Installing gcc.pet leads to crash

[SilverR02]

Hi, people! I am having trouble installing the gcc.pet on the BionicPup32. Once installing, everything freezes as if it were a crash, when restarting, X does not start anymore

[Phoenix]

Why not use the devx provided? It will provide everything needed for compiling/developing. As well, what does it say when X.org fails to start?

[SilverR02]

Why not use the devx provided? It will provide everything needed for compiling/developing. As well, what does it say when X.org fails to start?

Where I found "devx"?

Answering you question: nothing. The system start up normal, X start and the screen goes black, seconds after "Exited X (...)" and it goes to command lines. The problem persist when retry start X (xwin)

[rockedge]

There is a file called devx-BionicPup32.sfs or something like that. Download this and use SFS-Load-on-the-fly to load it.

The devx sfs file contains all the tools you will need to compile programs

Start fresh. Delete everything and start with Bionic32 from the beginning, load the devx.sfs file.
Then start compiling.

[peebee]

Which "gcc.pet"???????????? Where from?? Why should it have anything to do with BionicPup32??

devx_upupbb_19.03.sfs 2021-Dec-24 07:00:44 109.8M

http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... onicpup32/

viewtopic.php?t=165
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... cpup32.htm

[mikewalsh]

@SilverR02 :-

Never, ever assume that just because a Puppy is based around Ubuntu components, that you can proceed with it just like Ubuntu. That way lies endless problems.....

A 'buntu-based Puppy is not merely an Ubuntu 're-skin' as so many other distros are. A Puppy is it's own highly-unique creation.....and must be treated with the respect that entails.

So long as you take the time & care to set it up in the correct way, you'll have a near enough unbreakable lightweight distro that will handle everything you can throw at it. But don't think you can just casually add bits from here, there & all over the place, because it simply doesn't work like that....

Mike.

[SilverR02]

Thanks for the advice. I already knew that I should not take Puppy as Ubuntu because it is base like Ubuntu (and I know that it is unique because of the capabilities it has). However, to build that "unbreakable distro" I must have internet and I can only have it if I compile my modem driver. Do not think that I do not take the time and care! I do it step by step, discovering ho it works in order to get the most out of it without ending up taking the system down (although sometimes I go by an resort to my constant support). Anyway I am new to Puppy Linux and I was fascinated that I wanted to have it as a "portable system" that works for me at full power (howeverm I limit myself to the laptop without a hard disk that occupies it). Any other tips?

[OscarTalks]

Any other tips?

Yes
If you really are going to compile a driver you will also need to find and load the correct kernel_sources.sfs and kernel_headers.sfs
as well as the devx.sfs
http://distro.ibiblio.org/puppylinux/pu ... onicpup32/
Puppy will often have the drivers already included, so first make sure that it definitely does not.

As others have said, you would not expect to find gcc as a .pet package, so if you found one, let us know where.
Do not use the Package Manager to install gcc
Loading the devx is the correct way to add gcc to your system (along with other essential stuff for compiling and development)