Most packages are for GLIBC225 - glibc 2.2.5 from Slackware 8.1
As of spring 2009 I am compiling for glibc 2.3.6 from Slackware 11.
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.
unrar-glibc225 unpacks .rar format
(1) rpm2tgz (by David Moberg):
rpmoffset < filename.rpm
Fill in the number you get here after ibs= in rpm2tgz script
rpm2tgz filename.rpm
(2) or, much simpler:
rpm2targz filename.rpm
Use installpkg to install the resulting .tar.gz file
2kbl-lilo.conf
If you installed BL from 2-floppy version, read the instructions and copy
the relevant parts to /etc as /lilo.conf
Otherwise, download and unpack at / dualboot.tgz (which also contains /boot/boot.b and /sbin/lilo)
See archives for how to do this with ntloader instead (boot.ini).
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. Other busybox programs may also be deficient. symlink /bin/pwd to busybox.
tcc-0.9.25-uclibc-dynamic.tgz" (about 300K) Includes libtcc.h, libtcc.a, man and doc pages, examples. Not tested, please report omissions.
Compiled dynamically against uclibc-2005
(About 170K). Download and install this to use tcc.
Google Docs won't load with Opera and though it claims to, it won't work with Firefox 2 (Bon Echo from DSL) but will work with Seamonkey 1.1.17.
ZOHO writer works with Opera except for some keyboard shortcuts (Opera uses them) and does much more than Google Docs. Import/export lots of formats, save to your computer, send directly from their site as email, post online, etc. Needs a fast cpu (250MHz is borderline) and broadband to be useful. Also works with Seamonkey (including keyboard shortcuts). Abiword for BL is broken if you upgrade to glibc 2.3.6 and does not import WORD well anyway.
nano dynamic glibc 2.2.5
nano static
ditto for
BL3
Does not compile properly with uclibc and I don't compile for libc5.
antiword35.tgz glibc-2.1.3
antiword037.tgz glibc-2.2.5
Converts MSWORD to text or ps and preserves 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 MSWORD 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.
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.
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-0.8.3.1-glibc225
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?
xdb-1.2-glibc225.tgz
(180K)
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.
Download 280K palm-db-tools-glibc225
csv2pdb and pdb2csv and the solib for converting between csv (or text file
with other separator) to database formats used by palm programs pilot-db =
default DB 3 (small freeware), DB 2, MobileDB, list, Jfile3.
See the manual.txt in /usr/local/share/palm-db-tools.
csv2pdb -i file.ifo file.csv file.pdb
Produces a file.pdb (for db3, the default format) from file.ifo (below)
and a csv file (default separator is comma, otherwise specify separator in
the ifo file).
All three file names are required, even if you include lines csvfile "file.csv" and title "file" in the ifo file. The title line is required even if you have file.pdb on the CLI.
file.ifo contains lines (or type into command line):
title "file"
type "db"
separator "|" [omit if comma, the default]
field "name" string 15
field "name2" string 10
field "name3" string 15
My 440K dbf file (with a lot of stray garbage) converted with
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.
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
Large PDA kernel bzimusbp.431
Config file confusbp.431
Modelled on the bzimusb.431 kernel which is vns with built-in
USB controllers (all three), to which I also added built-in
usbserial, visor, and also ipaq support. Not yet tested.
Includes framebuffer, unlike the plain PDA kernel.
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.gz
4.2MB compressed. (8.54 is only 1.2M).
Email me if you want the full version, which is even larger, or gs850.
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
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
See under SVGALIB for bmv and svp PS/PDF viewers, and see netpbm for direct printing of images (ppmtolj).
svgalib-1.9.25-default
svgalib-1.9.25-newdefault
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 e
SavageMX and Cirrus Logic don't work.
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:
chips and technology
(This chip works with Xvesa in the default package).
neomagic
(Does not work with Gateway 2000 Solo NM chip).
For desktops (tested working except i810):
Tseng ET6000 PCI
i810 onboard chip
(Only worked for me as plain VGA on several computers).
Matrox Millenium PCI
NVidia
ATI RAGE (PCI or AGP)
ATI RAGE 128
S3 Savage AGP
(This one may not be working - use a default library instead).
G400
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.
libFB-0.2.5-i686-glibc225.tgz
libFB-0.2.5-i586-glibc236.tgz
The i586 version should work with PI, PII (with or without MMX) and AMD-K6-1 or 2.
