Hi All
I have rasberry pi Rasbian and i hope same one would would like to help me with installing unix sbbs please i not much good with unix but I would like to try.
Firstly does any one how if there is a how to do video of the installing
of it.
secondly I have been on wiki.synchro.net/install:nix and just having
a bit of troule following it
so this is my first step ie
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- You must create the directory where Synchronet will live. Some common locations would be your home directory (e.g. /home/you/sbbs) or the system root directory (e.g. /sbbs).
By default, Synchronet executables will look for files in the /sbbs/ctrl directory, so if you install Synchronet into a different directory you will need to either create a symbolic link in your root directory (e.g. ln -s /home/you/sbbs /) or set the SBBSCTRL environment variable accordingly
---------------------------------------------------------------------------- - And would like to now does this look right or not
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 740 Oct 6 09:18 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs -> /home/pi/sbbs/
Hi All
I have rasberry pi Rasbian and i hope same one would would like to help me with installing unix sbbs please i not much good with unix but I would like to try.
Firstly does any one how if there is a how to do video of the installing
of it.
secondly I have been on wiki.synchro.net/install:nix and just having
a bit of troule following it
so this is my first step ie
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 740 Oct 6 09:18 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs -> /home/pi/sbbs/
Hi All
I have rasberry pi Rasbian and i hope same one would would like to help me with installing unix sbbs please i not much good with unix but I would like to try.
secondly I have been on wiki.synchro.net/install:nix and just having
a bit of troule following it
For the RPI it would be best to follow these instructions http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:raspbian_install
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 740 Oct 6 09:18 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs -> /home/pi/sbbs/
For me it seemed to work better installing sbbs to /sbbs as RELEASE=1 rather than SYSLINK=1
basically the commands are:be)
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get -y dist-upgrade
sudo apt-get -y install cvs zip libnspr4-dev libncurses5-dev
sudo mkdir /sbbs
sudo chown -R pi: /sbbs // assuming you are running as user pi (it will
cd /sbbs
wget http://cvs.synchro.net/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/*checkout*/install/GNUmakefil
e make install RELEASE=1
export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
cd /sbbs/exec
./scfg // edit your Synchronet BBS system settings
After the build completes you may want to check /sbbs/exec and make
sure all of the executables were installed correctly
cd /sbbs/exec
ls -lh // look at the ownership and timestamps
you run it as sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs
I would suggest for the first executions you run it in it own terminal
in the foreground so you can immediately see the console output, once
you are comfortable it is running correctly you can either run it sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs & or edit the /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini and set
DAEMONIZE=TRUE
hope this helps
Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
with installing unix sbbs please i not much good with unix but I would like to try.
Hi Sneaky,
I've installed fine on a Raspberry Pi. I found on the wiki a howto for Raspberry Pi, and I followed that (sorry cant give you a link, I'm
travelling to the US and at LA airport the synchro.net website is "blocked" (?)
My install is actually in docker using the debian:stretch container
(plus the pre-reqs on the wiki) - and it compiled no problems. In
theory it should work on Raspbian directly.
I will build a Pi docker container, which will make installation as
simple as "docker pull ...." but that might need to wait until I return home.
Hi Digital Man
Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
secondly I have been on wiki.synchro.net/install:nix and just having
a bit of troule following it
There are step-by-step instructions specifically for the pi here: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:raspbian_install
Thank you for this link, make thing easer for me, will try this out and see how I go.
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 740 Oct 6 09:18 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs -> /home/pi/sbbs/
Sure, assuming that's an ls output of the root directory.
knowing me probably not ie
if I go to terminal emulation
ls
I have desktop downloads sbbs
cd /
ls
I have bin dev home lost+found root sbbs sys usr
----
but if say it should be in the root dir
then I may not have it right.
Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
secondly I have been on wiki.synchro.net/install:nix and just having
a bit of troule following it
There are step-by-step instructions specifically for the pi here: http://wiki.synchro.net/howto:raspbian_install
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 740 Oct 6 09:18 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs -> /home/pi/sbbs/
Sure, assuming that's an ls output of the root directory.
