The Xcl4m4t10n stupid questions thread!

[Xcl4m4t10n]

As a new owner of a Pandora, I have a bunch of questions. I know some of them were asked but there is so much information on the boards / internet that is sometimes confusing.

So first question:

- I want to reset factory my Pandora but I saw you have to reflash it. I have find several threads about this but the link is always dead (it redirect to https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pandora/). Can you please explain me how to proceed with this?

 

[Kippykip]

I'm not a pandora owner but there's a link on the top left of the page you're redirected to with a section called "Firmware Images" to reflash it with, it also says it factory resets in the process.
https://pyra-handheld.com/boards/pages/pndfirmware/

That same page links to a wiki with full detailed instructions by the looks:
http://pandorawiki.org/Firmware

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

Thank you! I am flashing it right now with the wikia steps. Another question:

- I tried to run the @ptitSeb Yabause beta. When I do, a navigation menu appear and I choose the ISO, but after that the emulator just stop. I have the bios on the correct folder and I use the pnd_run command in sudo on the terminal, what can I making wrong?

 

[levi]

pnd_run is not the normal way to run pnds, fwiw. PNDs can contain multiple targets, and by default pnd_run will only run the first one - I don't know if this is the problem you're having with yabuase (I'm not familiar with it), but it's an issue with e.g. mupen64 IIRC. You can add arguments to the pnd_run command to run additional targets, but the recommended way to run anything is that it should have added the pnd targets to your xfce menu, if you put the pnd in the right place.

The right place is defined by the pandora folder format, which consists of a folder called 'pandora' which you should put in the root of your SD card, then inside that a number of folders; off the top of my head, 'apps', 'menu', 'mmenu', 'desktop', and probably a couple of others I've forgotten. If you're not using minimenu, ignore 'mmenu', if you are using it, ignore 'menu'. To make the pnd targets appear in your xfce menu, put then in /pandora/menu on the SD card.

If that still doesn't work, look in /tmp/pndrun_yabuase.out (or something named along those lines), and that will be the syserr log from the last run.

Edit: Also, you shouldn't need to sudo your pndrun commands; pndrun should run in user mode just fine AFAIK.

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

Thank you all for the answers!

I am trying now to launch the DBGL Dosbox emulator. I have Java Runtime installed but when I execute DBGL nothing happens, clues? Thank you in advance!

 

[ptitSeb]

^^ I'm working on an update of DBGL.

Anyway, you need to copy/paste the log of the pnrun.
for dbgl it will be is /tmp/pndrun_dbgl.out

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

Thanks @ptitSeb, in this kind of stuff I always forget the holy log. Here it is:

=======================================================================================
PND             : /media/Panda/pandora/apps/dbgl_ptitseb.pnd
PND_FSTYPE      : Squashfs
APPDATADIR      : /media/Panda/pandora/appdata/dbgl
APPDD_FSTYPE    : vfat
PND_CPUSPEED    : <unset>
EXENAME         : runscript.sh
ARGUMENTS       : <unset>
=======================================================================================
[ START ]--- Mount the PND ----------
Mounting : mount -t squashfs -o ro "/dev/loop0" "/mnt/utmp/dbgl"
Mounting the Union FS : mount -t aufs -o exec,noplink,dirs="/media/Panda/pandora/appdata/dbgl=rw+nolwh":"/mnt/pnd/dbgl=rr" none "/mnt/utmp/dbgl"
[SUCCESS]--- Mount the PND ----------
[ START ]--- Starting the application ( runscript.sh  ) ----------
--------------------------------------------------------------
Setting PATH to /mnt/utmp/dbgl:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin/X11:/usr/games
--------------------------------------------------------------
Setting LD_LIBRARY_PATH to /mnt/utmp/dbgl/lib:/lib:/usr/lib
reset dosbox config
/mnt/utmp/dbgl/.dosbox/dosbox-0.74.conf
./runscript.sh: line 38: home/.version: No such file or directory
./dbgl: line 6: /usr/bin/java: No such file or directory
[ FAILED]--- Starting the application ( runscript.sh  ) ----------
[ START ]--- Restoring the frame buffer status ----------
[SUCCESS]--- Restoring the frame buffer status ----------
[ START ]--- Restoring nub mode ----------
[SUCCESS]--- Restoring nub mode ----------
[ START ]--- uMount the PND ----------
[ START ]--- Waiting the Union to be available ----------
[SUCCESS]--- Waiting the Union to be available ----------
rmdir: failed to remove `/mnt/utmp/dbgl': Device or resource busy
[ START ]--- Waiting the PND mount dir to be free ----------
[SUCCESS]--- Waiting the PND mount dir to be free ----------
cleanup done
[SUCCESS]--- uMount the PND ----------
=======================================================================================
Return code is : 4

The only important stuff I see is something related to Java. I installed it through the PNDManager but, when I was about to execute it, it told me something like delete the Java in the system and I declined. Could it be the problem?

 

[Kippykip]

I don't recall dosbox ever using Java, dunno what the pandora one is like though.

 

[TrashyMG]

DBGL has a Java based launcher that has online features that can download profiles for most games.

 

[ptitSeb]

@3XCL4M4t10N : looks like java is not installed. Did you use "Java Install" from "System" menu once the Java pnd has been installed?

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

Working now, thanks @ptitSeb!

 

[Xcl4m4t10n]

New question: Is there a way to have Wi-fi always on after the reboots/shutdown? I use it the 90% of times that I use the Pandora so it is more comfortable to me turn it off rather than turn it on everytime.

 

[TrashyMG]

New question: Is there a way to have Wi-fi always on after the reboots/shutdown? I use it the 90% of times that I use the Pandora so it is more comfortable to me turn it off rather than turn it on everytime.

yeah there should be something in the start up settings.