dsl / dsl-n, which way to goForum: Other Help Topics Topic: dsl / dsl-n, which way to go started by: xlancealotx Posted by xlancealotx on Jan. 31 2008,17:30
I have a few issues with both, and not sure which one to focus on.With dsl (the version I have is running the 2.4x kernel), I had issues with firefox, perl and the USB port not recognized. DSL-N run's the newer 2.6, but I am still having a problem with the usb port (open thread sitting in dsl-n forum). I need to have this box out the door in a matter of a few day's and can't run an OS with the overhead of a Fedora/Ubuntu. So, I am back to a clean install of both on 2 machines, need to get minicom installed for the usb testing, but which will have better support? This really is a small box that will just collect data from a serial device via a serial to usb adapter and have a flash app displaying. Thanks for any suggestions and help, once I know which is recommended, I will post the status based on that distro. Thanks Posted by curaga on Jan. 31 2008,17:45
Flash 9 doesn't work properly with 2.4 kernels. Does your app need flash 9 or would 7 do?
Posted by xlancealotx on Jan. 31 2008,17:52
I would prefer 9, but if going with dsl makes it easier to get minicom compiled and more important getting the usb port to work, I will go with that.Think it's possible? Posted by curaga on Jan. 31 2008,18:07
I don't know how difficult it would be to compile on DSL-N. On DSL it's a breeze though.Not sure about usb <-> serial adapter. Never used one of those. Posted by xlancealotx on Jan. 31 2008,18:22
ok, I used xubuntu (still bloated) and off the live cd minicom worked like a charm, but I am re-installing dsl now and will have the minicom install questions shortly.Acutally before I start, I assume FF2 / GTK2 will work with DSL4 right? Posted by lucky13 on Jan. 31 2008,18:28
DSL-N hasn't been under active development -- the latest available version is a release candidate. DSL has been under active development and that development isn't forever tied to one kernel. DSL is likely/probably going to use 2.6 in the near future. Posted by ^thehatsrule^ on Jan. 31 2008,18:34
Posted by xlancealotx on Jan. 31 2008,20:55
ok, well dsl4 is installed, gtk2, and low and behold the usb port was working perfect, so I am just keeping quiet!Lastly was firefox, which release 3 was the live / stable, downloaded r-kiosk installed, and the local flash9 worked and installed perfect. I am getting a seg fault from time to time so I am going to test FF2, but thanks for the input. The last thing is more an opinion. I am rolliing this small platform out to numerous machines, so what would be the easiest way. I have played with DD in the past, so I would think I could just DD the /dev/hda to an image file, then boot off the flash, and just dd that image over to the new hard drive. Thoughts or ideas better than that? Thanks again for everything so far. Posted by curaga on Feb. 01 2008,07:00
Maybe auto-partitioning with fdisk and then untarring to a partition? That would work better with different-sized HD's.
Posted by jpeters on Feb. 02 2008,09:24
I didn't think FF3 would work on DSL (or Flash 9); you have libpangocairo-1.0.so.0, etc ?? |