Contains libFB.so library and fbjpeg (viewer of jpeg that works in fb mode.
Boot with fb kernel into vesafb mode (vga=791 etc) or load riva or matrox fb
after booting. fbjpeg file.jpg displays very very fast and is useful
for cards such as neomagic and savage IX that won't do Xvesa or on laptops
where svgalib won't display. As is the following X driver.
I compiled the library hoping it would let me use links2, w3m, and netsurf in fb rather than x or svgalib mode. Don't have it quite right yet. The library needs to be present during compilation and you may also need to configure for it. w3m is said to do inline images with fb or x (which may require specifying gdkpixbuf).
Neomagic chips in laptops (MagicGraph 128 V/ZV in a DELL Latitude, etc) don't work with Xvesa (most will work with SVGA server but it is bigger) nor does the Savage IX/MX chip found in some Thinkpads and Satellites. Instead use the Xfbdev tiny-X server from Xorg.
For both BL3 and BL2 you need to first make the framebuffer device (once):
mknod /dev/fb0 c 29 0
Download a framebuffer-capable kernel - Steven's BL3 (2.2.26) 'big' kernel or one of my 2.2.16 or 2.2.26 (zimagefb.226 in ./2.2.26) or 2.4.31 kernels with framebuffer support (also get the modules for them) and load linux with it using loadlin or lilo.
Download xfbdev.gz
libc5 tinyX framebuffer X server (compiled by David Moberg for BL3) or
Xfbdev-glibc21.gz" glibc2 version (from Xorg)
and gunzip to /usr/X11R6/bin. If xfbdev (libc5) segfaults use the newer one,
for which you will also need to install glibc2 (minimal package of it is
operalib.tgz. The older one can be used in BL2
if you add libm.so.5 from Slackware 4 (no other dependencies - he could not
manage to compile it static against libm) but it is 200K larger (static against
libc).
For BL2 or BL3, install Steven's no-xvesa.tgz which will modify startx and add cursor.pcf.gz to misc/fonts and change fonts.dir accordingly (it adds pcf.cursor.gz at the end and adds 1 to the number at the beginning). It modifies startx too.
Substitute 'xinit Xfbdev' (or 'xinit xfbdev') for the Xvesa line in startx
for BL3 or use this as alias 'xfb' or 'x' in profile (or BL2 in .profile).
Or for BL3 use my
bl3fbpkg.tgz which adds the font
and modifies startx and installs xfbdev for libc5. (You still need
to make the framebuffer device and get the right kernel.)
Using loadlin or lilo, add to the boot line 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.
This is for vesafb only. For rivafb or matroxfb use fbset instead. They crash with vesafb if you switch consoles. You have to set up a configuration file first and then fbset -n 1024x768 (where 1024x768 is in the configuration file). Read the fbset manual. Ask me for help.
I posted a 2-floppy framebuffer version of libc5 BL3 which boots very slowly
(10 min) on my HP or Compaq laptops for some unknown reason but is usable
where Xvesa does not work and also on Armadas with nomce boot problem.
bl3fbfd.zip
Unzip and install to floppy disks as for regular BL3.
For 101-key keyboards add to .xinitrc the line
xmodmap -e "keycode 22 = BackSpace"
For 84-key keyboard download xmodmap.84
and add a line to .xinitrc
xmodmap /path/to/xmodmap.84
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Precompiled by the authors cycas39.tgz Works in BL2 with glibc 2.3.6. Minimal dependencies.
diagnose.exe - Creative Labs SB16 diagnosis program for DOS which can be used to determine settings for sb16 ISA cards in linux. These cards do not seem to need initialization by isapnp or even DOS diagnose. hwinfo also provides irq and dma information (as do some bioses). Typical settings for SB16 plugnplay cards are
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.
Console based ncurses program (my ncurses requires libgpm) for tuning a piano or other instrument, including refreq to calibrate sound cards, and instructions on how to tune the whole piano equally low using bias setting. 25K download with help file. Two other linux tuning programs require QT. Works in 8MB memory but may need 300MHz cpu. Uses 18% of 1.7GHz cpu. Don't know how to get my mike input working in linux - so cannot test the program.
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).
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.
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
compiled with no graphical display.
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 libc5 for BL3
Add x-libs.tgz for BL3. Rearranged from an rpm. Rosegarden config
file was moved from app-default (where it was not found) to /root,
and edited to use /usr/local/bin/timidity and pointed at other files
which I moved to /usr/local/bin and /usr/local/lib. Works in BL3.5 now.
