Squeezed Arm Puppy for Raspberry Pi, alpha4
@rhadon, @ 01micko - mea culpa! Both of you were entirely correct!
Changing "Categories=Games" to "Categories=Game" in /usr/share/applications/nameofgame.desktop for each of the files, did the trick. In the puppy menu system it relocated the games from "Utilities/General Utilities/list-of-games" to "Fun/list-of-games".
Thanks again.
Changing "Categories=Games" to "Categories=Game" in /usr/share/applications/nameofgame.desktop for each of the files, did the trick. In the puppy menu system it relocated the games from "Utilities/General Utilities/list-of-games" to "Fun/list-of-games".
Thanks again.
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Thanks very much for that. I have tracked the problem down to the 'keymap-set' script. Fixed, I will upload Woof soon.rhadon wrote:Well, I found a workaround for my keyboard layout problem .
When I edit /etc/X11/xorg.conf and change XkbLayout from "us" to "de", everything works fine.
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I just tested this, it works fine for me. I hope that you obeyed the instruction not to tick more than 5 repos.eowens2 wrote:Another observation about PPM. I must have somehow accidentally un-ticked "debian-squeeze-contrib" and "debian-squeeze-main" as repos, because they disappeared from the list at the top of the PPM main page. I clicked on "Configure package manager" and re-ticked those two repositories, clicked on "O.K." and exited PPM.
However on re-entering PPM, those two repos are still missing from the list (and if I again go into "Configure package manager", those two repos are again un-ticked).
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I did a test install with PPM, no problem.eowens2 wrote:The Puppy Package Manager still seems to be struggling to do its thing...it seems to want to install the program again after it reports having successfully installed it. Maybe I am doing something wrong.
You are probably double-clicking on an entry instead of single-clicking.
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HTTPS: in general is slow.
http://www.raspberrypi.org/phpBB3/viewt ... =66&t=8433
The general speed of browsing using Chrome is OK not stellar but anything using HTTPS:/SSL is slow. Maybe the OpenSSL assembly optimizations would speed things up???
One of the things I always do is read my web based mail at
https://mail.google.com and even with when using basic HTML it is quite slow.
When testing future alpha/beta versions might want test it by reading ssl google email.
Regards, Ron
The general speed of browsing using Chrome is OK not stellar but anything using HTTPS:/SSL is slow. Maybe the OpenSSL assembly optimizations would speed things up???
One of the things I always do is read my web based mail at
https://mail.google.com and even with when using basic HTML it is quite slow.
When testing future alpha/beta versions might want test it by reading ssl google email.
Regards, Ron
berryboot
I know this is a little off topic but check it out.
http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot
He is basically using this to boot into several OS's using a single SDHC card. This method is basically how I have used Puppy Linux for close to 10 years. Until the Raspberry Pi, I have always ran Puppy Linux using only sfs and pupsave files (ie.. I have never seen an advantage to install Puppy on any x86 system I have ever used.) I like the idea of backing up only the PupSave file and having multiple PupSave files to choose from. I normally run Puppy from a hardware write lockable USB stick in write locked mode (very hard to pick up a virus because there is no mass storage persistence after a reboot in this mode - great for airline travel also, I just turn off the power using the power button and all is good!!). Booting from a remastered CD can also work in a similar way.
Sorry for getting a little off topic but Puppy has been basically using the same berryboot mechanisms for years.
Regards, Ron
http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot
He is basically using this to boot into several OS's using a single SDHC card. This method is basically how I have used Puppy Linux for close to 10 years. Until the Raspberry Pi, I have always ran Puppy Linux using only sfs and pupsave files (ie.. I have never seen an advantage to install Puppy on any x86 system I have ever used.) I like the idea of backing up only the PupSave file and having multiple PupSave files to choose from. I normally run Puppy from a hardware write lockable USB stick in write locked mode (very hard to pick up a virus because there is no mass storage persistence after a reboot in this mode - great for airline travel also, I just turn off the power using the power button and all is good!!). Booting from a remastered CD can also work in a similar way.
Sorry for getting a little off topic but Puppy has been basically using the same berryboot mechanisms for years.
Regards, Ron
Re: berryboot
You can see that sort of thing happening in this video: http://youtu.be/yseT4USH8SY, it's interesting to note that the board used also has an ARM processor albeit a different one than the Raspberry Pi uses.rrolsbe wrote:I know this is a little off topic but check it out.
http://www.berryterminal.com/doku.php/berryboot
He is basically using this to boot into several OS's using a single SDHC card.
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Berryboot is an interesting possibility
Puppi = Multiboot configs on SD with a selection from the ARM kennel
Puppi SAP - Barry Kauler. Presently Debian.
Puppi SLR - Slackware base, compile from Micko using Woof2 (not yet available)
Puppi RasPy - Python programming set up. Arch base from Antiloquax
Puppi Console - From Sickgut, games Puppi set up (he does not even have a board - just an intent)
Puppi Wheezy - Debian Wheezy Base, faster code, more experimental. Alpha1 release to be available aprox 18 July 2012
As Puppi develops this would certainly be the option I would want to run.
