the link in the gp32 how to is dead
so try here
http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/lartware/compil...-2.95.3.tar.bz2
i dont have a serial cable
but i have a chatboard
the smc card is already mounted
check the init of the ramdisk
and after it s mounted
it does a ' ls /mnt '
so you should see the content of your smc card
so you can do a ramdisk
that launch /mnt/gpmm/linux/start.sh
and then you only have to modify your start.sh on the smc
card and you dont have to make a new ramdisk

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update:
the start.sh trick works
i tried to cross compile fbtruetype [ display text with fonts]
and libz & libtruetype [ needed by fbtruetype]
but it doesnt do anything
ah, no , it works ! i just set a too small font size
so i will explain how to do it
TUTORIAL
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you need to download the source code of
zlib-1.1.4
freetype-2.1.8
fbtruetype-0.2
1) decompress zlib
do a :
CC="/usr/local/arm/2.95.3/bin/arm-linux-gcc" ./configure --host=arm-linux --prefix=/home/flo/+GP32/builds
then make
you got a libz.a
2) dcompress freetype
type the same as above
you got
libfreetype.a
[ in objs/.libs]
3) decompress fbtruetype
modify the Makefile
CC= /usr/local/arm/2.95.3/bin/arm-linux-gcc
change PREFIX and LIB to a directory where you put libz.a and libfreetype.a
change CFLAGS so the -I/ refer the directory where you put the files
from freetype/include
modify STRIP = something in STRIP =
modify ttf.c in the fbtruetype dir --> comment the include freetype.h
replace by #include <ft2build.h>
#include FT_FREETYPE_H
type make
you got fbtruetype.static
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modifying the init
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follow cyberic instructions
modify rcS
before the last line [ /bin/sh]
add /mnt/gpmm/linux/start
dont forget to add /dev/fb0 in /dev
in /etc , creat bootsplash , copy the luxisri.ttf [ that s the font ] from fbtruetype
my start look like this
#!/bin/sh
echo "------------------------\n"
/mnt/gpmm/linux/fbtrue -h
/mnt/gpmm/linux/fbtrue -x 10 -y 10 -s 24 "GP32LINUX"
/mnt/gpmm/linux/fbtrue -x 20 -y 34 -s 24 "IS"
/mnt/gpmm/linux/fbtrue -x 30 -y 58 -s 24 "Really"
/mnt/gpmm/linux/fbtrue -x 40 -y 82 -s 24 "Awesome [by] ingeras"
echo "*********************\n"
ls /mnt/gpmm
echo " ------------------------\n"
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you can find some pics and the modify initrd, start and fbtrue already compilled
here :
http://members.lycos.co.uk/fangeles/gp32/cross/