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Totally unable to get either Cygwin or VMWare rockbox to compile

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saratoga:

--- Quote from: seren on August 10, 2011, 03:54:57 PM ---
--- Quote from: saratoga on August 09, 2011, 04:32:37 PM ---
That would be the debian image above.  It doesn't work right now.  Just use the ubuntu image I linked above, I'm using it now and it does work. 

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As long as we are on the Ubuntu subject, I found that you can directly go to Ubuntu website, download their latest Unbuntu's Windows install that would create a dual boot for your machine.  Then boot it up to Ubuntu.  For me, it's cleaner this way.

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FWIW you can also just download the same Ubuntu install and load it in virtualbox.  It gets you the same thing, but that way you don't have to reboot into Linux, but rather just run it as a window inside Windows.

jgrg1:
I downloaded Oracle VM VirtualBox, and the Ubuntu image. Seems VirtualBox doesn't recognise the .vdi extension. When I force it to load the .vdi file, I get an error saying:

Failed to open virtual machine located in ...../ubunto-9.10.vdi.
Extra content at the end of the document.

Location '.....ubuntu-9.10.vdi' line 1 (0), column 2.

E:   inderboxwin-relsrcVBoxMainsrc-serverMachineImpl.cpp [436] (Machine::init).

Expanding the Details gives:


Result Code: E_FAIL (0x80004005)
Component: VirtualBox
Interface: IVirtualBox {c28be65f-1a8f-43b4-81f1-eb60cb516e66}

Any ideas?
Post Merge: August 11, 2011, 02:15:08 PMLet's try a different question, exactly what VM software should I be using to open the Ubuntu image?

saratoga:

--- Quote from: jgrg1 on August 11, 2011, 02:13:35 PM ---I downloaded Oracle VM VirtualBox, and the Ubuntu image. Seems VirtualBox doesn't recognise the .vdi extension.

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VDI files are disk images.  Go into Virtualbox, create a new virtual machine (the "New" button), and then when prompted for a VDI file use the one you just downloaded.  If you have trouble, theres a very nice manual for virtualbox.

jgrg1:
Ahhhh, you are a genius!

Next step... svn and compiling. Then world domination.
Post Merge: August 11, 2011, 04:22:02 PMJoy... it worked!

After following the instructions on http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/LinuxSimpleGuideToCompiling, and running the following command:

sudo apt-get install libsdl1.2-dev libsdl1.2debian

to get sdl.

Now world domination.

saratoga:
I made a new virtualbox image here if anyone wants to test it:

http://duke.edu/~mgg6/rockbox/rockbox_virtualbox.7z

475MB, full ubuntu experience, includes the ARM compiler and libsdl so sim building works. 

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