On 10-07-18 21:38, Sneaky wrote to All <=-
And would like to now does this look right or not
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 740 Oct 6 09:18 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs -> /home/pi/sbbs/
On 10-07-18 10:09, Mortifis wrote to Sneaky <=-
For me it seemed to work better installing sbbs to /sbbs as RELEASE=1 rather than SYSLINK=1
On 10-08-18 09:45, Sneaky wrote to Digital Man <=-
if I go to terminal emulation
ls
I have desktop downloads sbbs
cd /
ls
I have bin dev home lost+found root sbbs sys usr
Doesn't RELEASE=1 install the older 3.16? (which is ancient). And I think
On 10-07-18 10:09, Mortifis wrote to Sneaky <=-
For me it seemed to work better installing sbbs to /sbbs as RELEASE=1 rather than SYSLINK=1
Doesn't RELEASE=1 install the older 3.16? (which is ancient).
And I think
you mean SYMLINK=1 in the above example. I got the development build installed easily by dropping the SYMLINK=1 parameter.
isOn 10-08-18 09:45, Sneaky wrote to Digital Man <=-
if I go to terminal emulation
ls
I have desktop downloads sbbs
cd /
ls
I have bin dev home lost+found root sbbs sys usr
That looks right. '/' is what's called the "root directory", so the symlink
in the right place. /root is known as either /root or root's homedirectory.
On 10-07-18 19:42, Digital Man wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
No. "RELEASE" means a non-debug build of the same source code.
And I think
you mean SYMLINK=1 in the above example. I got the development build installed easily by dropping the SYMLINK=1 parameter.
Either way should work.
On 10-07-18 22:32, echicken wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
@TZ: 40f0
Re: Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
By: Tony Langdon to Mortifis on Mon Oct 08 2018 12:52:00
Doesn't RELEASE=1 install the older 3.16? (which is ancient). And I think
No, that would be more a matter of checking out the 3.16 tag from CVS. IIRC RELEASE=1 is the default/normal build, instead of DEBUG=1 for a
debug build.
but if say it should be in the root dir
then I may not have it right.
No, you have it right. '/' is called the "root directory" (same as with DOS and Windows). "/root" is different (the home directory for the
'root' user).
you run it as sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs
I would suggest for the first executions you run it in it own terminal
in the foreground so you can immediately see the console output, once
you are comfortable it is running correctly you can either run it sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs & or edit the /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini and set
DAEMONIZE=TRUE
hope this helps
drwxr-xr-x 23 root root 740 Oct 6 09:18 run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs -> /home/pi/sbbs/
What directory are you in? Lacking the relevant context to know if
this is right. The output of 'pwd' alongside this directory listing
would have been helpful.
lrwxrwxrwx 20 pi pi 4096 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs
On 10-08-18 02:25, Nelgin wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
You might get a bit more information if you ls -l
This will give you a long list and you can check if your symlinks are correct.
On 10-07-18 10:09, Mortifis wrote to Sneaky <=-
For me it seemed to work better installing sbbs to /sbbs as RELEASE=1 rather than SYSLINK=1
Doesn't RELEASE=1 install the older 3.16? (which is ancient). And I think you mean SYMLINK=1 in the above example. I got the development build installed easily by dropping the SYMLINK=1 parameter.
On 10-08-18 09:45, Sneaky wrote to Digital Man <=-
if I go to terminal emulation
ls
I have desktop downloads sbbs
cd /
ls
I have bin dev home lost+found root sbbs sys usr
That looks right. '/' is what's called the "root directory", so the symlink is in the right place. /root is known as either /root or
root's home directory.
Hi Mortifis
Okay I had a go install sbbs on rasberry pi rasbian with your steps you have given me
and after installing it went into scfg and edit a few thing then fired up the console
and seemed to be loaded okay but it's not binding to ports 843, 22, etc maybe same in
rasbian setting not sure.
I have it online now 3rdchoicecore.ddns.net:1022 that part seems to be working fine
but I don't how what I have done if I go to terminal and try to fire up scfg I now have a error that came up in the scfg window (main configuration file /sbbs/exec/main.cnf missing)
to which means I cannot ad message group, I have done same wrong or there is same thing I should have done
but any way thank you for these step worked great for me.
For me it seemed to work better installing sbbs to /sbbs as RELEASE=1
rather than SYSLINK=1
Doesn't RELEASE=1 install the older 3.16? (which is ancient). And I
think you mean SYMLINK=1 in the above example. I got the development build installed easily by dropping the SYMLINK=1 parameter.
Hi Mortifis
you run it as sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs
I would suggest for the first executions you run it in it own terminal in the foreground so you can immediately see the console output, once you are comfortable it is running correctly you can either run it sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs & or edit the /sbbs/ctrl/sbbs.ini and set DAEMONIZE=TRUE
hope this helps
Okay I had a go install sbbs on rasberry pi rasbian with your steps you have given me
and after installing it went into scfg and edit a few thing then fired up the console
and seemed to be loaded okay but it's not binding to ports 843, 22, etc maybe same in
rasbian setting not sure.
