[FOR TESTING] Gcompris 8.4.6 SFS for 4.x series Beta

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#21 Post by sidders »

Fantastic. I will get my 2 year old on it. Thanks.

Just another 40 odd days to go. I could get the kids to make you a 'headover'. :P

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#22 Post by magerlab »

i'm downloading now....
hope it works
does it have python inside or need to install it ?

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#23 Post by pupshock »

totally awesome; many thanks, pcampbell87.

For those who need to verify, the md5sum of gcompris.sfs is
52b12c47f532114de8c32075b5711b32

gcompris.sfs is working in puppy 4.20.
There is no sound (i have not downloaded the additional sfs yet)

gcompris.sfs does not work in EduPup (the base is Puppy 3.01) :
the sfs cannot be 'seen', even though it is in /mnt/home, and/or renamed
to include "301" eg gcompris_301.sfs

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#24 Post by pcampbell87 »

I have no sound in 4.2 either. It seems to be a gstreamer problem - I will look into it.

The admin panel (run gcompris -a) is also broken, again, I think this is a dependency problem.

Once they are fixed I will upload another .sfs. If anyone else comes across any problems just let me know and I will try my best to fix it.

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#25 Post by ttuuxxx »

didn't work in 4.2 missing libjasper.so.1
and also missing skins/gartoon/boardicons/strategy.svg
if you could make a patch for these 2 things that would be great, svae downloading it all again :)
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#26 Post by ttuuxxx »

/usr/share/gcompris/boards/skins/gartoon/boardicons/strategy.svg
is where the image is, but its requesting it at
skins/gartoon/boardicons/strategy.svg
maybe a system link?
here's the missing lib, I compiled it on 4.2 and below is a the image of the error
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http://audio.online-convert.com/ <-- excellent site
http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/A-codecs/ <-- Codec Test Files
http://html5games.com/ <-- excellent HTML5 games :)

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#27 Post by pupshock »

sidders got the sound to work
see posts 8 Jan & 13 Jan
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=34135

that was for EduPup, but i presume the dependencies should be the same for Puppy 4.20

uh, ttuuxxx, still no sound after installing jasper-etc

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#28 Post by ttuuxxx »

The most I can say about the sound is that the sound files are included, Since I can't really start the game because I can't get by the first screen, I can't figure out the sound. Sorry, even if I run it via command line nothing really reported. I would have to get to the sound stage to debug it.
try running via the terminal
gcompris

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#29 Post by pcampbell87 »

I get the svg error in Puppy 4.1.2. I have checked and the files do exist, I think this may be related to one of the dependencies, librsvg. I used the one included in puppy rather than compiling from source.

The sound issue seems to be gstreamer related and checking this page shows that there is a known bug... unfortunately gcompris development doesn't seem very well documented and I am not sure which bug they are referring to.

Sorry for the errors guys, I am currently recompiling a few dependencies and hopefully it will be working soon.

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#30 Post by magerlab »

seems to work ok in NOP and 4.1.2
needs gstreamer plugin ( says when run from console)

my daughter is happy:)
i will wipe off sidux
maybe only amarok is the last one i need more:)

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#31 Post by ttuuxxx »

pcampbell87 wrote:I get the svg error in Puppy 4.1.2. I have checked and the files do exist, I think this may be related to one of the dependencies, librsvg. I used the one included in puppy rather than compiling from source.

The sound issue seems to be gstreamer related and checking this page shows that there is a known bug... unfortunately gcompris development doesn't seem very well documented and I am not sure which bug they are referring to.

Sorry for the errors guys, I am currently recompiling a few dependencies and hopefully it will be working soon.
You might want to build the 8.3 version, it uses sdl & Sdl mixer for the sounds, That works on puppy very well., 8.4 is gstreamer only.
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#32 Post by ttuuxxx »

magerlab wrote:seems to work ok in NOP and 4.1.2
needs gstreamer plugin ( says when run from console)

my daughter is happy:)
i will wipe off sidux
maybe only amarok is the last one i need more:)
Don't you speak Russian or something like that?
If so you can get Russian or other language files for it at ubuntu
http://packages.ubuntu.com/intrepid/gcompris-sound
just extract the sound files into the corresponding directories
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http://samples.mplayerhq.hu/A-codecs/ <-- Codec Test Files
http://html5games.com/ <-- excellent HTML5 games :)

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#33 Post by pcampbell87 »

magerlab wrote:needs gstreamer plugin ( says when run from console)
Of course! I forgot to compile the plugins! I feel a bit stupid now :oops: I am currently making another version with libjasper, librsvg and the gstreamer plugins.
ttuuxxx wrote:If so you can get Russian or other language files for it at ubuntu
I will seperate the different voices into individual .pet files to make it easy to install extra languages.

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#34 Post by magerlab »

yes 'll get some russian files thank you !
maybe i'll remake that sfs only with russian sounds
also can i finally use some python apps with this sfs ?

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#35 Post by ecomoney »

Russian Schools all use Linux after a Micro$ofts lawyers decided their Russian schoolteachers were an easier target than Russian Mobsters, who are known for making a lot of money pirating windows.

http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new ... racy-scare
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7034828.stm

I hope Britain will go the same way, even though it would kill my free supply of computers!

Perhaps the 8.3 version would be better for now as Ttuxxx suggests. Less libraries means a faster puppy and lower hardware requirements....and more kids and poorer kids can have access to this software! Thank you for your input into this project Ttuxxx its good of you :)

I understand puppy may be going gstreamer by default soon.

It would also be nice to have a British (UK) English version of the .pet files too please. I would hate to see the little darlings learning to speak with an American Accent!
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#36 Post by raffy »

Thanks, pcampbell for the effort. If you need to bite more about Puppy, see T2:
http://puppylinux.com/blog/?viewDetailed=00640

sidders, you won't believe this story:
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=18012

Looking forward to your puplet, sidders.
FYI, here is an example desktop from pistoi0:
Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice? [url=http://puppylinux.info/topic/freeoffice-2012-sfs]Get the sfs (English only)[/url].

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#37 Post by ecomoney »

Yeah I dont believe it now either ;-) She booted me out for spending too much time on puppy linux! A worthwhile exercise though.

Ttuxxx is going to have a ball with me about this one....
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#38 Post by raffy »

Sidenote: Er - is that so ecomoney? Sad to hear about that. Hey, ttuuxxx, stop, look and listen!!! Your family is worth more than anything puppy. Of course we should help you with returns for your labors, but it takes time.
Puppy user since Oct 2004. Want FreeOffice? [url=http://puppylinux.info/topic/freeoffice-2012-sfs]Get the sfs (English only)[/url].

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#39 Post by pcampbell87 »

Quick update.... I have recompiled everything and have the sound working but unfortunately still getting the svg file error in 4.2.

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#40 Post by magerlab »

not yet linux is used in russian schools
there were some cases of refusing from windows
but also there's a state programm for turnnig every school into lnux till 2010. There's already a special distribution for schools based on altlinux.
Also MS does not sleep and theydecided to prolong their XP license

is there a pet. for gstreamer needed by gcompris?

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