how to get a terminal window in Mandrake
 

Hi,

How to get a console window in KDE other than switching? (i.e.) I want a terminal window aside my browser.

I tried menu>>tools>>open terminal

I also tried in the home directory in the context menu
actions >> open terminal here

But nothing works. Please let me know how to get it right.

Should I install it seperately?? I installed only the first cd in mandrake.

Regards,
Shyam

Try k-button -> Run Command -> [type] xterm [enter].
xterm is a small terminal program, it usually is installed. The kde terminal program is 'konsole' (type that like you did with xterm). I'm not sure if it is usually installed.

wierd!!! There is no "Run Command" in the kde (start) menu

And the command konsole and xterm doesnt work. It says "Could not run the specified command". I think it needs to be installed.

In this case, I have the three CDs as the ISO files. How to install the packages from the ISO files?

There is a 'Run Command' when you right-click the desktop, and somewhere in the Konqueror filemanager's menus.

What distro is this? You can access the images by mounting them:
mount -o loop /path/to/image.iso /folder/where/you/want/to/see/the/stuff

I am using Mandrake 9.2.
I just figured it out.

It is in KDE button >> configuration>>configure your computer>>system>>open a console

I am now able to mount the image to a directory.

Just curious.. how to emulate a CD (virtual cd)??
I tried to mount the image on to /mnt/cdrom
But it said permission denied (i was logged in as root)

That is how you 'emulate' a cd. Built into Linux. As for the permission denied, maybe it has something to do with Mandrake's Supermount. Try some other directory:
mkdir /mnt/imgcds
mount -o loop -t iso9660 /path/to/image.iso /mnt/imgcds