I have it online now 3rdchoicecore.ddns.net:1022 that part seems to be working fine
but I don't how what I have done if I go to terminal and try to fire up scfg I now have a error that came up in the scfg window (main configuration file /sbbs/exec/main.cnf missing)
is
in the right place. /root is known as either /root or root's home
directory.
You might get a bit more information if you ls -l
This will give you a long list and you can check if your symlinks are correct.
bbs@bbs:/$ ls -l sbbs
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 14 Dec 4 2017 sbbs -> /home/bbs/sbbs
I can see that I'm properly linked. If you have colors set, a bad
symlink will usually show up red.
On 10-08-18 23:26, Sneaky wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Cool thank you for this good to see I got it right.
On 10-08-18 05:39, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
max and i have been building 3.17 in RELEASE=1 or DEBUG=1 modes since
she decided to try to wade in a few years back... we've used SYMLINK=1 with both... my current install is /not/ using symlinks because of problems we ran into in the past on max's system when switching between release or debug... not that one will be doing that very often but i didn't want to deal with that bit of hassel when i decide to switch
from debug to release...
On 10-08-18 23:23, Sneaky wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Digital man said I did it right, still learning unix and I got same
step
from mortifis and I have install the sbbs on my rasberry pi which it cool,
a few thing to work on though
lrwxrwxrwx 20 pi pi 4096 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs
it look a bit like this now
On 10-08-18 08:48, Mortifis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
yes, SYSLINK was a typo ... I ran make RELEASE=1 and it compiled as
3.17a .. my understanding is that by using RELEASE=1 is telling the compiler to not include extra debugging info? One could just run make
and seemed to be loaded okay but it's not binding to ports 843, 22, etc maybe same in
rasbian setting not sure.
Likely because ports 22 (ssh) and 843 (FlashPolicy) are already bound
... if you want to use ssh with the sbbs run sudo raspi-config and
disable ssh that should free it up for the board, personally I leave it for use on the raspberrypi so I can ssh into it from anywhere
I have it online now 3rdchoicecore.ddns.net:1022 that part seems to be
working fine
but I don't how what I have done if I go to terminal and try to fire up scfg I now have a error that came up in the scfg window (main configuration file /sbbs/exec/main.cnf missing)
everytime you open a terminal you need to export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
(or whereever your ctrl directory is located) ... I believe you can permanently set it in your .profile or just write a little script to
run scfg #!/bin/bash
export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
/sbbs/exec/scfg
to which means I cannot ad message group, I have done same wrong or there is same thing I should have done
once SBBSCTRL is export main.cnf will be located correctly
but any way thank you for these step worked great for me.
Oh course the steps worked great for you, they are instructions from Digitalman :)
Okay I had a go install sbbs on rasberry pi rasbian with your steps you have given me
and after installing it went into scfg and edit a few thing then fired up the console
and seemed to be loaded okay but it's not binding to ports 843, 22, etc maybe same in
rasbian setting not sure.
Port 22 is likely conflicting with the SSH server in Raspbian.
I have it online now 3rdchoicecore.ddns.net:1022 that part seems to be working fine
but I don't how what I have done if I go to terminal and try to fire up scfg I now have a error that came up in the scfg window (main configuration file /sbbs/exec/main.cnf missing)
That means you don't have the SBBSCTRL environment variable set. http://wiki.synchro.net/config:env
doneOn 10-08-18 23:23, Sneaky wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Digital man said I did it right, still learning unix and I got same step
from mortifis and I have install the sbbs on my rasberry pi which it cool,
a few thing to work on though
A later post did have the required information for us to determine you had
it right, but it wasn't in the one I replied to, because in that post, youleft
no clue as to what directory you were sitting in when you typed the command.
lrwxrwxrwx 20 pi pi 4096 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs
it look a bit like this now
Again, no information about what directory you're in. Only know it's right from other information (in other messages). :)
Hi Mortifis
and seemed to be loaded okay but it's not binding to ports 843, 22, etc
maybe same in
rasbian setting not sure.
