See also David Moberg's
site at http://us/share/geocities.com/davidjmoberg/
for other basiclinux
packages.
Most packages are for GLIBC225 - glibc2.2.5 from Slackware 8.1
The packages will also work with 2.3.1 from Slackware 9.0. Do not use later Slackware version libraries unless you also use kernel 2.4 or later because they won't work with kernel 2.2. 2.3 is now needed for many precompiled binaries such as MaPiVi (2.3.2) and sqlite3 (2.3.1) and opera 9.51 (2.3.1, plus libc++ and libg so libraries).
2008 May 11, did some file removal so a few of these may no longer be here.
Download 191K (29K binary, 346K library, both stripped)
sqlite-3.5.9-glibc225
sqlite 3 can import data from text file into an existing table.
sqlite 2 and sqlite3 databases are mutually incompatible.
The sourceforge page has a glibc 2.3.1 precompiled binary, and a 1.3MB zip file of documentation. There are online tutorials for sql and sqlite (which adds dot commands to sql).
DO NOT use the convertor included in CDBF - it produces something unusable that will not import into sqlite (DBF).
Download 16K dbf
dbf --help
dbf filename.dbf - displays the file one record at a time one line below the other.
dbf --sql --trim b filename.sql filename.dbf
(The trim removes stray spaces and produces a much smaller file:
Without trim a 437K dbf > 548K sql > 1MB (!) db, and with trim -b
it produced 347K sql and 152K db) or
dbf --separator ',' --csv filename.csv filename.dbf
Choose as separator a character not used in the data (such as @).
The simplest way, which should work on a non-buggy dbf file:
sqlite filename.db
>.read filename.sql
>.q
Importing my large database from dbf to sql to db retained a lot of errors from the original dbf file (made with cdbf). Instead, I edited the sql file made with the dbf convertor program to delete the data, and read in the header info from that file. I then used the convertor program to make a csv file of the same dbf, deleted the headers, and imported the data-only edited csv file. Passage through a csv file (text only) eliminates all the stray characters.
The dbf convertor adds " " around all character strings of cvs output, which some conversion programs (such as palm-db-tools) use to ignore commas inside the string. sqlite3 will NOT ignore these commas so do not use comma (the default) as a separator. If you export from sqlite to text format that you want to import into pdb format, change the separator back to comma first. If you won't be importing the csv or text file into anything but sqlite, you can delete the " " from the csv file before you import it or from the text file before printing to paper to save space.
dbf --trim b --sql file.sql file.dbf
Use nano or pico to remove data.
dbf --separator '@' --csv file.csv file.dbf
Use nano to remove headers, (and replace " with null if the database won't
be imported into anything but sql db format)
sqlite3 file.db
>.read file.sql (this sets up a table called file inside file.db)
>.separator @ (change default | to @)
>.import file.csv (read in the data)
>select * from file; (displays all the data to the screen in list
form)
>.mode column (this will truncate columns to 10 char by
default)
>.width 10 20 30 40 (set the columns to the actual sizes, .schema
file)
>.header on (to see column headers)
> select * from file; (displays this time in column form)
>.output file.txt
> select * from file: (writes data to file.txt instead of screen)
You can edit then reimport the text file, or manipulate the db directly with sqlite.
Version 0.90 (2006) of 'dbf' is 1.5MB of source code in two parts (core and another part) and requires for compiling perl with XML parser perl module. To compile this module requires first compiling expat.la and expat.h and pointing perl at their locations, and also requires LWP.pm which Slackware 7.1 perl does not have.
LWP is lib world wide web perl or libwww-perl, a programming interface to the web. Why do you need to interface the web to convert a database??? Or support XML in the first place? Maybe Makefile can be edited to avoid the need for all this?
Download 280K
file.ifo contains lines (or type into command line):
My 440K dbf file (with a lot of stray garbage) converted with
xdb-1.2-glibc225.tgz
Manipulate non-SQL databases in DBF or NFX format from dBase, Clipper,
DOS Browser, CDBF, etc. They had to rename the later version to xBase.
The html documentation does not
include dbfutil1, which seems to be the main database manager, but does
describe how to delete, etc.
title "file"
type "db"
separator "|" [omit if comma, the default]
field "name" string 15
field "name2" string 10
field "name3" string 15
dbf - 350K sql file (trimmed), 295K csv file (with ",")
sqlite3 (read sql headers and import csv data)- 350K db file
csv2pdb - 310K pdb file (this one not viewable with less and pico)
Use sqlite to export text in columns.
XBASE/XDB for GLIBC2.2.5 - DBF database library, programs, docs,
sample programs
(180K)
CPU/BOARD tester (static) to run from floppy linux
cpuburn-static.tgz
Unpack to a floppy disk, copy to BL disk #2 burnP5 burnP6 burnK6 burnK7
(one or all) and run to try to crash the system. Do not mount hd's.
msmtp-1.4.10-notls-glibc225.tgz
Copy /usr/local/etc/msmtp-sample to msmtp and change to your own ISP's smtp host name, from address, user and password.
Authenticating mail transfer agent with instructions how to use it with Mutt. Compiled without TLS support. See also sylpheed-bl3.tgz and sylpheed-bl2.tgz for authenticating smtp (GUIs requiring X).
Can be used CLI:
msmtp recipient@address.com
From: sender@address.com
Subject: subject line
Cc:
Bcc:
Reply-to:
[Header lines all optional but often helpful]
Message body.....
Ctr-D [from a blank line]
mcdp-glibc225.tgz
mcdp-uclibc.tgz
Unpack in /tmp, copy the executable to /usr/local/bin and mcdp.html to /man in BL3 or /usr/local/share/mcdp/ in BL2 (or wherever you like). Works in console, or in rxvt (unlike workbone which is unreadable). You need the man page because -h and --help don't work.
sox -t ossdsp -w -r 44100 -c 2 /dev/dsp outputfile.wav
records 16-bit CD-quality (44KHz) stereo from line in of sound card.
Or use the rec script (see man page).
dropbear-0.49-glibc225.tgz
dropbear-0.49-uclibc.tgz
dropbear-0.52-glibc225.tgz
0.52 binaries are smaller. dbclient 117K > 103K.
I have only tested dbclient in the 0.52 package, not scp or dropbear.
Read the instructions for generating keys before using dropbear,
but dbclient and scp should work out of the box.
dbclient user@host - give password when asked
Use the more secure scp instead of ftpput.
scp source-filename user@host:./path/to/target-filename - asks for
password - works despite four 'WARNING: Ignoring unknown argument'.
Read the BL archives for help using dropbear server.
pscp
psftp
Copy or ftp files securely. psftp user@address and give password.
These are over 300K each.
unrtf-0.20.2-glibc225.tgz
A small program for converting RTF to default HTML or text or Latex.
Said to be buggy regarding paragraph alignment and picture storing.
Includes executable and man page.
2. A larger set of more programs (but not the .la and .a libraries)
pilot-link-full-glibc-2.2.5.tgz
libpisock.so.9 must be in /usr/lib; make_install puts it into
/usr/local/lib
SERIAL
Tested working with BL2 2.4.31 kernel and serial PDA (3COM Palm III).
pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyS0 -l lists the files on the PDA after you push
the Hotsync button.