Puppi = Multiboot configs on SD with a selection from the ARM kennel
Puppi SAP - Barry Kauler. Presently Debian.
Puppi SLR - Slackware base, compile from Micko using Woof2 (not yet available)
Puppi RasPy - Python programming set up. Arch base from Antiloquax
Puppi Console - From Sickgut, games Puppi set up (he does not even have a board - just an intent)
Puppi Wheezy - Debian Wheezy Base, faster code, more experimental. Alpha1 release to be available aprox 18 July 2012
As Puppi develops this would certainly be the option I would want to run.
Thanks Ron,
I am not on that level so I don't have a clue on what is going on
but I very much appreciate you told us about it. That is the spirit
that allow us to cooperate.
Friendly teasing. "win32-image-writer," Is that on Ms Win an exe program?
Kind of cute that one need MsWin to install Linux on RPi. Giggling madly.
Okay one can most likely do dd from Puppy to do it too?
I will most likely buy one of the MK802 or FXI Cotton Candy
or the TizzBird or whatever name they have MiniX or A10 or ...
RPi gives me the impression it is less advanced? For education
more than for a home PC for old crazy guys like me who have no edu at all.
I am not on that level so I don't have a clue on what is going on
but I very much appreciate you told us about it. That is the spirit
that allow us to cooperate.
Friendly teasing. "win32-image-writer," Is that on Ms Win an exe program?
Kind of cute that one need MsWin to install Linux on RPi. Giggling madly.
Okay one can most likely do dd from Puppy to do it too?
I will most likely buy one of the MK802 or FXI Cotton Candy
or the TizzBird or whatever name they have MiniX or A10 or ...
RPi gives me the impression it is less advanced? For education
more than for a home PC for old crazy guys like me who have no edu at all.
I use Google Search on Puppy Forum
not an ideal solution though
not an ideal solution though
Hi rrolsbe,
This looks really amazing.
Downloaded and installed, but no time now for testing. Must wait till evening.
My first thought, fine. I use the card as it is, and add an entry for Puppy, booting from sda1. This doesn't seems to be realistic.
Maybe copying everything from 2nd partition of the sd card to a usb hd partition could work?
Well, i wish I had time now and must not wait.
Thanks for the link,
Rolf
This looks really amazing.
Downloaded and installed, but no time now for testing. Must wait till evening.
My first thought, fine. I use the card as it is, and add an entry for Puppy, booting from sda1. This doesn't seems to be realistic.
Maybe copying everything from 2nd partition of the sd card to a usb hd partition could work?
Well, i wish I had time now and must not wait.
Thanks for the link,
Rolf
Ich verwende "frugal", und das ist gut so. :wink:
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
First success .
From a menu I can select sap6 and it boots to the desktop.
Keyoard isn't working, so it's only a small success . I guess it has to do with mksqashfs. Without /lib/modules (as suggested), I get kernel panic, with these, I get no keyboard. But it's a start .
I hold the line,
Rolf
From a menu I can select sap6 and it boots to the desktop.
Keyoard isn't working, so it's only a small success . I guess it has to do with mksqashfs. Without /lib/modules (as suggested), I get kernel panic, with these, I get no keyboard. But it's a start .
I hold the line,
Rolf
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Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
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Thanks Mick
. . . for taunting us . . .
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I have an SD card primed and ready
Good luck and remember to be kind to yourself
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I have an SD card primed and ready
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Hi,
no positive news about multi boot so far.
No matter I use alpha 2 or 3, including /lib/modules or not, it allways boots to the desktop and no keyboard available. I tried different options in cmdline.txt but without knowledge, only try and error. I guess that we must wait till one of the big dogs (meaning one with more knowledge than me ) will be interested.
Differences to the HOWTO:
kpartx doesn't work for me. I couldn't find it in the Slackware repos (Slacko 5.3.3.1), using a .deb file, I wasn't patient enough to solve all dependencies.
In Lucid 528 I could install kpartx with alll dependencies(?) but get an error message during run.
Well, at last we don't need kpartx, if we have the extracted files at partition 2 of the sd card or a copy of them (that's what I used).
I guess that all we need is the mksquash command.
The option -comp lzo doesn't work for me (get the message: not supported). So I used
and
Last point, the converted file must be placed in /images.
If anybody has an idea what's wrong, please tell me.
Thanks,
Rolf
Edit: a small step further.
Keyboard works, but not the arrow keys and no mouse support (at least).
With F12 the menu pops up, I can select with "h","j", "k", "l" and ENTER key, no arrow keys. Mouse doesn't work. Tested both with usb and wireless.
no positive news about multi boot so far.
No matter I use alpha 2 or 3, including /lib/modules or not, it allways boots to the desktop and no keyboard available. I tried different options in cmdline.txt but without knowledge, only try and error. I guess that we must wait till one of the big dogs (meaning one with more knowledge than me ) will be interested.
