Puppy Arcade 10

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Hi Scott

Spotted this on the Puppylinux irc.
This looks great and will give it try sometime soon.I'm currently running lucid 510 amongst several others
Great informative site too.

From Eastbourne too I noticed.
I spent most of my life in around those parts but live abroad now but sure miss the 'Big E'

Anyway thanks again for this,I'm getting excited already...lol

Regards
Rob

Awesome! PSX! N64! :D

Thanks Rob, glad you're keen! About the 'Big E' - I'll swap places anytime! :D

this is awesome :) iv been looking for a distro like this for a while and it makes it even better you used puppy

Glad you like it, hope the download link is working OK.

this is most excellent, thank you for putting time and effort into this. i haven't even installed it but have been salivating over the features. i don't have paypal but you need to be rewarded for this!

Thanks Jimmybot, very much appreciated.
I hope you like it. If you have any problems, post them here, on or on the Puppy Arcade forum.

Is it possible to seed this as a torrent file? I have tried 9+ times to download (I am currently in Indonesia) and it fails every time.

I use Free Download Manager, and according to it, the server (your server) does not support resuming.

I have successfully downloaded several linux distros using utorrent, though.

Thanks in advance.

Sorry about that! I've added some other mirrors. Hope they work.

Thanks for your prompt reply.
I also want to thank you for all the hard work you've put into making a usable emulation distro.
I went ahead and tried all of the mirrors once more (not all at the same time!), and sadly, the download fails part of the way through.

If you do decide to offer it as a torrent, you can be assured that I will be seeding whenever I am online.

Thanks again.

Excellent work,thanx a lot. Is there any chance of getting Atari VCS 2600 support (Stella???).

For Stella, try this package: http://packages.debian.org/sid/i386/stella/download

You may need to check the dependencies: type 'ldd /path/to/stella' in the terminal to find out if any dependencies are missing.

Although Stella used to crash when run as root (everything is run as root in Puppy Linux)..
Not sure if Stella still crashes though..

Really appreciate all the hard work that you have put into this. The only thing I'd like to see is skulltag being added in here, maybe in extra packages? It's my favorite doom port, and I play it more that anything else. I can't figure out how to add it myself, me being a newb with linux and puppy. Thanks again for making this awesome linux distro!

Thank you for your excellent work. I have been using puppy arcade for a while now. I am very impressed.
It works great, and i see even greater potential. I have not yet tested with an arcade monitor but i'm convinced it will work perfectly.

There is one feature i miss though.
I would really like to see an arcade jukebox package. I am not asking you to make this. I bet you got your hands full. But maybe someone reading this could help out.
There is no such program for any linux distro,

hi Scott ive just upgraded to ver 9 from 7 really liking the new userbility :) only problem i have is when i close my laptop 9 goes to sleep but 7 didnt is there any way to stop 9 from going to sleep when thw laptop is closed thanks :)

Luke

Yes you can stop this behaviour by stopping the "acpid" daemon.. Delete the acpid file from /root/Startup and restart X.. that should do it..

You may also need to remove the entry that starts acpid in the file "/etc/init.d"

hi i deleted the acpid file from start up but couldn't find the init.d file in etc so i just got rid of the suspend file from the acpid folder in etc so at least power off still works :)

thanks

Glad that worked for you, and a good tip for others, maybe.. :)

Hi me again :s is there any way to use / installl drivers for a ps3 controler?

I'll look into it..

I am using the Puppy Aracde MAME loader and attempt to open a MAME game, but it always gives me the error "The selected game is missing one or more required ROM or CHD images. Please select a different game."

Can anyone shed some light on what might me going on here?

MAME ROMs contain 'sets' of files, or 'romsets'. This error means you do not have all the files in your rom.

Try installing GXMAME (QuickStart->MAME-Setup) and see if that works. Or, try finding a different romset.

RomKeeper was a great site for this, but its gone now :(

I haven't been able to get this to work properly with my Laptop. I pretty much just have graphics issues.

Specs:
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Toshiba Satellite L505
Pentium Dual-Core T4400 [2GHz]
64-bit

If you need any other info, I'll need to know a good util program to get you the info you need

Puppy Arcade is bad ass.

I know this isn't the place to request help, but after much forum searching it was suggested I get in contact with the man behind the magic.

Scott, how do we shoot you an email?

Email me here, at my contact page: http://scottjarvis.com/page12.htm

Or leave your comments here, or on the Puppy Linux forums..

Had a booting problem after using the universal installer. I kept getting an error about "No DEFAULT or UI configuration directive found!".

I was using Universal Installer 1.7 to copy it to a hard drive via my USB-IDE adapter.