USB
2.4.31 does not work with modular usb_serial.o due to a bug..
Pilot-link did not work for me with the 2.2.26 bzimage.big and
modules. Some PDAs are said to need kernel 2.4.21 or later.
It does work with bzimapda.431 which I compiled and put into ./2.4.31,
along with configpda.431 (compiled for ohci only, insmod usb-uhci or
ehci-hcd if you have uhci or USB 2) and run
mknodpda (to make /dev/ttyUSB0 and USB1).
pilot-xfer -p /dev/ttyUSB0 -l
ttyUSB0 is the Hotsync port, but mknodpda also makes ttyUSB1.
For some reason both get listed when you use these drivers.
This setup works with our m105 and used to but no longer works with the
visor, nor did it work with the clie. Try a usb to serial convertor with
the proper driver such as
the one for palm convertor
I put it in /busybox110, and put that on the path in /etc/profile before the BL2 busybox (which can't be removed or eznet won't work). Please suggest additions, deletions, or changes in options. To make the symlinks use David's busybox.sh (which makes links to all possible programs including ones which don't exist) after you first make links to expr and tail that are on the path (because the BL2 and BL3.32 versions of them don't work with this script). For some reason, busybox.sh appears to make links to applets that were not included - just remove the links.
busybox-1.3.2-default
busybox-1.3.2-small
busybox-1.3.2-smaller
Compiled by Karolis Lyvens and available at
his site
Latest stable busybox default config, selected files (about 2/3 the size_ and the same without rpm, sed and gzip. I also compiled the latest gzip for 2.2.25. Busybox gzip does NOT work with lynx 2.8.6.
svgalib-1.9.25-default
svgalib-1.9.25-new-default
The 'new' package includes both standard defaults and a 'new-default' library, which is my selection (only cards for which I have drivers). Choose one of these (or download one of the libraries below for a single card) and symlink to libvga.so.1.9.25 or use the original default package.
Both default libraries are testing working with Rendition and i740. The packages include header files and .so symlinks needed to compile zgv dynamically, and /dev/svga and svgalib_helper.o for kernel 2.4.31. Change NoHelper to Helper in zgv.conf
zgv (and maybe Slackware) requires that these libraries be in /usr/lib. Delete any older libvga.so.* from /usr/local/lib or they will be used instead. The compile setup installs to /usr/local/lib by default, but my package puts them in /usr/lib. svgalib does not compile easily with BL2 and the author helped.
libvga.config with NoHelper should work with any kernel if you run zgv, links, and svp root or suid root.
Utilities for testing video modes, etc.:
svgalib-1.9.25-utils
libvga.so.1.9.25 (default, supports most chips below but not Rendition) is
about 350K, or use a chip-specific libvga about half that size.
For laptops (not tested):
For desktops (tested working except i810):
Tseng ET6000 PCI
i810 onboard chip
Matrox G100 and G400 series
Matrox Millenium PCI
NVidia
ATI RAGE (PCI or AGP)
ATI RAGE 128
S3 Savage AGP
Copy to /usr/lib and ln -s libvga.so.1.9.25-XXXX libvga.so.1.9.25 . (My zgv looks for these two files in /usr/lib not /usr/local/lib). When compiling you can make shared instead of make install and the libraries are found in sharelibs and you can rename and then copy. Delete the 1.4.3 and earlier libraries to make space.
Much faster than xpdf. Requires gs with support for pbmraw (mono) and
bmp256 (if you want color). Will zoom, rotate, let you choose dpi and
resolution, etc. Compiled both statically (no need for libvga.so.1) and
dynamically for glibc.
svp-static 350K
svp 28K
Requires a recent svgalib or you will get 'undefined symbol _xstat' in libvga.so.1 (BL1 zgv).
bmv requires ghostscript set to use as default svgalib support, not found
in SW8.1. First use gs pdf2ps (or xpdf's pdf2ps) to convert the pdf to
ps
then view with:
bmv.tgz - for glibc-2.1.3
bmv_12.tgz - later version, rotates, needs
glibc-2.2.5
If you have svgalib 1.9.25 glibc 2.2.5 better to use svp/
Executable, man page, docs, and the latest libpng12.so.0 (the older one won't work with this zgv) or the larger package with libpng12, libjpeg libtiff (in case you don't already have them for links2 from Delilinux). SECURITY explains why this suid-only (or root) program is really not a security risk starting with THIS version. Works with svgalib-1.4.3 or later. libvga* must be in /usr/lib. An upgrade from the delilinux zgv 5.6 or the BL3 zgv 4.2.
2.8MB (1.8M gz) nossl
3.5MB (2.1M gz) ssl
1.8MB (733K gz)
nographics ssl
These should work with BL3 using upgraded glibc from Slackware 8.1. The nongraphical version requires the glibc 2.2.5 files from operalib.tgz, including two not listed by ldd, needed only to access files online. This package and the dependencies of icewm are needed to run Opera 9 in BL3.
svgalib provides its own mouse support. The SSL versions do not work at all https sites (such as my library) but do work at gmail. lynx does work at my library. Since they both use openssl I don't know why.
To compile links2 with ssl support I first compiled openssl 0.9.8.
Compilation of links2 required only two static library files libcrypto.a
and libssl.a, and header files (as shown by reading the Makefile), which I
packaged (without bin man private misc but with cert.pem) as
openssl-0.9.8-static.tgz.
To use this package, copy it to /usr/local/ssl and tar -zxvf *.tgz
(do not pkg or installpkg - I got lazy). Shared libraries for openssl
0.9.7c are in Slackware 8.1.
To compile openssl I used perl 5.6.0 and perl5 library files (in *.pm) taken from Slackware (7.1 or 8.1?), rather than installing the enormous perl package. I packaged these for future use in compiling other programs as perl560-minimal.tgz.
Substitute opera, seamonkey or firefox for 'browser'
start X
cd /browser*
./browser
You can make a script to do all this.
OPERA 9.63 or earlier. 8.54 uses less, 7.5 more memory (ad banner).
Precompiled to require glibc 2.2.5 or later. You can installpkg operalib.tgz
which is eight libraries from
glibc and ldconfig. The fonts in 9.6.3 do not display as expected (only
two fonts seem to be used, and they don't match what you choose) though
they work with 8.5.4. Experiment with standard X.
These work in BL2 if you upgrade glibc to 2.3.6 (delete /gconv) and add a few missing dependencies. glibc 2.3.2 was not adequate for Seamonkey though its included libraries were dependent on it.
SEAMONKEY
unofficial (contributed) seamonkey 1.1.15 for gtk1 Seamonkey 1.1 is similar to Firefox 2 and uses some of the same plugins.
Add to /usr/lib/ libgcc_s.so.1-SW81 (remove -SW81 or symlink to libgcc_s.so.1) and
libstdc++.so.5.0.2-SW90 (remove -SW90 or symlink to libstdc++so.5.0.2)
It also needs libXi.so.* (from Slackware 7.1 or later). Run ldconfig to make symlinks. The libraries from SW11 should
work instead of what I posted. libcgg is found in elflibs and libstd in cxxlibs but these are enormous packages full of
documentation, locale, etc. The single libraries work.
