Testing build on pc not player

[Chronon]

Well, usually you would use redirection (pipe sends the output to another program):

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%program > file

So, I would assume that running

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%make > error

Should redirect stdout to a file named "error".

[LambdaCalculus]

Well, usually you would use redirection (pipe sends the output to another program):

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%program > file

So, I would assume that running

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%make > error

Should redirect stdout to a file named "error".

Indeed it does, Chronon.

[GodEater]

make >& some_file

[dkarma]

i used the make > error command and it stopped on the line
LD rockboxui.exe
but didn't print the actual error output
the command did output the error message to the screen in cygwin but not the file

just for the record I'm compiling the most recent build from svn (dl'd yesterday) i think it is build 14672

[LambdaCalculus]

Okay, just to make sure, do the following:

1) ../tools/configure in the ~/rockbox/build-dir folder (replace build-dir with whatever you called the folder)
2) Select the target
3) Build a Simulator
4) type make after the makefile has been created
5) Sit back and wait as the code compiles
6) Once it's done, type make install.
7) To make sure the build compiled, type ./rockboxui --background
Report back to us with the results.

(EDIT: bluebrother and pixelma have shown me the One True Path.)

[pixelma]

6) Once it's done, type make zip.

Shouldn't that be make install for the simulator, though? ...

[LambdaCalculus]

For some odd reason, with Cygwin on my (new yet old) Windows box, I need to type make zip to build the .rockbox directory, which I then unzip and drop into the 'archos' folder so the simulator(s) can run without complaining.

I'll try make install to see if I can finally get it to work right.

[bluebrother]

6) Once it's done, type make zip.

This is wrong -- when building the simulator you issue make install instead of make zip -- "install" also creates the needed folder structure (in the archos folder) for running the sim.

[LambdaCalculus]

* LambdaCalculus379 will go quietly sit in the corner now.

[saratoga]

6) Once it's done, type make zip.

This is wrong -- when building the simulator you issue make install instead of make zip -- "install" also creates the needed folder structure (in the archos folder) for running the sim.

You can use make zip too.  I didn't realize install was an option, I always do 'make zip; unzip -o rockbox.zip -d archos' which works as well.

[bluebrother]

You can use make zip too.  I didn't realize install was an option, I always do 'make zip; unzip -o rockbox.zip -d archos' which works as well.

Well, you can use "make zip" too -- but you need to remember to unzip the file to the correct location. So while it works the advertised method should be "make install" (and the steps LambdaCalculus379 posted at first didn't contain the unzip step, so they wouldn't work correctly)

[LambdaCalculus]

the steps LambdaCalculus379 posted at first didn't contain the unzip step, so they wouldn't work correctly)

I was typing that in while at work. Unfortunately, I have too many cases of "prying eyes" popping into my workspace, so I have to constantly minimize my browser session. In some cases, I just submit something, but forget that one vital piece of information that is needed to make it complete.

[DefineByte]

i used the make > error command and it stopped on the line
LD rockboxui.exe
but didn't print the actual error output
the command did output the error message to the screen in cygwin but not the file

Are you still having trouble with this? Try:

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make 2>&1 | tee -a log.txt

I always get an error with 'make install'. Don't know why. Might be a Cygwin thing (but then, I always blame Cygwin).

[dkarma]

Thanks DefineByte that command finally outputted the error message to the file and here's what i get:

LD rockboxui.exe
/usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-mingw32/3.4.4/../../../../i686-pc-mingw32/bin/ld: /home/meltdown/rockbox/build/apps/language.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 40)
/home/meltdown/rockbox/build/apps/language.o: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [/home/meltdown/rockbox/build/rockboxui.exe] Error 1
make: *** [build] Error 2


I opted to just move the new .rockbox folder onto my sansa and backup my old one to test new builds...takes less time than figuring out the simulator errors but I'm sure someone else is probably having this problem too so thanks for all your help everyone.
I'm not a huge linux buff, but I'm guessing from this error that the LD program doesn't like the format of the language.o file when trying to compile rockboxui.exe.

And yes the make zip step isn't necessary when compiling a simulator build (at least not according to the compiling and simulator page here on RB.org.)

[bluebrother]

Have you done a build for the target in that folder before? Be aware that compiling the sim creates completely different binaries than compiling the simulator. If you have old object files from an older, target build in the same folder it will create error.

Either run "make clean" first or (the only way I consider a solution) use a completely different folder for building the sim.