How To Patch and Compile Tutorial (From WINDOWS)

[iPodFoo]

try to reset your virtual machine.

How do you reset virtual machine?

And disable personal firewall if you have any.

Firewall didnt make any difference.

if it is a login problem (from win -> vwmware), then try to access the share via network neighbourhood; there you have to navigate until you find the computer "debian".

I assume you mean the Network Connections folder? (using XP) Have tried searching, doesnt find debian. There does seem to be these listed there tho:
VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet8
VMware Virtual Ethernet Adapter for VMnet1

This is a pain in the botty.  

[rookielot]

i have a bit of an issue... i cant run VMware player. not enough physical memory. what should i do?

[scorche]

rookielot: Open your "Rockbox.vmx" file in a text editor.  Change memsize = "XXXX" to memsize = "256".

[Rincewind]

ipodfoo: If you don't know how to reset, then I bet that the problem is here. I read in the vmware forum that the samba driver sometimes fails to reconnect if the image wakes up from sleep. There was some complicated workaround explained there, but the easiest way is to reset the machine and wait for a minute to let it boot again.

If you are using vmware player:

Open the drop-down menu "player" at the top of the window
go to "troubleshoot" -> "reset"

And, no, I don't mean the network connections folder. I'm a german, so this is called "Netzwerkumgebung" for me, I think it's "network neighbourhood" in english. You should find it on your desktop. Win2k here, so it could be different.

In this menu you can change the memory allocation, too. I set mine to 96 MB and don't feel a difference, except that I have a tiny bit of memory left for windows .

I hope this helps

[iPodFoo]

Thanks rincewind. alls well again.

Jus one thing, the source downloaded using:

cvs -z3 -d:pserver:username@www.rockbox.org:/cvsroot/rockbox co rockbox-devel

seems to be missing folders. Theres no app/bitmaps folder for example. Is it for a certain target? Im looking to work on ipod nano. Does the above line need to be altered?

Also, is it possible to copy an paste text to and from the xp desktop and debian? Ive tried ctrl+c and selecting my mouse, just cant seem to copy.

Cheers.

[bluebrother]

look in the folder that has been created. cvs puts all its stuff into a subfolder that is named like the module you checked out -- in your case "rockbox-devel".

[Rincewind]

Also, is it possible to copy an paste text to and from the xp desktop and debian? Ive tried ctrl+c and selecting my mouse, just cant seem to copy.

Cheers.

From the wiki: (http://www.rockbox.org/twiki/bin/view/Main/VMwareDevelopmentPlatform)

To be able to copy-paste between the host and guest operating system (windows-linux) and vice versa, you have to run "vmware-toolbox&" while you copy-paste. from a terminal type "vmware-toolbox&". A window will appear, don't close it. Minimize it and then proceed with normal operation.

    * To paste to the linux terminal press the middle mouse button or "shift+insert".
    * To copy from the linux terminal just select the text (by holding left-click) just like you do on some IRC clients.

You can make vmware-toolbox program autostart by adding the following in .xsession file that you may have to create in your home directory:

#!/bin/bash
vmware-toolbox &
Eterm &
fluxbox

I haven't tried it. I only use vmware to type "configure", "make" and "make zip"

[iPodFoo]

rincewind - Thanks. Will try that at some point. Was driving me nuts!

bluebrother - ran vmware again, seems all the folders are now there. Dunno why that is.

Thanks for the help. Im sure Ill be askin plenty more if I cant find the info in the manuals etc.  

[mipodr]

I'm having trouble with the step where i have to enter //debian/user. I tired opening windows explorer, but there was no address bar. I tried IE but it says action cancelled. I tried mozzila Firefox, but it says it's not a website. Finally, i tried "run" but it says it doesnt exist... HELP!

[Rincewind]

I'm having trouble with the step where i have to enter //debian/user. I tired opening windows explorer, but there was no address bar. I tried IE but it says action cancelled. I tried mozzila Firefox, but it says it's not a website. Finally, i tried "run" but it says it doesnt exist... HELP!

if your windows explorer hasn't got an address bar it is badly configured. You can change this. A different solution is searching for the computer "debian" (using the windows search, not google...   )

[Febs]

I'm having trouble with the step where i have to enter //debian/user. I tired opening windows explorer, but there was no address bar. I tried IE but it says action cancelled. I tried mozzila Firefox, but it says it's not a website. Finally, i tried "run" but it says it doesnt exist... HELP!

Did you try "//debian/user" or "\\debian\user"?  If the former, try using the backslashes.

Note that you need to be running VMware for this to work.

[ryan2632]

I'm having trouble with the step where i have to enter //debian/user. I tired opening windows explorer, but there was no address bar. I tried IE but it says action cancelled. I tried mozzila Firefox, but it says it's not a website. Finally, i tried "run" but it says it doesnt exist... HELP!

you have the slashes the wrong way. should be \\debian\user

[bluebrother]

I'm having trouble with the step where i have to enter //debian/user. I tired opening windows explorer, but there was no address bar. I tried IE but it says action cancelled. I tried mozzila Firefox, but it says it's not a website. Finally, i tried "run" but it says it doesnt exist... HELP!

you want to open a windows share, not a website. Windows shares are different and you need to open that using windows explorer (NOT Internet Exploder or Firefox). Windows Explorer has some File / Open menu entry ...

[mipodr]

Thx all, but i figured out a better way... that works! I went into explorer/control panel. Selected tools, map network drive, and voila, i selected a letter and entered //debian/user... (or which ever way the slashes go) and it worked. YAY. Now lets see if i can patch....

[Febs]

First, please read our posting guidelines.  We do not allow the use of abbreviations like "u."

Second, you've had three people in a row explain what you're doing wrong.  With VMware running, go to "Run" and enter "\\debian\user" with backslashes, not forward slashes.

OR, open Windows Explorer, and type "\\debian\user" into the address bar.  If you don't have an address bar, go to view --> toolbars --> address bar and turn it on.