Edit to use drvmidi or playmidi if desired.
rosegarden 2.1 libc6
Worked in BL2 to record midi files from a midi piano (1986 Yamaha).
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 and dates from 1997.
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.
April 2011, only about 10 of the above stations still work for dialup.
classrad-dialup-2011.tgz
I left the larger package so you can hunt for currently working stations.
mplay-class is a menu of individual stations plus a few pointers to collections of stations.
Use my i586 mplayers for P55C or AMD-K6-2, and P54C mplayer for P54C (less than about 200MHz).
.
Here are two larger collections of mplayer-accessible stations (no AACP):
mplay-us.tgz
mplay-eur.tgz
Scripts to play US (22) or European (75) stations.
Unpackage on the path (such as /usr/local/bin) and type mplay-us or mplay-eur. You can make /mplay-us and /mplay-eur directories and add to path in /etc/profile.
mpg321-0.2.10-glibc225.tgz
120K package, 177K binary plus 55K libao.so.1 plus docs. 2002. Like mpg123
uses very little memory and works for streaming MP3s with a good connection.
I can't get it to work however. Should access pls links. Replaced
mpg123 starting in about Slackware 9.0.
mplayer4.tgz (uclibc) About 7MB.
This is version 1.0try5, and I also posted a 1.0try7 uclibc mplayer, neither of which will play DVDs on a 900MHz HP that works with my 3MB glibc versions.
mplayer-0.93-i686-glibc225-novideo.gz
mplayer-0.93-i686-glibc225-video.gz
The video version includes x11 support.
mplayer-0.93-p54c-glibc236-novideo.gz
mplayer-0.93-i586-glibc236-novideo.gz
mplayer-0.93-i686-glibc236-novideo.gz
mplayer-0.93-p54c-glibc236-ogg-novideo.gz
mplayer-0.93-i586-glibc236-ogg-novideo.gz
mplayer-0.93-i686-glibc236-ogg-novideo.gz
I did not manage to compile a video version with ogg support.
All versions are compiled with runtime cpu detection.
Ignore complaints, also about rtc.
p54c - pre 1997 PII without MMX- 120MHz to 200MHz
i586 - 1997-1998 PII with MMX - 166MHz-300MHz or 1998 AMD-K6-2 (to 550MHz).
i686 - 1999 or later P3 with MMX and SSE
The i686 version may work offline with i586 but crash online, and the i586 version will segfault on p54C.
The i586 nox11 version works with vesa and fbdev (and svga if you add svgalib libraries) but plays very badly at 400MHz on AMD-K6-2 probably because of no MMX etc.
I use glibc 2.3.6 on a 120MHz Compaq LTE5280. Some versions look for rtc (the
p54c was compiled not to) but will work without it (realtime clock).
See the bl directory for other later versions. 1.0pre7 is needed for use with mplayer plugin. You can use mplayer directly but to stop it from playing you need to kill the process (kill `pidof mplayer' in an rxvt). 0.93 works with Opera 9, which works at 120MHz (it downloadsat 20-40K/sec instead of the full 300K, due to slow video) and with 64MB total memory.
Gunzip into /usr/local/bin and make a /root/.mplayer/config with ao=oss (or CLI player -ao oss instead).
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. Few sites use realaudio now. mplayer can access mms: but links and lynx cannot. See my mplay-class.tgz package for playing classical radio stations that work with mplayer (installpkg puts the files into /usr/local/bin) for a script mplay-class that calls other scripts. You need lynx or a browser linked to it to run sradio script. You also need my lynx.cfg which for lynx 2.8.8 goes into /usr/local/etc and calls mplayer when you run into .mp3 .m3u .pls .asx .asf etc. (/usr/etc for earlier lynx?). My versions do not work with ogg or aacp.
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).
kermit-libc5-8.0.211.gz Version 11 (2003) for libc5 (BL1 and BL3). Dial, telnet, ftp, and kermit file transfer. Without ncurses.
dropbear-0.49-glibc225.tgz
dropbear-0.49-uclibc.tgz
dropbear-0.52-glibc236.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 for LAN.
pscp
psftp
Copy or ftp files securely. psftp user@address and give password.