Likely because ports 22 (ssh) and 843 (FlashPolicy) are already bound
... if you want to use ssh with the sbbs run sudo raspi-config and
disable ssh that should free it up for the board, personally I leave it
for use on the raspberrypi so I can ssh into it from anywhere
okay that's cool, I just leave it as is.
from mortifis and I have install the sbbs on my rasberry pi which it cool,
a few thing to work on though
A later post did have the required information for us to determine you
had done it right, but it wasn't in the one I replied to, because in
that post, you left no clue as to what directory you were sitting in
when you typed the command.
lrwxrwxrwx 20 pi pi 4096 18 Oct 7 10:58 sbbs
it look a bit like this now
Again, no information about what directory you're in. Only know it's right from other information (in other messages). :)
Cool thank you for this good to see I got it right.
Now enjoy. :)
disable ssh that should free it up for the board, personally I leave it
for use on the raspberrypi so I can ssh into it from anywhere
okay that's cool, I just leave it as is.
Actually, there are adventages to moving your ssh port to something
else. You'll find a lot of people trying to get into your system if you don't firewall it off. Change your /etc/ssh/sshd_config to change the
port from 22 to something else that only you know, like 27 for example. Then you can run your bbs on port 22 for ssh, nobody will have to worry about knowing ssh is on a different port and if anyone hacks the
password for ssh, they furthest they're going to get it to you bbs, not your OS.
Don't forget you may have to configure iptables or firewalld and open
the port on your router if you still want to connect from the internet
on your new ssh port.
On 10-09-18 19:57, Sneaky wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
Okay I am sorry I didn't give you more info on it and not saying we I
was sitting in in my last message, probably didn't now myself at the
time and thought about that from you last message, i am sitting in /
to were I have sbbs installed from ternamal I think is pi (desktop Document) then
cd / Run Etc Sbbs) root dir that the way I see it but you might see it another way so again sorry
On 10-09-18 19:54, Sneaky wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
@TZ: 02d0
Hi Tony Langdon
-
Cool thank you for this good to see I got it right.
Now enjoy. :)
Yes I will now enjoy it
Thank You
On 10-08-18 20:43, Mortifis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
I always read the thread before replying :-P
max and i have been building 3.17 in RELEASE=1 or DEBUG=1 modes since
she decided to try to wade in a few years back... we've used
SYMLINK=1 with both... my current install is /not/ using symlinks
because of problems we ran into in the past on max's system when
switching between release or debug... not that one will be doing that
very often but i didn't want to deal with that bit of hassel when i
decide to switch from debug to release...
I went for no symlinks, while I had no issues with symlinks, I prefer
to have my binaries in the right place in the tree, in case I ever
have to move the source tree or remove it for some reason. And if I
ever have to replace binaries by hand, I didn't want to have to chase symlinks.
And DM, echicken and others cleared up my misinterpretation of
RELEASE. :)
On 2018 Oct 09 06:58:00, you wrote to me:
max and i have been building 3.17 in RELEASE=1 or DEBUG=1 modes since
she decided to try to wade in a few years back... we've used
SYMLINK=1 with both... my current install is /not/ using symlinks
because of problems we ran into in the past on max's system when
switching between release or debug... not that one will be doing that
very often but i didn't want to deal with that bit of hassel when i
decide to switch from debug to release...
I went for no symlinks, while I had no issues with symlinks, I prefer to have my binaries in the right place in the tree, in case I ever
have to move the source tree or remove it for some reason. And if I ever have to replace binaries by hand, I didn't want to have to chase symlinks.
yup! in the case i speak of, when switching between release and debug, the make
file stuff doesn't touch the symlink so it remains pointing at the wrong binary...
On 10-09-18 21:18, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
yup! in the case i speak of, when switching between release and debug,
the make file stuff doesn't touch the symlink so it remains pointing at the wrong binary... copying the files into the tree doesn't have this problem but there is the (minor) additional drive space usage...
Okay I had a go install sbbs on rasberry pi rasbian with your steps
you have given me and after installing it went into scfg and edit a few
thing then fired up the console and seemed to be loaded okay but it's
not binding to ports 843, 22, etc maybe same in rasbian setting not
sure.
Port 22 is likely conflicting with the SSH server in Raspbian.
yup! in the case i speak of, when switching between release and
debug, the make file stuff doesn't touch the symlink so it remains
pointing at the wrong binary... copying the files into the tree
doesn't have this problem but there is the (minor) additional drive
space usage...
Yeah, these days, that bit of disk usage is trivial. :)
yup! in the case i speak of, when switching between release and debug,
the make file stuff doesn't touch the symlink so it remains pointing at
the wrong binary...
