[PD] gp2xPd install issues

Hans-Christoph Steiner hans at at.or.at
Tue Oct 13 21:36:49 CEST 2009


On Oct 13, 2009, at 1:35 PM, Chris McCormick wrote:

> Hi Matthew,
>
> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 09:19:49AM -0700, Matthew Logan wrote:
>> I sent this already as a reply to the Open Mobile Platform  
>> discussion, but
>> I think it got overlooked as OT....
>>
>> Has anyone had any issues with installing gp2xPd?  I can't get this  
>> thing to
>> work.
>>
>> I'm on Firmware 3.0.0, on the F100(B).  I put the python folder  
>> from the
>> pygame package on my sd root per the instructions on Chris  
>> McCormick's
>> site.  I put the gp2xPd folder in my sd/games folder and try to  
>> open the
>> bigtest.gpe.  I get a black screen for a few seconds then a white  
>> screen
>> that lasts until I move the joystick, at which point it kicks me  
>> back to the
>> GP2X menu.
>>
>> I'd really like to get this thing to work, but have run out of ideas.
>> Please help me out!
>
> Just a quick note to say that since my gp2x got stolen at a gig, I  
> haven't
> maintained that port. Sounds like you are experiencing an issue with  
> the pygame
> port though. Do other pygame programs work? Is it compatible with  
> the latest
> versions of SDL that ships with gp2x?
>
> I might be able to help you debug it remotely.
>
> Note: gp2xPd is 99.999% PDa, and hence almost entirely the work of  
> Gunter
> Geiger. My only contribution is the simple pygame based GUI.


We should start a fund to get you a new GP2X!  I'll chip in US$10.

.hc

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