These are over 300K each. Dropbear is similar but smaller.
curl-7.10.3-glibc2.0.tgz
curl-7.19.6-glibc225.tgz
Secure file transfer but appears to be broken. Keeps uploading or
downloading only half a file. It omitted the middle half of this
blfiles.htm, for instance. Use at your own risk!
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]
2.8.5 has been removed. If you don't have glibc 2.2.5, use
Karolis's static lynx 2.8.6rc4
uclibc-static
You do NOT need libresolv and libnss_dns (from glibc or libc5) to use
uclibc-static lynx 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
Stable lynx287-glibc225.tgz includes documentation and cert.pem.
lynx 2.8.7 nossl binary
lynx 2.8.7 ssl binary
Unstable lynx 2.8.8dev1-glibc225.tgz includes documentation but not cert.pem.
Rename or symlink the lynx binary to lynx, and edit lynx.cfg and lynx.lss as you like or use my cck versions. Download and add my cacert.pem gunzip, rename to cert.pem (or symlink), place in /usr/local/ssl/cert.pem
gmail (http://mail.google.com/mail/h gets you the 'basic html' no-js version which loads faster than gmail.com = mail.google.com/mail) no longer works with lynx 2.8.6.4 ('unsupported URL scheme'); with 2.8.8dev1 a login attempt takes you back to the login page.
The lynx.cfg-cck included in the 2.8.8dev1 package contains my modifications for using zgv, timidity, mplayer, as viewers; links2, w3m, svp, pdftotext, antiword as downloaders; msmtp as system mailer. The persistent cookies don't work.
Download, gunzip, rename to cert.pem, and copy to /usr/local/ssl/
cacert.pem
to eliminate questions about self-signed and local certificates.
Current version was downloaded here Feb 2015. I will try to keep it updated.
You can update cert.pem if you get error messages about certificates from http://curl.haxx.se/ca/cacert.pem.
Compiled for svgalib and x, SSL. 2.1pre28 (posted as binary only) is the last version with some javascript. The supporting files are in the 2.2 package (links.cfg, user's manual). Steven compiled links2-pre28 for bl3 (libc5 x, no svgalib). No persistent cookies.
links-2.2-glibc225.tgz
links-2.1pre28-glibc225.gz
2.1pre28 is the last version with javascript support.
The required glibc 2.2.5 files: operalib.tgz
Compiled without gpm support. Use graphical version for svgalib mouse. /dev/mouse
must be specified (ln -s /dev/ttyS1 /dev/mouse, for instance).
symlink binary to links (or links2)
links -g -mode 800x600x256 or in x simply links -g
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.
Elinks is the only text browser I got to do persistent cookies and automatic redirection and it is thus useful at fastmail.fm, but it is a pain because it does not access links in the order seen (even by number - type '.').
w3m-0.2.1.tgz (300K binary). Does not work
well
W3M-0.4.2 (requires adding libgc)
w3m-0.4.2-nano-msmtp-links2-glibc225.tgz
w3m-0.4.2-nano-msmtp-links2.gz
Compiled with no inline image support and with my choice of editor etc.
About 500K each download, 1.2MB binary.
Framebuffer support for 0.4.2 requires gdk-pixbuf 0.16 or imlib2. Could not compile w3m for fb device despite adding SW81 gdk-pixbuf 0.17 "error no Imlib and GdkPixbuf support". (I installed imlib-1.9.15).
W3M-0.5.2 - adds unicode m17n language support which I omitted (but I will recompile if you want that and default editor vi)
w3m-0.5.2-nano-msmtp-links2-color-nolang.gz
Could not get inline images to work with 0.5.2 (where image support is reported broken for gdk2). The compiler could not find lXext (I have libXext.so and Xext.h). I first had to install libungif header and .a library to compile imlib. x11 support requires gdk-pixbuf or imlib and I added both (adding just gdk-pixbuf I got 'cannot find -lImlib), but now it 'cannot find -lXext'.
w3m works at fastmail if you do NOT specify -cookies (persistent cookies) and if you do it won't accept them due to wrong number of dots but will log in. Has a nice keyboard (arrow) mouse and will work with nano. Steep learning curve but powerful.
Running w3m requires libgc 6.1 or later. Choose one (2 is a bit bigger).
libgc.so.1.0.2.gz
libgc.so.1.0.1.gz
Both are glibc 2.2.5. Download to /usr/local/lib and gunzip.