I get two GDK warnings about locale which can be ignored and are related to how glibc was compiled. (They go away if you use Slackware 9.1 glibc 2.3.2 but then the browsers do not work).
FIREFOX
Add to /usr/lib libgcc_s.so.1-SW81 (or the SW11 library)
and libstdc++.so.60.03-SW11
Remove -SWXX or symlink and run ldconfig as for Seamonkey. This version corresponded to Seamonkey 1.0 so is missing some feature found in Seamonkey 1.1.15. Firefox has more modules available but Seamonkey 1.1.5 can use newer modules such as Adblock Plus 1 (where Firefox 1.5 uses .7.5.5).
Firefox 3.0.6 would not load for me in Slackware 11.
Mplayer plugin GTK1 verison from amigolinux requires libX11.so.6.2, libXext and maybe libICE from Slackware 11 (earlier versions may work but Firefox and Seamonkey need SW11 glibc 2.3.6 anyway), also mplayer 1.0rc2try7 (David Moberg's uclibc one), which does not resolve DNS numbers on its own but does used with the plugin.
I compiled a 1MB
mplayer-1.0pre7try2-glibc236.
They both play mp3 online but not ogg, and the latter plays DVDs but only in mode vesa (not svga or x11). The latter would not play online when compiled with gcc 2.95.3 (error message suggested a gcc problem) but works when compiled with gcc 3.4.6 from Slackware 11 (full package minus locale and docs). I did not have the source code needed for ogg or xll (or apparently svga).
To play oggs, or DVDs with x11 or svga, use
mplayer4.tgz
Slackware 7.1 libX11 is in xbin.tgz (xfree 3.3.6).
Download
VOIP SOFTWARE
SJPhones' softphone works if you update from Slackware 7.1 libX11.so.6.1
to libX11.so.6.2
5.2 is found in Slackware 8.1 and later and reflects
the switch from Xfree 3.3.6 to 4.x.
The program is not working via
dialup. Cannot even access help.
Slackware 8.1 libX11 is in xfree86-4.2.0-i386-5.tgz - 13MB. SW90 has 4.3.
Slackware 11 base package for X11 is x11-6.9.0-i486-11.tgz 19MB. Don't
know the version. Current is 4.8
I know SW11 libX11 works but SW81 probably does too. I will post SW11
version on request (900K).
rp-pppoe-3.10-glibc225 . I
compiled the binaries and packaged with the help files but have not tested
since I don't have broadband yet. Follow the setup instructions in the
HOWTO, which are rather complex. The KERNEL* file explains how to compile
the software into a 2.4 or later kernel instead. Let the BL list know if
any of this worked. You need to enter your ISP user name and password
into some file. I proved the need for this by trying to use linux and a
browser with my own DSL router, and firefox in linux accessed an error
page instead of the desired webpage, which XP plugged into the same router
did access. The ISP's DSL modem (router) and Windows come with this
software but BL does not. Or Ubuntu.
LIBTIFF 3.8.2 for glibc 2.2.5
libtiff.so.3.8.2
Replace libtiff.so.3.5.7 in the netpbmlibs package.
tiff2pdf
tiffsplit
Small scripts used to deal with multiple (fax) tiffs. Convert and then
view with svp or zgv or print the pdf with gs. (Or use netpbm's tifftopnm
then pamsplit to extract the individual images and print with pbmtolj).
libtiff-3.8.2-glibc225.tgz
This 700K package contains both man and html documentation, libtiffxx.so,
the .a and .la and .h files needed to compile ghostscript, and many more
scripts to convert gif or bmp or fax or ppm to tiff, make thumbnails, etc.
Much of the package is libtiff.a.
Latest xpdf 3.02 (Feb 2007) CLI binaries usable in BL3: pdftotext, pdfimages, pdftoppm, documentation, and an xpdfrc. (The graphical xpdf itself requires a later X than BL3 has and is not included.)
Sept 2007. Delete the xpdfrc. Put the gs .pfb fonts in /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts, or symlink to there from /usr/local/AbiSuite/fonts, to read pdf files with /BaseFont specified, using xpdf or pdfimages. Most pdf files don't need this.
Pdfimages extracts images from pdf files made by scanners, pdftotext extracts text, and pdftoppm converts mixtures of the two to ppm.
Precompiled xpdf itself is not included because it must be used with glibc2.2 libX11. You can download it from foolabs. It may be possible to compile a version to work with libc5 X.
To use precompiled xpdf with later libx11 and static Xvesa without a window manager (since after upgrading libx11 the BL3 wm will not work):
(Xvesa -screen 800x600x15 &); DISPLAY=:0 xpdf file.pdf
Opera 8.52 works with BL3 libx11 and no mouse, but needs a mouse to switch focus if used without a window manager.
FONTS
GS works without the gsfonts.tgz, except for pdf/ps files which specify
the font, for which you need ONLY the .pfb fonts from gsfonts.tgz (not afm
gsf pfa pfm) in /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts.
You can instead use the Abiword fonts:
ln /usr/local/Abisuite/fonts /usr/local/share/ghostscript/fonts
xpdf uses these same ghostscript fonts.
EXECUTABLES
No support for X (use svp to view) or Resources (Chinese).
Feature devices are only psl3 and pdf not eps etc.
gunzip in /usr/local/bin and symlink or rename to gs
Uninstall any previous versions.
3MB version
gs854-noX-defaults.gz
Contains all the default printer and image devices (sDEVICE=)
2.6MB version
gs854-noX-HP.gz
With HP support for deskjets, laserjet, ljet2p, ljet4 (5L and 6L), and
a few other devices bmp256 (for svp), p?m(raw), pdfwrite, pswrite
4-4.4MB versions with support for jbig2dec (needed to
read pdf files compressed smaller using jbig2):
gs854-noX-HP-JBIG2.gz
gs854-noX-defaults-JBIG2.gz
To convert a pdf file to an image file
gs -sDEVICE=pngmono -sOutputFile=file.png file.pdf
Basic instructions: Use.htm
Copy to /usr/local/share/ghostscript/8.54/doc and rename to Use.htm
GS8.54 EXTRAS (80K)
gs854-docs-scripts.tgz
GS8.60 for HP printers (80K)
gs860-noX-HP.tgz
4.2MB compressed. (8.54 is only 1.2M).
Email me if you want the full version, which is even larger.
Defaults are deskjet, 300 dpi and papersize letter. Specify -r600 or
-sPAPERSIZE=A4 or -sDEVICE=ljet4, if needed.
insmod parport, parport_pc and lp first before printing.
Print all pages with defaults (ps or pdf):
gs -sOutputFile=/dev/lp0 filename.pdf
PDF files only, and file name must be last, to print selected pages:
gs -sOutputFile=/dev/lp0 -dFirstPage=1 -dLastPage=2 filename.pdf
I posted scripts to print all or selected (n) pages at 150 (draft), 300 and 600 (high-res) dpi with the deskjet device. Add options for other paper size or device.
300 dpi deskjet all pages printdjn
300 dpi deskjet some pages printdjn
150 dpi deskjet all pages printdjd
150 dpi deskjet some pages printdjdn
600 dpi deskjet all pages printdjh
600 dpi deskjet some pages printdjhn
This is a much larger program.
