Slackware for Pandora 14.0

[TrashyMG]

i can compile any app/game made for windows into linux?

Umm no..


- Only if the sourcecode is availible


- The code needs to be portable (ie uses libraries and coded in a way that will easily allow the program to be compiled on any platform). which means any Windows specific code will need to be re-written.


- There is also the X86 vs ARM processor issues.. some code is geared towards x86(Normal PC/Mac) and won't easily compile on ARM platform without a ton of code rewriting.


- If it uses OpenGL The code needs to be re-written to OpenGL ES

 

[ekianjo]

i can compile any app/game made for windows into linux?

Umm no..


- Only if the sourcecode is availible


- The code needs to be portable (ie uses libraries and coded in a way that will easily allow the program to be compiled on any platform). which means any Windows specific code will need to be re-written.


- There is also the X86 vs ARM processor issues.. some code is geared towards x86(Normal PC/Mac) and won't easily compile on ARM platform without a ton of code rewriting.


- If it uses OpenGL The code needs to be re-written to OpenGL ES

Shouldn't we have a FAQ on the site that we can redirect users to since these kind of questions ALWAYS come back every now and then ?

 

[ekianjo]

By the way, can you print documents with SLackware? DOes cups work with it ? Printing libreoffice documents on the go by connecting to almost any printer would be a killer function, I think !

 

[Linux-SWAT]

sorry for the noobish question but...i can compile any app/game made for windows into linux?also i didn't cheked the topic for a while and now i'm having troubles following it.last time i chcked a 16/32 gb sd was ok for housing slackware(i have yet to do the process)and now iread 64 b sd and other...

8G is ok.

By the way, can you print documents with SLackware? DOes cups work with it ? Printing libreoffice documents on the go by connecting to almost any printer would be a killer function, I think !

http://pandorawiki.org/Software_projects/OS/Slackware/Advanced_usage/CUPS

 

[Askarus]

Don't worry about DisplayLink.

I'm sure you'll find a good solution.

 

[ekianjo]

http://pandorawiki.org/Software_projects/OS/Slackware/Advanced_usage/CUPS

I am not sure I understand - you can modify printer parameters through the browser? 

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Yes, cups has an integrated web-based manager.

 

[Askarus]

Estimated time for LO?

 

[ingoreis]

Hi Linux-Swat,i Found a very very interesting but little older Project.


Glesport is a Wrapper for Implementing a 80% Opengl Hardware Accelerated libgl.so on the Pandora and other gles Hardware.


He wrote that many Games works fine and smoothly,so its a verry better Alternative to the MESA GL EMU.

 

[ekianjo]

Yes, cups has an integrated web-based manager.

Ah ok, I was not aware of that! 

Then, did you ever try to print with an actual printer ? DId it work ? 

I remember someone tried to compile cups for Zaxxon before but it did not work so I am wondering if the Slackware distro would solve the problem here. 

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Estimated time for LO?

Should be finished by now, but as my new 64 card is 1/3 slower, this will take some hours more.

Hi Linux-Swat,i Found a very very interesting but little older Project.
Glesport is a Wrapper for Implementing a 80% Opengl Hardware Accelerated libgl.so on the Pandora and other gles Hardware.


He wrote that many Games works fine and smoothly,so its a verry better Alternative to the MESA GL EMU.

Someone with coding skills should test this.

Ah ok, I was not aware of that! 
Then, did you ever try to print with an actual printer ? DId it work ? 

I remember someone tried to compile cups for Zaxxon before but it did not work so I am wondering if the Slackware distro would solve the problem here. 

Not tested, but i'm 100% sure it will work.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

3563mn --> 71h --> 3days.

Same package size, same bug TT.

I wanted to download the pi package, but it's forbidden. It can only be downloaded from a pi. What an "open" device...

 

[ptitSeb]

Oh, the LO is not functionnal    ? I was hopping the Slackware build would succeed. That's sad. My attemps fails quicker also, as it still don't compile. something silently doesn't work for my, and the "Solver " forlder that is supposed to be filled with tempororay compilation things stay mostly empty. Have to try again once finished Codeblocks PND (and Cannonball with widescreen   ). 

About the glesport, where is that thing?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

And LO doesn't give any debug output.

I just go back to the prompt, and strace seems not useful.

Also i have a segfault during the english dictionary installation.

Do you have a Slack install ?

I can upload the package if someone is interested in trying to figure out.

 

[ptitSeb]

Nope, still no slack yet I haven't got time to setup that... But I will, in the future.

Also, I assume it is way to big to put here as an attachment.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

80M.

I have a repo @openpandora.org.

 

[ptitSeb]

I don't understand what is it. You have your own repo, like the main one, but private, accessible somewhere?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

http://slackware.openpandora.org/pandora/index.php?dir=sl4p

 

[ptitSeb]

Oh, ok ! Now I understand ;-)

I'll be glad to take a look at LO, even if I'm sure I will not see anything... 4 Eyes are better than 2.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Upload finished in 15 mn.

http://slackware.openpandora.org/pandora/index.php?dir=sl4p%2Fsl4p-14.0%2Fpackages%2Fbroken

Slackware packages are standard archives.

The only tweak is a /install with a doinst.sh inside, which is executed at the end.

Generally, it contains the symbolic links, but i can also contain other stuff, like chroot things.

In this case, the chroot fails, but i don't know if it's why LO doesn't work.