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What do I need to install Flotilla and Rockpool on Ubuntu?
technically you'll need the dev packages to build instead, but those are not going to interfere. Alternatively you could also try the following and see if flotilla-i386 works after installing the...
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I have been testing the matrix module on Sniff for Ian Stephenson. Basically it is working but we have some orientation problems to work out for displaying characters. On checking the matrix operation...
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Well I'm sort of making progress now..I'm getting a different error message, one related to libserialport. ./flotilla-daemon-vs/Flotilla/Debug/flotilla: error while loading shared libraries:...
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Picade Board Firmware Update
geppetto: It's a red/black board with the fancy design but I can't spot a version number or date... All the red/black fancy design ones are new. You'd know if you had an old one, they were...
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Thank you :)Nice board, working very well on my homebrew arcade machine Phil
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Picade Board Firmware Update
geppetto: Nice board, working very well on my homebrew arcade machine :D yay! I plan to make it nicer as soon as I can find the time and grab a Picade to play with. I've written a Megadrive controller...
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the problem is that libserialport does not (necessarily) end up in the correct directory unless you specify the correct PREFIX. what you can do is: sudo mv /usr/local/lib/libserialport.*...
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Problem with Picade display ( White screen )
greybeard: Any pointers to a new guy? Definitely double-check the ribbon cable between the LCD and the driver board. It's proven to be more often than not the culprit so far!
View ArticleWhat do I need to install Flotilla and Rockpool on Ubuntu?
we've pushed an amd64 build of flotilla-pre to the repo... though I think you're almost there so you might want to try to relocate libserialport as above first. I haven't figured out how to prefix the...
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Thanks! That solved it!! It's a fiddly little thing, isn't it? It's not really easy to tell if it's unplugged or not. Also, has anyone had issues with the screen blinking out for a few moments if the...
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View ArticleWhat do I need to install Flotilla and Rockpool on Ubuntu?
Excellent. I have progress to report. Deleted everything Flotilla related. Followed Gadgetoid's script above. Built libserialport and them moved it as you suggested. Built websocketpp Built the...
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What do I need to install Flotilla and Rockpool on Ubuntu?
WorldTripping: And tried to update the dock again and got the same message as above. You might be able to just install dfu-programmer from apt. However it has a habit of not supporting the atxmega...
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What do I need to install Flotilla and Rockpool on Ubuntu?
WorldTripping: Warning: Failed to open port /dev/ttyACM0 obviously, if you compiled the ship branch you will need to update the dock firmware, but I don't think that is the problem here... I'd hazard...
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incidentally the problem with the dfu-programmer provided in pre is that it's a i386 build, so would need: sudo apt-get install libusb-1.0-0:i386 well, best guess... will try on a VM later (or maybe...
View ArticleProblem with Picade display ( White screen )
Very, very fiddley. I've learned to hate flat flex connectors. That said, I've also got very, very good at connecting them after assembling touchscreens for months. We've been investigating a volume...
View ArticleProblem with Picade display ( White screen )
Thanks a lot for the help! It made a hell of a difference! I'm loving my picade to death... Even my old man is having a go at it! Also, I'm trying to convince the guys at the office to get one for our...
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You're welcome! I wish I had time to play with the Picade! I currently keep my classic emulation platforms portable, though, I can squeeze in some action on the train. That said... a Picade on the...
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There's a mod story in there, somewhere... Actually, I end up using an android console for my emulation on the go. Used to have a GPH Caanoo, but that only serves now for my portable spectrum...
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