See linuxpackages.net for w3m SSL (0.5) (said to do inline images) and links-hacked (supposedly uses mozilla javascript but botches gmail). These need SW9 or 10 glibc. links-hacked does SSL and w3m supposedly can be compiled to. w3m is aimed at Asian users and is worth looking at but strange.
The following do not do SSL and are curiosities. netrik is still being developed as of 2009, the others are abandoned. debris (2000) is available but not worth it - works only online and does not do forms including search engines
retawq-0.2.6c-glibc225.tgz
retawq no mouse binary
netrik-1.16-glibc225.tgz
None of the text browsers work with gpm mouse but most work with a mouse in X (not the nomouse retawq or netrik). Use a font with extended ascii for box characters in the linkses. Colors may be odd, change to mono.
More recent versions do frames and SSL. See DamnSmallLinux. Dillo 2 needs fltk which would not compile for me - try a later gcc than 2.95.3 and/or a later libX11? Unusable without a mouse.
is available from Puppy Linux (needs recent glibc) and is very fast
(it also downloads all the text before images) but has few
options. In theory it can be compiled to use framebuffer instead of X.
Puppy uses version 1.0 not 2.0. Some day javascript.
is bigger and slower and has no advantages I could find.
Javascript browser, which you can try to compile (500K plus lots of other libraries). Said to work with AdblockPlus list. Japanese. GTK2 and WebKitGTK+ libraries needed. Works VERY badly precompiled for XP (won't access gmail, display a nearly blank page at fastmail, and looks for help files in linux locations). Uses only about half the memory of Seamonkey 1. Available for a few recent linuxes (Ubuntu?).
All of these can be unpackaged in / and run from a wrapper script
(lets you compare several versions) or installed (install.sh).
To run 'browser' from the wrapper script
start X
cd /browser*
./browser
You can make a script to do all this.
Download the .tar.bz2 for the chosen version from
http://arc.opera.com/pub/opera/linux/854/final/en/i386/static/
(or the opera.com site - download for Windows, other versions, linux,
9.64) and unpack on / (or in /opera-9.64 for my package). You can run
opera from /opera*/opera (*wrapper) or install with install.sh.
Versions 8-9 need glibc 2.2.5 (or later), the essentials of which are in
operalib.tgz
Glibc 2.3.1-2.3.6 work but need kernel 2.4, which is needed also if you
want USB storage (flash drives, cameras) and elinks. Later glibc from
Slackware 12+ needs kernel 2.6.
I am working on Opera 11, which has some font problem.
Dependencies (all of which I have) include libraries in elflibs,
glibc, expat, freetype, and x11. The x11 libraries are X11, Xext, SM,
ICE and Xft, all in
x11-6.9.0-SW11-basiclibs.tgz
2MB of the 18MB package, with about half of the X libraries (ones I recognized).
For BL3 also add
libz to /usr/lib (or Steven's misc libs)
libXext to /usr/X11R6/lib.
libSM to /usr/X11R6/lib (or Steven's X libs for both).
Run ldconfig to make symlinks.
8.54 will work in 24MB with swap, but 9.2 > 9.5 > 9.6 use up to double the memory.
Do not use 9.50b - very buggy. Neither 9.5 nor 8.54 work with zoho.com Office programs and work badly with Viewer.
Opera.com has links for various linuxes, but not older Slackware. The 102MB deb static version, if downloaded as bz2 not default format, is 8.8MB and will work with glibc 2.2.5 (or maybe even 2.1.3).
I stripped out all but english locale files and recompressed to 7.5MB. You can upx the executable down from 15 to 6.8MB but it will load a little slower.
mkdir /opera-9.64 and cd there and bunzip2 and tar -xvf the file,
Opera 10 can be made to work with the SW11 GLIBC and some other fiddling
(see archives) but the menus have little squares instead of text.
Turbo mode downloads images at 1/2 or 1/3 quality (hard to read).
This is the last Slackware glibc that works with kernel 2.4.
Glibc 2.3.6 works for precompiled binaries such as MaPiVi
(needs 2.3.2) and sqlite3 (needs 2.3.1). The browsers need 2.3.4+
Seamonkey home page
Does not accept as many plugins as Firefox but loads faster.
Uses Firefox 2 code, and works with Google Docs where Firefox 2 does not.
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).
This version corresponds to Seamonkey 1.0 so is missing some
features found in Seamonkey 1.1. Firefox has more modules available
but Seamonkey 1.1.17 can use newer modules such as Adblock Plus 1
(where Firefox 1.5 uses .7.5.5).