Unless you run 'make symlinks'.
FWIW: we always move the OS' ssh port to another... for one thing, it knocks out a lot of scanners trying to get OS level access... we have, however, been leaving sbbs' ssh on 22... whether that's a good idea or not remains to be seen... speaking only of my new setup, i think i still have
On 2018 Oct 09 20:42:56, you wrote to me:
yup! in the case i speak of, when switching between release and debug,
the make file stuff doesn't touch the symlink so it remains pointing at
the wrong binary...
Unless you run 'make symlinks'.
ahhh... that's one of the changes in the build process... mayhaps it was brought about by max's and my posting about our discovery with symlinks and switching between debug and build releases?
Hi Mortifis
I noticed you dropped in to 1st and 3rd Choice core thank you however
in 3rd choice core I think you posted a message to me, but I didn't get
working fine
but I don't how what I have done if I go to terminal and try to fire up scfg I now have a error that came up in the scfg window (main configuration file /sbbs/exec/main.cnf missing)
everytime you open a terminal you need to export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl (or whereever your ctrl directory is located) ... I believe you can permanently set it in your .profile or just write a little script to run scfg #!/bin/bash
export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
/sbbs/exec/scfg
okay got you, yep that did the trick, thanks
to which means I cannot ad message group, I have done same wrong or there is same thing I should have done
once SBBSCTRL is export main.cnf will be located correctly
Yep it did.
but any way thank you for these step worked great for me.
Oh course the steps worked great for you, they are instructions from Digitalman :)
Okay cool, thank you and Digitalman and wiki,for helping me.
may I ask you what did sbbs use for inporting and exporting networks message windows it binkit
looked on wiki pages no how to in window bit unsure in unix
also how do you edit the mail server per settings etc
Thank you
FWIW: we always move the OS' ssh port to another... for one thing, it
knocks out a lot of scanners trying to get OS level access... we
have, however, been leaving sbbs' ssh on 22... whether that's a good
idea or not remains to be seen... speaking only of my new setup, i
think i still have
I do the same. The only real problem I have encountered by leaving
SBBS listening on 22 is that all nodes occasionally get tied up with
"new users" (bots landing in new user setup after trying accounts that don't exist). On top of inactivity timeouts I have a small script that runs in this case to boot them off faster, seems to do the job.
ahhh... that's one of the changes in the build process... mayhaps it
was brought about by max's and my posting about our discovery with
symlinks and switching between debug and build releases?
Perhaps but you weren't the only one(s) to have issues with that.
Anyway, not 'make install' will copy the binaries while 'make
symlinks' will create symlinks instead.
On 10-10-18 07:38, mark lewis wrote to Tony Langdon <=-
speaking of drive space, this recent move i had to make to another bbs package enabled me to increase the available drive space i have for the BBS... my old system was running on an 8Gig and a 20Gig drive... the 8
was split into 4 2g (OS limits when originally set up) and the 20 was split into 2 10g... now the whole thing is on one 40G VM drive...
pathing is a lot easier, too! :lol:
may I ask you what did sbbs use for inporting and exporting networks message windows it binkit
looked on wiki pages no how to in window bit unsure in unix
for qwk (ie: dove-net) sbbs uses gnet-ftp and it is triggered in timed
events or by running touch /sbbs/data/qnet/vert.now (to make a qwk calloutto vert)
also triggered by timed events and semephores.
documentation on synchronet wiki; http://wiki.synchro.net/util:sbbsecho
also how do you edit the mail server per settings etc
Mail Server Setting are easily configured in sbbs.ini under [Mail]
which is well commented :)
have looked at it much yet but I think
gtkmonitor has an interface for mail setting as well
Thank you
You're welcome ... though I may caution, my 'advice' is not always completely accurate and is often not the easiest way to accomplish a
task lol
Hi Mortifis
Okay per the gtkmonitor how do I get that to work and yes I looked at wiki about it see what it looks like, and to execute it is /exec/gtkmonitor - and gtkmonitor settigs in/ctrl/gtmonitor
but either of these files are in these are in the direcorty I either have to edit or services.ini or sbbs.ini or install the files from same were not sure which.
Ian S 1st Choice Core Sbbs Nz Windows 10
Hi Mortifis
In my case, at least, I had to build gtkmonitor gtkuseredit gtkchat and gtkuserlist individually in their respective source directories (ie: src/sbbs3/gtkmonitor make RELEASE=1 ) and copy the binaries to the /sbbs/exec directory. I am sure their are easier ways but that is how I did it.
