Damn Small Linux - Not!

tuxedo · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 16 Location: paris - france

Hi,

I've installed dsl-n.a2, running it whith qemu from a linux box.
I tried to install some apps through te mydsl extension browser, abiword or xchat for example run smoothly, but i encontered a small problem with amsn-0.94.
It installed cleanly, but i couldn't launch it by the desktop links. So i tried to launch it in command line (/opt/amsn-0.94/start_amsn), aind obtained messages complaining about tcl-k. Ok i installed tcl-tk by those nice mydsl extension browser.
Then i got this message:Error in startup script:could'nt open "lang/langfr": no such file ore directory...well, indeed i'm french, lol, but it shoud work.
have i to modify tcl scrips or there any other way?

tuxedo · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 16 Location: paris - france

the problem came from the fact that language files (langfr for french) are not present in /opt/amsn/lang. Maybe in a future release of the package it should be good to include those files. i created a file langfr with a single line and got amsn running in english, with connexion ok.Never mind the translation stuff for now on, just getting it running.

roberts · Joined: 17 Apr 2006 Posts: 320 Location: OC CA USA

Very interesting.
The repository is really pointing to the DSL repository and not specific to DSL-N.
The repositiory is a user contributed area and not really the domain of the DSL/DSL-N devs.
I am still not sure how we are going to move forward, separate repositories or not.

I would think that your findings would be true for DSL proper as well.

Thanks for sharing.

doobit · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 32

[quote="tuxedo"]the problem came from the fact that language files (langfr for french) are not present in /opt/amsn/lang. Maybe in a future release of the package it should be good to include those files. i created a file langfr with a single line and got amsn running in english, with connexion ok.Never mind the translation stuff for now on, just getting it running.[/quote]

FYI,
There were a couple of bugs in aMSN 0.94. I've been using the new aMSN 0.95 ver.3 that's in the testing area of the repositoy and it works much better. I haven't tried it with DSL-N yet, but a couple of issues were fixed for DSL 2.3.

tuxedo · Joined: 21 Apr 2006 Posts: 16 Location: paris - france

[quote="doobit"]
There were a couple of bugs in aMSN 0.94. I've been using the new aMSN 0.95 ver.3 that's in the testing area of the repositoy and it works much better. I haven't tried it with DSL-N yet, but a couple of issues were fixed for DSL 2.3.[/quote]

It's a good new, i uses 0.95 version on another linux box and it has some functionnalites that 0.94 has not. i d'idn't know it was available on the testing area.Is there an automated (a kind of apt-get update reserved to uci or dsl packages) way to check the repositories fo a new version of a given package?
I guess robert and john get very busy those days, but an update tool for repository packages shoud be interesting.

doobit · Joined: 18 Apr 2006 Posts: 32

No apt-get necessary. Just use the download site:
[quote]
It's a good new, i uses 0.95 version on another linux box and it has some functionnalites that 0.94 has not. i d'idn't know it was available on the testing area.Is there an automated (a kind of apt-get update reserved to uci or dsl packages) way to check the repositories fo a new version of a given package?
I guess robert and john get very busy those days, but an update tool for repository packages shoud be interesting.[/quote][/quote]

capricorn17 · Joined: 11 Nov 2006 Posts: 1

hii all friends thats my first linux but need me help

i boot on cdrom damn small linux and now i connect internet and i writing on firefox broswer

i want install msn messenger and i research on internet and i find a amsn and i downland amsn 0.9.uci and amsn 0.96RC1.tar.gz programs and now i have on dsl ramdisk

now how can install thats amsn messenger -

but remember please i dnt know never about linux please help me

*( and so sorry my speak english very bad i hope can yours understand me)