Puppy 1.0.5a1

[Guest]

if you are downloading puppy-barebones-1.0.5alpha1.iso
you want to use puppy-barebones-1.0.5alpha1.iso.txt
to check the md5sums
not puppy-barebones-1.0.4.iso.txt

if you use wget, it's really easy
download puppy-barebones-1.0.4.iso.txt
then press the downarrow key to repeat the command
remove .txt using the backspace key and press enter

[Alienx]

I'm trying to download usr_devx.sfs with wget http://www.nstsoftware.com/puppy/usr_devx.sfs but I'm receiving the message : ERROR 403 Forbidden

please, help

[danleff]

Apparently a server problem. Let's give Barry a chance to fix it.

[BarryK]

Hey guys, sorry about devx.sfs, it didn't have read permissions so couldn't be downloaded. Now fixed.

Maybe if you have downloaded puppy 1.0.5alpha1 and md5sum is wrong, post it here and we will see if others get the same md5sum.

[Alienx]

both md5sums are correct here, thanks Barry

[Bancobusto]

Hey, I re downloaded the iso, and the md5sum is now correct.

Am looking around frantically for a blank CD....

YAY! Here's one!

[Guest]

I'm lovin' it so far!

Great work - this is my first Bare-Bones, I really like it so far....

Yay! Now I can try to compile VLC myself, instead of begging others to do it for me! (I can try, at least... )

Thanks Barry!

[Guest]

yep - I finally got it it too

using Opera was a good tip as it kept toping - eventually I was able to stop the download and restart the last few minutes

- then on booting up into the New Pup I used pupget to install Opera and used that to download the second file into /mnt/home

so eh - now what?

[Lobster]

With thanks to Rasa (for code help in Vector) and Barry for our new Pup Compiler . . .

For a very simple program. e.g. Hello world or the below test.c you don't even need compilation parameters

Code: Select all

/*  Test by Lobster June 1 2005 */

int main()
  { int i;
       for (i = 0; i < 50000; i++)
         {
           printf ("%d",i);
           printf (" Puppy is Great\n");     
         }
       return 0;
   }

create the above as test.c
open an rxvt in the same directory (you can use rox for this)
type cc test.c -o test

Or if you use gnu C compiler

gcc test.c -o test

will generate a test executable file
which you can run from the terminal like so

./test

Have Puppy - can compile C

[Guest]

cc is just a symlink to gcc....there is no difference......It's put there for the sake of Makefiles that ,rightly, don't assume gcc is the default compiler. That symlink could in fact point to tinycccccccccccccccccccccc

[rarsa]

I'm going home right now and I will test this puppy!

I'll let you know how it goes.

Thanks Barry

[danleff]

Now, how does one set the alpha system up to compile the kernel?

This is what I need to compile the sata drivers directly into the kernel.

Of course, running from the cd causes the uncompressed kernel to run out of space.

[BarryK]

Now, how does one set the alpha system up to compile the kernel?

This is what I need to compile the sata drivers directly into the kernel.

Of course, running from the cd causes the uncompressed kernel to run out of space.

You'll need a mounted partition with enough space.
I just mounted the partition that has Vector installed, as that's where I've got the kernel source.
On the other hand, if you really need the source to be at /usr/src/linux-2.4.29, ummm, then either increase the size of the pup001 file, or i suppose a symlink would work.

[danleff]

OK, I see now.

I'm also going to try it with a hard drive installation, as well.

If this works out well, I will do a how-to (wiki?).

I have one started for a plain ide drive installation with sata support, as modules.

I'll let all know how it goes.

[rarsa]

Barry,

I think it would be a good idea to create a separate pupkernel file. It would be the same as a pup001 file except that it would only contain the kernel.

This is, it would be read/write.

I'll play with it when I get some time.

[rarsa]

Yea!

I just finished compiling the VPN client.

Now I can fully remote to my office.

With VPN client + rdesktop I can monitor and control the Windows2000 servers from Puppy!

and I can remote to my home from the office with ssh + vncclient !

To compile the VPN client I required the kernel source. I just downloaded it from the official site, extracted it in /usr/src and that was it. I did not have to compile it, though, but there are many apps that just require the headers.

If there are people interested I could create the VPN DotPup.

Now Barry,

For this puppy, the limit is the sky.
I will have to change my reviews after version 1.0.5. as my only 'con' was the need to compile in another distro.

Many people (including me) are going to be very happy.

[Lobster]

cc is just a symlink to gcc....there is no difference......It's put there for the sake of Makefiles that ,rightly, don't assume gcc is the default compiler. That symlink could in fact point to tinycccccccccccccccccccccc

Thanks BladeH

this is what I was looking for all along
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions ... e&artid=33


I think there is a lot of interest in this and I wonder what sort of small ide or interface creator we should be looking at?

I am not a great fan of C - BUT it is very important for those who do and indeed have to use it.

Freeing ourselves from Vector and Mandrake and other environments (for compiling on) is great.

Compiling the source code is not that difficult - it has always seemed mysterious to me. Writing it is not something I contemplate doing but of course for those who wish to learn C Puppy would be an ideal environment.

here is another link
http://intmainvoid.nl/?installing%20software

[Guest]

I think there is a lot of interest in this and I wonder what sort of small ide or interface creator we should be looking at?

I am not a great fan of C - BUT it is very important for those who do and indeed have to use it.

Freeing ourselves from Vector and Mandrake and other environments (for compiling on) is great.

Compiling the source code is not that difficult - it has always seemed mysterious to me. Writing it is not something I contemplate doing but of course for those who wish to learn C Puppy would be an ideal environment.

I spent time putting something exactly like this together........beat Barry to it by ages, even included a small console IDE and no-one gave a fucking shit

[Lobster]

What you get all the fun of doing it and expect recognition too? - tsk tsk - not in this dimension . . .

A lot of what you do BladeH is way over my head or explained in a way that I barely understand. For example the framebuffer Atheros.iso

I downloaded and burnt a copy but it would not run, so I assumed it required
a machine that was having graphics display problems that this would solve.

The number of users at present who would value a console IDE - not sure but again they are more likely to download it and use it and be too maverick to even mention it.

Are you gonna tell us about it or have you succumbed to the dark side of the force? If so I have a wrathful (deals with the dark side) Buddhist practice involving a troup of Astral Hell Hounds that you might be too terrified to resist . . .

tee hee [with extra cackle]

[EarlSmith]

bladehunter, do you still have the things you worked on and is it still availlable? If so could you tell us where? Sometimes the timing of things is important. I am seeing that many of the small usefull programs in Puppy are writtened in Tcl . Would your IDE help some of us to learn Tcl. Back in the late 80s, I learned to use COMAL . It had a very simple ide, but it allowed me to learn it and write programs with it. Tcl seems to be the thing to learn for Puppy. I may be sounding like a fool here because of my ignorance, but some of us do appreciate what you do! You have helped me several times and I thank you!