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technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4134

@Scottman - Thanks to your oops, I ended up looking into the size difference of using a full flat set of kernel modules (everything in /lib/modules/$KERNVER rather than subdirectories) ... I had previously played with it on the initrd, and knew it was much faster to run depmod and slightly smaller, but when I tested it on the full set of kernel modules, the difference was about 6Mb and depmod is still nearly instant.

The only gotchas I can think of are scripts and C programs with the subdirectories preprogrammed for insmod $mod or insmod(mod); ...probably stuff like /init or ndiswrapper.c? ... easy to fix though - not even cut and paste - just cut.

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2364 Location: UK

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4134

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4134

I would just try to add a variable(s) with all of the network module names (easily found in the tree structure prior to flattening)

Edit: Ok, the code is in /usr/sbin/updatenetmoduleslist.sh (not sure why it isn't just a function) - yep, looks like a predefined list will do - there is already an "$EXTRALIST" in a similar format, so it will actually simplify the code.
... just get rid of the /path/ and the .ko and replace the while loop with a for ONEBASE in $LIST; do ...
... but then there is a verbose dryrun of modprobe on each module, but the output goes to dev/null and the return is not used (why? needed for modinfo?)
... I would also replace the modinfo block containing a bunch of grep/head/cut/tr with a single modinfo and standard shell

jemimah · Joined: 26 Aug 2009 Posts: 4309 Location: Tampa, FL

Yeah that should work. A bit high maintenance to remember to generate a new list for each kernel.

technosaurus · Joined: 18 May 2008 Posts: 4134

Unless you are going to a new kernel version there should be no changes as long as the generated list is from an all_module build - even then it should be very few ... and the new ones tend to be "staging" quality

I have added an rewrite that should build an identical list (hopefully) ... still using the same "API", but I wrote it from scratch (except for the line that echoes that it is building /etc/networkmodules - that line may or may not be needed anyways - kept just in case).

don570 · Joined: 10 Mar 2010 Posts: 3078 Location: Ontario

I made some useful modifications to pmirror and
changed its name to puppy backup
http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=77685

Version 1.4 runs in Akita
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cafedurst

Happy labour day alltogether,

as a huge fan of Puppy Arcade, i am eager to try out akita. The first thing in the morning - thx unemployment Sad

- is a visit to my hardware shop for some USB-Pendrives. Look, what have here? Some CDRWs! What the heck, akitas is surely worth n times of them. Thanks again. Having said that, i think a newly acquired (zero Euro found in the trash) year 2001 desktop standing next to me could also be a good home for this puppy. I played around with several linux distros the last week, but none gave me this good "feeling". Looking back, PA10 rewarded me with more fun in personal computing the last two years than any other technical experiences including the first steps with my samsung galaxy s+. I didn't really get started with the whole emulator fun yet. And now this new system. Entertainment and challenge for years. Thanks for sharing!

For the challenge: i couldn't get the wireless working which runs fine on PA 10, so i run it now on vmware, will give vbox a try, too. The wireless dysfunctionality demands investigation on my side.

The Desktop and Interface has improved imho, but that is just an early impression.

Very userfriendly intstallation of TOR.

Definitely worth trying, even for noobs like me!

starhawk · Posted: Fri 11 May 2012, 12:28 Post subject:

Hey, sc0ttman, you OK?

starhawk · Posted: Sun 13 May 2012, 12:19 Post subject:

Has anyone heard from sc0ttman? He doesn't seem to be posting from what I can tell... I hope he's alright and just taking a breather.

Puppyt · Posted: Fri 08 Jun 2012, 21:19 Post subject:

Cooee sc0ttman! Hope all is well with you Smile

Puppyt

Finally scraped some time to revisit the idea that AKITA could be a great foundation for a "Puppy4Kids" platform, what with all the games sc0ttman has provided in his repository... PLUS the consideration to useful learning environments such as PuppyBASIC, TCL/TK (and following on from earlier posts in this thread I think about Pa McClamrock's instructionals http://www.pa-mcclamrock.com/icebox.html) - I reckon provides an environment that bridges a gap for kids who've grown past the HSB (HanSamBen) target audience.

...So I leapt in with trying to install Akita8 (earlier kernel) on a "new" system - an IPEX Slimoffice6 box with: D945GTP microATX mbo; PentiumD 800MHz CPU; 3GB DDR2 RAM at 533MHz; and 160 Gb SATA HD. And while Akita installs from liveCD dreamily, I've got issues with the Pupsave...

On reboot I get the usual Grub4DOS menu, then second line of verbose boot says:

sc0ttman · Joined: 16 Sep 2009 Posts: 2364 Location: UK

Hello people....

Akita Linux Beta 9

Download the ISO: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita-linux-beta9.iso
size: 91mb, md5: b09c527999a2ba0780bdecbe692fa846

Download the devx: http://akita.scottjarvis.com/akita_devx-b9.sfs
size: 113mb, md5: 6cab1101e73745c8eb0a7e1b1202f8be
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Summary of changes:

- latest radky apps, latest zigbert updates, latest shinobar fixes,
- many more apps, emulators and Qt pkgs in akita repo
- new startup options - add new startup file
- added customised icewm to PPM
- fixes in PPM, jwm setup, vlc-gtk, desktop icons, desktop wallpaper settings
- updates to startups, simplewall, pnethood, sfs_edit, toggle_rox_desktop, other stuff
- new PPM option, asks to save the .pet, when downloaded

Full changelog since beta8: