Rockbox General > Rockbox General Discussion

Gigabeat F20(Mar 20th & 24th Builds) -- Long Rockbox Startup

(1/7) > >>

Job Van Dam:
Ever since I've installed the March 20th build and put in the latest bootloader (I'm certain I already had it on my DAP but downloaded it again and overwrote the old one just to make sure I had the lastest one) for my Gigabeat F20 it takes 45-60 seconds to startup.

It starts up fine showing the original firmware loading screen, my custom bootloader splash then it goes to the light blue screen and says "Loading..." for literally 45-60 seconds. Sometimes it shows the version screen (Rockbox logo on the top, version info at the bottom) and starts up quickly.
I have just installed the March 24th build and the same thing still happens

I have taken off all the files on my DAP except the root files and folder, defragged it then put everything back so there is no trace of fragmentation.
Also I have listened to the harddrive while it it's loading and it doesn't sound like it's thrashing.

The only change I notice is that when I build Rockbox myself since March 20th the rockbox.gigabeat file is located actually inside the .rockbox folder where as before it was outside the folder in the root.
I have tried copying the rockbox.gigabeat file to the root but still there is a long startup.

nls:
There is a bug in the dircache that can cause this if you have a very large amount of files on your dap.
I do not know of any workaround for this...
The location of the rockbox.gigabetf file was recently changed in the distributed zip files, make sure that you have the file in only one location to avoid confusion.

Job Van Dam:
Oh so it's been reported already? OK just wondering if something was wrong with my DAP.

You wouldn't happen to know what's the latest build I can use to avoid this bug?

nls:
For all I know it's been there since the dircache was introduced, but it only triggers on very large amounts of files, I get it with about 30000 files so unless you have about that many, I would guess something else is wrong...
edit:
Or maybe I'm wrong it's supposed to say "Scanning disk..." when the dircache does it's thing, I see now you said it says loading for 45 seconds... I'd guess it's something else then...

Job Van Dam:
Oh no. Now I'm all worried and shit.

Any other Gigabeat owners experiencing the same thing with the latest build? Someone please say yes.

Navigation

[0] Message Index

[#] Next page