Ask me if you need this, I removed it.
gs850.tgz - ghostscript 8.50
Displays only in X, not svgalib. Includes init files and
documentation. Add gs fonts package or just .pfb files (see above).
antiword037.tgz glibc-2.2.5
antiword037 just the binary
antiword.man text man page
Converts WORD to text or ps and reserves formatting better than catdoc or Abiword (uvware-based). Comes with mapping files for various character sets. 8859-5.txt does not work correctly (missing 'e') so I included in my package cp1251.f16 which I designed for DOS, to be used with cp1251.txt. Macedonian and Serbian are not supported by cp866 or koi8-r.
Extract images from a doc file that has one png per file.
doc2png - my BL2 (libc6) binary of source
code from the net
(http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~bbb/2001/doc2png) for extracting png files from
doc files (such as those created by a scanner, one png per file).
For BL3 - download doc2png.c , and if you are
set up to compile
gcc -o doc2png doc2png.c
will produce doc2png.
doc2png file.doc produces file-00.png.
Load framebuffer modules or boot with vga=some-fb-mode using a framebuffer kernel, display the screen you want to grab, for instance in vt4, then fbshot -c 4 file.png and view the png. Print with pngtopnm, pnminvert, pbmtolj or pnmtolj (netpbm). The result is similar to printscreen and shows, for instance, the help stuff for pico. I used this to print Macedonian text from the console created from a WORD file with antiword.
Linuxpackages.net has an ssl version for SW91. You can install it or copy
over the lynx from there and symlink to it in /usr/local/bin, and if you
want to use the lynx.cfg and lynx.ssl from my packages copy them from
/usr/lib to /usr/lib/lynx (on top of the new ones if you installed them).
This version has a LOT of dependencies: libgpm, libbz2.
lynx-2.8.6dev16-uclibc.tgz (or .gz for just the executable in case you have lynx.cfg and lynx.lss that you want to reuse.
This is a static version compiled by David Moberg that works with any glibc. Needs lynx.cfg and lynx.lss in /usr/local/lib not /usr/lib, which I modified in my package. (I also include lynx.lss.old - original and .alt - another version). My lynx.lss avoids magenta on blue and shows bold on TTL, and lynx.cfg is aimed at console use and includes zgv, drvmidi/playmidi, mplayer, and antiword as viewers and pdftotext, links2 and w3m as downloaders. I use the latter two if I hit a site with tables or frames or inline graphics. You can use my lynx.cfg and lynx.lss with 2.8.6, or edit Karolis' defaults.
Karolis has compiled a more recent
lynx-2.8.6rel4-2_2.4 uclibc-static
also available at my site.
You do NOT need libresolv and libnss_dns (from glibc or libc5) to use the uclibc-static lynxes online, but you do need a non-busybox gzip.
Karolis diagnosed the 'cannot uncompress temporary file' error that occurs
with 2.8.6 in BL but not Slackware as being due to busybox gzip.
2.8.6 requires a full gzip, which removes html.gz files that 2.8.5 left in
/tmp/*. Use gzip from SW4.0 or SW7.1 or download
gzip-1.3.5-uclibc (needs 2.4.31 kernel
or
gzip-1.3.9-glibc225
Download, gunzip, rename to cert.pem, and copy to /usr/lib/ssl (for 2.8.51
lynx to /usr/local/ssl) cacert.pem.gz
to eliminate annoying questions about certificates.
This version is from June 6, 2007. Downloaded June 8.
You can update cert.pem twice a year with cert.pem renamed/gunzipped from http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem.gz. The cert.pem from my 2.88.51 package won't work with lynx 2.8.6 versions.
lynx_help files from 2.8.5 are included in the main package of doc and man files
Download and install my 1.2MB package
oper8lib.tgz
Contains libraries and ldconfig from glibc 2.2.5 solibs packages (SW81), libz (needed by Opera 8 but not 7), and three additional X libraries. You may also want the SW81 ldd, which works on libraries not only executables. Or if you have lots of space follow Steven's directions for BL3 and opera, which require a lot more space for the full glibc-so from SW90, lots of extra misc libraries, and lots of extra X libraries that may be useful with other programs but are not needed here.
If you use jwm instead of icem, you will need to move the mouse to change focus to a window before you can type in it.
To set up a BL3 computer for easy use in X with Opera, make a script o (cd /opera*, opera), which you must invoke with '. o'. Edit inittab to change the first tty line from askfirst to respawn (you won't be asked to press Enter on vt1) and add -c startx at the end of the line (goes directly to X when you boot, or even when you try to exit X). Add to .xinitrc &rxvt (this produces an rxvt without needing the menu). Add the loadlin batch file to DOS autoexec.bat if you use loadlin, or boot with lilo to linux.
Type m for a menu script, d for a dialing script, h to hang up, '. o' for Opera, l links2, etc. For people with poor memories add a short menu to the rxvt as a title, in .xinitrc.
We set up BL3.40 in 35MB with links2, kermit, and Opera. Opera runs out of memory at graphics-intensive sites with 28MB so we gave it another 16MB and reduced Opera memory cache size. Opera still loads slowly. Links cache default is 0, change it. Opera still sometimes Segfaults. BL3 Links2 does not support SSL. Delinux Links2 probably does but requires a few extra image libraries (libvga, libpng, libjpeg, libtiff). Zgv (displays pnm, xli does not) also needs libvgagl.
netpbm-10.26.7.libc5.tgz - complete BL3 package from David Moberg
netpbm-10.31-SW81.tgz - for BL2 with glibc 2.2.5 from SW81
netpbmlibs-SW81.tgz - library dependencies libtiff, libpng, libz
io=0x220 (or 240 260 280) irq=5 (or 7, 10) dma=1 (or 0, 3, 5) and if you are getting IRQ/DRQ errors trying to play mp3 files dma16=5 (or 6, 7 or the same as low DMA).
s64basic.exe (run and install) comes with ctcmbbs.exe which produces ctcu.exe and ctcm.exe, ISA configuration utility and manager, that you can use to initialize pnp SB cards in DOS. You don't need to do this except to play midis with AWE and possibly with FM synthesis.
playmidi-2.4-16.i386.tar.gz - playmidi for BL2, converted from the rpm using rpm2tgz-bl2 (see below), with FM synthesis included. To play to awe 'playmidi -a filename.mid', to play to external midi 'playmidi -e -D0 filename.mid' (load the sb module last for D0, otherwise try other DN's; if you have no opl3 or awe_ave or v_midi just '-e').
drvmidi-glibc225.tgz - A much smaller awe midi player for glibc 2.2.5 so.
compiled with no graphical display.
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awesfx-glibc225.tgz - A set of utilities including sfxload and one sound
bank. sfxload synthgm.sbk to load a sample sound bank, then play
midis. This is version 0.4.4 without ALSA support.
awefiles.tar.gz - The module awe_wave.o and a script to make
/dev/sequencer which is needed to play midis.
You may also need to run isapnp to get pnp cards to initialize AWE32.
It is easier to use SB16 ctu/ctm in DOS first.
rosegarden-2.1-1.i386.libc6.tar.gz for BL2 (plays and records in BL2)
Unpack in /usr/local/bin, and if desired move Rosegarden to /root .
