Clarence Verge wrote:
>It appears that PYGMYLinux v0.7 has what it takes to run Arachne !!
>The Pygmy install was a lot less painful than the download and it
>has some new stuff vs v0.6.
>Arachne installed without complaint but I could NOT run it because
>I had NO idea what to do once it was loaded. All logical attempts
>to invoke it failed, so I guess I have to ask the Linux gurus how
>to kiss it's ass properly.<g>
At the risk of telling you something that you already know,
here is what I did to get Arachne166b for linux to run:
1. decompressed/untarred it
2. ran ./install
3. chose Arachne directory to be /opt/arachne166b
(config, cookie, and other files ended up in dir /root/.arachne/)
(a script to run it is in /usr/bin/arachne)
4. you NEED SVGAlib to run Arachne.
5. I obtained an rpm copy and installed via rpm (RedHatProgramMgr)
6. it needed to be configured; file = /etc/vga/libvga.config
halfway through file are the screen settings:
for 800x600 I used HorSync 35.1
VertRefresh 90
I then had to fiddle with other settings and found that
Chipset VESA
VesaText
VesaSave 1
worked for my TVGA 1MB video card. Yours may work
without fiddling.
7. You NEED to make a PPP connection before running Arachne.
There are a number of configuration files in various directories
that do this ( /etc/resolv.conf and a few more in dir /etc/ppp).
It's quite tricky to set all this up manually. There are a number of
programs available to do this for you. A very simple one is
called PPPSetup which runs in console mode. Unfortunately it
needs another program called "dialog" to run (which is included
in my RH6.2 distribution but perhaps not in Pygmy). I can send
you whatever you need (having had to go through this process
several times, I make sure I have all my ducks in a row for when
I need to re-install).
To start PPP, you then type "ppp-go -c" , for which I made an
alias in /root/.bashrc as follows: alias ppp-on='ppp-go -c'.
"ppp-off" turns PPP off and disconnects (no alias needed).
You can test your PPP connection with lynx first to make sure.
8. Then you're ready to go: ppp-on
arachne
ppp-off
9. PS: I added a line in the /usr/bin/arachne script to remove all
cookies from the previous session. I also removed the non-SVGAlib
option from the script since I found that Arachne runs just
fine in the X windows system using icewm as window manager
rather then the bulkier kde or gnome.
To those of you who know more about linux than I do, please correct
any misimpressions I might have given in this description.
Klaus Hameyer
Burlington, VT (USA)
