I recompiled sbbs and there were 2 lines at the end that show something must be wrong (or I did something wrong)

chown: cannot access '/home/sbbs/shared-drives': Permission denied
make: [GNUmakefile:238: install] Error 1 (ignored)

Also, I went back throuigh the compile and there were several warnings. A lot of them concerned "js_static_assert##" (where ## is a number) locally defined but not used
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Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to Ghost on Fri Sep 30 2022 09:52 pm

make: [GNUmakefile:238: install] Error 1 (ignored)

Where does this 'shared-drives' come from? Not something I recognize.

Also, I went back throuigh the compile and there were several warnings. A lot of them concerned "js_static_assert##" (where ## is a number) locally defined but
not used

You can ignore those.
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OK, so that problem was fixed after I recompiled. Apparently I missed something in the required files. Anyway, now, when I type ./sbbs, it starts. I was thinking I would have a GUI as on windows, but all I get is a line saying web server started and a line below it showing threads,sockets, clients, etc
One question I have now is where/how do I set the sbbsctrl environment variable?
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Re: recompile
By: Ghost to Digital Man on Fri Sep 30 2022 03:02 pm

I recompiled sbbs and there were 2 lines at the end that show something must be wrong (or I did something wrong)

chown: cannot access '/home/sbbs/shared-drives': Permission denied
make: [GNUmakefile:238: install] Error 1 (ignored)

Where does this 'shared-drives' come from? Not something I recognize.

Also, I went back throuigh the compile and there were several warnings. A lot of them concerned "js_static_assert##" (where ## is a number) locally defined but not used

You can ignore those.
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bove is what I am getting wrote to Digital Man <=-

OK, so that problem was fixed after I recompiled. Apparently I
missed something in the required files. Anyway, now, when I type
./sbbs, it starts. I was thinking I would have a GUI as on
windows, but all I get is a line saying web server started and a
line below it showing threads,sockets, clients, etc One question
I have now is where/how do I set the sbbsctrl environment
variable?

This is where the previously mentioned "Learn a little about Linux
before trying to use SBBS on Linux" advice comes in to play...

Do some research on setting Linux environment variables. Depending on
the Linux distro you're using, it's probably done in either /home/user/.profile , or /home/user/.bash_profile . The "user" there in
those examples is of course your actual username.


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Re: recompile
By: bove is what I am getting to Digital Man on Fri Sep 30 2022 09:54 pm

For some reason, the message I am replying to was posted with the username "bove is what I am getting"... How did that happen?

Anyway, now, when I type ./sbbs, it
starts. I was thinking I would have a GUI as on windows, but all I get is a line saying web server started and a line below it showing threads,sockets, clients, etc

As was mentioned earlier in this thread, GTKMonitor is the GUI monitor for Linux for Synchronet. I think the main reason sbbs itself in Linux doesn't have a GUI is that you may prefer to have it run as a service/daemon, where Linux would run it automatically in the background when the system starts up, so in that situation it wouldn't make sense for it to have a GUI. Also it's possible to set up Linux to not run a GUI, so you'd want Synchronet to be able to run in that case too.

One question I have now is where/how do I
set the sbbsctrl environment variable?

Setting an environment variable is basic Linux knowledge. You can do it with this command (and of course, change the directory to where it actually is on your system):

export SBBSCTRL=/home/sbbs/sbbs

You could edit your .bashrc (a script that runs when you start a Bash terminal) and add that so it's always set when you run a Bash terminal, or you could put it in a script for starting Synchronet.

This is basic fundamental Linux knowledge though. As the author of Synchronet, Digital Man might not want to explain basic OS knowledge to people setting up Synchronet when it's something you could look up online. It would be good to have a handle on how the OS works before setting up software to run in it.

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Re: Re: recompile
By: Gamgee to Ghost on Sat Oct 01 2022 08:02 am

Do some research on setting Linux environment variables. Depending on before trying to use SBBS on Linux" advice comes in to play...

Do some research on setting Linux environment variables. Depending on
the Linux distro you're using, it's probably done in either /home/user/.profile , or /home/user/.bash_profile . The "user" there in
those examples is of course your actual username.

Thank you. I appreciate your help.
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Re: recompile
By: Nightfox to Ghost on Sat Oct 01 2022 12:15 pm

etc

As was mentioned earlier in this thread, GTKMonitor is the GUI monitor for Linux for Synchronet. I think the main reason sbbs itself in Linux doesn't have a GUI
is

set the sbbsctrl environment variable?