Dependencies include libX11, X6 Xaw Xext Xmu SM and ICE, and for the
notation editor you will need to add fonts. This is the 'X11' Rosegarden.
The most recent version is Rosegarden4 and requires ALSA and KDE, 400MHz
and 64MB RAM (or more). Rosegarden 2 recorded fine on a Pentium I 233MHz.
mksnddev - run this script in /dev to make sound devices
or use Christof's sound package instead, which also includes SB16 modules
and a script for insmodding them.
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Unpack into some directory on your path (/usr/local/bin?). Type rad for a numbered menu of scripts which use mplayer (see below) to access over 20 classical webcasts, mp3, wma, realaudio or ogg, 20K-32K (for 28.8K to 56K modem), 16-22KHz. Mostly United States, also Turkey, Argentina, New Zealand, Australia. Europe to come. The separate files are in subdirectory classrad. Scripts not ending in 'm' use mpg123 to listen to mp3s, without much buffer.
To play streaming audio with mplayer instead of mpg123, edit the station
scripts and replace all but the URL with mplayer.
To play realaudio add rp9codecs from my site - unpackage in
/usr/local/lib/codecs .
see
http://www.mplayerhq.hu/Mplayer/releases/codecs
for more codecs.
Add to /root/.mplayer/config the line ao=oss to use OSS sound or if that does not work use '-ao oss' on the CLI (and -vo svga, etc. to specify video, x11 being the default.).
Add the BL sb packages to make sound devices (or make them with mksnddev from here) and insmod the pertinent modules. If you don't have sb, get the modules for your sound chip from SW7.1.
To see subtitles in DVDs, download iso-8859-1-arial-18.tar.bz2 from here or mplayer site and unpackage in /usr/local/share/mplayer/font If you are hearing French by American actors, force English language with '-alang en', for French subtitles add '-slang fr', both after dvd://1.
Script for playing dvds in X without a window manager:
xdvd
using Xvesa at 800x600x16. Type Xvesa -listmodes to see if you have a 720
resolution and use that instead to fill the screen. DVDS are 16-bit. You will
need a sound-on script for your sound card too.
xp
similar script for xpdf without a window manager
xo
for opera, but then you will need a mouse because the
keyboard navigation no longer works to change focus.
If you get a long error message about cdrom_decode_status DriveReady SeekComplete Error and ATAPI reset and DMA being turned off, skip that track (start at dvd://2).
zimage.snd and config.snd - same as above but with sound module support also for es1370, es1371.o (Creative/Ensoniq AudioPCI), esssolo1 (ES 1938s PCI), cs4232 (Crystal 4235, may need aumix to set vol up from 0), mad16 (opti 931 and possibly also 930 and 929a), ad1848 and (?) uart401 (used with previous two modules), trident (4D PCI card, may need aumix), mss (microsoft sound system), ym3812 (needed by other cards for fm synthesis and thus maybe by playmidi), s_galaxy (my old Aztech card), and opl3sa2.
Vesafb with vga=XXX will crash matrox cards, insmod matroxfb vesa=788 after booting. Vesafb messes up the display with riva cards, use rivafb. fbset -n 1024x768-76 after insmodding it and composing /etc/fb.modes (email me for details). xfbdev followed by terminal switching crashes rivafb and matroxfb, use Xvesa or full X server instead.
This mdacon.o works with both framebuffer and other kernels.
The one from Slackware 7.1 does not work with framebuffer kernels.
2.2.27 (2.2.26?) kernel modeled on Steven's standard BL3.50 kernel for P1, without SYSTEM V IPC (used by DOSEMU) or SYSCTL (/proc/sys), with built-in MSDOS and VFAT (so you can copy long linux file names to DOS disks), and with VESAFB. Also mdacon.o MDA console video driver for use with framebuffer, and ntfs.o ntfs.o read-only to access Windows NT 2K or XP files. fb kernel does not support CD-ROM drives (the modules segfault if you try), fbcd has them support built in.
bzimagla.431
(configla.431)
(no scsi, sound, framebuffer, firewall, ide zip)
Needs to be recompiled without hermes, joliet and ISA (!) support
bzimapda.431
(configpda.431)
same as la but with usb_serial built-in, for USB PDA, since
usb_serial.o won't insmod in the 2.4.31 kernel (use 2.2.26 instead with
modules).
Use the la-nopcmcia modules package for these kernels, or the larger smf modules package.
bzimlafb.431634K
bzimlsfb.431673K
conflafb.431
conflsfb.431
bzimlafb - la with vesafb support added, useful for neomagic chips where
Xvesa is useless. Xfbdev uses half the RAM of SVGA server (about 1.2MB vs
2.4MB). Compiled without built-in sound support, just modules.
opl3sa2 would not compile for me for no known reason.
bzimlsfb - same with built-in sb sound, required for laptop ESS sb
emulating chips, where modules will not work due to a bug in 2.4
kernels.
2.2 kernels use modular sb on ESS laptop chips, but with 2.4.31 all sound drivers (including SB!) must be built-in to avoid unresolved symbol error messages, and you must ALSO insmod sb io=0x220 irq=5 dma=1 (change the parameters in BIOS if they don't match, or use other parameters) because sb is ISA in these older laptops. The kernel is intended for PI (100-233MHz).
Both have USB support.
More laptop kernels. They both are smaller but have problems in a Gateway 2000 Solo (but work fine in a Hitachi 133MHz).
bzimlsfu.431632K
bzimlfnv.431600K
conflsfu.431
conflfnv.431
The lsfu kernel omits BSD Process Accounting, Sysctl Support (/proc/sys/), System V IPC (needed for DOSEMU), ramdisk support (needed for BL2 ramdisk), and has LOOP as module (you can't use loop BL3 with 2.4.31). One of these omissions broke pcmcia - cardctl and cardmgr do not work, read-only file system, in the Gateway.
The lfnv (laptop framebuffer no-vga-console) kernel is the same but has msdos/vfat only as modules, and omits vga console (use framebuffer, vga=785 or vga=788 at boot time or you won't see anything at all). Suggested for laptops with neomagic MagicGraph V/ZV which don't work with any X server except xfbdev (or plain VGA). USB storage is broken in the Gateway but pcmcia works.
Booted with vga= they use about 60K extra RAM.
Both based on my smf kernel without mtrr, usb kbd/mouse, and with cdrom as modules to save memory. If you don't need sound or fb but want USB storage use the la kernel (600K), or if you don't need USB use the fsm 2.2.16 kernel (500K - framebuffer, sound, scsi) or sb (sound only - 480K) and insmod all sound modules. Steven's big 2.2.26 kernel does vesafb, and also sound (as modules) (700K).
You need to add to laptop modules package:
sb.o
loop.o
Form VIA82C, SIS5513, and Promise Ultra100 TX2 ATA100 and related controllers (Ultra and FastTrak 33 to 133), including the onboard second pair of controllers on a dual-BIOS Gigabyte B2000+.
