Just installed Ubuntu 6.1 and has some "dumb" ques

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:12 pm

Ops, i've read about RunProgram() linux function was not able to do somethings and that it is in the 'todo' list or something like that...

Post by **freak** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 3:57 pm

> Ops, i've read about RunProgram() linux function was not able to do somethings and that it is in the 'todo' list or something like that...

No. There is nothing on the list for RunProgram(). It should work like on windows.

"export" is not a program anyway, but a shell command as well. So it only works in a shell.
Also, changing environment variables only affects the current program + later started
child programs. So even if this worked, the variable change does not affect
the own program (only the child), so also not the later RunProgram() for the IDE.

PB has commands to modify environment variables. The changes are passed
on when a new program is run as a child. so try this:

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SetEnvironmentVariable("PUREBASIC_HOME", GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME") + "/purebasic")
SetEnvironmentVariable("PATH", GetEnvironmentVariable("PATH") + ":" + GetEnvironmentVariable("HOME") + "/purebasic/compilers")
RunProgram("purebasic", Parameter.s, WorkingDirectory.s)

Trond · Post by **Trond** » Sun Dec 24, 2006 4:03 pm

Couldn't you run "/bin/sh" with all the commands you want executed as the parameter (similar to cmd's /c switch)?

Psychophanta · Post by **Psychophanta** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 10:34 am

That's great, thank you Timo

Trond wrote:Couldn't you run "/bin/sh" with all the commands you want executed as the parameter (similar to cmd's /c switch)?

Yes, in linux you can make any .sh (bash) file in which you accept any number of parameters. Inside the file, the parameters are obtained with: '$1', '$2', '$3', etc. the name of the bash file would be obtained with '$0'

GeoTrail · Post by **GeoTrail** » Mon Dec 25, 2006 4:36 pm

I didn't know that. But then again, there's allot I don't know about Linux

Oh, btw, I'm still running Ubuntu. Longest ever I have had Linux running on my machine

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:41 am

Thought I would use this thread for my dumb question rather than start a new dumb questions thread.

I have just installed the latest stable release of Debain Sarge onto my test machine & me being a Linux illiterate I must say it was surprisingly easy to do.

I now have PB4 Linux working with some help from this thread, so thanks to the ppl who have thrown their dollars worth in so far.

My question is regards to InitSound() function in this Linux version which is for some reason failing on me. - An example of this is the WeaponzII sample in the example files which simply returns 0 on this machine, but all the graphics work seamlessly. Is there maybe something else I need to install for PB to have sound functions work?

Also. fwiw - Sound is working fine with gnome default sounds, mp3's, wav, etc, just not in the PB environment?

Nik · Post by **Nik** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:23 pm

Can't help you with IniTSound but wanted to mention that as of a few weeks ago the newest stable debian is Etch not Sarge

Thalius · Post by **Thalius** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:47 pm

Yup 7.04 Ubuntu has some nice little tweaks.
http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

@baldrick:
Getting any error when you compile in console ?

Thalius

Baldrick · Post by **Baldrick** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:21 pm

@Thalias,
I just tried the console from your suggestion & yes I am getting an error

ALSA lib pcm_dmix.c:864:(snd_pcm_dmix_open) unable to open slave

Since my original post here I have changed the libsdl from 1 option to another option debian has called "all". This has stopped the 0 return on initsound(), but now this same example crashes when an attempt is made to play a sound.