M.ROBE 500 - RockBox boot problems

[asper]

I read the previous messages about non-working daily builds; i tested the previously posted "working" old-raockbox version (it is in german language ad I do not know how to turn it back to english) and also that build seems to hang when i scoll down the screen... is there any other old rockbox build for that great unit to share and test ? Thank you all in advance !

[speachy]

First, I should state that no active developer currently has had access to an mrobe500, since before the 3.15 release.  And the information in this thread is ... confusing, to say the least.

In the interest of trying to sort this issue out, some basic questions:

0) Have you tried a daily build from within the last month? If not, do so.
1) What _exactly_ is the problem with the current daily builds?  Failure to boot, hang in the UI (where? doing what?), or something else?  The more specific, you can be, the better.
2) Has the device been modded in any way (eg SSD storage), and if so, what?
3) Did the 3.15 release work properly?  If no, did the 3.14 release work properly?

[asper]

First, I should state that no active developer currently has had access to an mrobe500, since before the 3.15 release.  And the information in this thread is ... confusing, to say the least.

In the interest of trying to sort this issue out, some basic questions:

0) Have you tried a daily build from within the last month? If not, do so.
1) What _exactly_ is the problem with the current daily builds?  Failure to boot, hang in the UI (where? doing what?), or something else?  The more specific, you can be, the better.
2) Has the device been modded in any way (eg SSD storage), and if so, what?
3) Did the 3.15 release work properly?  If no, did the 3.14 release work properly?

First of all THANK YOU VERY MUCH for answering me !

0) tried at least 2 daily builds
1) it hangs at rockbox boot, where the checsum is calculated (black screen, white text), after the checksum nothing else happens (no rockbox logo shown)
2) "Clean" device, never modded
3) Is it possible to have a link to previous versions such as 3.14 ? I don't know where to download them.

[speachy]

3) Is it possible to have a link to previous versions such as 3.14 ? I don't know where to download them.

https://download.rockbox.org/release/

[asper]

3) Is it possible to have a link to previous versions such as 3.14 ? I don't know where to download them.

https://download.rockbox.org/release/

There seems to be just M:ROBE 100 files, not M:ROBE 500 ones.... if someone has some older build i would like to test them. This seems to be the reason: https://www.rockbox.org/irc/log-20200512#19:50:50 but i do not have the knowledge to dig it out.

[bahus]

This seems to be the reason: https://www.rockbox.org/irc/log-20200512#19:50:50 but i do not have the knowledge to dig it out.

So it says that b0de98ad is the reason but further discussion suggests that other already committed change should fix it. Anyway you can try this build with b0de98ad commit reverted: https://mega.nz/file/xKhTUDzJ#G_iqTxQsN0TK10VOqcvSQ3QnN4qKJOBBMup1Uq6gsqI

[asper]

This seems to be the reason: https://www.rockbox.org/irc/log-20200512#19:50:50 but i do not have the knowledge to dig it out.

So it says that b0de98ad is the reason but further discussion suggests that other already committed change should fix it. Anyway you can try this build with b0de98ad commit reverted: https://mega.nz/file/xKhTUDzJ#G_iqTxQsN0TK10VOqcvSQ3QnN4qKJOBBMup1Uq6gsqI

Thank you ! Now it goes past the checksum screen showing a new screen with horizontal black and white lines (no rockbox logo) but still crashing:

[bahus]

Doesn't look like improvement Well you can try another build:
https://mega.nz/file/4TZFEQzI#kn5N9g-h02YNSoAqSfk_fbvCdD2Bo7FRjQjau0uSx50

It's based on reported as working commit 8bd992c5 using latest build tools.

[speachy]

There seems to be just M:ROBE 100 files, not M:ROBE 500 ones....

Ah, I see the -500 was never considered "stable", which means it wouldn't be included in set of stuff included in a release.

[asper]

Doesn't look like improvement Well you can try another build:
https://mega.nz/file/4TZFEQzI#kn5N9g-h02YNSoAqSfk_fbvCdD2Bo7FRjQjau0uSx50

It's based on reported as working commit 8bd992c5 using latest build tools.

IT BOOTS ! Thank you ! I need to use it to understand... fonts are really small

Is there a kind of manual somewhere about where/what to touch ?

[speachy]

Keep in mind that particular commit is over five years old, and even pre-dates the 3.15 release.

And the "broken" commit points at there being some sort of link order problem that appears to only affect the mrobe500, not the other tms320dm320 targets (eg zen vision m and sansa connect).

Can someone send me the elf files of the working build and the one that doesn', so I can poke around?

[asper]

If you tell me exactly what you need i can try to provide it for you !