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[sindi keesan <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>]

On Tue, 14 Jun 2005, David Moberg wrote:

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "sindi keesan" <keesan AT sdf.lonestar.org>
>
> > > If the hardware fails, there is always Timidity, which will
> > > probably produce better sound than anything built into a
> > > sound card.
> >
> > I hear it is a huge download.
>
> The patches are the main problem. You don't need all of them.
>
> > I am currently trying to download
> > playmidi rpms and they all download as something that extracts with
> > rpm2tgz to 127 bytes of tgz, or gives an error message that it is a
> > bad file (mc menu). I got the same package (2.4.9 for Redhat 6.2)
> > from several sites using lynx, links, and wget.  Do you have the
> > binary that you could post?
>
> First, do you have rpmoffset and cpio installed? You absolutely
> need them to unpack any rpm. You might also try rpm2cpio.

I do not have rpmoffset.  You told me to use cpio and that also failed.
I tried rpm2tgz and mc-menu and they failed too.  I will look for 
rpmoffset.

The kid who wants to play midis offered to simply install the rpm package 
himself, but we will both need to learn to use rpm in slackware, it seems.
He could also just copy over the binary (and mail me a copy of it).

> Would you accept an email attachment to your keesan at sdf (I'm
> not going to spell it, due to spam concerns) account?
Sure.  I don't get spam here due to Spamassassin (which also throws out my 
electric bills because they are 'porn').

> > BL2 sounds perfect for him then - he can use his old programs.  He
> > compiled sc and really likes it.
>
> There's an sc for some version of BL. I forget which.
Yes, I told him.

> > Steven provided several for BL3 but this does not seem to be a
> > gaming group on our list.
>
> Well, I have enjoyed all of them except for matanza (sp?), which
> I haven't tried because I already have several space shooting
> games, kobo and bombem.
>
> > > > and Abiword,
> > >
> > > Steven's excellent binary for BL3 is statically compiled, and should
> > > work anywhere there is ix86 Linux.
> > Yes, I just have to look up your instructions for what to add to
> > Xvesa in BL2 to make it work there.  There was one small program
> > having to do with fonts.
>
> It's xset. It's in the xbin package IIRC.

I will attempt this before copying over files for him.  I will look up 
your previous posting.

> > > > and Gnumeric - does that require GNOME?
> > >
> > > It doesn't need GNOME. It does need many different libraries.
> >
> > I told him that would be his problem to install it.  I am giving
> > him a 2GB drive.  He was getting crowded compiling with linux on a
> > 800MB drive.

He said something about liking sc better and being able to install 
Gnumeric himself.  Clever kid.
> Source code is getting very bloated.
He removed kernel code, which cut his disk use in half.  I deleted 
anything non-i386 and tried to delete stuff about ham radio etc, but then 
I got error messages and had to put it back.

> > > You can find BL2 binaries for all of the BL3 games. I will post
> > > the list of URLs to get them from if you want it.
> >
> > Thanks, I might let him get his own games for BL2 if he likes them in BL3.
>
> Caveat: When looking for xrunner, look for xscavenger instead.
> The BL bombem and castlemaze games are library-independent. IIRC
> snake is, too. I think the minesweeper from BL1 needs vgalib.

I will let him post to the list about finding games.
We have to solve the problem of the computer playing Fur Elise in hot 
weather.  The fan is not stuck.  Might need a case fan and more heat 
grease.

 > David
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