Drives attached to add-in or onboard Promise controllers are hde hdf hdg hdh, so for the first drive, mknod /dev/hde b 33 0 (and hde1 b 33 1, etc.) and edit fstab to change hda to hde before booting with this kernel (plug the drive into hda and boot to it first). BL3 will boot without first editing fstab but BL2 will not. This kernel supports older and newer Promise controllers (unlike my earlier vps - only newer ones). Slackware 10.2 bare.i kernel also works (use Slackware modules) as does DSL.
None of these work as modules, they have unresolved symbols.
less /proc/ide/via gives info on the controller and clock. UDMA100, PCI clock 33.3MHz, cable type, transfer rates. The actual rates are about one third of theoretical (31 not 100MB/sec).
When compiling you must 'Say Y to "Use DMA by default when available" ' and also "Ignore BIOS port disabled setting on FastTrak", which is needed unless you use the Promise proprietary driver, since without this you will get six unresolved symbols about dma and pci and pio.
I also compiled with Y for the chips themselves. CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SIS5513 - for SIS onboard chipset and CONFIG_PDC202XX_NEW and OLD for the Promise controllers. I answered Y to "Boot offboard chipsets first support" since my Promise is an add-in card. You cannot boot from an add-in card using modules unless you use initfs.gz.
Unlike the via and promise (and maybe sis) PCI IDE controllers, which need to be compiled into the kernel to work, and run hard disks at the expected full speed (up to 45MB/sec), Nvidia nForce chipset driver works as a module (on some computers) and increases hard disk transfer speed from 3.5MB/sec to 6.8MB/sec (whereas the Knoppix driver runs a udma5 drive at 28MB/sec). This same nforce chip (found on a 1.9GHz AMD machine) also provides OHCI USB (and EHCI USB2.0), nforce AC'97 audio (NOT i810_audio.o), and
Nforce ethernet driver
forcedeth.o
The module worked on an eMachine but not on an EPOX 1.9GHz AMD board,
where it had unresolved symbols. Compiled into the kernel, the driver
runs hard disks full speed (20 MB/sec for a UDMA-2 drive). Even if the
module works for you, the kernel should work faster.
bzimavns.431 (710K)
This kernel supports generic, Via, Nvidia Nforce, and SiS IDE controllers (and newer Promise controllers).
agpgart.o
Supports i180 family of onboard video to allow using more than 1 MB
onboard RAM, also adds DRI/GLX to NVIDIA, ATI, SIS, ALI, VIA.
Place into /lib/modules/2.4.31/kernel/drivers/char/agp .
Try with the X.org 4.8.0 precompiled Xi810 server included in
libc5 precompiled Xtinyx
glibc 2.1.* Xtinyx
Here are two individual binaries that are smaller than Steven's
no-dependency BL3 xvesa. They require glibc 2.1.3 or later.
Extract any others you want to try from the larger package or let me know
to post them separately.
Xvesa-glibc21
Xfbdev-glibc21
strip and chmod X*glibc21 after downloading.
See also the X.org page for 4.8.0 binaries for various libraries, including static-libc Xvesa.
via-rhine.o
Ethernet driver for onboard VT6103 ethernet. BIOSTAR M7VIQ board etc.
May work for other VT controllers (6102 6105).
rtl8180_2431.o Driver supplied by rtl for 8180 based wireless cards. See also rtl8180-2.4.31.tgz for the source. Not tested.
svgalib_helper.o for latest svgalib (needs >= 2.4 kernels). Works perfectly. Insert in rc.S.
via82cxxx_audio.o
sound driver, 48KHz only similar to i810_audio.o, which means it works with mplayer, timidity, sox 13.0,
but not SW71 or older sox, or workbone, or mcdp. Use if you don't have a free PCI slot to replace
the onboard sound with. insmod soundcore, sound, ac97_codec first.
The onboard video is a properly working S3 Savage (fairly fast, vesafb).
ad1816.o for sound card.
Yamaha opl3sa2 is available for 2.4 but not 2.2 kernels.
The Yamaha OPL3SAX io=0x240 in my Hitachi does not work with it.
opl3sa2.o
insmod soundcore
insmod sound
insmod mpu401
insmod ad1848
insmod opl3sa2 io=0x370 mss_io=0x530 irq=5 dma=0 dma2=1 mpu_io=0x330
insmod opl3 io=0x388
The mpu_io and opl3 lines are optional, as may be mss_io.
Other laptops this age use ESS sound chips which work as sb and are 8-bit,
and this is a nicer 16-bit, but not usable with 2.2 kernel.
parport_pc.o-1284"
Substitute for parport_pc.o in my main package if your printer supports
ECP/EPP printing, for increased speed. IEEE 1284.
loop.o. Use with lsfu kernel for loop.
Matrox Millenium G100 and G400
For support for matrox G400 get the entire package of modules
matrox-G450.tgz
because the modules of the same name included in my modules package
work for G100 but you need these larger ones for G400. matrox-G450-on
lists what you need to insert for that card. matrox-G100-on for the G100
with modules from the smf packages. These cards work with the g400 svgalib library but most of my millenium cards work only as plain vga with the -mill library.
bzimagsy.431
(configsy.431)
Added built-in scsi support (scsi_mod, sd_mod, aicx777 not needed
and you should not insert them to use zip drives, cd burners)
Needed to boot linux from scsi hard disk. BL3.50 bzimage.big is
missing the support for scsi controller card (aic7xxx).
bzimasmf.431
bzimasyf.431
(confsmf.431)
(confsyf.431)
Like sm and sy, added support for ipchains and firewall
Share an internet connection, one computer is default gateway.
The following scsi kernel (no IDE) for PII with Adaptec AIC7xxx (7850,
7895) is about the size of the smf (IDE-only) kernel.
bzimscsi.431
(confscsi.431)
This kernel won't work with CD-ROM drives (the modules won't insert)
so I compiled a 30K larger scsi kernel with built-in CD-ROM support:
bzimscd.431
(confscd.431)
Next I added support for SMP (dual cpu)
bzscdsmp.431
(coscsmpd.431)
This kernel refuses to dial with ppp (inserts the modules but says it
lacks support for them, as did an SMP 2.2.16 kernel) so I compiled it
again with ppp built-in which I just used to dial (it works):
bzsmpppp.431
(cosmpppp.431)
The kernels got rather large after a while (up from about 700K to 800K).
August 22 2007 update. Deleted pctel, Intel536. Added svgalib_helper.o
Compiled with gcc 2.95.3 and won't work with David's 2.4.31 kernel.
For Matrox G100 or G400 get the package
insmod matroxfb_misc
This is the only linmodem I could get to work. I gave up on the pctel and
Jaton models after compiling the modules.
See the BL archives for instructions for using the 2.4.31
lt_modem.o and
lt_serial.o
modules with lucent/agere PCI 'linmodems', and
for info on other modules for 2.2.16 and 2.2.26 kernels.
All lucent modules and devices for 2.2.16, 2.2.26 and 2.4.31 are in
lucent.tgz
Untar on / or installpkg. For 2.4.31 kernel you need also ppp_async.o and
ppp_generic.o. /usr/local/sbin has dialing scripts using the modules and
a modified eznet.conf (see /eznet.conf.add) which replaces /dev/ttyS0 with
/dev/ttyS14 (2.2.14/2.2.16) or /dev/ttyLT0 (other kernels). For 2.2.16 you
need to 'force' insertion of this older module.
