Puppy Linux Discussion Forum

magerlab · Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 737

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 ?

ecomoney · Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2009, 18:26 Post subject:

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/news/181/1003181/russian-schools-abandon-windows-after-piracy-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 Smile

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!

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila

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:

ecomoney · Posted: Sun 05 Apr 2009, 21:59 Post subject:

Yeah I dont believe it now either Wink

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....

raffy · Joined: 25 May 2005 Posts: 4839 Location: Manila

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.

pcampbell87 · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 29

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

magerlab · Joined: 08 Jul 2007 Posts: 737

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?

sidders · Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 470 Location: Bolton, uk

Raffy et 'all. i have found a couple of problems, its out there being tested. My sister and her little ones have it (she's a primary teacher), and there is the ursery who are trialing it, i'm going up there tomorrow to see which games the kids like. I'm just trying to gauge which apps to put in to make it as comprehensive as possible and try and get the size down from 219mb!. It was 260.
I have to get the sounds together fro the Lletters flashcard and some more pics. I think i'll just post what i have so far.

Going to build with 8.3 as well, rather just saying either or.

PS I used Gslapt again for Gstreamer and Gstreamer plugin-base from the Slackware 12 repo

edit. I think i keep saying 4.2 barebones (which, as yet, doesnt exist). i'm using 4.1.2. When the 4.2 arrives i will do the same on that.

pcampbell87 · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 29

Still no further forward on the svg issue. I am presuming it is something to do with librsvg.

jrb · Posted: Tue 07 Apr 2009, 10:52 Post subject:

Hi guys,
I am not familiar with gcompris, what it is supposed to do etc, but just out of curiousity I downloaded the gcompris.sfs and tried it out. Of course I got the "can't load skins/gartoon/boardicons/computer.svg" message. So I went to /usr/share/gcompris/boards/skins/gartoon/boardicons/ and substituted in ././../gartoon/about.png file and renamed it to computer.svg. When I restarted gcompris there it was top left corner and I had another error message about discovery.svg.

A cheap trick but perhaps all the .svg's could be converted to a different file type and their names retained?

Good Luck with this, J

ecomoney · Posted: Tue 07 Apr 2009, 10:54 Post subject:

Im sorry, i dont...and the guy that would would be Ttuxxx, but he seems to be busy with other things at the moment.

pcampbell87 · Joined: 02 Apr 2009 Posts: 29

Problem solved! It was so simple I am actually quite annoyed at myself.

The .svg files need to be executable (minimum 744 permissions) and that is all there is to it!

I will repackage it all to include the sound and svg fix and upload tonight (bandwidth caps mean I can only really upload after 0:00 BST/UTC +1).