To save you some time, simply rename the ISOLINUX.BIN and ISOLINUX.CFG files on the new drive to SYSLINUX.BIN and SYSLINUX.CFG.

Hope that helps anyone who has the same problem.

Scott, I love emulation and this is a dream come true to me to have an os dedicated to this, butthere is something wrong with the madwifi drivers bundled with your distro, and without wifi Puppy arcade is almost useless.
Every other puppy distrobution that came with ath5k automatically recognized my wireless device, but on yours it wont detect my wifi, only ethernet.
I have managed to find two other cases with the same problem. Any help?

I am willing to give any other informaton you need.

Joshua, I've looked around, this thread might help, if not, I've no idea: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=34159

I tried those drivers before I posted, but to no avail. I am not using that wireless card anyway, so I don’t think my card is the problem. I found the link I tried to post last time, so I will try posting it again. This page shows another user with the same card and problem, and according to him the ath5k modules are not present during boot up. I am sorry I can’t be any more help; I am still a Linux n00b. Here is the link: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58984&sid=ffdcb8b065c5fd

Just to let you know, puppy arcade 10 no longer works with the Universal installer you linked to.

Thanks for the info about the USB installers from Pendrivelinux - I have let them know their .exe doesn't work with GRUB live CDs...

And I'm sorry, but I am also a total nooby when it comes to chopping and changing linux modules - so I usually only buy hardware that I know will work with the distros I like!!

It looks as though it is the kernel, which I might try to upgrade at some point..

I'll keep hunting for answers and let you know as soon as I think I find one! Sorry I can't be of m

I think they already know it isn't supported, as far as I can tell all it does is installs syslinux and extracts the iso to the usb drive.

Now that you mention it, all the distros I tried were puppy 5.0, maybe the new kernel has updated drivers?

Anyways, when I get my hands on a compatible version of the kernel headers, I plan to recompile the madwifi modules myself, but it seems that the site with the sources is password protected, I can't.

I will get back to you if I ever find those h

Also, the SNES emulator refuses to start on my machine, I click it, the screen briefly flashes with what seems to be the GUI, and then it instantly disappears.

I tried with the official puppy frontend with the same results.

I wasn't really going to play with the SNES emulator; I just thought I would let you know.

Sorry my machine is so troublesome.

Thanks for the help.

Okay, I attempted to recompile the modules from scratch, but after I was finished, the no interface detected problem was still there.

I am currently in the process of transferring all my frontends and bioses manually through windows, but I will gladly test any future fixes you may run across.

It is so strange, I can get great wifi and OpenGl out of the box with all the other distros I have tried, but yours refuses to work.

Oh well, thanks for all the help. You have got a great pup.

Hi Joshua, thanks again for the info and testing. I would be interested to know if you can get your wifi working on a standard Puppy 4.2 (on which Puppy Arcade is based...)

Also, OpenGL should be fine, if you install the right drivers. Not sure which you need of course, of if the right drivers are available for you...

Also, the password protected files you want probably need this: user: puppy, pass: linux

I tested my wireless under puppy 4.20, and it turns out it doesn’t work.
I had tested the newest Puppy and Ubuntu, along with a few other new ones, and it never occurred to me Puppy arcade was based on 4.2.
Sorry I wasted your time here, and please consider a kernel and driver upgrade in your next release.
I eagerly await Puppy arcade 11.

Thatnks for the feedback Joshua, not wasting my time, glad to know it wasn't me who broke something from Puppy 4.2

I hope to upgrade the kernel in the next release.

Hey, I decicded to look at your puppeee arcade page and noticed you attempted to minimize disk writes.

I run puppy arcade of a usb drive currently, so would you recommend puppy arcade or puppeee arcade for a longer usb life.

They both minimise disk writing in USB installs - by only saving your changes (to the save file on your USB) at shutdown, unless you tell it not to save at all.

I have found a workaround to my problem.

I installed the puppy arcade 8 sfs in the latest lighthouse pup (based on puppy 5.2), and installed the

Updated pet files you provided from this page:

http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64171&sid=5f0671ec24a25e53a333b11baedc0069

Everything is working, including wireless and OpenGL. Dosbox refused to run full screen, and think this may also be why a few other emulators refuse to startup.

I plan to try this installation in vani

I plan to try this installation in vanilla puppy to see if it is just an issue with lighthouse.

I just thought I would let you know that puppy works in Lupu.

Your commenting system cut me off in the first post, sorry.

Can I host this on my site for download??

Thanks for letting me know Joshua, sorry about the late response. And you can try DOSBoxGUI to get fullscreen going, may be a little easier.