Differences to the HOWTO:
kpartx doesn't work for me. I couldn't find it in the Slackware repos (Slacko 5.3.3.1), using a .deb file, I wasn't patient enough to solve all dependencies.
In Lucid 528 I could install kpartx with alll dependencies(?) but get an error message during run.
Well, at last we don't need kpartx, if we have the extracted files at partition 2 of the sd card or a copy of them (that's what I used).
I guess that all we need is the mksquash command.
The option -comp lzo doesn't work for me (get the message: not supported). So I used
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# mksquashfs /mnt/sdc5/sap6a3p2 Puppy_sap6_alpha3 -e /mnt/sdc5/sap6a3p2/lib/modules
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mksquashfs /mnt/sdc5/sap6a3p2 Puppy_sap6_alpha3
If anybody has an idea what's wrong, please tell me.
Thanks,
Rolf
Edit: a small step further.
Keyboard works, but not the arrow keys and no mouse support (at least).
With F12 the menu pops up, I can select with "h","j", "k", "l" and ENTER key, no arrow keys. Mouse doesn't work. Tested both with usb and wireless.
Ich verwende "frugal", und das ist gut so. :wink:
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
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Ask Dr LoveIf anybody has an idea what's wrong, please tell me.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/science/2012/ ... sfeed=true
. . . Oh you mean about multiboot
Don't know - bring on the smart dogs . . .
testing Alpha4
Sound works OOTB (I can only use analog)
Light browsing seems fine.
If you are interested I wrote a small gtkstatusicon in C to pop up "mixmos". It's very simple, you could make it more complex but I don't see the point.
PET <-- http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/armv6/p ... -armv6.pet
SOURCE <-- http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/armv6/s ... .1.tar.bz2
On printing, I can't test! My printer needs either a special driver or gutenprint-5.2.8. I might compile gutenprint (overnigtht ). Printing fails with cups-1.5.3 in Wheezy Arm Puppy.
Sound works OOTB (I can only use analog)
Light browsing seems fine.
If you are interested I wrote a small gtkstatusicon in C to pop up "mixmos". It's very simple, you could make it more complex but I don't see the point.
PET <-- http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/armv6/p ... -armv6.pet
SOURCE <-- http://www.smokey01.com/01micko/armv6/s ... .1.tar.bz2
On printing, I can't test! My printer needs either a special driver or gutenprint-5.2.8. I might compile gutenprint (overnigtht ). Printing fails with cups-1.5.3 in Wheezy Arm Puppy.
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First tests with alpha4:
My first impression, it's a good one.
German keyboard layout works fine.
Still problems with firewall. I can't install firewall during first boot or menu->Setuo->Firewall Wizard. Allways get the message
Moving to /usr/sbin and running firewallinstallsh directly works and firewall installs.
I'll test more during the day/evening.
btw. Alpha4 works also with multiboot now . No more problems with keyboard or mouse. By now I've installed 10 (ten!) distros on a 8GB sd card and still have ~ 4.2 GB free space.
~Rolf
My first impression, it's a good one.
German keyboard layout works fine.
Still problems with firewall. I can't install firewall during first boot or menu->Setuo->Firewall Wizard. Allways get the message
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'rxvt-unicode-256color: unknown terminal type.
Configuration terminated. Goodbye.
Firewall install script finished.
and firewall doesn't install.
I'll test more during the day/evening.
btw. Alpha4 works also with multiboot now . No more problems with keyboard or mouse. By now I've installed 10 (ten!) distros on a 8GB sd card and still have ~ 4.2 GB free space.
~Rolf
Ich verwende "frugal", und das ist gut so. :wink:
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
Raspberry Pi without Puppy? No, thanks.
@rhadon
maybe a valid terminfo is missing for rxvt-unicode-256color.
aragon
maybe a valid terminfo is missing for rxvt-unicode-256color.
aragon
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Finally in Alpha 4 - problems with dd in Slacko 5.3.3.2
took for ever to recognise my SD card . . .
Anyway tested sound.
Did not seem to work
typed in depmod at console and rebooted
(not even sure if that makes a real difference)
Then opened gnome mplayer from icon and was able to play ivy.mp3
This was the only file that seemed to play.
It played once and then I had to reboot to play again
The ivy.mp3 was the best test file in Puppi cockroach too incidentally. The sound is quiet even with mixmos set to full.
From strangled wasp to actual sound, progress
took for ever to recognise my SD card . . .
Anyway tested sound.
Did not seem to work
typed in depmod at console and rebooted
(not even sure if that makes a real difference)
Then opened gnome mplayer from icon and was able to play ivy.mp3
This was the only file that seemed to play.
It played once and then I had to reboot to play again
The ivy.mp3 was the best test file in Puppi cockroach too incidentally. The sound is quiet even with mixmos set to full.
From strangled wasp to actual sound, progress