Slackware inside Pandora.

[joachim]

OK -current beta2 is installed. Now KDE is installing. Testing the system a bit.
After the first install I somehow mistyped the root password at installation and didn't get it
right then. So I did a 2nd install. Or is there a quick method for this problem?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Type the password, remember it.

 

[joachim]

I remember it but sometimes I have to type 2 or 3 times because the keyboard repeats my typing
so when typing y I get yyyyyyyyy.... until I type another key. Something with my keyboard.

As you said , the pnds are no longer working (DeadBeef is starting but when I want to play music it crashes) in the -current.

I tried to install KiCad but ended with an error.
Installed SMPlayer which works but fullscreen is not working properly. I have a fullscreen stop picture in background and the movie in standard in foreground.
Right now QT5 is installing so I can try my special program.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Well then you have to remove the card and reset the password in /etc/shadow . Plenty of tutos out there.

SMPlayer probably uses the omap driver, which won't work now, just set it back to xv or x11.

 

[joachim]

xv is the same but x11 works, thanks for the tip
and thanks for the tip with /etc/shadow , I checked the tutos now but didn't know it was so easy (or even possible)

 

[joachim]

@LinuxSWAT : after more than 3 days of installing QT5 for the -current beta2 version the installer stopped (AAArrrrrghh!) after (9815/11306) with
FAILED /obj/src/3rdparty/chromium/content/common/content_common.content_message_generator.o.d
.
.
.
standard input 64783 warning end of file not at end of line new line inserted
standard input 64832 error ARM register expected -- 'pop{r4,r5,'
g++ : internal compiler error: killed (program cc1plus)

so now what ? Maybe you can try to install QT5 and package it with the next -current.

It needs about 2.7GB for compiling in /tmp - wow.

Edit: once I wrote about a problem when reading from SD Card via Card reader. Now I tried a different reader and all is fine. So the problem seems to be the (cheap) reader. So I use the other reader.
.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

I think there's a bug in the -current's gcc because it's ok with 14.2 .
Maybe try to install the pre-compiled qt5 from the 14.2 repo.

 

[ptitSeb]

If you are compiling Qt5 with a gcc version 6.x, you should add "-fno-delete-null-pointer-checks" to the CXXFLAGS.

@joachim: the cc1 process has been killed, meaning "out of memory". So don't forget to have a large swapfile, try to avoid "-pipe", and have "/tmp" on a large & fast partition...

 

[joachim]

How can I install QT5 from 14.2 repo ? I no longer have 14.2 installation as I used the card for
-current install.

@ptitSeb :I use a Ghz Pandora with 512MB Ram and 512 MB Swap and had 700MB flash free at this error.
In the middle of installation I once had only 70MB flash free and no problem.
gcc is 5.4.0 but maybe the Ram was a problem because I used other programs to (e.g. SMPlayer and Browser). I had this problem once when installing software. Maybe I try again (4 days!) or is there a quick
method (as with KDE)? without compiling from source ?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Forget about 14.2 package, it's soft-float.
Do as ptitSeb told and increase your swap.

 

[joachim]

So now trying a second time , its now at about (2400/11306) and working faster as the first time as I now using only programs with low ram usage in parallel and it runs from RAM (before it used lots of SWAP).

I tried QCAD and it works fine.

 

[joachim]

Aaaaaaaarrrgh ! (feeling better now). I tried again and it didn't work. Started Friday 4 am. Last time I checked was yesterday 8pm when it showed (9000/11306) and this morning when checking the screen was black and no reaction to the keyboard (yes battery LED was on) so I did a reboot with pandora button. So I don't know what happened. Enough with QT5 for me. Maybe someone else can try.
And yes, enough RAM ( had at least 25 MB , most times 250MB and about 400MB SWAP and now 850MB flash left).
Now the good one. I tried some pnds and some worked.

- Hackerbooks
- MGutenberg
- gshogi
- Comix
- QR Encoder
- Sonata
- Snapshot timer

Thats it for now.

Edit : what I found with Wlan (internal not working)

when I remove the stick without disconnecting wifi or just disconnect USB (toggle host) I get problems with
- USB (no more enable , always disable)
- terminal (showing white screen) , new terminals no more input possible
- nubs no longer working

sometimes I have this in 14.1 too

 

[joachim]

Some more ..

Tried to install QUCS which is not working
evopedia is working, NEdit too (nice and small editor)
right now SDR software is installing (osmoSDR gives error)

 

[joachim]

in the -current version when I use sbopkg there shows "repo for 14.2 using"
I thought 15.2 is softfloat and - current is hardfloat.Can this be a problem when installing programs (I tried QT5 from repo)?

I tried gnuradio which gives compiler error at 66%. RTL-SDR is installing.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

It's source code, so not yet compiled for an architecture.

 

[joachim]

Thanks for the info. I tried some more in -current.
Arduino from arduino.cc (experimental) is working
siag (light office) working
gEDA (schematics/pcb) is working

 

[joachim]

Is there hope for a new -current beta ? Maybe with wifi working? I tried QT5 again and it stopped
at (10000/11300) which is best by now. If there is a new beta I will try with another SD card.

 

[Linux-SWAT]

Wifi already works on both 14.2 and -current .

 

[joachim]

I thought at my last test I got no connection or no server found but will try again. Can you give some info about a new beta for the -current version (to be done , date)?

 

[Linux-SWAT]

In a few days. It fixes a problem with the CC/RB.