nautilus??

newbe45 · 07-23-2003, 02:17 AM

I downloaded a demo of a game and when i went to play it i got an error saying "nautilus can not view this". I downloaded the same demo for windows and it works with no problems. Does anyone know what is going on?

fancypiper · 07-23-2003, 09:33 AM

Try running the game rather than nautilus.

newbe45 · 07-23-2003, 01:53 PM

I ran the game and i get an error message that says "nautilus cannot view this"

fancypiper · 07-23-2003, 02:02 PM

It still sounds as if you are using Nautilus and clicking on a file or something like that, not actually trying to run the program.

Have you actually read the instructions for running the game?

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tcaptain · 07-23-2003, 02:06 PM

Ok, details will help us help you. Providing these details will allow for a better/quicker answer.

1 - Which game?
2- when you say "I ran the game" what did you do? Click on it? Type the name of the executable on the commandline? Sacrificed a chicken and prayed for the linux god to chmod it? what?

The distribution you're using might be helpful (or it might not, but it can't hurt to mention it).

newbe45 · 07-23-2003, 02:06 PM

yes i did,

aaa · 07-23-2003, 02:09 PM

Did what?

newbe45 · 07-23-2003, 02:15 PM

I read the instructions, for the game, in it it says i need to change the attributes of the file to make it run able. How do I do this? I ran the game by clicking on it and by typing it in the command line.

contrasutra · 07-23-2003, 02:53 PM

to make a file executable do:

Code:

chmod +x [file]

newbe45 · 07-23-2003, 02:57 PM

sorry about this contrasutra, but i am very new to linux, where do i do that at??

aaa · 07-23-2003, 03:00 PM

At a prompt; konsole, xterm, etc.

newbe45 · 07-23-2003, 03:05 PM

OK i did that now when i try to run file, it does not give me the error but it does not run

aaa · 07-23-2003, 03:07 PM

What is the game?
What is the file called?

newbe45 · 07-23-2003, 03:16 PM

The game is called uplink
And the file is also called uplink

aaa · 07-23-2003, 03:22 PM

You unzipped it , right?