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Eldon · Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 110

Tried without loading my slacko save first, didn't work.

Desura logs in so I think the internet connection should be fine, and my graphics is integrated- Intel(mesa installed).

I think what it is is that Desura(thanks to chromium implementation) doesn't run as root.

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3094 Location: wales

wierd how it's fine for me......

a way to test your theory is to copy the desura folder to /root/spot/

then open a terminal and type

Eldon · Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 110

That seemed to work- I got the loading dot-circle thing and my processor ramped up.

Unfortunately it put such a load on my system that after 4-5min I just pressed ctrl+alt+backspace.

Maybe if I get more ram(512MB right now) or some time when the weather cools off(don't want my processor fan to melt - I'm in Texas lol) I'll try again sometime.

Thanks 666philb!

wsamh · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 79

That is weird. I have slacko and I don't have that problem. I just can't run games. It works on 5.28 but not on slacko. What version of slacko are you using?

Eldon · Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 110

5.3.1

Does the desura console show any errors etc?

It might work for me if I leave it for a while, but it totally bogged down my system at the loading dot-circle thing. But running as root, it wouldn't even get that far- just the blank screen.

wsamh · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 79

I think you should move 5.3.3. Desura works great. now errors.

Eldon · Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 110

wsamh · Joined: 16 Apr 2010 Posts: 79

Sorry just a typo. I meant to say 'no'.

666philb: I got direct rendering working. Some of the games still won't work. When I try to run them, The resolution changes and freezes.I do have other that run flawless.

Karl Godt · Joined: 20 Jun 2010 Posts: 4208 Location: Kiel,Germany

SDL is difficult to oversight. There are several SDL_* subpackages .

For SDL_* source and binaries look here :http://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/slackware/slackware-12.1/source/l/sdl/
Just move up the directories to see slackware-13.x entries.

I have run the installer but am to shy to sign in :

Anniekin · Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 215

how did you build this?

it comes with build_desura.sh script for install

do you have to install first and manually collect the files to package or is there a way to new2dir

Eldon · Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 110

Collect files? New2dir?

Just install it and run it.

Anniekin · Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 215

sorry how did you package this?

Eldon · Joined: 09 Sep 2010 Posts: 110

It was compiled the same way as all puppy packages. Install devx and download the source code of the program and find one of the tutorial/how-to posts on compiling.

If you need help finding that information, search with this:
http://www.wellminded.com/puppy/pupsearch.html

Anniekin · Joined: 24 Feb 2009 Posts: 215

@666PHILIB,

how did you BUILD this?

thinkin of COMPILING it for another puppy distro

the SOURCE comes with no ./configure and the build_desura.sh script instead

i want to make sure to PACKAGE it via new2dir without having all the files automatically installed on my system first

666philb · Joined: 07 Feb 2010 Posts: 3094 Location: wales