topic title: A more minimal distro just for .swf games
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leke
Joined: 29 Aug 2011
#1
I've been happily using antix on my eeepc now for a while. My boy has started using it to play .swf (flash) games on it through IceApe and although good, it can sometimes struggle a bit in full screen.
I was wondering if anyone had some tips to get a version of antix running in a way that would improve the running of his flash games?
For example I came across something that said you could drop into console mode and launch the browser with xinit iceape, but this gives a"fatal server error".

Any tips are appreciated __{{emoticon}}__
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#2
What model eeepc? Mine (eeepc 900) for reference

are you running vesa or inte or whatever chip your eeepc uses for a video driver on your eeepc

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$ inxi -G
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller 
           X.Org: 1.11.1.902 drivers: intel (unloaded: fbdev,vesa) Resolution: 1024x600@59.5hz 
           GLX Renderer: Mesa DRI Intel 915GM x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version: 1.4 Mesa 7.11.1
What version of AntiX 11 also, Full,Base.or Core iso? How much ram do you have on that eeepc? Mine on this one is 2gig. On my eeepc 701 I have 1gig of ram. Same Celeron processor in Both.

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$ inxi
CPU~Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) clocked at 900.146 Mhz Kernel~2.6.36-1-mepis-smp i686 Up~1:50 Mem~311.7/2016.4MB HDD~20.2GB(17.9% used) Procs~107 Client~Shell inxi~1.7.27
Curious about .swf game that stutters. Gotta link?
I'll test it, (though not a gamer type myself, I suck at games), to see if it stutters on my eeepc 900.

I run Seamonkey 2.5 static and Iron Browser static in /home on mine with

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Flash - Version: 10.3.183
Shockwave Flash 10.3 r183
Posts: 20
leke
Joined: 29 Aug 2011
#3
Hi, I have an old 701 4G with 512MB Memory. Here are some antix stats...

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System:    Host XP Kernel 2.6.36-1-mepis-smp i686 (32 bit) Distro antiX-M11-686 Jayaben Desai 01 May 2011
CPU:       Single core Intel Celeron M (-UP-) cache 512 KB flags (nx sse sse2) bmips 1260.06 clocked at 630.033 MHz
Graphics:  Card: Intel Mobile 915GM/GMS/910GML Express Graphics Controller bus-ID: 00:02.0 X.Org 1.9.5 Res: 800x480@60.0hz
           GLX Renderer Mesa DRI Intel 915GM GEM 20100330 DEVELOPMENT x86/MMX/SSE2 GLX Version 1.4 Mesa 7.10 Direct Rendering Yes
Audio:     Card Intel 82801FB/FBM/FR/FW/FRW (ICH6 Family) High Definition Audio Controller driver HDA Intel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
           Sound: Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Version 1.0.23
Network:   Card Atheros AR242x / AR542x Wireless Network Adapter (PCI-Express) driver ath5k v: 0.6.0 bus-ID: 01:00.0
Disks:     HDD Total Size: 4.0GB (51.8% used) 1: /dev/sda SILICONMOTION_SM 4.0GB
Partition: ID:/ size: 3.2G used: 2.0G (65%) fs: ext3 ID:swap-1 size: 0.57GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
Info:      Processes 84 Uptime 13 min Memory 89.8/492.8MB Runlevel 5 Client Shell inxi 1.4.95
Game: Ultimate Sonic (
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://ultimatesonic.net/"
linktext was:"http://ultimatesonic.net/"
====================================
).
Graphics: xorg
Flash: 10.1r102
IceApe: 2.0.14

Actually, I think I was wrong to say the game stutters, but more like it slows down at certain parts.

Do you think I would get better performance if I switched to IronBrowser/Chrome?

Does the base and core builds of antix feature wlan dhcp connectivity? I was thinking I could just install a browser + X or some other graphics system on a minimal antix build.
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#4
My Base install and Core Installs both connect to wpa2 home network just fine. I run Wicd in all my installs though.

You can try the iron browser .deb at their sie I guess to see if there is a improvement. I did not see any intel driver i your inxi readout so not sure if you are getting everything out of your video chip that you can get. You might get more info from inxi -G command instead.

I keep my EEEPCs and AntiX 8.5 and AntiX 11 core,base,and full installs all current with apt-get
update && apt-get dist-upgrades. My Boxes have more horsepower than yours also when it comes to ram
also.
Posts: 20
leke
Joined: 29 Aug 2011
#5
I just found out, there's a standalone flash player for linux. It's running the games great now __{{emoticon}}__
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rokytnji
Joined: 20 Feb 2009
#6
leke wrote:I just found out, there's a standalone flash player for linux. It's running the games great now __{{emoticon}}__
Link? For those who want to know. __{{emoticon}}__

Glad you got it sorted without the hassle of a new install.
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leke
Joined: 29 Aug 2011
#7
rokytnji wrote:
leke wrote:I just found out, there's a standalone flash player for linux. It's running the games great now __{{emoticon}}__
Link? For those who want to know. __{{emoticon}}__

Glad you got it sorted without the hassle of a new install.
Here you go:

Version 11:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/11/flashplayer_11_sa.i386.tar.gz"
linktext was:"http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/pub/fl ... 386.tar.gz"
====================================


Version 10:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flashplayer/updaters/10/flashplayer_10_sa.tar.gz"
linktext was:"http://download.macromedia.com/pub/flas ... _sa.tar.gz"
====================================


Original page:
========= SCRAPER REMOVED AN EMBEDDED LINK HERE ===========
url was:"http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html"
linktext was:"http://www.adobe.com/support/flashplayer/downloads.html"
====================================


The player also has a really neat bookmark feature, so once you open a .swf, you can bookmark it for fast reference next time.