Setting an environment variable is basic Linux knowledge. You can do it with this command (and of course, change the directory to where it actually is on your
system):

export SBBSCTRL=/home/sbbs/sbbs

Thanks. I appreciate your assistance. I know it may be bothersome, and I am looking up most of the questions I have online. That being said, I have a book coming, but it is not available locally so I have to wait till it arrives.
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Re: recompile
By: bove is what I am getting to Nightfox on Sat Oct 01 2022 02:54 pm

Thanks. I appreciate your assistance. I know it may be bothersome, and I am looking up most of the questions I have online. That being said, I have a book coming, but it is not available locally so I have to wait till it arrives.

Is your username really "bove is what I am getting"?

Nightfox

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Re: recompile
By: Nightfox to bove is what I am getting on Sun Oct 02 2022 10:31 am

Re: recompile
By: bove is what I am getting to Nightfox on Sat Oct 01 2022 02:54 pm
Is your username really "bove is what I am getting"?

Nightfox

No, and I'm not sure how that got there
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Re: recompile
By: bove is what I am getting to Digital Man on Fri Sep 30 2022 09:54 pm

Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to Ghost on Fri Sep 30 2022 09:52 pm

make: [GNUmakefile:238: install] Error 1 (ignored)

Where does this 'shared-drives' come from? Not something I recognize.

Also, I went back throuigh the compile and there were several warnings. A lot of them concerned "js_static_assert##" (where ## is a number) locally defined but not used

You can ignore those.
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OK, so that problem was fixed after I recompiled. Apparently I missed something in the required files. Anyway, now, when I type ./sbbs, it starts. I was thinking I would have a GUI as on windows, but all I get is a line saying web server started and a line below it showing threads,sockets, clients, etc

sbbs on Linux is a console mode program, just like sbbs.exe on Windows is. Run gtkmonitor if you want a GUI monitoring experience similar to the Synchronet Control Panel for Windows (sbbsctrl.exe).

One question I have now is where/how do I set the sbbsctrl environment variable?

https://wiki.synchro.net/config:env
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Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to bove is what I am getting on Sun Oct 02 2022 02:21 pm

One question I have now is where/how do I set the sbbsctrl environment variable?

https://wiki.synchro.net/config:env
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Thanks, Rob. But now I have another question. I have searched for an answer but have had no luck locating one. I tried to open GTKmonitor and it opens but I get an environment error and have not been able to figure out what I need to fix it. Any help is appreciated.
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Nightfox wrote to bove is what I am getting <=-

Re: recompile
By: bove is what I am getting to Nightfox on Sat Oct 01 2022
02:54 pm

Thanks. I appreciate your assistance. I know it may be bothersome, and I am looking up most of the questions I have online. That being said, I have a book coming, but it is not available locally so I have to wait till it arrives.

Is your username really "bove is what I am getting"?

Pretty sure that was once the Subject Line ("The above is what I am
getting"). It's got to be related to his quoting/composing/sending
skillz... something got copy/pasted wrong is my guess.



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Re: recompile
By: bove is what I am getting to Digital Man on Sun Oct 02 2022 04:56 pm

Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to bove is what I am getting on Sun Oct 02 2022 02:21 pm

One question I have now is where/how do I set the sbbsctrl environment variable?

https://wiki.synchro.net/config:env

Thanks, Rob. But now I have another question. I have searched for an answer but have had no luck locating one. I tried to open GTKmonitor and it opens but I get an environment error and have not been able to figure out what I need to fix it. Any help is appreciated.

What's the environment error?
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Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to bove is what I am getting on Sun Oct 02 2022 08:29 pm

Thanks, Rob. But now I have another question. I have searched for an answer but have had no luck locating one. I tried to open GTKmonitor and it opens but I get an
environment error and have not been able to figure out what I need to fix it. Any help is appreciated.

What's the environment error?
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That's the problem. All the popup says is "environment error" I think I have that fixed (somewhat) but now GTK monitor is running extremely slow.
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Re: Re: recompile
By: Gamgee to Nightfox on Sun Oct 02 2022 09:17 pm

Is your username really "bove is what I am getting"?

Pretty sure that was once the Subject Line ("The above is what I am getting"). It's got to be related to his quoting/composing/sending skillz... something got copy/pasted wrong is my guess.

