Testing new VMWare Image...

[scorche]

A new VMWare image has been asked for for a while now, so I finally scrounged together some time to make a new one from scratch.  There still are a few things that need to be polished up, but if people can go through and test building targets, sims, manuals, etc, it would be appreciated.  It would be nice to know if I have forgotten anything that should be installed as well.

There are the usual "root" and "user" users with both passwords being "rockbox".  Also, to make Samba sharing easier, the instructions will include asking the users to find out their VM's IP with the command "ifconfig" (use the IP listed for "inet addr:" under the "eth0" interface) and having them use the Windows tool "Map Network Drive..." found under tools in any Windows Explorer window.  The users of the image will then map "\\theipoftheimage\user" to a drive.

The image can be found here: http://squisch.net/rockbox/vmimage/RockboxDev/RockboxDev.7z  It is currently at around 472MB, however I still have a few tricks to try in order to shrink that.

[BdN3504]

There are the usual "root" and "user" users with both passwords being "rockbox".  Also, to make Samba sharing easier, the instructions will include asking the users to find out their VM's IP with the command "ifconfig" and having them use the Windows tool "Map Network Drive..." found under tools.  The users of the image will then map "\\theipoftheimage\user" to a drive.

i am running windows xp and have difficulties establishing the network connection. i logged in as root. ifconfig gives me "inet address: 127.0.0.1". If i try to "connect a network drive" using "\\127.0.0.1\root" as the network folder, i get an error telling me it cannot be found. i tried ...\user but that did not work either. any advice?

[SansaFan]

I have been trying to test the simulator build option to no avail the steps I have used are:





Compiling

    * Create a new folder called sim (type mkdir sim) and move into it (type cd sim).
    * Now you are in the sim directory. Create the make file as usual using configure but select (S)imulator build instead of (N)ormal build.
    * Now type make and wait for it to compile
    * Then type make fullinstall. It will tell you that it is installing a full setup in your simdisk directory.

Setting up the simulator

    * Have a look in sim/simdisk. You should see the .rockbox folder there full of all the usual rockbox stuff.
    * The sim/simdisk folder acts in exactly the same way as the folder in the root of your player, so fill it with all the stuff you would usually have there!
    * Now, run the simulator by typing ./rockboxui.exe


When I check the simdisk folder, there is nothing there.   Any suggestions..?

thanks in advance.

[BdN3504]

how did you manage to access the files?

for the sim building process you must first follow the instructions here.

[scorche]

i am running windows xp and have difficulties establishing the network connection. i logged in as root. ifconfig gives me "inet address: 127.0.0.1". If i try to "connect a network drive" using "\\127.0.0.1\root" as the network folder, i get an error telling me it cannot be found. i tried ...\user but that did not work either. any advice?

To clarify, you want to use the IP listed for "inet addr:" under the "eth0" interface and not under the "lo" interface which is just the loopback.

[BdN3504]

that seems to be the problem, but there is no ip address listed in the first entry:

[mcuelenaere]

that seems to be the problem, but there is no ip address listed in the first entry:

What network settings are you using in the VMWare image? (Bridged, NAT, host-only)

[shotofadds]

The host/guest mouse pointer integration doesn't seem to work properly on my machine (the pointer sometimes gets 'stuck' in the VM instead of seamlessly switching between the two). The previous Debian VM works fine. Both running in VMWare Player 2.5.1 on Vista.

[BdN3504]

What network settings are you using in the VMWare image? (Bridged, NAT, host-only)

It's "bridged" but i did not touch that setting. EDIT: Ok, i figured it out, you first have to enable the network adapter of course, my bad.
Another thing: using the vmware-toolbox&  command brings up an error, but how can i copy paste stuff now?

[scorche]

The host/guest mouse pointer integration doesn't seem to work properly on my machine (the pointer sometimes gets 'stuck' in the VM instead of seamlessly switching between the two). The previous Debian VM works fine. Both running in VMWare Player 2.5.1 on Vista.

This is likely just vmware-tools...I will install that on the next version.

Ok, i figured it out, you first have to enable the network adapter of course, my bad

That helps. 

[BdN3504]

Is there a reason why this image isn't ready to compile sims? can't you include mingw and gcc?

[scorche]

It should compile sims just fine (this is why I put it here...so you people could test, as I do not have the time to), though for them to run in linux...not windows yet (I don't think it is necessary though and may not install mingw...).  Does it not work currently?

Also, has anyone built various incarnations of the manual yet and can report on that?

[jaykay]

i built some manuals.... although i get plenty of warnings, the manual looks fine.

[pixelma]

Loads of "underfull or overfull *box" warnings are unfortunately normal when building the manual. I'm curious though if you also tried building the html version and its outcome.

[scorche]

Well, that was odd.  It seems there were some strange characters added on to the link in the original post.  This has been fixed.