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lights0ut:
I'm running into some trouble getting this to work, the patch applies fine but I don't understand Takka's instructions very well. AFAIK they go something like this:
patch everything except screen rotate and make an oridinary build
now patch screen rotate.patch and make a second build
---missing a few steps---
hold up on boot to get landscape

he goes on to mention that it's needed to change all instances of ".rockbox" to ".rockbox_1" in the source code, but he's not specific as to which files to edit. there is mention of editing settings.h. I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong/ missing so any help especially from people who've gotten this working would be appreciated.

Somewhere along the lines, I figure that a new bootloader has to be compiled too, so far I've got both builds, ( one patched the rotate patch, and changes to settings.h) After the second build I made a BL which will rotate the BL output but still loads portrait rockbox. Using the regular BL just stays portrait.
Hope I've given enough info. ;)

Mad Cow:
I think that you need to make a bootloader patched with the rotate patch, then rename one of the build folders (rotated I think) to .rockbox_1. You then hold a button (Up I think) to boot into .rockbox_1 instead of .rockbox. If you look into the patch code for the bootloader you will see references to the 2 different folder names. Now I've never even tried to use this patch, but this I what I learned from looking over the cod ea bit and reading the instructions.

Why are you making a gigabeat build anyways? Don't  you have an ipod?

Nate!:
Hey ... don't discourage him.  ;D This is the one patch that I've been hoping someone would work on.

I didn't understand the instructions much either.  I gathered that, like was stated, you have to make two builds.  The rotate patched build needs to be put into a .rockbox_1 folder.  In order to have both on your Gigabeat and boot into either using the up arrow, you have to use Takka's bootloader.  That bootloader is about two revisions old now.

Mad Cow:

--- Quote from: Nate! on April 25, 2007, 11:00:56 AM ---Hey ... don't discourage him.  ;D This is the one patch that I've been hoping someone would work on.

I didn't understand the instructions much either.  I gathered that, like was stated, you have to make two builds.  The rotate patched build needs to be put into a .rockbox_1 folder.  In order to have both on your Gigabeat and boot into either using the up arrow, you have to use Takka's bootloader.  That bootloader is about two revisions old now.

--- End quote ---

Well the bootloader code is in the patch, so compiling one should be no problem.

lights0ut:
Thanks for your responses guys. Mad Cow, I just got a gigabeat yesterday I've realized their technical superiority ;) I still like my iPod but a new toy is always fun. Gonna take another shot at this, hope I get further this time; so my plan is to just make a vanilla build, patch with just screen rotate, make a rotate build, then a bootloader and see what happens.

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