hi

The available package from netpkg is childsplay-0.90.1-i486-50.1

i'm trying to get this going due to possible use of Zenwalk in Schools, Ghana

installed it but pygame window crashed. posted on forum under bugs and got some help in trying
buildpkg and altering version in Zenbuild file at /usr/src/childsplay-0.90.1/

i managed to get another new file but on installing it pygame still crashed. posted problems at
source forge no reply so far.

Another forum member suggested buidling my own package; I just don't feel I know enough!

thus request for help !

ps uname -r bring up kernel info of 2.6.33.4 (zenwalk gnome desktop)

willing to give it a go on buidling a package but need "spoon feeding " reading wiki isn't going to be enough .. well you can see my user name !!!

I've managed to get childsplay working by rebuilding pygame.
go to /usr/src/pygame-1.8.1/ and run buildpkg.

With this rebuild pygame I was also able to run childsplay-1.5.1 from http://schoolsplay.wikidot.com/website:childsplay
I used rather than building a package because python is a foreign language to me!

thanks again aurlaent

on trying to build pygame changed zenver in ZENBUILD to 64 got following:

andrew[~]$ cd /usr/src/pygame-1.8.1
andrew[pygame-1.8.1]$ su
Password:
root[pygame-1.8.1]# buildpkg -x
pygame-1.8.1release.tar.gz found in current directory
Setting option norequiredbuilder
Setting option keepdepfile
Setting option noautodotnew
build-pygame.sh has been created
./build-pygame.sh: line 217: cd: /usr/src/pygame-1.8.1/src/pygame-1.8.1release: No such file or directory
python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
python: can't open file 'setup.py': [Errno 2] No such file or directory
cp: cannot stat `docs': No such file or directory
chmod: cannot access `/usr/src/pygame-1.8.1/pkg/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/pygame/freesansbold.ttf': No such file or directory
build() failed.
root[pygame-1.8.1]#

couple of questions the original childsplay-0.90.1 was still in usr/src/childsplay-0.90.1 should i remove it
.. will it conflict with 1.5.1?

on unpacking childsplay-1.5.1 in home folder and running script from home folder "python setup.py install" I noticed there was no sign of any childsplay-1.5.1 folder in /usr/src ..

should i have put unpacked childsplay in folder other than home folder ?

Here's the package I built http://rapidshare.com/files/445384678/pygame-1.8.1-i486-70.1.txz

Also installing childsplay-1.5.1 that way will not put anything in /usr/src/

I don't know if the 2 childsplay versions will conflict as the new one calls itself childsplay_sp, but it's probably safest to have only one at a time. You can uninstall 1.5.1 with

ok thanks

played around a bit
my libpng in system is libpng-1.4.2
looks like childsplay is running using libpng-1.2.44
could I upgrade libpng in childsplay or I guess could find libpng-1.2.44 from repo & install that ?


output from terminal is :



andrew[childsplay-1.5.1]$ childsplay
libpng warning: Application was compiled with png.h from libpng-1.4.2
libpng warning: Application is running with png.c from libpng-1.2.44
libpng error: Incompatible libpng version in application and library
2011-02-02 18:05:00,544 - schoolsplay.utils - ERROR - Could not load image "/usr/local/share/childsplay_sp/SPData/menu/default/spgdm_back.png"
Couldn't allocate memory for PNG file or incompatible PNG dll
2011-02-02 18:05:00,546 - schoolsplay - ERROR - unhandled exception in toplevel, traceback follows:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/local/bin/childsplay", line 132, in <module>
language=LANG)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/childsplay_sp/SPMainCore.py", line 199, in __init__
self.dm = SPDataManager.DataManager(self.spgoodies)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/childsplay_sp/SPDataManager.py", line 92, in __init__
self._start_gdm_greeter(self.cmd_options)# changes self.anonymous when users give no name
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/childsplay_sp/SPDataManager.py", line 110, in _start_gdm_greeter
fullscr=self.cmd_options.fullscreen)# returns when user hits login button
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/childsplay_sp/SPgdm.py", line 86, in __init__
back = load_image(p)
File "/usr/lib/python2.6/site-packages/childsplay_sp/utils.py", line 337, in load_image
raise MyError('Could not load image "%s"\n %s' % (file, pygame.get_error()))
MyError: : Could not load image "/usr/local/share/childsplay_sp/SPData/menu/default/spgdm_back.png"
Couldn't allocate memory for PNG file or incompatible PNG dll
andrew[childsplay-1.5.1]$

did you try the pygame package I linked?
It should fix the problem with libpng.

cannot coonect through to rapidshare ( using usb modem from a not particularly good isp- in fact none of them are good but Glo is coming next few moths)
thats Africa for you !

good news

solved its working I downloaded pygame-1.9.1 from
http://www.pygame.org/ftp/pygame-1.9.1release.tar.gz

unpacked & ran python setup.py it installed ok and childsplay 1.5.1 is working !

now that its working on my system kernel 2.6.33.4 would their be an "easy" way to create a package
for others using 2.6.33.4 kernel ?