Extract the directory from a running version of the latest DSL linux.
It expands to 28MB and would take me an hour to post via dialup.
Firefox loads very slowly and uses lots of memory. Read online
about tricks to reduce this such as deleting history.
Firefox 3.0.6 would not load for me even in Slackware 11. Use Browser or Puppy Linux.
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
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
zimage.4dz
Please look in the 2.2.16 directory
for more 2.2.16 kernels and modules.
zimage.sb and config.sb kernel 2.2.16 with sb sound, scsi aic7xxx, and
ethernet - tulip, rtl8139, 3c509, 3c59x, eepro, SMC-ultra, wd80 support
(as modules) - and built-in ppp/slhc and atapi CD-ROM support, for use
with BL2 or ext2 BL3 (whose kernels don't support sound). Tested working
with sound and imm and rtl8139.
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.
2.2.26 (2.2.27? - I tried to patch it) 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. No guarantees here.
Should work with Compaq Armada laptops that have nomce error.
For DOS USB-storage put
bzimagla.431
bzimapda.431
(configpda.431)
Use the la-nopcmcia modules package for these kernels, or the larger smf
modules package.
bzimlafb.431634K
bzimlafb - bzimagla with vesafb support added, useful for neomagic chips
and Savage MX, where Xvesa is useless, and for S3 laptop chips (don't work
with BL3 Xvesa or X-SVGA. Xfbdev uses half the RAM of SVGA server (about
1.2MB vs 2.4MB). Compiled without built-in sound support. Works with
modules with ymfpci (uart401, ac97_codec, ymfpci). opl3sa2 does not work
in my Gateway Solo 2000 in any linux (worked in Win98).
Use fbjpeg with dependency to view jpegs without X.
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. Found in my older Toshiba laptops (100 and 133MHz).
bzimlafb-cb.431 adds cardbus support. Cardbus is found in all my
laptops 200MHz or faster, and in one 120MHz Compaq. (Broken in the
Gateway 2000). Cardbus cards do not physically insert in laptops
without cardbus support. (Don't recall if sb is built-in).
bzlafbsu - adds to above built-in USB and SCSI (not usb-storage).
Did not let me use external CD burner (sr0) to burn CDs.
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). (Use lafb for Gateway).
bzimlsfu.431 632K
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).
It supports sb sound and should not be used with other sound cards
because it keeps /dev/dsp from being found. -cb adds cardbus support (not
tested yet with this kernel).
May cause problems with pcmcia - cardctl and cardmgr do not work,
read-only file system, in my Gateway 2000 Solo. Okay in other machines.
(Gateway cardbus is broken and may be causing problems).
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:
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).
bzimusb.431 (750K)
Try with the X.org 4.8.0 precompiled Xi810 server included in
3.3.36 has libc5 (?), glibc 2.0 and glibc 2.1, and later versions have more
precompiled binaries (through glibc 2.4).
Here are three individual binaries that are smaller than Steven's
no-dependency (uclibc) 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.
Gunzip, strip and chmod X*glibc21 after downloading. The savage did not
work for me. Xfbdev-glibc21 worked on a Gateway Solo 2000 where the
uclibc version segfaulted. Chmod also +s Xvesa for use as 'user'.
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
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.
opl3sa2.o
The mpu_io and opl3 lines are optional, as may be mss_io.
parport_pc.o-1284
loop.o. Use with lsfu kernel for loop.
Matrox Millenium G100 and G400
bzimagsm.431
(configsm.431)
bzimagsy.431
(configsy.431)
bzimasmf.431
The following scsi kernel (no IDE) for PII with Adaptec AIC7xxx (7850,
7895) is about the size of the smf (IDE-only) kernel.
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:
Next I added support for SMP (dual cpu) 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):
Compiled with gcc 2.95.3 and won't work with David's 2.4.31 kernel.
The usb modules package includes additional USB modules and a larger
usb-storage.o which should work with most USB storage devices
(maybe even an older Toshiba laptop). Use it with bzimusb.431 kernel.
With non-usb kernels you will also need some USB modules from the
first package (usbcore, uhci ohci ehci). See usb-on and usb-storage-on.
(You need two scsi modules for usb storage).
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.
All lucent modules and devices for 2.2.16, 2.2.26 and 2.4.31 are in
lucent.tgz along with instructions.
