need help compiling and adding patches

[lolsack]

ok so i need help compiling a rockbox environment for my sansa fuze i'm just trying to add the infones patch but im not sure how to do it. and yes i have already looked at the simple guide to compiling yet it is very confusing for my feeble little mind :/

[yapper]

Are you using Cygwin or VMware?

If you describe which steps you are finding confusing you are more likely to get answers.

[lolsack]

which is better cywgin or vmware? which is less complicated?

[saratoga]

I don't think one is really much easier then the other, it just depends if you want to be using a virtual machine or running the compiler natively through a compatibility layer.  Most people don't use cygwin just because its slow.

[lolsack]

ok then i'll be using vmware but how will i use it to add the infones patch (which i already have) then compile???

[yapper]

If you really read http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/SimpleGuideToCompiling you would have seen the section called Adding Patches.

[lolsack]

yes i saw that section but it also confuses me

[saratoga]

yes i saw that section but it also confuses me

The way I see it you can either explain what problem you had or give up.

[lolsack]

ok i'll try to explain in more detail but first the reason im not being so clear is because im just getting stuck at the first step of each thing >.<

EDIT: the first part im stuck on in the adding patches part of the simple guide to compiling is the question that says "In the cmd window, go to the directory containing the patch (use the commands mentioned earlier on in this guide)"
My question is, what command window???

ANOTHER EDIT: i was wondering if some could please take the spare time to compile this patch http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/2911?getfile=20189 with the latest rockbox build because my brain hurts to much from smashing it into the wall trying to think

[froggyman]

ANOTHER EDIT: i was wondering if some could please take the spare time to compile this patch http://www.rockbox.org/tracker/task/2911?getfile=20189 with the latest rockbox build because my brain hurts to much from smashing it into the wall trying to think

For what player?

[lolsack]

Sandisk Sansa Fuze

[froggyman]

well, here you go : http://jump.fm/LCYSY The download link is at the bottom of the page.

It should work, as it patched and compiled cleanly.

Edit: Its r22921

[lolsack]

thank you very much for your time

[froggyman]

it wasnt a problem.

You should still take the time to set up your *own* build environment. If you are a windows users, Cygwin will most likely seem easier to use and understand.

Check this page out for seeing how to install cygwin: http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/CygwinInstallWithScreenShots

Then after that follow the Simple Guide to Compiling. You will want to execute all of the commands listed in the *Cygwin Bash Shell* which will look kind of like a Command Prompt, except be black on green/white text. After you take about an hour or so to go through it you will then look back at it be like "WOW, that was easy".

[lolsack]

oh noes i tested the build + patch you uploaded and i guess the patch don't work with that rockbox version , thank you anyway