And Stitch, yes you can, of course... If you want to link to this page, that would be lovely.

And by all means, post a link to your site here.

This is a wonderful blog.Thank you for sharning this information with every one
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Okay, I was looking and it turned out the start menu entries were broken, and that’s why nothing would start.
I can start them from the bin folder though.
I am using jwm, do you know how to repair the entries?

I don't know how you broke them, but the menu relies on the files in /usr/share/applications. You can run "fixmenus" from the terminal to refresh it.

If that won't work, you can copy the contents of the main sfs on the live CD and replace your own. Also check "/etc/xdg/templates/_root_.jwmrc" as this is a template for the menu when built with the "fixmenus" command"

I didn't break them, they were just invalid on both lighthouse pup and vanilla puppy fromthe start, even with jwm.

I guess i will try to coppy the emulators over later, I don't have time right now.

I will get back to you when I do.

Hi cool piece of software, its my first real play with Linux.

just a quick one, can i get rid of the multi boot options that comes up before the "post" screen when booting in the Puppy Arcade?

thanks

Monkey, if you meen the menu that aks if you want to boot into ram, safe boot, etc... You can, but it requires you yo edit the syslinux (or grub) boot files. If you have a;ready burned the cd it is impossible afaik.

Dear Scott,thank you for your work. Unfortunately when i try to boot my distro,i obtain this error: "pup_420.sfs not found,dropping out to initial-ramdisk console. What means it?
I tried from an usb either but it did not works.
Thank you fo your patience.

Monkey, I am not sure to be honest! Best to check the GRUB4DOS tutorials and guides on the web. They will contain the information you need.

Cardillox, you must have the 'pup_420.sfs' file in the wrong place. It should be in a folder with the "initrd.gz" and "vmlinuz" files. The folder must be in the root of your drive, such as "C:\myfolder" (in Windows) or "/mnt/sda1/myfolder" (in Linux). You can use the "Frugal installer" to install Puppy Arcade to HD or USB. Hope this helps.

Just a quick note, the link you click after adding a comment has been fixed, I think.

No working. The files are case sensitive. Using Grub "ls" command; I can see all the files are upper case (example: /MENU.LST )but the script use all names lower case (example: /menu.lst). As scripted only get an endless loop. Using comand line get a "error:15 file not found" one after another.

Enrique, are you booting from Live CD or from hard drive? In any case, all your files should be lower case, and not upper case. Example: "pup_420.sfs", even all the extensions should be lower case.

testing... (seem comen is too long)

I am booting from live CD. Cronologicaly; I did this:
1.-down a pupy arcade 10 from the link above. Checked is say pupy-arcade-10.iso.
2.- Burned ImgBurn, no problems

3.- Booted on a old compaq presario, start the cd and stops in a windows with a long line starting with a long \"error check..\". No car returns jus a big line.
4.- not a linux guru but i know my way besides the instructions are on the screen so i press \"c\" and fool around.\"ls\" comm

(part two)
4.- not a linux guru but i know my way besides the instructions are on the screen so i press "c" and fool around."ls" command list EVERYTHING on upper case (and with no "car return"). "esc" put me back on the editor.

5.- The comand in grub are now one liners. I start to see a pattern, all in the menu is in lower case. Hummm... i type "e" and edit the lines with "/menu.lst" and changed to "/MENU.LST". Finished with "b"

6.- Got into a second menu with 3 option for pupyarcade 10 a

6.- Got into a second menu with 3 option for pupyarcade 10 and other boots. All ended with a "error 15 file not found". Each time i repeated the steps 3 to 5, so it was slow but need to be shure.

7- edited (manualy in grub) the entries /vmlinuz and /intrd.gz and press "b" at the end. Since the kernel stoped in the presario several times, i concluded the distro was flawled; write the preciding comment and just forget the whole deal.

8- Since you were nice to replyme i took more of my time

8- Since you were nice to replyme i took more of my time and loaded up PowerIso and edited all "menu.lst" files references to upper case.Burned

9.- Booted in another machine (PcChips A13+ based). Shocking!!!. The same situation. Menu entries in lower case, files upper case. In PowerIso names where lower case.

10. I am stubber guy when i want. so; manualy edited the first menu and GOT THE SECOND MENU. This time with a nice space invaders backdrop.

11- I just willing to test the "all ram" install and works like a charm from there.Long gone are the days from corel linux.

12- Just to be shure, lodaded the modded CD into the presario and basicaly the same situation.Still kernel panics but this time i am absolutly shure the compaq is to blame not the distro.

