games menu, but when I click on it, nothing happens what so ever.
>
> I would love to play this game but I cant, is there a way around this?
>
>
> TIA,
>
>
> Mike.

I went here:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+s...oom/+bug/70227

and installed via:

sudo apt-get install freedoom doom-wad-shareware

Though I can't get the sound to work. Game plays fine otherwise. Need
to dig as to why no sound though.... (No fun without gunfire). :-)

-Grig

On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:53:49 +0000, Daddy wrote:

> Though I can't get the sound to work.

Have you installed lxdoom-sndserv and lxmusserv?

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Phil Stovell, Hampshire, UK

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:27:28 +0000, Phil Stovell wrote:

> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:53:49 +0000, Daddy wrote:
>
>> Though I can't get the sound to work.
>
> Have you installed lxdoom-sndserv and lxmusserv?

I just did, and now it works fine. thanks for the tip.

I'm a little surprised when you go to install a package, it doesn't haul
down all of the dependencies.

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:38:11 +0000, Daddy wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:27:28 +0000, Phil Stovell wrote:
>
>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:53:49 +0000, Daddy wrote:
>>
>>> Though I can't get the sound to work.
>>
>> Have you installed lxdoom-sndserv and lxmusserv?
>
> I just did, and now it works fine. thanks for the tip.
>
> I'm a little surprised when you go to install a package, it doesn't haul
> down all of the dependencies.

Those are suggested or recommended, I think you can tell Synaptic to treat
recommended as dependencies, in which case it will install them.

--
Phil Stovell, Hampshire, UK

On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:31:47 +0000, Phil Stovell wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 14:38:11 +0000, Daddy wrote:
>
>> On Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:27:28 +0000, Phil Stovell wrote:
>>
>>> On Mon, 19 Nov 2007 22:53:49 +0000, Daddy wrote:
>>>
>>>> Though I can't get the sound to work.
>>>
>>> Have you installed lxdoom-sndserv and lxmusserv?
>>
>> I just did, and now it works fine. thanks for the tip.
>>
>> I'm a little surprised when you go to install a package, it doesn't
>> haul down all of the dependencies.
>
> Those are suggested or recommended, I think you can tell Synaptic to
> treat recommended as dependencies, in which case it will install them.

you're right. I just made the adjustment. thanks mate.

-Grig