Okay I found those dirs, and chance could you pass you step on to me
or is it samething like this
cd /sbbs/src/sbbs3/gtkmonitor
make RELEASE=1
then cd to each dir etc gtkuseredit gtkchat and gtkuserlist
in each and do the same ie make RELEASE=1
if so, will I now what files to copy to /sbbs/exec and as well as /ctrl /text
and in 1 message you had to down load a file but at this point cannot remember the
name of it as you could compile gtkmonitor.c I think
Thank you for your help
Ian S 1st Choice Core sbbs Nz
In my case, at least, I had to build gtkmonitor gtkuseredit gtkchat and gtkuserlist individually in their respective source directories (ie: src/sbbs3/gtkmonitor make RELEASE=1 ) and copy the binaries to the /sbbs/exec directory. I am sure their are easier ways but that is how I did it.
I have an Image that you can burn to an SD card for the PI that has raspian installed as well as Synchronet 3.17 and Mystic.
you can Dload it at -> ftp://outwestbbs.com/raspberry.pi.re/RASPBERR/00index.html
I have text instructions on the desktop everything is preinstalled.
Hi All
I have rasberry pi Rasbian and i hope same one would would like to help me with installing unix sbbs please i not much good with unix but I would like to try.
Firstly does any one how if there is a how to do video of the installing of it.
Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
By: Sneaky to All on Sun Oct 07 2018 09:38 pm
Hi All
I have rasberry pi Rasbian and i hope same one would would like to help me with installing unix sbbs please i not much good with unix but I would like to try.
Firstly does any one how if there is a how to do video of the installing of it.
I have an Image that you can burn to an SD card for the PI that has raspian installed as well as Synchronet 3.17 and Mystic.
you can Dload it at -> ftp://outwestbbs.com/raspberry.pi.re/RASPBERR/00index.html
I have text instructions on the desktop everything is preinstalled.
... Common sense is instinct. Enough of it is genius.
Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
By: Denn to Sneaky on Mon Oct 15 2018 00:09:38
Hi Denn
I have an Image that you can burn to an SD card for the PI that has raspian installed as well as Synchronet 3.17 and Mystic.
you can Dload it at -> ftp://outwestbbs.com/raspberry.pi.re/RASPBERR/00index.html
I have text instructions on the desktop everything is preinstalled.
Thank you for this image, its going to take a while to download
but I have plenty of time so that cool, and I will read the text instruction. and after I have either of them up and running I get back to you about it.
Hi Denn
I have an Image that you can burn to an SD card for the PI that has
Thank you for this image, its going to take a while to download
but I have plenty of time so that cool, and I will read the text instruction. and after I have either of them up and running I get back to you about it.
ftp://outwestbbs.com/raspberry.pi.re/RASPBERR/00index.html
I have text instructions on the desktop everything is preinstalled.
Thank you for this image, its going to take a while to download
but I have plenty of time so that cool, and I will read the text instruction. and after I have either of them up and running I get back to you about it.
were you unable to get Synchronet BBS compiled and running on you RPI?
I thought the only remaining issue was setting up binkit and FTN?
had a few minutes and was easily able to get gtkmonitor, gtkuseredit, gtkuserlist,
compiled and running with the proper enviroment
setings and a desktop icon for quick launch,
if you'd like I can send
you the 'get your hands dirty in Linux' info.
Hi Mortifisgtkmonitor, gtkuseredit, gtkuserlist,
yes I tried to compile these exciept gtkchat but still having problems with enviroment
a little box came up and say (sbbctrl not set) even it I run
export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl first then sudo exec/gtkmonitor
compiled and running with the proper enviroment
setings and a desktop icon for quick launch,
how did you do that, maybe that will fix my enviroment
if you'd like I can send
you the 'get your hands dirty in Linux' info.
Ian S 1st Choice Core Sbbs Nz
Thank you for this image, its going to take a while to download
but I have plenty of time so that cool, and I will read the text instruction. and after I have either of them up and running I get back to you about it.
Sorry it's so big I need to figure out how to shrink the image to a resonable size.
