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James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 5312 Location: Kentucky

I don't believe there should be any problems with removing the "nv" driver....most 64 bit hardware should be new enough to have relatively new video cards.Nouveau now works pretty well on most Nvidia cards.

cinclus_cinclus · Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Posts: 58

1. Using german key-mapping I get only a '?' for 'ä', 'ö' or 'ü' in the terminal emulator, For 'ß' I get 'ss'.

2. There is no locale-gen command.

cinclus_cinclus · Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Posts: 58

I would like to create sfs-modules for large packages like Wine.

How to do that?

How to make sure that the modules are properly initialized?
Archpup had instructions and commands(?) for that purpose
I would have to reinstall Archpup for looking up how that worked.
I remember that Calimero has 'mkaddon' in his CTKarch for the same purpose.
Any hints highly appreciated.

stifiling · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 388

@James C

this is GREAT news. thanks for the frequent downloads and tests. installing the nouveau driver though made the system grow a pretty decent amount. it's because nouveau-dri package is a dependency of xf86-video-nouveau. i'm wondering if nouveau-dri was to be removed, if X will still start. i'd also like to know if you have a similar issue to meowcats using the radeon driver on the ati card....rather than vesa. he mentioned that it made his ram sky-rocket up to abt a gig of usage. when u have a free moment James C....could you please install on the ati machine:

cinclus_cinclus · Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Posts: 58

There is an archlocale_132.sfs from Archpup. Couldn't I just use that?
... and makesfs from archpup as well?

By the way I did download 'dev-senfull_001.sfs' already. Doesn't that work?

mikeslr · Posted: Mon 29 Apr 2013, 14:09 Post_subject: Initial Review

Hi stifiling,

Best of luck on this project. I've looked forward to "an" Archpup for some time and was especially pleased to find that you're developing a 64-bit version. So please accept the following as an attempt at constructive criticism.
As yet no one has built an Archpup which will allow me to get to first base: that is, to access the internet. My system uses a RaLink RT2561/RT61 802.11g PCI which, so far, no Archpup has recognized. Of course, without internet access pacman isn't particularly useful. I am aware that it is possible, while running a different OS, to download the driver, if it exists, from the Archlinux repository having researched a similar problem while trying to run Ubuntu 10 or 11. I solved it by simply finding an operating system which didn't require me to jump thru hoops just to try it out. I'm certain many potential users will take the same approach. So I recommend, regardless of any desire to create a "lean and mean" distro, that it be fully stocked with drivers.
Not being able to access the internet also means that the great instructions for getting started that you were thoughtful enough to provide in your initial posts are unavailable to those who need them the most. Might I suggest that be included in the ISO, as a file you can open with geany or such other application already in the ISO.
On thing you need not be concerned about is the graphics driver for ATI Radeon 3100. Sensei booted to the desired 1600 x 900 OOTB.

Thanks for initiating this project.

mikesLr

stifiling · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 388

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 5312 Location: Kentucky

Did a frugal install, booted to a correct 1440x900 desktop and then the computer froze leading to a hard poweroff. Adding nouveau.noaccel=1 to the kernel line solved the problem though.Had to do the same on Raring and PHATSlacko as well.

sszindian · Joined: 24 Apr 2010 Posts: 561 Location: Pennsylvania U.S.

Just a simple question but...

How do you increase the size of a savefile after it's initially established?

'Thanks'

>>>---Indian------>

James C · Joined: 26 Mar 2009 Posts: 5312 Location: Kentucky

Started installing a few packages with Pacman....... everything looking good so far.

stifiling · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 388

i made most of the suggested changes and also added the locale.sfs for Sensei.

the locale solution in Sensei is the same as the devx. because i plan to make more desktops for the system, i've made the desktop specific locale files installable via:

meowcats · Joined: 14 Apr 2013 Posts: 31

trying to boot 64bit:
loads kernel then cannot find sensei64_001.sfs
Sad

stifiling · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 388

meowcats · Joined: 14 Apr 2013 Posts: 31

I am using syslinux, all files are in root directory. rename to syslinux.bin and syslinux.cfg. syslinux.cfg:

stifiling · Joined: 29 Dec 2007 Posts: 388