Re: [Gnash-dev] Building Gnash for the TDS/Trimble Nomad

[Rob Savoye]

On 09/10/09 08:02, Udo Giacomozzi wrote:
> Hello Rob,

> Whatever is easier. I think I ran into other problems trying ffmpeg
> (can't remember which, exactly).

  With ffmpeg, some versions do have build problems, but Gnash isn't 
picky about which version of ffmpeg you have.

> IMHO you should not need this particular archive at all, since it's
> QTExtended-related. The main SDK is another one (mentioned in my other
> post).

  Sorry, I didn't use the addons, but the newer SDK you mentioned.

> Can you tell me exactly which modifications you made? So I can let the
> people at SDG Systems know...

  Basically I just installed your other libraries and headers 
correctly. You were trying to use some things out of the build trees, so 
all I did was just install them.

> I prefer not to mix up the original SDK with "my own" libs and so keep
> them in a separate place together with Gnash. Same applies for the
> firmware on the device. We try to avoid much changes of the original
> firmware and just add our own software (that's why Gnash and all of
> it's required libs are stored together in one directory). Otherwise it
> becomes difficult to keep a number of physical devices up to date..

  I installed them in the SDK, but it just makes things easier. The 
other way is fine too, you just need to specify several --with-*= 
options. I out them all together to make it easier for others to build 
Gnash for Nomad.

> RS>  The other problem was the Gstreamer headers wanted
> RS>  libxml2 headers, which we don't look for.
>
> That's why I use
> CPPFLAGS=-I/opt/sdg/angstrom2007.12/sdk/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi/include/libxml2

  Which is now fixed, in trunk. When cross compiling with gst, 
configure now looks for libxml2 itself.

> Perhaps you could get in touch with Todd Blumer, President of SDG
> Systems. He showed interest into my efforts to bring Gnash to the
> Nomad.

  I talked to Todd a few years ago about the StudentMate, but it's been 
awhile. It'd probably be Trimble we'd need to ask about a Nomad for testing.

> I did a fresh bzr checkout into a empty directory and tried to build
> Gnash (same configure options as last time).
>
> It fails with a bunch of error messages right at the beginning:

> rc.h:32:29: error: boost/cstdint.hpp: No such file or directory
> rc.h:33:31: error: boost/tokenizer.hpp: No such file or directory

  Needs the path to boost if you aren't using my sysroot.

> I could successfully build Gnash *without* any modifications to the
> SDK.

  The mods were minor, just adding the same missing libraries you did.

> Gnash runs now. I've got no audio so far, but that's because GST
> cannot find the required plugins for audio/mpeg.

  You'll have to figure that out by yourself. :-)

        - rob -