I will try to figure that out next weekend.
gtkmonitor, gtkuseredit, gtkuserlist,
compiled and running with the proper enviroment
setings and a desktop icon for quick launch,
how did you do that, maybe that will fix my enviroment
for a desktop item
cd ~/Desktop
create a file called gtk-monitor.desktop (I use pico so pico gtk-monitor.desktop)
add these lines
[Desktop Entry]
Name="SBBS Monitor"
Exec="/sbbs/exec/gtkmonitor"
Icon="/path/to/some/128pxX128px.png"
Comment="If I'm here i show in properties tab or something" X-GNOME-FullName="Synchronet BBS Monitor"
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
save and exit...the desktop item should appear now but you aren't ready
to fully launch it yet...
now
cd ~
pico .profile
add these two lines
export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
export SBBSEXEC=/sbbs/exec
save and exit
just for good measure add the same to lines at the end of .bashrc
make sure .bash_profile looks like this
if [ -f ~/.profile ]; then
. ~/.profile
fi
now make sure the desktop enviroment includes those console settings
pico .xsessionrc
if [ -f ~/.profile ]; then
. ~/.profile
fi
if all goes as plan you should now be able to launch gtk-monitor from
the desktop and menu items should have the ctrl setting set. As for
binkit FTN, someone else would be better equipped to help :)
now create
Hi Denn
I have an Image that you can burn to an SD card for the PI that has raspian installed as well as Synchronet 3.17 and Mystic.
you can Dload it at -> ftp://outwestbbs.com/raspberry.pi.re/RASPBERR/00index.html
I have text instructions on the desktop everything is preinstalled.
Thank you for this image, its going to take a while to download
but I have plenty of time so that cool, and I will read the text instruction. and after I have either of them up and running I get back to you about it.
were you unable to get Synchronet BBS compiled and running on you RPI?
I thought the only remaining issue was setting up binkit and FTN? I've
had a few minutes and was easily able to get gtkmonitor, gtkuseredit, gtkuserlist, gtkchat compiled and running with the proper enviroment setings and a desktop icon for quick launch,
if you'd like I can send
you the 'get your hands dirty in Linux' info.
Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
By: Sneaky to Denn on Mon Oct 15 2018 10:05 pm
Hi Denn
I have an Image that you can burn to an SD card for the PI that has
Thank you for this image, its going to take a while to download
but I have plenty of time so that cool, and I will read the text instruction. and after I have either of them up and running I get back to you about it.
Sorry it's so big I need to figure out how to shrink the image to a resonable size.
I will try to figure that out next weekend.
You're a very helpful person, brah ... though, personally, I believe un*x is a 'get yer hands dirty' OS, that's why Windows still exists :-P
I have an Image that you can burn to an SD card for the PI that
has
You're a very helpful person, brah ... though, personally, I believe un*x is a 'get yer hands dirty' OS, that's why Windows still exists :-P
were you unable to get Synchronet BBS compiled and running on you
RPI?
will with your help, yes I did, get it compiled but have same issues, so thought
I would download this image to see if I might have not done it properly
I did follow the instructions may have done same wrong or not and was good for denn, to offer this image to compare, it will be me if its not right couple of issues when downloading a qwk pkt I cannot hang up or quick H
I ahve got the raspberr.zip downloaded and transfered to microsd and
tried on a rasb pi b+ would load but wanted to work, put it on
a rasb pi b and worked fine thank you (maybe a upgrade to work for b+)
but no probs it's working ok.
just 1 think though you set variable on boot up which is good
but when running sudo /sbbs/exec/scfg, it cames up but a error message cannot find ctrl/main.cnf missing so I cannot edit any setting,
tried a few things ie export SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl no difference
but the sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs works fine, these are run in /sbbs
just letting you now and any help you can give me will be great
Thank you
On 10-16-18 23:41, Denn wrote to Sneaky <=-
I never even considered if it might run on a PI B or B+
On 10-16-18 23:23, Denn wrote to Mortifis <=-
I believe So many Linux Distro's confuse and frustrate most people,
I have tried many versions in the past and have settled on two Distro's that work well for what I do.
1.Ubuntu Mate is my favorite
2.Debian is my second choice.
Maybe one day there will be a mainstream Linux Distro that will take
out Windows.
Yes there is a learning curve to Linux if you want to take full
advantage of it's power but several Desktops will work for many un tech savvy people.
but the sudo /sbbs/exec/sbbs works fine, these are run in /sbbs
just letting you now and any help you can give me will be great
Thank you
I never even considered if it might run on a PI B or B+
When I did this Image I did it for th RPI 2 and RPI3 and tested it on both of those, and yes I made it so it
set up the variable on boot up for convenence.
