Help please, i am stuck.

jloyd_ · Post by **jloyd_** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 4:43 am

I have my slim ps2 connected via ethernet and using swapmagic to boot the ps2 side of the link, i can run demos fine using inlink.
Where i get stuck is compiling my own, i have installed PS2Dev Environment for Win32 but i have no idea how to use it to compile.

I have Suse linux installed but dont have Inlink for it and i dont use Linux that much only when im developing with php, my experiences lie with microsoft visual studio and directx and various languges.
It is really starting to wind me up how i can't figure this out, iv looked in tutorials and i cant fined any that explain how to compile in windows.
Does any one have any help please.

I also have an interest in having a go at development with the gametrak controller if any one has any information on this too, thans

SSpeare · Post by **SSpeare** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 6:31 am

Open a command prompt (Type "cmd" into Start->Run).
cd to the directory you installed into.
Run the cygwin paths batch file.
cd into the samples directory (ps2sdk/samples I think)
type "make"
cd into a sample.
you can then run the .elf using inlink or ps2client. Try:
"make run"
if you have ps2client.

jloyd_ · Post by **jloyd_** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:46 am

i get make as an unreconized internal or external command, would this be easier to do in linux, even though my linux experience is very limitied, or is there a was to use ms visual studio :s thanks for the reply

Orfax · Post by **Orfax** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:59 am

jloyd_ wrote:i get make as an unreconized internal or external command

This is a Windows cmd error. It cannot find make. What this means is you are not running a bash shell when make is run. There should be a script called "cygwin.bat" in the root cygwin folder which starts a bash shell for you.

The alternatives are setting up Windows batch scripts to wrap around the commands you use (like make) that starts bash and then runs the command. I would imagine this would be slow.

I start the following command "<path to cygwin install dir>\bin\rxvt.exe -e bash --login -i" in my cygwin bin directory (its actually a shortcut on my desktop), but it means you need the no-x rxvt installed as well (it is faster than cmd, though).

jloyd_ wrote:would this be easier to do in linux, even though my linux experience is very limitied

Probably, but it does work quite fine with cygwin. Using cygwin does mean you need to be aware of Unix like environments though (just like linux).

jloyd_ wrote:is there a was to use ms visual studio

Not that I'm aware of.

jloyd_ · Post by **jloyd_** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 7:06 pm

thank you very much, using cygwin i have got it working, i put what i wanted to compile in my users folder in usr. Now i can begin hehe : )

Post by **Drakonite** » Thu Jun 15, 2006 8:57 pm

usr is not "user" folders... it's for sharable (multi-user) read-only. Basically all the programs, libs, and other shared resources that are used on a regular basis live in /usr

The idea that it's short for 'user' is also false... It's an acronym, and IIRC it stands for User Sharable Resources ... but don't quote me on that.

The directory you put your files, documents, and projects in is inside of the home dir. specifically it should be /home/username/ but I don't know exactly how cygwin has things screwed up

EDIT: Okay, I looked it up and it's Unix System Resources... I had my acronym wrong.

Orfax · Post by **Orfax** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 9:29 am

Drakonite wrote: specifically it should be /home/username/ but I don't know exactly how cygwin has things screwed up

Just as screwed up as any other Unix OS then, huh (yes its /home/username/).

Post by **Drakonite** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 2:12 pm

Orfax wrote:
Drakonite wrote: specifically it should be /home/username/ but I don't know exactly how cygwin has things screwed up
Just as screwed up as any other Unix OS then, huh (yes its /home/username/).

Heh, fair enough.. unix directory structure isn't exactly intuitive for the newbie... But I was more talking about how cygwin has a record of doing some things in a bastardized way ;)

jloyd_ · Post by **jloyd_** » Fri Jun 16, 2006 10:32 pm

thanks with all the help so far, iv hacked away at some code and drawn my initials on screen using lines lol, messing with colours and such.

I have discovered the sameples with ps2sdk, the hello applications complie to a .erl what is it? i cannot send this file to the ps2. Thanks

Post by **Drakonite** » Sat Jun 17, 2006 6:03 am

ERLs are relocatable executables... TBH I haven't played with them, so while they may be neat I have no idea what the situation is with them ;)

There is a line in the makefile that starts with "ERL_BIN =" ... if you change it to "EE_BIN =" it will cause it to build elfs instead of erls.

Kojima · Post by **Kojima** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:19 am

I have the same problem, ERL's instead of elfs.
I just opened up the makefile and can't find anything that matches what you suggest exactly, but I did find this

"EE_ERL = hello.erl"

Do I change it to "EE_BIN = hello.elf"?

misfire · Post by **misfire** » Wed Jun 28, 2006 12:20 am

nak · Post by **nak** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:58 am

I get this error when running the makefile from inside the /graph/ sample

$ make graph
ee-gcc -D_EE -O2 -G0 -Wall -IC:/ps2dev/ps2sdk/ee/include -IC:/ps2dev/ps2sdk/com
mon/include -I. -c graph.c -o graph.o
gcc graph.o -o graph
ld: graph.o: Relocations in generic ELF (EM: 8)
graph.o: could not read symbols: File in wrong format
make: *** [graph] Error 1

but it makes fine when I run the make file in the parent directory (/sample/) can anyone elighten me please :) ?