Yeah, I figured it came from a subject or something, but somehow now that is being used as the 'From' name in his posts.

Nightfox

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Re: recompile
By: Ghost to Digital Man on Sun Oct 02 2022 08:48 pm

Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to bove is what I am getting on Sun Oct 02 2022 08:29 pm

Thanks, Rob. But now I have another question. I have searched for an answer but have had no luck locating one. I tried to open GTKmonitor and it opens but I get an environment error and have not been able to figure out what I need to fix it. Any help is appreciated.

What's the environment error?

That's the problem. All the popup says is "environment error" I think I have that fixed (somewhat) but now GTK monitor is running extremely slow.

I didn't write it, but gtkmonitor does appear to contain this code with that error message, but a bit more detail that should've been displayed as well:
if(!isdir(ctrl_dir)) {
display_message("Environment Error",
"SBBSCTRL does not point to a directory","gtk-dialog-error");
return(-1);
}
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Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to Ghost on Mon Oct 03 2022 10:48 am

What's the environment error?

That's the problem. All the popup says is "environment error" I think I have that fixed (somewhat) but now GTK monitor is running extremely slow.

I didn't write it, but gtkmonitor does appear to contain this code with that error message, but a bit more detail that should've been displayed as well:
if(!isdir(ctrl_dir)) {
display_message("Environment Error",
"SBBSCTRL does not point to a directory","gtk-dialog-error");
return(-1);

Well, I have SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl in environment, which fixed my other problem I was having. I am getting a different error today on GTKmonitor. "Cannot create .ini file" Since I don't know where it is trying to create it, I'm not sure what to do about it. I will check online for a solution to this problem when I get done here.
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Ghost wrote to Digital Man <=-

Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to Ghost on Mon Oct 03 2022 10:48 am

What's the environment error?

That's the problem. All the popup says is "environment error" I think I

h

ave that fixed (somewhat) but now GTK monitor is running
extremely slow.

I didn't write it, but gtkmonitor does appear to contain this code with that

error message, but a bit more detail that should've been
displayed as well:

if(!isdir(ctrl_dir)) {
display_message("Environment Error",
"SBBSCTRL does not point to a directory","gtk-dialog-error");
return(-1);

Well, I have SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl in environment, which fixed my
other problem I was having. I am getting a different error today
on GTKmonitor. "Cannot create .ini file" Since I don't know where
it is trying to create it, I'm not sure what to do about it. I
will check online for a solution to this problem when I get done
here.

Sounds like it's referring to gtkmonitor.ini which is located in
/sbbs/ctrl.

Almost certainly a permissions issue on that directory. We're back to
the fundamental questions about knowing some Linux basics...

In a terminal, while in the /sbbs directory, type: 'ls -l'

Your 'ctrl' directory should appear like this:

drwxr-xr-x 7 danc danc 4096 Oct 3 21:31 ctrl/

Now obviously where you see 'danc' in that line it's specific to my installation, yours should show the user you are running SBBS as. If it doesn't look like that, that's the problem. You can fix that (probably)
by typing 'chmod 755 ctrl' while in the /sbbs directory.

If that is needed, I fear you have similar problems with other
directories...



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Re: recompile
By: Ghost to Digital Man on Mon Oct 03 2022 03:59 pm

Re: recompile
By: Digital Man to Ghost on Mon Oct 03 2022 10:48 am

What's the environment error?

That's the problem. All the popup says is "environment error" I think I have that fixed (somewhat) but now GTK monitor is running extremely slow.

I didn't write it, but gtkmonitor does appear to contain this code with that error message, but a bit more detail that should've been displayed as well: if(!isdir(ctrl_dir)) {
display_message("Environment Error",
"SBBSCTRL does not point to a directory","gtk-dialog-error");
return(-1);

Well, I have SBBSCTRL=/sbbs/ctrl in environment, which fixed my other problem I was having. I am getting a different error today on GTKmonitor. "Cannot create .ini file" Since I don't know where it is trying to create it, I'm not sure what to do about it. I will check online for a solution to this problem when I get done here.

From the code in gtkmonitor.c, it appears it's trying to create/write-to gtkmonitor.ini in your ctrl directory. Sounds like either the ctrl directory path is wrong or the user you're running gtkmonitor as does not have write permissions to that directory.
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