vm on ubuntu

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> 2009/10/31 Schwab,Wilhelm K <[hidden email] <javascript:_e({},
> 'cvml', '[hidden email]');>>
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> Agreed that naming it Pharo would be better, but the name is of less
> interest to me than the vm sources.  If there are Pharo-specific
> changes, I do not see them anywere??
>
> +1  This was discussed in another thread, but I cannot find it right now. It would be VERY useful to have VM sources uploaded to the webpage. The problem is I don't know where to get the VM sources neither the plugins.
>
> I know a lot of people that stands "I won't put something in production if I cannot build it by myself". So, having the sources in the webpage is something good I think.
>
> Cheers
>
> Mariano
>
>
> Bill
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> From:
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> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
> Mariano Martinez Peck
> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 11:44 AM
> To:
> [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] vm on
> ubuntu
>
>
> Hi Doru: In a wonderful world, you would have latest PharoVM in the
> Ubuntu repositories and for all Ubuntu verions. In the real world,
> this is not done. The squeak or Pharo VM that usually are at the
> repositories are old and not for all Ubuntu versions. Thus, I think
> the easiest way to install it, is this (as Dale said):
>
> 1) Download the VM from here
> http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/22745/pharo-vm-0.15.2d-linux.z
> ip
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> 2) Unzip it somewhere.
> 3) And then you can just execute VM. Suppose you uncompress the zip in
> /home/doru/pharoVM/pharo-vm-0.15.2d-linux/
> Then you
> can open a terminal an do
> /home/doru/pharoVM/pharo-vm-0.15.2d-linux/squeak
>   /home/doru/pharo-images/myxxximage.image
>
> Now I notice that it
> would be better if the executable file is called pharo instead of
> squeak
>
> That's all.
>
> Best
>
> Mariano
>
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Tudor Girba <[hidden email] 
> <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[hidden email]');>>
> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> What
>   is the preferred way to install a Pharo vm on
>   Ubuntu?
>
> Cheers,
> Doru
>
>
> --
> www.tudorgirba.com
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> "From an abstract enough point of
>   view, any two things are
>   similar."
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> John,
>
> I would be happy to give a reproducible example, but one eludes me  
> at present.  To add to the fun, I have now seen the image quit on a  
> second Linux box; this time, my laptop.  I am fairly certain that it  
> crashed over a mouse wheel event.
>
> Both machines are running Ubuntu 9.10, which might be the trigger of  
> my new-found hassles.
>
> Bill
>

>
> Mike,
>
> A link would be great.  A zip file would no doubt help some too, though
>
>  http://squeakvm.org/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/
>
> linked from
>
>  http://squeakvm.org/unix/
>
> is perhaps better than a zip.  I _think_ users of a zip would want to see an individual file or two to check a theory about a bug or to see how something works; anyone setting out to build a vm would probably want to grab the latest source.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Bill
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [hidden email] [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of Michael Roberts
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 1:27 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] vm on ubuntu
>
> The vm sources are in svn. You want them snapshotted in a zip?
>
> Perhaps just a link to the vm web page would do.
>
> Cheers mike
>
> On Tuesday, November 3, 2009, Mariano Martinez Peck <[hidden email]> wrote:
>>
>>
>> 2009/10/31 Schwab,Wilhelm K <[hidden email] <javascript:_e({},
>> 'cvml', '[hidden email]');>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Agreed that naming it Pharo would be better, but the name is of less
>> interest to me than the vm sources.  If there are Pharo-specific
>> changes, I do not see them anywere??
>>
>> +1  This was discussed in another thread, but I cannot find it right now. It would be VERY useful to have VM sources uploaded to the webpage. The problem is I don't know where to get the VM sources neither the plugins.
>>
>> I know a lot of people that stands "I won't put something in production if I cannot build it by myself". So, having the sources in the webpage is something good I think.
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Mariano
>>
>>
>> Bill
>>
>>
>>
>> From:
>> [hidden email]
>> [mailto:[hidden email]] On Behalf Of
>> Mariano Martinez Peck
>> Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 11:44 AM
>> To:
>> [hidden email]
>> Subject: Re: [Pharo-project] vm on
>> ubuntu
>>
>>
>> Hi Doru: In a wonderful world, you would have latest PharoVM in the
>> Ubuntu repositories and for all Ubuntu verions. In the real world,
>> this is not done. The squeak or Pharo VM that usually are at the
>> repositories are old and not for all Ubuntu versions. Thus, I think
>> the easiest way to install it, is this (as Dale said):
>>
>> 1) Download the VM from here
>> http://gforge.inria.fr/frs/download.php/22745/pharo-vm-0.15.2d-linux.z
>> ip
>>
>> 2) Unzip it somewhere.
>> 3) And then you can just execute VM. Suppose you uncompress the zip in
>> /home/doru/pharoVM/pharo-vm-0.15.2d-linux/
>> Then you
>> can open a terminal an do
>> /home/doru/pharoVM/pharo-vm-0.15.2d-linux/squeak
>>   /home/doru/pharo-images/myxxximage.image
>>
>> Now I notice that it
>> would be better if the executable file is called pharo instead of
>> squeak
>>
>> That's all.
>>
>> Best
>>
>> Mariano
>>
>> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 9:09 AM, Tudor Girba <[hidden email]
>> <javascript:_e({}, 'cvml', '[hidden email]');>>
>> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> What
>>   is the preferred way to install a Pharo vm on
>>   Ubuntu?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Doru
>>
>>
>> --
>> www.tudorgirba.com
>>
>> "From an abstract enough point of
>>   view, any two things are
>>   similar."
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> Pharo-project
>>   mailing list
>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
>>
>>
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>> [hidden email]
>> http://lists.gforge.inria.fr/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pharo-project
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> John,
>
> I would be happy to give a reproducible example, but one eludes me at
> present.  To add to the fun, I have now seen the image quit on a
> second Linux box; this time, my laptop.  I am fairly certain that it
> crashed over a mouse wheel event.
>
> Both machines are running Ubuntu 9.10, which might be the trigger of
> my new-found hassles.
>
> Bill
>