So, i am filling a bug report or "undocumented feature" if you wish to name it that way.I can not risk the info in the big machine so; i have not test the HD stuff. Besides for me a how to patch the FIRST menu is good enougth for my needs.

pls make a new version

Everything fine it will be still better more if wine and nitendo64 fully supported.Mupen64 still has issues.

Hi Scott,

IS there a puppy arcade 10 pet-file or am i missing something ? I would like to add puppy arcade to my lucid puppy. Thanks !

Hi Lutzer... There is a Puppy Arcade 8 pet file, and some other pets you can use to update it to Puppy Arcade 10. Here is PA8 pet: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58134

And here are the updates: http://murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=64171 (scroll to bottom)

Ty soo much now i have something to do in school! ^^

You're welcome Buckwheat, that is EXACTLY the kind of thing that Puppy Arcade was designed for. :D

I've just stumbled across Puppy Arcade 10! Is it safe for me to set up 10, or is 11 just around the corner? ;)

Go for 10 ;)

I just finished building a bartop cabinet, and came across Puppy Arcade 10 while researching MAME builds. This distro is amazing, especially for someone having no capabilities with Linux. Thank you a million times over for putting work into this. In the future, might there be a way to customize the ROM Loader? That seems to be the only thing preventing it from being an excellent cabinet OS.

You can look in '/usr/local/paloader' - the scripts in there can be edited, BASH knowledge would be required.. What customisations did you have in mind?

I am very pleased with this Puplet.

My life centers around 68k based computing, primarily Amiga and Atari ST/TT/Falcon, though also Mac, Sinclare QL and other 68K systems. Your puplet allready includes a good selection of 68k computer Emus, and all the libraries needed to easily add more.

Thank you for doing the work to give such a greate Puplet.

PS: Which Devx SFS should I use with this (I have tried a couple with out success)?

I love your puplet, it runs flawlessly an my Eeepc.
I'd like to install it on my arcade cabinet too, but i'm afraid it doesn't feature 15khz monitor frequency.
Have you in mind to do something like Groovy Arcade Linux or ArcadeOS?

Unfortunately, making 15khz support is not planned - I need to learn more before I attempt it! Sorry!! It would need a kernel re-compile, with the right drivers and then frame buffer setup and working (I think).. You can search google for the Puppy 4 kernel sources PET file, and read Puppy Linux.com for more info.

David, the devx is on the first post of the Puppy Arcade forum, here is the direct link to it: http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/puppylinux/sfs_modules-4/devx_420.sfs

I have a larger one (87mb), with more header files and libs, etc, that I will upload to http://ppm.scottjarvis.com soon.

Maxpelle, which Eee PC do you have? Have you experienced resolution or keyboard layout problems?

I have two Eeepcs, a 701 one with 7 inch lcd and a 900a wuth 9 inch screen.
I only tested Puppeee Arcade on my 701 and experienced no problems, but I didn't test it deeply.
So far I'm happy with the first version on my little Eeepc.
What about adding Wiimote support? Many Android and Iphone emus already do it.

BIG NEWS:

The base on which the next Puppy Arcade could be made is underway (by me) - it is called "Puplite" and is already at version 5.0, I want to go for an ambitiously improved 6.0..

If you're reading this, like Puppy Arcade and want to see future versions with improved hardware support and usability, I STRONGLY suggest you get involved in testing Puplite 5.0 and 6.0 Alpha when it is released: http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?p=522415

BTW I am in the process of compiling various libs and utilities to see if I can get wii support, as well as Xbox360 pad supprt, both using bluetooth... I am not sure the Wii remote will be of too much use, have to look into how they are used a bit more, but xbox pads might be a nice addition.. I don't actually have an xbox 360 pad to test though :/

I have both an xbox360 wireless controller and an xbox360 USB controller, and would be willing to test each provided I can get them via a pet file (I still have wireless woes).

Hi Joshua, I've been trying for a while (obviously) to compile these drivers, but they just dont want to get built! But if I compile them, or get them compiled, I will post them for you. Hopefully I can get it done soonish!

Thanks, I didn’t mean it in an impatient way. I dual boot windows, so I really can test anything you host,
as i can just download the pet with windows, and access the windows partition from puppy.
I did compile the wireless drivers once, but it still didn’t work. I think it’s just one big giant kernel issue at
this point (mainly, my laptop is too new for that kernel). I will test that distro you linked to if I have time.

Is it possible to install bios-checker on other distribution?

Is it possible to obtain the source code and the packages without downloading the whole operating sistem?

Is it possible to run this from an SD card?

Yes, Puppy Arcade can run from SD card - but if you're using a netbook, you may prefer Puppeee Arcade. Also, no the 'BIOS-Installer' does not run on other distros, it uses the Puppy Package manager, so would need a re-write.

