Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

[wiak]

@nilsonmorales and RSH:

Thanks for the NLS lang updates. Yes, it should be -i

As for data download size during build of say a xenialpup64, it's around 600MB (including testing branch .zip and huge kernel of around 70MB). Once the main files are all downloaded, rebuilding only involves re-download of Package lists - I'm not sure how many MBs that takes but not a lot (could be made optional of course).

I've re-uploaded ver 0.1.2 with -i instead of i but kept same version number.
Not adding any extra code at the moment.

wiak

[LazY Puppy]

[Billtoo]

Hi

I tried running version 0.1.2 from tahrpup64 yesterday and it was working fine until it got to the ./3builddistro-Z step when it
went into a loop giving the same error over and over (I remember seeing something about gdkpixbuf) so I did ctrl-c to kill it,
it kept restarting so I restarted x, deleted the work directory and rebooted.
I was attempting to build xenialpup64 with it.

Thanks

[wiak]

[Keef]

I built a 32bit Slacko with it, on Quirky Xerus64. Haven't found any significant problems. Not tried adding any pets yet (to the build), but will try that next.

[Billtoo]

[ETP]

In the absence of 666philb I have had a stab at creating a XenialPup64 using forum member wiak's makepup script version 0.0.9

Full sized screen-shot here: (Press F11 to toggle into full screen then click on link)

https://drive.google.com/uc?export=view&id=0B_iVVJCd9q09Z1dVTW9BbXJ5UkU

XenialPup64-7.0.8.4 k 4.9.15 (Huge_kernel) woof-CE "testing branch" built September 2017 can be
found here together with comprehensive notes and more screenshots:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B_iVVJCd9q09YmNRbVJCcVJkSXM?usp=sharing

The combination of recent Woof-CE & the Ubuntu updates seems to have resolved most, if not all, of the issues that 666philb encountered. Perhaps I just got lucky!
This Pup is just a general purpose Pup rather than my usual fare which tend to be more task orientated.

Thanks wiak for your makepup scripts and for unlocking the mysteries of Woof-CE.
Your thread has started to remove the fear associated with it and we will all benefit.

[wiak]

[wiak]

Re: my immediately above post.

See also:

tahrpup64 GdkPixbuf-CRITICAL bug notified here:

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=907765#907765

http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=921683#921683

wiak

[davids45]

G'day,

Meanwhile, back in the horse'n'(not-so-)buggy 32-bit world ....

... success with making a fully functional 32-bit Slacko (pinboard screenshot) where my wanted apps or their missing libs are in the iso build. Well, those not in my pre-existing large sfs of extra apps.

Unwanted woof iso apps (e.g. abiword) or non-functional ones (e.g. ghostscript-9.14) were deleted during the makepup run.

The pets I've added with makepup are shown in the second screen shot and the libs and links for a couple of apps' fixes in the missing-libs.pet are in the third screenshot.

I might even now try a Full Install of this Slacko - if I find the time when not grandchildren-minding during the school holidays .

Thanks wiak for this most useful addition to Puppy L.

David S.

[Billtoo]

@wiak

Hi,
I just finished a new makepup build under slacko64 and it worked fine, even used my 4.9.51 kernel.

Haven't done much with it yet but mpv works so I assume kodi will too when I install it with PPM,
but that will have to wait until tommorow, I've been at the computer most of the day so need a rest.

Thanks for looking into my earlier report.
*******************************************
EDIT: Couldn't wait, I added kodi,vlc,gnome mplayer,smplayer,smtube, with PPM and they all work well,
also compiled mplayer-1.3.0

[wiak]

@ETP: Thanks for that encouraging report. Glad 0.0.9 worked for you. Version 0.1.2 should do the same but with a couple of extra facilities.

@Billtoo: Glad to hear all is well from slacko. Always useful to get reports from a seasoned woof-CE Puppy builder.

@davids45: Thanks greatly for testing the puppy dotpet add-in facility. Particularly good to know it worked as a way of fixing missing lib issues (I added a link to your post, to first post of this thread, as a nice example of use).

At some stage I'm hoping to try building a dotpet window-manager/environment add-on, though, to be honest, I have no skill at such so will prefer if someone used to doing that kind of setup would do so before me! Anyway, I may never get round to that because I'm busy reading woof-CE code and taking a lot of time over that and I also want to experiment with building new distro build type to see how easy or not that proves to be... Also keeping Billtoo's suggestion in my head of looking into kernel-build automation, either as part of makepup (third tab maybe) or a separate script especially for that purpose - but again, I don't know when I'll get round to that. In the meantime it is good to know if makepup can be considered stable now or if there are any bugs that surface within makepup itself. Many thanks thus for your reports and testing, which would take a long time (and a lot of bandwidth) if I was doing all these tests myself.

Hoping some others will contribute further NLS language translations for the gui. Pelo, for example, might want to build a Puppy plane to fly (which would keep him busy) but need a French version of the gui interface first.

wiak

[Billtoo]

@wiak

I have an older Imac that will only boot puppy from a uefi.iso burned to a DVD or flash drive.
The UEFI Installer - Flash Drives in xenialpup64 is broken but I was able to use the one
in slacko64-6999 to make one from my Saturday woof-CE build under slacko64-6999.

My makepup build from last night (pretty sure all makepup builds) only create a hybrid iso
so there is no way that I can use them on the Imac.

I've just finished installing the woof-CE build from Saturday to the Imac:

root# inxi -b
System: Host: puppypc18301 Kernel: 4.9.51-x86_64 x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: JWM 2.3.6
Distro: xenialpup64 7.0.8.4
Machine: Device: desktop System: Apple product: iMac8 1 v: 1.0 serial: W8811GXLZE2
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F226BEC8 v: PVT serial: 1
UEFI: Apple v: IM81.88Z.00C1.B00.0802091538 date: 02/09/08
CPU: Dual core Intel Core2 Duo E8135 (-MCP-) speed/max: 1600/2400 MHz
Graphics: Card: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] RV610/M74 [Mobility Radeon HD 2400 XT]
Display Server: X.org 1.18.4 drivers: ati,radeon (unloaded: modesetting,fbdev,vesa)
tty size: 124x26 Advanced Data: N/A for root
Network: Card-1: Broadcom BCM4321 802.11a/b/g/n driver: b43-pci-bridge
Card-2: Marvell 88E8058 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: sky2
Drives: HDD Total Size: 282.1GB (3.2% used)
Info: Processes: 174 Uptime: 42 min Memory: 379.5/3949.2MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 2.3.8
root#

Is there any way that makepup could build a uefi.iso?

Thanks

[wiak]

[Billtoo]