Ask me for the PCTEL modules for 2.2.16 only (2.4.31 would not compile).
Not tested properly. My modem appears to be dead.
ehci-hcd.o USB 2.0 module
for USB 2.0 USB controllers (onboard or add-in card).
Bugs: usbserial does not work as a module in 2.4.31 (it does in 2.2.26)
so was not included (use the pda kernel instead), and many PCI sound cards
require
gameport.o
(not listed in modules.dep). Insert it if you see
gameport in the list of unresolved symbols.
The most common non-wireless non-cardbus modules:
For 2.4.31 add "misc/crc32" before "misc/8390" for wired ethernet
cards in the device sections.
Non-cardbus wireless:
Cardbus including wireless (madwifi=ath, acx100 not tested):
Modules ending in _cb are Cardbus (32-bit, gold-colored strip with bumps).
They don't fit in some older laptops (Toshiba, Dell). Cardbus wireless
cards often have no linux drivers. I compiled and included but was unable
to use Madwifi/atheros and acx100 (cannot find irq). Ralink RT2500 on
request (Belkin card, cannot find irq). These do not end in cb (and
probably also work with PCI cards). Insmode cb_enabler first for all
cardbus cards. If no manfid, you can identify by pci 0x0000, 0x1111
instead. I got a cardbus ethernet card to work.
ALL the pcmcia modules that I use and a few more:
For BL2 you can use cardmgr from SW7.1 pcmcia.tgz or the one from BL3 if
you add libc5.so and ld-linux from BL3, or the latest version which I
compiled for glibc 2.2.5 cardmgr-glibc225
and cardctl-glibc225 Copy to /sbin and
rename without glibc225. Let me know if you want ide_info ifuser ifport
pcic_prob scsi_info.
The Slackware 10.2 cardmgr-SW102
also works with Slackware 8.1 glibc-so (2.2.5)
libc6.so and ld-linux. Both are in my operalib package of selected glibc
2.2.5 libraries from the solibs packages, which includes additional
libraries for X.
For devices not in BL3.40 /etc/pcmcia/configBL3.40 config you can add
device and card lines as found in the large config in the SW pcmcia
packages, look them up online, or if you add cardctl, 'cardctl ident' will
provide manfid to use on the second line of the 'card' section (instead of
function). See my config.pcmcia.bl for examples.
This did not work on an all-scsi Compaq Deskpro which is a very odd beast
that seems to require himem.sys to boot at all and will not do Xvesa with
himem.sys (X_SVGA worked). On top of which 2.4.31 loop gets mounted
read-only.
linux-usb.tar.gz
- by David Moberg. Unpack (package contains disk image
and modules and initfs.gz for use with loop linux) and write the disk
image to a 100% good 1.44MB floppy disk with dd if=1440.img of=/dev/fd0.
Built-in USB support, just insmod usb-storage after booting and it will
find your USB-storage camera or card reader or memory stick as /dev/sda1.
Toggles USB mouse on and off and has a little list of things you can do,
and works with many usb-storage devices and does framebuffer. Includes
zgv (set to default chipset VGA), less, and e3pi.
I cannot get the 1440.img in this package to boot - it goes in circles on
my newer computers and needs the boot sequence changed back to match the
older version
1440-usb-zgv.img, which lacks 'less'
and the nice mouse
setup, but has pico, e3, and zgv (statically compiled with uclibc, do not
use it with other BLs - see next paragraph). libvga.config is set to
chipset VESA - remark this out if it won't display properly and also try
chipset VGA. This disk works with our USB zip and external drives, memory
stick, CF and SM and SD cameras, and CF and SM card readers.
See zgv-5.9-uclibc.tgz for a recent zgv which works with kernel 2.4.31 in
BL3 (with libc5). Kernel 2.4.31 needs libvga.so.1.4.3 rather than an
earlier version, and 1.4.3 would not compile for libc5. Use this package
only if you don't already have a libvga.so.1 (which you would have if
using delilinux links2, my bmv, Slackware 7.1 gs, etc.) because it will
overwrite it and disable existing programs. Suggested use is in BL3 for a
small non-X viewer that views more formats than xli. Or use Steven's
older zg from the BL (BL1?) site.
Copy usbcam8 to your camera memory card, then boot with David Moberg's
2.4.31 USB-storage 1-floppy linux, insmod usb-storage and follow
instructions below.
A mini BL3.32 without X, but with zgv and netbpm (jpeg but not tiff or
png), and with 2.4.31 modules for dialing and printing and using parport
(imm or ppa) zip drive to edit/store photos. I included as an alternate
busybox 1.1.0 in /bin. Tested with zgv and dialing and telnet. Should
print to hp or epson directly with netpbm. Add mutt-bl3 to send photo
attachments.
1. mount /dev/sda1 /mnt
Umount may not work, or may work but complain.
blimmz3.gz is the same thing but with the standard BL3 kernel for 386,
which works to boot parport zip plugged into our Compaq Elite 486DX where
a 486 kernel did not work. This file is tested working with 486SX and DX.
blimmz350.gz has the BL3 pentium-optimized kernel, an extra 50K in
initfs.gz for adding things to, and loop.o and insmod loop in case you
want to use a kernel with loop as module (but mine would not boot).
gunzip blimmz.gz
Copy fs.img from BL3 to /baslin on a zip disk, plug in the drive (power
and parallel cable), insert disks, reboot to BL3. Programs load slowly,
especially X, but I have used kermit and mutt online this way. Add an
external modem and use linux online with a Windows computer.
XF86Config.wd90c24.640 -
for 8-bit 640x480 wd90c24 chip (4486 Compaq, Toshiba, IBM
XF86Config.102460Hz -
Steven's file but for 1024 or higher res. For chips and neomagic XD.
XF86Config.laptops -- works in
Toshiba Satellites (420CDT and 335CDS and 220CDS with ct65550 (HiPV32) and
ct65555 (HiPVPro) Chips & Technology video), a Hitachi Visionbook 4140
133MHz (c65554) all of which also work with Xvesa, and a Gateway
2000 Solo 200MHz with NeoMagic MagicGraph 128XD (NM2160) - 2MB video
ram, 800x600x24, also used by IBM Thinkpads and Compaq Presarios, which
crashes with Xvesa. Xvesa uses 4MB less RAM than SVGA X server.
Install the SVGA X server before no-xvesa.tgz then replace his XF86Config
with mine if you want 1024 or 1280, and remove # from Modelines as needed.
Move the # to get Microsoft serial mouse instead of PS/2.
The MagicGraph 128 V/ZV in a DELL Latitude works only with VGA X server or
xfbdev, crashes with SVGA server. Like Xvesa, xfbdev uses 4MB less RAM
than SVGA, and the vesafb kernel (zimage.fsm, zimage.big, bzimlsbf.431)
only uses about 60K extra RAM.
You need to
For BL3 you also need to modify startx to use xfbdev (instead of Xvesa --screen $1 $2) and
added cursor.pcf.gz to misc fonts and edit fonts.dir (add pcf.cursor.gz at the end and add 1
to the number at the beginning) , or download and install my bl3fbpkg.tgz.
