hotdogg: Can't run any games in NetBSD

[hottdogg]

I got a little problem again in my netbsd.

I can not run any bsd games. I did choose 'yes' for bsd games in the netbsd install process.

If I type hangman , My netbsd says something like 'hangman not found'. Same for fortune, atc, etc.

What's wrong?

[Alex Cavnar, aka alc6379]

Hey there, I split this thread out of the other one, since it's unrelated to the initial topic.

What is your path set to? Does it include /usr/games in it?

[dkeav]

alex is prolly setting you in the right direction, most likely the path does not include your games

[hottdogg]

I forgot whether it is in /usr/games or /usr/share/games, but in either of this path the bsd games list are all there, and yet I cannot run one of them.

[dkeav]

then add that to your path export PATH=/usr/share/games:$PATH

[hottdogg]

I notice the games is in the /usr/games. /usr/share/games is place like fortune's adage repository,etc.

then add that to your path export PATH=/usr/share/games:$PATH

Add to where? sorry, i'm a noob.

[asarch]

Type this inside any xterm window or from any terminal:

echo $SHELL

and post the results please.

[nabis]

You have to read a lot of documentation before starting playing games on NetBSD...
http://netbsd.org/guide/en/

Firt find the binaries of you games. I don't remember exactly where they are (I'd have to reboot in NetBSD to find out). It could be /usr/games, /usr/share/games, /usr/pkg/games ... e.t.c.

Try to run "locate" or "find" command:

find / -name hangman
find / -name hangman | more
("q" to quit "more" pager)

If you locate something named "hangman", check the permissions:

ls -l /path/to/my/game/hangman
-r-xr-xr-x 1 user group 179616 Jul 29 02:36 /path/to/my/game/hangman

if it has an execute permission and it is not a directory. Run it (as a regular user):

/path/to/my/game/hangman

To be able to run it just as hangman, you have to add it to your $PATH environment variable. Most likely your default $SHELL is csh. You will have to modify (the hidden file) .cshrc in you home ($HOME or ~ ) directory.

(all these $PATH, $SHELL, $HOME are your environment variables, you can see their value with "env" command.)

Find out which editors available:

man -k editor

If you are using X, you could do it even with "xedit":

xedit ~/.cshrc

othewise will have to learn some console editors. Dependin on what you have, issue the command name_of_an_editor ~/.cshrc:

ee ~/.cshrc
edit ~/.cshrc
jed ~/.cshrc
pico ~/.cshrc
nano ~/.cshrc
mcedit ~/.cshrc
and if you ar good: vi ~/.cshrc

In .cshrc you change this line:

set path = ( ~/bin /bin /sbin /usr/{bin,sbin,X11R6/bin,local/bin,local/sbin} /path/to/my/game .)

Just be careful. Keep one terminal open (in X) or switch to virtual terminal (Alt-F2) (without X )and login, just in case you make a mistake.

Afer editing the csh configuration, save it, and update your environment:

source ~/.cshrc
hangman

If it does not work, don't blame me

A tip: later on, change the shell to something more comfortable (bash, zsh ...).

[hottdogg]

echo $SHELL
/bin/ksh

nabis, i'll try your tips.

[hottdogg]

I didn't follow nabis' tips because after I explored further, non-root user can play games. So, what I complained before is the root that can't play games. Is "root can't play games" a default configured by netbsd developers? or the root should can play games?

[dkeav]

what is in roots path and a users path may be two different things

which is why we suggested you check your paths

for the reason of why root would ever need to play any games, therefore i doubt they have the path to the games bin directory in roots path

root is for administrative use, not gaming

[hottdogg]

root is for administrative use, not gaming

yeah, I know.
BUt I'm just curious, here my question again

Is "root can't play games" a default configured by netbsd developers?

or by default the root should can play games?