Compiling the Simulator

[mschneider]

To compile a UI simulator (with an album art patch) do you patch the source and then just compile as a simulator? I've done this and i get the rockbox files but i'm not sure how to execute them.

[bluebrother]

when building the simulator run "make install" afterwards. This does anything for you that is needed -- compiling works like for a normal build.

[mschneider]

I did that but i get a .rockbox folder inside of the archos directory (which should happen) and then i have no .exe file to run it.

[bluebrother]

you run the file rockboxui.exe in the build directory.

[mschneider]

I didnt get a rockboxui.exe. All i have is the archos folder with .rockbox inside of it.

[linuxstb]

Are you compiling in vmware?  If so, then you'll get a Linux executable (rockboxui), not a Windows .exe file.

[mschneider]

no i am compiling in cygwin on windows. Is it still possible to make and run a simulator?

[bluebrother]

well, _if_ building worked you'll get an executable file in the build directory. Did your build work at all? It would be helpful if you could post some more details, like warnings / errors in your log or any information if building works with a clean svn.

[mschneider]

Well when i began to compile (selected my player) i got two "Dr. Watson" errors but i was told that these were windows related and wouldnt affect my build. Next i ran "make" and got three more of the same errors. Next i ran "make install" and i got a "rockbox-full.zip" and my archos directory with the .rockbox folder in it.

[tdtooke]

This may or may not help anyone but anyways..  When I first tried to build a sim I tried to build it in my build directory where I had already built rockbox for my iPod.....very bad idea, all kinds of errors.  You really do have to put that in it's own directory.  Not sure if that helps anyone, but I thought it might be a common mistake so I thought I'd post it.

[mschneider]

No my problem is that i am not get the simulator .exe file. I have the.rockbox folder but nothing to run it with.

[linuxstb]

Well when i began to compile (selected my player) i got two "Dr. Watson" errors but i was told that these were windows related and wouldnt affect my build. Next i ran "make" and got three more of the same errors. Next i ran "make install" and i got a "rockbox-full.zip" and my archos directory with the .rockbox folder in it.

What were the errors?  Does the "make" command look like it's completely building Rockbox, or does it stop?  It should take a minute or two, or maybe longer, to build the sim from an empty build directory.

If you can do the following, it may help us help you:

1) Delete your existing build directory and create a new one
2) Run ../tools/configure and select the sim build you want to build
3) Type "make &> logfile.txt" and then attach that logfile.txt to a message in this thread.

[mschneider]

Ok here is the .txt. I've been reading the index and looking through the simulator page. When i type in ./rockboxui after i've gone through all of the previous steps i get "no such file or directory". Isnt that suppposed to run the simulator?

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[linuxstb]

The logfile is showing that the compilation isn't happening - it's failing at the first file and stopping.

I don't know enough about cygwin to suggest a solution though - maybe others can.

[bluebrother]

the line

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make: *** [tools] Error 2

shows you that there has a serious error occured. This also means that you can not expect any useable result, at least not in terms of an executable you can run.

No idea about the cygwin error though -- why not just try the vmware image?