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.
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.
modules-la-nonpcmcia-431.tgz
-- unpack in /lib/modules/2.4.31/misc.
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.
usb camera linux - unzip to /linux on
your USB storage camera's memory card
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.
and modules
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).
These work on a 266Mhz Toshiba with USB-storage, where my kernel/modules
don't find the USB port. You also need to turn off cardbus in BIOS (ESC-F1).
Not interchangeable with his 1-floppy USB-storage BL.
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.
bl35fb.zip
replace with second floppy disk disk2
mount /dev/fd0 /fd
cp disk2.tgz /fd
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
Compiled with nomce in lilo.conf so will work on Compaq Armadas with the
Machine Check Exception error, but on Armada 4120 and LTE5280,
which do not support framebuffer, it takes 10 minutes to boot.
Use BL2 instead.
Use msmtp for authenticating mail servers such as earthlink.
then to run it
cd /opera-9.64
./opera
LIBRARY UPGRADES
for Mozilla-based browsers and other X programs.
For BL2 only - will destroy BL3!!!!
GLIBC 2.3.6 libraries only
SW11libs.tgz
ADDITIONAL LIBRARIES
firelibs.tgz libraries needed by firefox 1.5 and 2
and seamonkey 1.1 gtk1, including libstdc++ 5 (Seamonkey)
and 6 (Firefox), libgcc, libglib, libgmodule, libgtk, libgdk, libXi, and
also libX11 6.2 used by SJPhone and other recent X programs.
MOZILLA-BASED BROWSERS
Need both SW11libs and firelibs packages or equivalent.
SEAMONKEY-1.1-GTK1
unofficial
(contributed) seamonkey 1.1.17 for gtk1 Around 13MB. If link is broken look for a later version at their home page.
FIREFOX-1.5-GTK1
FIREFOX 2
Mplayer plugin, mplayer and X LIBRARY UPGRADE
mplayer-1.0pre7try2-glibc236.
VOIP SOFTWARE
SJPhones' softphone works if you update from Slackware 7.1 libX11.so.6.1
to libX11.so.6.2
6.2 is found in Slackware 8.1 and later and reflects
the switch from Xfree 3.3.6 to 4.x. (I used libX11 from SW11).
sjphone also requires glibc 2.3.2 (SW11 has 2.3.6).
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.
SJPphoneLnx-299a.tar.gz
unpack, and run from sjphone directory. They have documentation at the site (PDF) for Windows 1.3M. The xfree package
contains a lot of locale and module and include and bin and xkb files that you don't need.
BROADBAND DSL
Softphones require broadband, and a DSL connection requires either that
you use the DSL modem (router) provided by the ISP, or Windows, or pppoe
software rp-pppoe-3.10-glibc225.tgz .
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.
KERNELS and MODULES
2.2.16 KERNELS
486DX KERNEL for older laptops
a 486-dx kernel with no ethernet or cd-rom support, or sound
support, but with vfat and parport zip drive support. Built for use on
our older Compaq laptop that has no CD-ROM drive, so we transfer files via
parport zip drive (scsi-mod sd_mod imm). Works for booting a 486 from
hard drive, or a parport zip drive plugged into a pentium, but does not
boot the same zip drive plugged into out Compaq Elite 486DX laptop. Use
the 386 kernel.
2.2.16 SOUND KERNELS
2.2.16 FRAMEBUFFER KERNEL
My zimage.fsm config.fsm mdacon.o matroxfb.o
The vesafb is built-in (but not activated unless you specify vga=XXX at
boot time, on the loadlin line).
The one from Slackware 7.1 does not work with framebuffer kernels.
2.2.26 laptop kernels with and without built-in CD-ROM support
zimagefb.226 437K
conffb.226
zimafbcd.226 465K
conffbcd.226
mdacon.o
ntfs.o
USB STORAGE (DOS drivers)
usbaspi5.sys
and di1000dd.sys
in your root directory and add to config.sys the lines:
devicehigh=usbaspi5.sys /v /r /w
devicehigh=di1000dd.sys
The /w tells it to wait for you to insert the device - you can omit it
and plug it in before boot instead. You will be assigned a drive letter.
2.4.31 KERNELS - with USB storage, needed for glibc 2.3.1+
(configla.431)
(no scsi, sound, framebuffer, firewall, ide zip)
Needs to be recompiled without hermes, joliet and ISA (!) support
When used with BL3.50 the system is read-only. Don't know why.
