Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

shadow · Posted: Sat 07 Jun 2008, 16:27 Post subject: hi

I have downloaded the iso file and i burned it to cd
then when i tried to boot it said boot failed press a key to try again
i wasted 3 blank cds so far
What is the problem?
I use nero burner and all other iso files work except this one

KF6SNJ · Posted: Sat 07 Jun 2008, 17:24 Post subject:

Can you boot from any other puppy derivatives? If so, try booting into puppy and using burniso2cd. That is burner I used. It worked perfectly.

shadow · Posted: Sat 07 Jun 2008, 17:59 Post subject: hi

idk what derivates are or what your talkin bout
i know i have puppy linux4.0 , ubuntu, xubuntu, DSL, Slax, bluedog all on cds
they burned fine from iso file to cd

KF6SNJ · Posted: Sat 07 Jun 2008, 18:40 Post subject:

That helps plenty. You have Puppy 4.0 Dingo. Use the burniso2cd program on it under multimedia to burn a copy of Hurt Me Plenty and it should work perfectly. As I have stated before, that is what I use. I even used it to burn my PCLinuxOS and OS2 Warp discs.

shadow · Posted: Sat 07 Jun 2008, 18:45 Post subject: hi

yea but i just noticed that the file size is 708mb and my cd is 700mb
i also dont have a dvd burner to burn to dvd

SirDuncan · Joined: 09 Dec 2006 Posts: 836 Location: Ohio, USA

brymway · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 410

I was wanting to get this working but I haven't yet. I read somewhere that it's based on an alpha release, so does that mean it's not idiot proof yet. If not, then there probably no hope for me yet.

I downloaded the iso, md5sum checked ok. Burned the iso, booted it, saved the file, then booted it up again like the intro said. I chose xvesa, tried to click on one of the doom quake games only to find that the keyboard is not accurate. I chose the USA version during setup. Also even clicking on doom 1 and any of the quakes that I don't have to type anything, it never loads any of the games.

These are the glitches I've run into. Don't know if you've heard any of this before or if you're still developing the release. Just thought I'd mention it.

By the way, the distro "looks" killer! Very sleek. I'm looking forward to this distro as I do enjoy those games you've built around.

MU · Posted: Tue 15 Jul 2008, 00:23 Post subject:

you must choose xorg, not xvesa.
xvesa has no hardware accelleration, required by the games.
xvesa is just a fallback, if xorg does not work. But you miss some features then, like 3D.
Mark

brymway · Joined: 08 Dec 2007 Posts: 410

Amazing what Xorg will do. It works fine now, thanks Mark. Still have a problem with the keyboard but I thought I saw another post relating to it. I'll check it out.

jukingeo · Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 53

I own both full versions of Doom and Quake II. Is it possible to configure them into a build of Hurt Me Plenty so I have access to ALL the levels and not just the shareware levels?

Outside of first person shooter games, could this version of Puppy also do games like Neverwinter Nights?

Thanx,

Geo

MU · Posted: Tue 22 Jul 2008, 10:33 Post subject:

to play the full versions, you must replace the shareware gamefiles with the full versions.
To avoid to waste space in your msy_save.2fs, you should delete them, and then create symlinks to the existing ones somewhere on your drives.

Doom:
delete
/usr/local/wads/doom1.wad

Create a symlink to your full-version .wad.

If it is located on /mnt/sda2/doom/doom1.wad, then type:

cd /usr/local/wads/
rm doom1.wad
ln -s /mnt/sda2/doom/doom1.wad doom1.wad

The same with doom2.wad for doom2.

---------------
Quake2:

cd /usr/local/quake2files/baseq2
rm pak0.pak
ln -s /mnt/sda2/quake2/baseq2/pak0.pak pak0.pak

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explanation:
cd changes the current directory.
rm (RM in small letters) deletes a file.
ln (LN in small letters) creates a symbolic link to a file.

Mark

MU · Posted: Tue 22 Jul 2008, 10:44 Post subject:

concerning other games:

it includes:
-dri drivers
-openGL
-libSDL

These are the basic requirements for all huge games.
Some might need more.
Some games depend on "libboost".
The easiest might be, to use dotpups/pets posted in the forum.

They usually include required additional libraries.
Just do not install the 3 mentioned above again.

If there is no dotpup, try the installer provided by the game.
Often you must type something like:

cd /where_you_downloaded
bash run_installer.sh

For example:
cd /mnt/sda2/games/panzer
bash install_panzer.sh

It then will tell you, if something misses.
You could post these messages then, so that we have a look.

Other games must just be extracted, if they come as .tar.gz.
If I remember well, this is the case with nexuiz.

So you would type something like:

cd /mnt/sda2/games/nexuiz
tar -xzvf nexuiz-2.0.tar.gz
cd nexuiz-2.0
./nexuiz-glx

These are just examples from my memory, of course you must use valid file/foldernames.

Mark

jukingeo · Joined: 20 Jul 2008 Posts: 53

MU · Posted: Wed 23 Jul 2008, 19:08 Post subject:

a symlink is a reference to a file, that is physically stored somewhere else.

For example:
your savefile has just 50 Mb of free space left.
But pak0.pak is 170 MB.
So you cannot copy it in your savefile.
But you have it located already on your Windows C-drive, because you played Quake2 in Windows before.
Now by creating the symlink, then Puppys Quake will use the pak0.pak on your Windows-drive.

Mark