Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

I am taking another shot at this:

How would I set up to compile play-sound and run it on the N900?
The source code is at
http://maemo.gitorious.org/fremantle...c/play-sound.c

I have made several starts & spent a few weekends trying to get something going, with no luck. I got closest I think with installing Code::Blocks on a Windows XP machine, but was stymied setting up the environment & installing the libraries needed for play-sound.c

A from-the-bottom description of what's needed would be best. I have Ubuntu & Windows XP machines available for use. My C programming history is mostly via the Borland Turbo C IDE (back in the day).

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

same issue as me (though i am working on a different app) but getting the environment setup is so confusing because there are so many options and too much information. :)

the easiest way is to use the VM virtual machine
http://tablets-dev.nokia.com/maemo-d...-downloads.php

download the one called Maemo_Ubuntu_Lucid_Desktop_SDK_Virtual_Image_Final .7z

then go to vmware and download vmware player 2.5 and your environment will be ready in less time than you can say supercalifragilisticexpialidocious :)

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

I have tried before to work from this direction, and in this attempt am again encountering problems:

In the instructions for installation of the Maemo 5 SDK at
http://wiki.maemo.org/Documentation/...l_Installation

This step is completed:
The next instruction is
That prompt is not the prompt shown in Terminal after completing the preceding step. The prompt in Terminal (on Ubuntu) is

[sbox-MYTARGET: ~]
not
[sbox->:~]

as shown in the instructions.
Should that command
be run at the [sbox-MYTARGET: ~] prompt, or is it necessary to switch to another directory?

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

ignore the prompt. just type that command in.

otherwise, run sb-menu, go to Setup and pick the appropriate target. in the case of the instruction above, the target should be FREMANTLE_X86

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

Thank you.

Now at the step
This error occurs:

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

just download the virtual machine and u're done. you don't need to do all that stuff. the latest build of the vm image is much nicer to use than the old ones (which required quite a bit of post installation steps).

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

The Maemo Virtual Image was successfully downloaded & extracted.

The VMWare Player install hangs on the "Configuring..." screen.
This PC is running Ubuntu 10.04, & the VMWare Player version is 2.5.5

Are you on different versions of Ubuntu or VMWare Player?

Re: Beginner: C programming for N900 ?
 

i am running v2.5.5 of vmware player, build 328052.however, i am running this on a windows system - not ubuntu. it installs fine and runs perfectly.

google a bit and you'll find issues with player 2.5 hanging on ubuntu.

http://mahendrakariya.blogspot.com/2...on-ubuntu.html
http://communities.vmware.com/message/1381202

just some hints but those are for different versions of ubuntu. you might want to check the installation log of vmplayer. according to one of the URLs above it is at /tmp/vmware-root/