This might be useful when setting up BL for people likely to mess things
up who don't need to be able to save or delete or edit anything.
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).
bzimlfsb.431673K
bzimlafb-cb.431645K
conflafb-cb.431
bzlafbsu.431800K
colafbsu.431
bzimlsfu-cb.431 632K
bzimlfnv.431 600K
conflsfu.431
conflsfu-cb.431
conflfnv.431
sb.o
loop.o
LARGER KERNELS for ATA100 CONTROLLERS
PCI IDE CONTROLLER for NFORCE2 CHIPSET
amd74xx.o
NFORCE 2.4.31 KERNEL (built in IDE support)
confusb.431
Same as above but with builtin usbcore, uhci, ohci and ehci,
for use with a newer desktop with card reader plugged into
onboard USB header, which would not boot with other kernels.
Recognizes USB flash drive plugged into rear USB
but not front USB (part of card reader).
X DRIVERS
agpgart.o
Supports i810 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 .
libc5 precompiled Xtinyx
glibc 2.1.* Xtinyx
I had no luck at all with this driver (or the i810 svgalib driver).
4.8.0 binaries
Xvesa-glibc21.gz
Xfbdev-glibc21.gz
Xsavage-glibc21.gz
ASSORTED 2.4.31 modules
via-rhine.o
Ethernet driver for onboard VT6103 ethernet. BIOSTAR M7VIQ board etc.
May work for other VT controllers (6102 6105).
Modules for a Gigabyte board, AMD, FSB 133, Via controller.
(Use vps kernel for IDE PCI controller part, not via82cxxx.o).
via-rhine.o
network driver for onboard VIA network adaptor as found in my Gigabyte
insmod crc32 and mii first. Tested working but at 3 sec/MB.
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 Yamaha OPL3SAX io=0x240 in my Hitachi and Gateway does not work with it.
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
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.
Substitute for parport_pc.o in my main package if your printer supports
ECP/EPP printing, for increased speed. IEEE 1284.
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.
DESKTOP (or laptop with sound, framebuffer, etc.)
modular support for sound, scsi, framebuffer
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).
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.
bzimscsi.431 (removed)
(confscsi.431)
bzimscd.431 (removed)
(confscd.431)
bzscdsmp.431
(coscsmpd.431)
bzsmpppp.431 (removed)
(cosmpppp.431)
The kernels got rather large after a while (up from about 700K to 800K).
Ask me if you want the ones that I removed (I can recompile).
The SMP motherboard died.
2.4.31 MODULES for MY KERNELS ONLY (or kernels built with gcc 2.95.3)
DESKTOPS
modules-smf-431.tgz
modules-smf-usb-431.tgz
MATROX MODULES
For Matrox Millenium framebuffer use the matrox modules included in the
smf package and
insmod matroxfb_misc
insmod matroxfb_accel
insmod matroxfb_Ti3026
insmod matroxfb_base
matrox-450.tgz
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
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)
SPECIAL VERSIONS OF BL
DAVID MOBERG'S 1-floppy linux ZGV-uclibc
USB CAMERA LINUX
DELETED TO SAVE SPACE. See archives.
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
David Moberg's 2.4.31 kernel
David's 2.4.31 kernel
bzImage.431.gz and
config.431
LINUX FOR PARALLEL PORT ZIP DRIVE
(Look in the bl directory for these and if missing ask me for them).
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.
Two-floppy framebuffer/wireless BL3.50
Kernel zimagefb.226 and vga=788 (800x600 fbcon, Xfbdev)
bl35fdfb.zip
Kernel zimafbcd.226 with cd support but not framebuffer,
same modules as above.
Unzip in /tmp, cd /tmp, insert first floppy disk disk2
dd if=disk1fb.img of=/dev/fd0
(or disk1f for the cd version)
(or disk2f.tgz for cd version)
install=/fd/boot.b
map=/fd/map
read-write
append="nomce" #needed by Compaq Armada, optional
label=BL3_ramdisk
root=/dev/ram0
initrd=/fd/disk1.gz
image=/fd/zimage
vga=788
Older versions of MUTT
mutt-bl3-old.tgz
mutt-bl2-old.tgz
Christof Lange's contribution, with Russian and Czech support via catdoc.
Not found at official BL site and for some purposes work better than newer version.