I really like this distro! I'm very happy with it, I just need help with installing drivers for Intel GMA 950 graphics. I'm running on D945GCLF2 and Puppeee seems to work nice with openGL, could some one tell me how to install those drivers...?

I couldn't find a forum, so I'll ask this here. I have an acer aspire 5732z and I booted puppy arcade 10 from a USB...and loaded every single module and can't get a network connection. Any advice? wired connection = Atheros AR8132 PCI-E Fast Ethernet Controller. I very much look forward to using this OS once I get the net working.

Any chance of getting snes to work? I attempted to download a few other emulators and couldn't either get them to work or couldn't figure out how to compile them.

Keep up the good work, this is my favourite distro :)

Your Puplet looks like fun.

I invite you and anyone reading this to join my forum:

http://www.puppylinuxforum.org/

I think you will find it a refreshing change of pace

love the project thinking of dual booting my desktop with it(or an alienware laptop if i win the contest im in) only thing i dont like is no ps2 support =( is there plans to add this?

also if it is added and the os is updated how will you update the entire os other then installing the new one

Red Death68, no plans for PS2 support, it's too 'heavy'.

Puppyite, I'll have a look, maybe start a thread.

Tuxx, you're welcome! :)

Kris, SNES should work 'out of the box', check Snes9x-gtk guides online if needed.

Robbie, you probably need a kernel upgrade for that hardware to work better, see http://tinyurl.com/pup-kernel-switching..

Sorry for my long absence! See here for why: http://tinyurl.com/akita-linux
(It will be the base of future Puppy Arcade releases!)

im thinking of dual booting this on my desktop its got decent specs

if i do could i add something like this http://pcsx2.net/

or would there be compatibility issues?(im not used to linux been a pc guy all my life)

and are there any future updates planned for this project? and if so how will people with this installed already update it and keep their save data?

You can download the Linux binary from the site and try that, you will need to search for and install the 'dependencies' listed as well. You will probably find .deb files that work, in the Debian Lenny (stable) repository..

There will be an update, not sure when, start of the new year perhaps, and I will give details on the smoothest way to upgrade.

nice to know i will try to set up my dual boot soon im in college for computer science so i am almost always busy with a mix of work sleep and homework/classes

i forgot one other question when i set up dual boot and build the partition how much space do you believe ill need for puppy arcade and its save files?(my games will be run from a 2tb external hdd

I've run Puppy Arcade off a 512mb USB stick, which contained CPS2 and N64 roms and other stuff.. Puppy itself will take around 100mb, then you need at least 256mb or more for the save file, and any space left over for games, movies, etc...

If you have a really slow, old PC, you might need a 'swap file' partition, or use the swap file tool in the menu..
But nearly no one will need it.

i deided rather then dual boot id instll this to my 2tb external but now when im in the os i can access and of the other files on the drive any suggestions?

ok i found out it didnt kount the drive but now i have a new problem everytime i select a iso for psx it closes the psx emulator

sorry for double post idk how i did that but i have a question anyways how do i find and download dependencies? also how do i use my controller on gba?

Click on the desktop, the 'Apps' menu pops up.. click 'Show Drives' - which shows and mounts/unmounts your drives...

if you are having PSX problems, it is probably the plugin settings - play with them a bit..

Or try other PSX emulators, available here: http://ppm.scottjarvis.com

And I use Debian Lenny (stable) repo to hunt for dependencies... Most packages in my repo (above) don't need extra deps.

And to use joypads, set it up in the emulator, or use RejoystickCC

The world eagerly awaits Puppy Arcade 11!

Thanks for your efforts...from the outside it looks good. However, when I try to download, all I get is this Ilivid setup exe file. But I am downloading using puppy linux, not Windows, and so this is of no use to me. How can I get the iso file without Windows?

http://downloads.scottjarvis.com/grab.php?f=puppy-arcade-10.iso

is there a Mailing list?
so you can email people when
PuppyArcade11 comes out?
(or any other major leap forward)...

thanks for all your hard work!
maybe you could recommend an
inexpensive Arcade Stick
from Amazon.com

Is there a way to compile Puppy Arcade 10 based on Lucid Puppy? The Ubuntu Kernel supports my wireless card, and I'm having too much trouble with the current kernel even used in Racy... I noticed all of the extra files. Would it be a matter of installing them in Lucid Puppy?

Sorry no mailing list.. Just have to check this webpage.. About joysticks, see http://www.linuxcompatible.org/..

And yes, you could add puppy arcade 8 to Lucid (not tested): http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=58134