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schwab,Wilhelm K
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:12 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: RE: [Pharo-project] vm on ubuntu
>
> John,
>
> My ageing image that did the mouse wheel crash is as follows:
>
> SmalltalkImage current getSystemAttribute: 1004
> 'Pharo0.1 of 16 May 2008 [latest update: #10074]'
>
> The system dictionary/error handling failure was the RC1 web image.
>
> Both quit using the following vm:
>
> SmalltalkImage current getSystemAttribute: 1006  'Unix built on Feb  
> 5 2009 19:38:30 Compiler: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.3)'
>
> I had bad experiences with newer images, but the old image has been  
> very stable.  One could argue that both have been flaky since I  
> upgraded to 9.10.  My laptop chipset seems to like the new kernel,  
> especially in terms of reliable access to the full native  
> resolution, and sound works where it did not on 9.04.  My desktop  
> did not do so well.  The upgrade was quite slow.  It soon presented  
> me with a black screen.  With no response, I finally killed the  
> power, which apparently corrupted the swap partition.  I finally got  
> it back by removing and re-creating the swap partition, followed by  
> a certain amount of forced checking that might or might not have  
> fixed something.   Suspecting power management, I disabled putting  
> the display to sleep, and have not had a problem since.  The package  
> manager crashed once on my laptop, so I do not rule out problems  
> with the Koala.
>
> Bill

>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Schwab,Wilhelm K
> Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2009 4:12 PM
> To: [hidden email]
> Subject: RE: [Pharo-project] vm on ubuntu
>
> John,
>
> My ageing image that did the mouse wheel crash is as follows:
>
> SmalltalkImage current getSystemAttribute: 1004
> 'Pharo0.1 of 16 May 2008 [latest update: #10074]'
>
> The system dictionary/error handling failure was the RC1 web image.
>
> Both quit using the following vm:
>
> SmalltalkImage current getSystemAttribute: 1006  'Unix built on Feb  
> 5 2009 19:38:30 Compiler: 4.1.2 (Gentoo 4.1.2 p1.3)'
>
> I had bad experiences with newer images, but the old image has been
> very stable.  One could argue that both have been flaky since I
> upgraded to 9.10.  My laptop chipset seems to like the new kernel,
> especially in terms of reliable access to the full native resolution,
> and sound works where it did not on 9.04.  My desktop did not do so
> well.  The upgrade was quite slow.  It soon presented me with a black
> screen.  With no response, I finally killed the power, which
> apparently corrupted the swap partition.  I finally got it back by
> removing and re-creating the swap partition, followed by a certain
> amount of forced checking that might or might not have
> fixed something.   Suspecting power management, I disabled putting  
> the display to sleep, and have not had a problem since.  The package
> manager crashed once on my laptop, so I do not rule out problems with
> the Koala.
>
> Bill