HELP, I'M A DUMBASS AND DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO WITH PITOU!

For PITOU support, come to irc.darrude.net port 6667 #pitou

Don't come asking for help installing Linux, that's your problem.  Pitou help only!!!!

Or, to quote "Rotifer": make an addendum that says Linux users come here for more info not just anyone
we don't want the sponges who have never opened a case trying to install linux!

I have only tried this with RedHat 7.0 but I'm sure most RedHat's will work since 6.1...

Go to where ever you downloaded it, and here's a screenshot of exactly what to do to get it running on 2 Linux boxes. 

• Make sure the 2 boxes can ping each other or it never will work.

• Install build 101 of pitou:

[geocities@isabella geocities]$ ls
Desktop pitou-0.01-build101.tar.gz
[geocities@isabella geocities]$ tar -zxf pitou-0.01-build101.tar.gz
[geocities@isabella geocities]$ ls
Desktop pitou-0.01-build101 pitou-0.01-build101.tar.gz
[geocities@isabella geocities]$ mv pitou-0.01-build101 pitou
[geocities@isabella geocities]$ cd pitou
[geocities@isabella pitou]$ cp /mnt/fd0/core.bin .
[geocities@isabella pitou]$ touch core.bin
[geocities@isabella pitou]$ ls
CHANGES core.bin pitou pitou.conf.emulation pitou.conf.simulation
README doc pitou-mux pitou.conf.music
[geocities@isabella pitou]$ cp pitou.conf.emulation pitou.conf
[geocities@isabella pitou]$

(NOTICE I COPIED IN THE CORE.BIN FILE INTO THE PITOU DIRECTORY - THIS IS OFF MY OLD SLE 3.0 DISKETTE, WHICH I MOUNTED IN THE FLOPPY DRIVE. COPY IT HOWEVER YOU KNOW HOW SO IT'S IN THAT DIRECTORY.  I'M NOT HERE TO TEACH YOU *NIX COMMANDS!)

• Modify the pitou.conf and start your EMU session:

[geocities@isabella pitou]$ pico pitou.conf

IT LOOKS LIKE THIS AT FIRST:

# The auxport directive is used to define the port where the aux card is

auxport /dev/ttyS0

#auxport localhost:50000 # To use an AUX over IP, use host:port

MAKE IT LOOK LIKE THIS:

# The auxport directive is used to define the port where the aux card is

# auxport /dev/ttyS0

#auxport localhost:50000 # To use an AUX over IP, use host:port

auxport 192.168.100.5:2000

YOU CAN USE ANY "PORT" YOU WANT.  BE SURE TO USE THE IP ADDRESS OF THE BOX THAT HAS YOUR AUX CARD CONNECTED TO THE COM PORT.

ALSO CHANGE THIS PART FOR WHATEVER COM PORT YOU USE:

# The emuport directive is used to define the port where the emu board is

emuport /dev/ttyS1

THIS IS UNIX, SO REMEMBER COUNTING STARTS AT 0.  THE ABOVE LINE IS SAYING THE EMU PORT IS ON COM 2 (/dev/ttyS0 = com1, /dev/ttyS1 = com2, get it?)

[geocities@isabella pitou]$ ./pitou core.bin  (THIS STARTS THE PROGRAM)

• On the AUX CARD pc, start your pitou-mux session:

[geocities@isabella pitou]$ cd pitou-mux

[geocities@isabella pitou-mux]$ ./pitou-mux -a /dev/ttyS0 -fl -p 2000

LET'S BREAK THIS LINE DOWN, SINCE THERE IS NO CONFIG FILE FOR PITOU-MUX (YET?):

./pitou-mux --- runs the pitou-mux program

-a /dev/ttyS0 --- my aux card is on com1

-fl --- i have a fast aux card device (unlooper) and i want it logged to the screen.  (If you have a programmer don't use the f)

-p 2000 --- I want to advertise the aux card and listen for requests on port 2000

• Watch TV:

MISC:

• IF YOU GET ERRORS ABOUT ACCESS TO /dev/ttyS0 or /dev/ttyS1, CHANGE TO ROOT (su) AND TYPE "chmod 666 /dev/ttyS0" or "chmod 666 /dev/ttyS1".

• IF YOU ARE A LINUX PURIST, I BROKE A LOT OF RULES HERE. I KNOW WE SHOULDN'T PUT THIS IN OUR HOME DIRECTORY, ETC.