Update. The libc5 xfbdev in this package segfaults in a Gateway 2000 Solo (200MHz) laptop
with Neomagic video. Use instead Xfbdev-glibc21.
You can symlink it to xfbdev (first delete the one from the package). But xfbdev now
complains that it "could not open default font 'fixed'", which is the 9x15 font. ??
bl35fdfb.tgz
Copy additional modules or programs to disk2 if wanted.
There is about 200K free space (room for dropbear's dbclient-uclibc)
This version uses framebuffer kernel, xfbdev not Xvesa, and wireless
modules instead of mgp. To add 800x600 fb text mode, insert disk1, mount
/dev/fd0 /fd and run lilo from any BL using as /etc/lilo.conf:
boot=/dev/fd0
Lilo will not run from extended partition hda9 but will from hda5.
rgb.txt - put it into /usr/X11R6/lib/X11 in order to use rxvt in BL2 (which
did not have this file to start with). rxvt needs 'Black', which I added to
a standard rgb.txt along with 'White'. BL3 already has this.
2kbl-lilo.conf Otherwise, download and unpack at / dualboot.tgz
(which also contains /boot/boot.b and /sbin/lilo)
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Under construction, for my info only
The non-gui parts of xaccess 0.951 and xkbset, which I don't have working
yet, are supposed to provide mousekeys (arrow mouse), sticky keys, etc.
for motor-impaired or visually impaired users. (non-include gui parts
require Tcl/Tk).
You need libstdc++ (C++ so library package) and probably parts of
xlibs.tgz and a standard X server (not Xvesa or xfbdev - Nonexistent XKB
server), but even with these I am told 'XKB not supported on display
:0.0'. Without xlibs I get a 'bus error' trying to use xkbset. Probably
you only need the /xkb directory of xlibs (not locale, twm, xdm,
x11perfcomp, or rstart, or most of etc).
(1) rpm2tgz (by David Moberg):
(2) or, much simpler:
Use installpkg to install the resulting .tar.gz file
and replace all the matrox modules with these. The g450 ones require
larger versions of the four above. See the included file matrox-G450-on.
insmod matroxfb_accel
insmod g450_pll
insmod matroxfb_g450
insmod matroxfb_DAC1064
insmod matroxfb_base
LUCENT/AGERE PCI LINMODEMS (software modems) - v92
USB 2.0 module
insmod scsi_mod sd_mod usbcore ehci-hcd usb-storage
The hardware is backwards compatible with USB 1.1 but the uhci and ohci
modules do not work with the newer controller that I have.
LAPTOPS
modules-la-nonpcmcia-431.tgz
-- unpack in /lib/modules/2.4.31/misc.
Includes scsi_mod and sd_mod, needed for USB-storage, but not sound, other
scsi, framebuffer, gameport, video-select, mda, plip. cdrom as modules.
No usb keyboard or mouse support. You can use the desktop package too.
modules-pcmcia-min-431.tgz
- unpack in /lib/modules/2.4.31/pcmcia.
)
modules-pcmcia-wireless-431.tgz
)
modules-pcmcia-cardbus-431.tgz
modules-pcmcia-all-431.tgz
scsifs.gz for SCSI BL3.40 loop - experimental
Replace initfs.gz with scsifs.gz (which mounts /dev/sda1)
Boot with my scsi kernel (bzimagsy.431, see below) to loop BL3,
using a boot.bat file pointing to scsifs.gz (or rename that to initfs.gz).
Boot with the same kernel to ext2 (root=/dev/sda2) on second partition.
2.4.31 DAVID MOBERG'S USB-STORAGE KERNELS
To be used only with David's modules (userspec.tgz)
BOOT FLOPPY for USB-STORAGE, MOUSE and KEYBOARD
For use with USB CAMERA. See /bl/usbfloppy
DAVID MOBERG'S 1-floppy ZGV-uclibc
USBCAMERA LINUX
usb camera linux - unzip to /linux on
your USB storage camera's memory card
issue - more info on what is in here.
2. cd /mnt/linux
3. insmod loop
4. mount -o loop usbcam /hd
5. chroot /hd /bin/sh
6. When done, exit, then umount /hd
FULL 2.4.31 KERNEL in /bl/2.4.31
David's 2.4.31 kernel
bzImage.431.gz and
config.431
for it and
userspec.tgz.431
(delete the 431, unpack at / after renaming the old pppd
to pppd-old). It contains a new pppd
to be used with the new slhc,
ppp_generic, ppp_async, making /dev/ppp as instructed. Kernel has USB
support (as modules), sound support (as modules), scsi support (built-in
scsi_mod and sd_mod allows scsi boot), and framebuffer (vesafb, plus
modules for matroxfb and atyfb).
PARALLEL PORT ZIP DRIVE
blimmz.gz is David Moberg's floppy boot disk image for running loop BL3 on
a parallel port zip drive (Iomega) that uses the newer driver imm.o
instead of ppa.o, plugged into a pentium computer.
dd if=blimmz of=/dev/fd0.
X-SVGA CONFIGURATION FILES
Framebuffer X
mknod /dev/fb c 29 0
add /lib/libm.so.5 from Slackware 4,
and download xfbdev to /usr/X11R6/bin/)
and replace Xvesa in startx for BL3 or run from CLI in BL2 (use
an alias in .profile).
Boot with vga=785 or vga=788 or vga=791 for 640 800 and 1024
resolution
in text and X. Text looks nicer than the normal scrawny neomagic text and
is full-screen unlike some 'Chips and Tech' text. Two-floppy framebuffer/wireless BL3.50
Unzip, insert disk1
dd if=disk1f.img of=/dev/fd0
remove disk1, insert disk2
mount /dev/fd0 /fd
cp disk2f.tgz /fd
install=/fd/boot.b
map=/fd/map
delay=50
read-write
append="nomce" #needed by Compaq Armada
image=/fd/zimage
label=BL3_ramdisk
root=/dev/ram0
initrd=/fd/disk1.gz
image=/fd/zimage
label=hd
84-KEY KEYBOARD IN X (does not work right with BL3.50 JWM)
xmodmap.84 - run 'xmodmap xmodmap.84' from X or put into .xinitrc to use
84-key keyboard. This also fixes the backspace. Use number pad arrow keys.
May not work on laptops without number pads.
USING RXVT IN BL2 (with XVESA from Delinux and minimal libraries)
Dual-boot Windows 2000 and BL3.50
If you installed BL from 2-floppy version, read the instructions and copy
the relevant parts to /etc as /lilo.conf
XACCESS - keyboard accessibility in X - xaccesskb.tgz
for BL2 glibc min. 2.2.5
PRINTCAP - with instructions for using lpr with BL2 (as user)
(I no longer use this - remove this section?)
USING RPM PACKAGES IN BL
Install cpio.tgz (or cpio from this site, to /bin)
and if you don't have it also bin.tgz (includes rpmoffset) first.
rpmoffset < filename.rpm
Fill in the number you get here after ibs= in rpm2tgz script
rpm2tgz filename.rpm
rpm2targz filename.rpm
MUTT for BL3
The older mutt-bl3.tgz and the executable mutt from it (labelled
'old'). Neither this nor the newer version are now at the official add-ons
site. Mutt does not authenticate. Use msmtp.