Oolite Bulletins

Was moving to GitHub something which is now proving to be a mistake (with their now relentless drive to update everything which moves)? I agree with a_c. The apparent 'relentless drive' is not so bad really. They tend to keep runners available until their proper end of life. So the Ubuntu 20.04 git...

Any input resulting in a proper fix would be much appreciated. I bounced off this a little on my 'linux library bundle fix' fork, and mostly ignored it, as it was not my main focus. Will have a look, maybe later today as github are due to deprecate an Ubuntu release, and I hope to make a fork of la...

Not so far-fetched; my little boxen, that runs Oolite at a blistering 7 FPS, is going to transmute into e-waste in October, if Microsoft's propaganda is to be believed. (Since I can't update it to Windows 11, I've wondered if some form of Linux intervention might be appropriate.) Welcome to the lig...

This morning, I have opened up the Chromebook - all seems stable… This may still prove handy if you need to powerwash, or for anyone wanting to do a minimal container install on ChromeOS. After the first time round, you should be able to simply run Oolite from the normal ChromeOS app menu. To enabl...

But still we can run the build system for every Ubuntu flavor they offer. I just registered that bit in a different way. If the user-base is (or might become) large enough, I suppose we 'could' do deb packages per github actions supported Ubu, maybe even a PPA. The "one-binary installer to fit...

I don't know why Oolite - compiled on Ubuntu 20 or 22 does not run on 24. Only guessing it's related to gnustep. Either you've misunderstood, or I fumbled what I said... It is forward compatible. The libraries that were bundled were all obsolete or absent. That's why folks had to install gnustep-ba...

Well you cannot blame Github for just providing the latest version for each operating system. After all they provide it free of charge. Github do things for free. I appreciate it. Mercifully, they also keep more than one version alive. Unfortunately they obsolete platforms before they are retired (...

Should the leading edge version of Oolite be compatible with:- Within the Linux scope of that, I'm aiming for broadest compatibility. Linux is a broad bazaar of platforms and 'current' versions. Stable (1.90) would ideally in the package managers of major distros, if of course they can be encourage...

Apologies for the delayed response… This morning, I have opened up the Chromebook - all seems stable… I opened Oollite from the prev installed icon - and all worked fine! I have messed about in the game for a couple of hours (been obliterated repeatedly - my fault - never checked system status/ruli...

There’s no rush - just whenever you get a chance - hopefully this is not becoming too much of a headache! Thanks.. Got sidetracked :) Edit : A Chromebook just landed in my lap. Not sure yet if it'll do for this gig, but will let you know as soon as I know. Meanwhile:- This article may be helpful. I...

Quick update... I tried reopening the Terminal - and after some time it got around to allowing me to type. Tried the "glxinfo -B" command, got the following response... [===========] Ready jonwoolrich@penguin:~$ glxinfo -B No protocol specified Error: unable to open display :2 Sounds like...

Here goes... Eeek! Sounds scary. So. I'd try disabling the acceleration to start with. Obviously not optimal, but it'll let us know if that's causing (reversible) issues at container startup. If that doesn't get it I'll look into how to sanity check the penguin container. Might be time for me to co...

In case the plethora of reference above is a bit much, here's what I guess is the least you need to do to enable hardware accelerated graphics for the linux container on your Chromebook. Open Chrome and enter this address: chrome://flags/#crostini-gpu-support Enable GPU support Click restart After t...

This is not what we hope to see. Accelerated: no So the CPU is doing all the graphics work. This may just be a sign that the Debian bits are running in something like a qemu VM, so they don't have access to the hardware. You may find the ArchWiki article interesting reference. It mentions that accel...

Its a slightly older model. This is the spec.... https://www.acer.com/gb-en/chromebooks/acer-chromebook-714-cb714-1w/pdp/NX.HAYEK.007 i3, not i5.. Still 8th Gen with 8G RAM. Still perfectly adequate. Please from a terminal type "glxinfo -B" and paste the result. You may need to "sudo...