I did follow the instructions may have done same wrong or not and was good for denn, to offer this image to compare, it will be me if its not right couple of issues when downloading a qwk pkt I cannot hang up or quick H
On this Image you can just burn it to your SD card Synchronet is already compiled and ready to run.
all you need to do is configure your settings.
What does it mean to "burn" something to an SD card? You can burn data to an optical disc, but I haven't heard of burning data to an SD card..
On this Image you can just burn it to your SD card Synchronet is already compiled and ready to run.
Maybe one day there will be a mainstream Linux Distro that will take out Windows.
"Burn" has also been used in relation to EPROMs, which may be, superficially, a closer comparison in this case.
I think I've heard "burn" regarding EPROMs, but I thought the term "flash" wis more common in that case (as in flashing a BIOS on your motherboard,
My point was mostly that people use "burn" in this context for an assortment of reasons. It's not correct, but it's common enough that I wouldn't bother getting hung up on it.
On 10-17-18 10:01, Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-
What does it mean to "burn" something to an SD card? You can burn data
to an optical disc, but I haven't heard of burning data to an SD card..
On 10-17-18 12:35, Nightfox wrote to echicken <=-
@TZ: 41a4
Re: Re: Rasberry Pi unix help
By: echicken to Nightfox on Wed Oct 17 2018 02:40 pm
"Burn" has also been used in relation to EPROMs, which may be, superficially, a closer comparison in this case.
I think I've heard "burn" regarding EPROMs, but I thought the term
"flash" wis more common in that case (as in flashing a BIOS on your motherboard, etc.).
On 10-17-18 10:00, Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-
They've been saying that for years. Several Linux distros have tried (Ubuntu is one of the latest). I think there are some Linux distros
that potentially can right now. Linux Mint with the Cinnamon UI is currently one of my favorites.
On this Image you can just burn it to your SD card Synchronet is
already compiled and ready to run.
What does it mean to "burn" something to an SD card? You can burn data to an optical disc, but I haven't heard of burning data to an SD card..
that's cool, just letting you now, so if you pass it on to same one else they will now as well
set up the variable on boot up for convenence.
May I ask how and were you did this
Thank You
Yes I have burn the image on my SD thank you and confiqured me settingI did follow the instructions may have done same wrong or not and
to have sbbs running now. it solved my post/reply issue but not the qwknet issue hanging up after download finished goes to 0 then just add number and carries on, have to abort then hang up via the main menu , 1 out of 2 not bad I suppose.
Maybe one day there will be a mainstream Linux Distro that will take
out Windows.
They've been saying that for years. Several Linux distros have tried (Ubuntu is one of the latest). I think there are some Linux distros that potentially can right now. Linux Mint with the Cinnamon UI is currently one of my favorites.
I have tried Mint but I prefer a lighter Distro, on my VPS I run LXDE and then add only the things I want to add.
Mint however is a great package for most people.
set up the variable on boot up for convenence.
May I ask how and were you did this
Thank You
I did this project awhile ago, I need load it up on my PI so I can see what file(s) I modified.
I will look at it this weekend.
and carries on, have to abort then hang up via the main menu , 1 out of 2 not bad I suppose.
I will load it on my PI 2 this weekend and see if I can figure it out.
On 10-18-18 09:32, Nightfox wrote to Denn <=-
:) I thought Mint was fairly light, compared to my older favorite
distro SuSE (now OpenSUSE), which commonly came in a DVD ISO rather
than just a CD ISO.
I will load it on my PI 2 this weekend and see if I can figure it
out.
Okay cool, as far as posting in message group per post/reply it did
work in dove-net echo but I did add fsxnet network but post didn't work (user unknown) checked scfg setting between both all looked might have missed
set up the variable on boot up for convenence.
May I ask how and were you did this
Re: Rasberry Pi unix help with install
By: Sneaky to Denn on Wed Oct 17 2018 09:34 pm
May I ask how and were you did this
sudo nano /etc/profile
type the above command in bash then goto the bottom of the file
and you will see it.
it's the last line
export SBBDCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl
Okay cool, as far as posting in message group per post/reply it did
work in dove-net echo but I did add fsxnet network but post didn't work (user unknown) checked scfg setting between both all looked might have missed
Oh, If it works with Dove-net thats all I have set up have not tried
fxnet or or any other network, to me user unknown might indicate the hosting network needs login info from your BBS.
wrong binary... copying the files into the tree doesn't have this problem but there is the (minor) additional drive space usage...
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