Slackware for Pandora 14.0

[Linux-SWAT]

KDE applications (including Calligra) will look ugly because of an old setting.


Just type once :

rm -rf .kde

when logged.

 

[Impulss]

Going to be trying this tonight


Kinda getting excited, (what a loser!) and need a reason to play with my pandora more now that uni has died down a bit!


Download is really slow though >.<

 

[Linux-SWAT]

It's a big one.


I usually don't ship KDE.

 

[ghostpatch]

awesome work! I'll try once I get a spare SD card. Never used Slackware (Debian user) before, but I like the keep it smart and simple mentality.


Does anyone know a good text creating program with grammar correction and without Java? I try avoiding Java if possible. Its kinda slow. Not to mention the leaks. They pluged 30 in the last patch!


So how about KOffice? Haven't tryed it yet

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Still waiting feedback on it ^^.


Meanwhile, here's a fix for making Temper and Mame4all work (and probably other). As root:


ln -s /usr/sbin/fbset /usr/bin/fbset

 

[hmc]

maybe I'm just too dumb to find it. But: How can I enable and set up WiFi? NetworkManager does not seem to be available. Wiki does not seem to mention that.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Mmm ?


The network manager is on by default.


Did you activated the wifi in the "System" menu ?


If you don't succeed, and to speed up help, can you:


ps ax > pslog.txt


lsmod > modlog.txt


and post here the content of the two files plz ?

 

[hmc]

d'oh!...


I did not find the "Toggle WiFi" menu item in the System menu before.


And now, when I activated WiFi successfully, I realize that this double-monitor icon in the task bar actually IS the NetworkManager.


*blush*


And sorry for the noise.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Np ^^, glad you could make it.

 

[thatgui]

Hello there,


as I can't download it yet (stopps at approx. 35%, but could be my connection here at work), I ask in advance:


- are there already prebuilt packages for mono and monodevelop ?


- would it be possible to test Gnome3 on the Pandora (I know that it will be slow)


- could you resolve the problems that arose with the SL14 ? Am I able to use pnd ?


thanks


oh, and I think the link (in the Installation section of the wiki page) to the ".. latest -current (unstable) rootfs" does not point to the right directory

 

[Linux-SWAT]

-A mono package (was very long to compile) is available here:


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


About monodevelop, i provided no package, but you can build it yourself with the sbopkg tool.


Check dependencies here:


http://slackbuilds.org/repository/14.0/development/monodevelop/


If you want to optimize your packages for the Pandora, do the sbopkg sync, then be sure to run once (as root) /root/sboflags.sh before building any package.


-I don't know about Gnome3. There's probably some slackbuilds around.


-Well, nobody helped me with the pndlibs, so for the next -rc release, i'll put a "refresh pnd" button on the Xfce panel.


For, now, if you want to see the pnd (yes, they work) in the menu, you have to do the following:


Clik on your SD to mount it, open a terminal:

su

killall pndnotifyd

pndnotifyd -d 3

Np ;^).


-There is no more -current for now, as it became the 14.0.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

About monodevelop, i noticed it needs the jdk.


Don't install the one from sbopkg, it's the x86 version.


I ship a converted java from debian, but i'm finally not sure it's perfectly working.

 

[thatgui]

About monodevelop, i noticed it needs the jdk.


Don't install the one from sbopkg, it's the x86 version.


I ship a converted java from debian, but i'm finally not sure it's perfectly working.

Seems quite odd to me. According to this it "just" needs Mono, Mono.Addins and Gtk#


Thanks for the headsup

 

[Linux-SWAT]

So maybe it's optional.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

I just fixed the last remaining bug, i.e. the modules not reloaded after a suspend.


I'll now test all around, and meanwhile may release a last -rc if some more testers are interested.

 

[thatgui]

Had not much time yesterday to play around with it a lot, but:


Great Job ! It sure isn't perfect but I doubt a new release of a major distribution has fewer bugs.


I would recommend a smaller image though. I had a hard time getting it - I had to use a download manager with resume functionality as the download broke off several times.


Maybe you could leave out KDE ? According to your writing its quite easy to install - and its more or less useless anyway (my hopes for gnome 3 are going down the drain currently)

-There is no more -current for now, as it became the 14.0.

true, but would it not make more sense if the link would point to here instead of there

 

[mrcranky]

I just downloaded RC2. I'll probably install it tomorrow since I have to work late tonight. I'm looking forward to checking it out since I've been enjoying RC1.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Had not much time yesterday to play around with it a lot, but:


Great Job ! It sure isn't perfect but I doubt a new release of a major distribution has fewer bugs.


I would recommend a smaller image though. I had a hard time getting it - I had to use a download manager with resume functionality as the download broke off several times.


Maybe you could leave out KDE ? According to your writing its quite easy to install - and its more or less useless anyway (my hopes for gnome 3 are going down the drain currently)

-There is no more -current for now, as it became the 14.0.

true, but would it not make more sense if the link would point to here instead of there

Well i need at least an office suite to allow ED to sell it easier.


Also, in my -rc, i remove many docs that i will include in my stable releases, i'm not even sure the final result will fit on 8G.


If not, i will have to make a choice.


Yeah, also need to sort the links.

I just downloaded RC2. I'll probably install it tomorrow since I have to work late tonight. I'm looking forward to checking it out since I've been enjoying RC1.

Cool. I planned a new rc today, but had trouble with a fix that wasn't applied.

 

[hmc]

Well i need at least an office suite to allow ED to sell it easier.


Also, in my -rc, i remove many docs that i will include in my stable releases, i'm not even sure the final result will fit on 8G.


If not, i will have to make a choice.

What about a base system, configured for extension via feeds, for download, and a complete system (base system + many packages from the feeds already installed) on SD?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

I'll stay with one version. I just have to tailor it.