Newbie Sdl Question...

[zektor]

I just received my GP2X yesterday, and have been messing with it almost constantly I really love this device. Anyway, I decided to install SDL today since I am sure it will be a requirement sometime down the road, and I had a few questions.

1. Where does it get installed? I can't seem to see anything in the NAND when browsing using the explorer, other than the SDL readme.txt.

2. If it gets installed to the user area, will reinstalling SDL be required if I were to format the NAND?

3. I tried the sdltest by Guyfawkes after installing and ran the series of tests. Is it normal that the WAV playback test seems to be played at super speed? Sounds like a chipmunk saying *something* at high speed. Same goes for the music playback tests. THey sound super quick. Is that normal?

4. How can one REALLY browse the NAND, to see the actual files that were installed?

Sorry if these sound like dumb questions to most, but I definitely do not want to do anything wrong to my GP2X, and whenever I install something I like to know exactly where it is going.

Any replies are much appreciated. Thanks!

 

[kaltar]

Hi Zektor,

First, Just Copy The SDL Libraries To Your SD Card, And Then, From The Menu, Run It With Utilities.

The NAND is A Storage That You Can Access, To Put Whatever You Want. When You Install The Libraries, It Will not Be Shown Any Visible Place For You. So, Its Not In Your "Area" Of The NAND. You Can Format It Without Problem. (You Wont Loose Your SDL Libraries, Unless You Update The Firmware). You Can't Browse The NAND To See What Files Are Installed (You Want To See The Linux Inside? Well, Then Get Into The Developer Sections. Remember That It's Unix Inside, Not Windows. You Will Need To Learn To Use A Shell And, Since You are Making This Questions, I Suggest You Just Don't Do It

About the sdltest by Guyfawkes, Well... I Think That Some Programs That Run Well On Firmware 1.4 And Lower, Run With Some Problems On Firmware 2.

Good Luck And Welcome To The Comunity.

 

[DaveC]

Hi Zektor,

First, Just Copy The SDL Libraries To Your SD Card, And Then, From The Menu, Run It With Utilities.

The NAND is A Storage That You Can Access, To Put Whatever You Want. When You Install The Libraries, It Will not Be Shown Any Visible Place For You. So, Its Not In Your "Area" Of The NAND. You Can Format It Without Problem. (You Wont Loose Your SDL Libraries, Unless You Update The Firmware). You Can't Browse The NAND To See What Files Are Installed (You Want To See The Linux Inside? Well, Then Get Into The Developer Sections. Remember That It's Unix Inside, Not Windows. You Will Need To Learn To Use A Shell And, Since You are Making This Questions, I Suggest You Just Don't Do It

About the sdltest by Guyfawkes, Well... I Think That Some Programs That Run Well On Firmware 1.4 And Lower, Run With Some Problems On Firmware 2.

Good Luck And Welcome To The Comunity.

Why Do You Write Every Word With A Capitalized Letter?

Not a flame but it seems kind of funny :lol:

 

[TelcoLou]

:lol:, yeah ... at least it's not all caps :lol:

I'm personally scared of the NAND ... h34r:

 

[zektor]

Do NOT fear the NAND, embrace it!

Anyways, thanks for the information!

 

[zektor]

This is kind of interesting. I just found that I can browse the entire device with the disk select utility in the emulator VICE. You're right tho, I definitely would NOT want to mess with the file system. There's a whole lot of stuff there!

 

[theeAdversary]

Got guyfawkes demo program to work after I installed the SDL files, weird thing is it seemed to be reading my Y button as X...

 

[Guyfawkes]

Depending on what SDL setup you have, the buttons are sometimes swapped. In my SDL test program if you open the .h file you can change them in there. I think I commented the alternative settings as I had the same problem.

 

[PSyMastR]

After 2.0 came out, before my 4GB SD came in the mail on my new 2x, I used nothing but the nand. And realised that my nand was slower then my SD.