[cannot allocate color] is a problem. The dsl extensions will not load. Please advise which one of the three extensions adds the command "make". Do you know of a website that has all commands available for download? The 512 mb PNY boots OK. Appreciate your patience. Also where can I find written detail for the 3 extensions.Patience?...here you will see as I am http://damnsmalllinux.org/cgi-bin....t=13023
You could at least decompress the file?
Have in mind that DSL Forum is very active. That signify surely someone before wrote on forum about your same problem. When i say you "non allocate color" message is not a problem, it was not my deduction. I inserted into the forum search engine the following words:"non AND allocate AND color" I do make sure to search in "All Active Forums" and "From the Beginning". So the result was:
Conclusion: The message is unrelated to not being able to install MyDSL extensions. The problem is other.
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Do you know of a website that has all commands available for download?
If you can't install a MyDSL extension hardly you will be able to install on DSL the official versions of those tools on DSL. It's a heartache, because perhaps you can't use MyDSL extensions due only a simple mistake
The make utility uses a set of rules written down in a Makefile to build a program from its sources. The Makefile is a argument of the make command. The argument is not explicit because one assumes when it does make is working in the same directory where is Makefile. For example:
If the Makefile is in /home/dsl/linux then:
cd /home/dsl/linux make
The "cd" command set the directory where ATerminal, and therefore any command that you write, is working.
If that explained above was usefull, below exactly the steps that you must follow:
1. The linux-2.4.17 kernel Source that you downloaded have a Makefile and was decompressed to /home/dsl/linux. Then you must do:
cd /home/dsl/linux make config
That execute a script, will do you many questions. You must respond for all the default option simply by pressing the Enter key. You will press many times the Enter key until the program execution it finishes.
2. The driver that you downloaded have a Makefile and you must decompress it so: (Please check if your .tar.gz file have the name "linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14-pre1", if different replace the following instance with the correct.)
cd /home/dsl tar zxvf linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14-pre1.tar.gz
3. The file will be unzip to /home/dsl/linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14-pre1 folder (Again, please check if that folder have the name "linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14-pre1", if different replace the following instance with the correct). Then:
cd /home/dsl/linux-wlan-ng-0.1.14-pre1 make config
The following set of questions will be asked. The default answer is in braces (e.g. []). I wrote the answers for you.
- Target Architecture? (i386, ppc, or alpha) [i386]: i386
- Prefix for build host compiler? (rarely needed) []: Press the Enter key
- Compiling with a cross compiler? (y/n) [n]: n
- Build for debugging (see doc/config.debug) (y/n) [n]: n
4. To build the package run command:
make all
5. To install the package run
sudo su make installYo Piccolo, I am stuck at the "Linux source directory" question in Make Config, because I am unable to decompress the 2.4.17 file into home/dsl. If i use the BZIP2 string that you provided I consistently get the message "Old option f requires an argument" If I use OPEN in Emelfm the LINUX file that I need appears in a directory named /ramdisk/var/tmp/.emelfm -unpack and I cannot copy or move it to home/dsl. Your thoughts appreciated as always.Try the command again only this time put a space and a hyphen at the end of the command. Exactly this:
cd /home/dsl bzip2 -dc linux-2.4.17.tar.bz2 | tar xvf -
Remember the hyphen!!I overlooked the space before the hyphen. I made it thru to the end of the driver install sequence. Along the way I observed the message "configuration successful" . HOWEVER at the end of "make install" I was presented with the message "install error 1" . I tried items A thru F for USB USERS at the end of the readme but nothing works. I came this far and hesitate to quit now. Any suggestions???Next Page...
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