cpchan branch

[cmaines]

I'm pretty sure I wasn't using any font that supported CJK while I was having all the crashes (nimbus-10, nimbus-12, snap). The database crashes only stopped when I cleared out backdrops from the themes I use.

[CrowdAds]

[cpchan]

I think I have fixed the "db commit" and "battery meter" problem. It was a strange interaction between the "LCD Fade" patch and "MicroSD card" patch under certain conditions (such as using a unicode font with cjk characters). Please test the new version.

@godess: Sorry, MicroSD card support is more important than eye candy.

Charles

[kugel]

Originally Posted by cpchan

I think I have fixed the "db commit" and "battery meter" problem. It was a strange interaction between the "LCD Fade" patch and "MicroSD card" patch under certain conditions (such as using a unicode font with cjk characters). Please test the new version.

@godess: Sorry, MicroSD card support is more important than eye candy.

Charles

Hmm ok. I understand that. I never had problems with battery meter or database though!

[cpchan]

Originally Posted by godess

Hmm ok. I understand that. I never had problems with battery meter or database though!

Neither did I until I tried it with a unicode font that contains cjk characters on a Rockbox with only these 2 patches applied. These 2 patches are fine by themselves, but once combined will cause the db commit problem under certain conditions- I can reproduce it any time.

Charles

[yueonyrl]

Excellent, problems solved. And now the database shows the right
characters.

[Vortex]

Unifont is a terrible font. I suggest you switch to nimbus+uming:

Actually I like Unifont because it is very readable.

Nimbus+uming would be nice but it's missing some characters.

[ricocarlos]

This latest release (6-26-07) fixed the battery problem for me. Excellent. I love this build !!!

[kugel]

Well, it really seems that the LCD patch caused the problems. I'll stick to your last LCD patch build, until anything hot is introduced.

[cpchan]

Originally Posted by cpchan

Yes, this is planned. However, I want to get the "Recording enhancements" integrated first, which should happen in the next day or so.

Everyone using this build, please test the new release. If things are working fine for people, I will be moving on to some wps patches.

Charles

[Vortex]

No battery level or database commit problems anymore with your latest release.

[kugel]

To take benefit of the new rockboy fix, do I just need to copy over the rockboy plugin file? I don't want to install a new build right now...

[cpchan]

Originally Posted by godess

To take benefit of the new rockboy fix, do I just need to copy over the rockboy plugin file? I don't want to install a new build right now...

You can try, but there is no guarantee that it will work (they are designed to work together). If it doesn't work, I can build you a special version for this one time.

Charles

[m3metix]

I'm sure that I'm just doing something wrong but I tried loading the latest (as of June 26) build on my Sansa e250 and once it gets to the screen with the RockBox logo (right after the SanDisk logo) it just stops and I have to hold down menu and select to turn off the player. I had the same problem with the chrisjs branch, but I tried the digibuild branch and it worked perfectly. Any thoughts?

[cpchan]

Originally Posted by m3metix

I'm sure that I'm just doing something wrong but I tried loading the latest (as of June 26) build on my Sansa e250 and once it gets to the screen with the RockBox logo (right after the SanDisk logo) it just stops and I have to hold down menu and select to turn off the player. I had the same problem with the chrisjs branch, but I tried the digibuild branch and it worked perfectly. Any thoughts?

Backup your config.cfg, delete it and see if you can get into Rockbox. Which theme and font are you using?

Charles

[Vortex]

To take benefit of the new rockboy fix, do I just need to copy over the rockboy plugin file?

That probably won't work since it will only display you an "incompatible version" error message. The different parts of Rockbox are not meant to be updated separately. Besides it's not so much of a hassle to update the whole build, is it?

[cpchan]

Originally Posted by Vortex

Besides it's not so much of a hassle to update the whole build, is it?

Godess wants to keep the "LCD Fade" patch that was causing you and others problems.

Charles

[i speak in math]

I have a nooby question that i can't find the answer to.

Do i need to install rockbox cleanly first, or can i install using the two files in the front of this thread?

Also, how much room will be used? Will I need two copies of my songs (1 in orig firmware and 1 for rockbox) or will rockbox use the music folder of the orig firmware?

Thanks

[pyr0sphere]

You can't just drag the two files into the Sansa. You need to install the bootloader first. What you should do is follow the instructions as they are on the Rockbox site, and then overwrite the .rockbox folder with the two files provided in this thread

The size of the .rockbox folder is approximately 1.8mb

You only need one copy of your songs. Both firmwares use same database

[avlanden]

How to get the Menu look like Cpchan branch menu?

I've installed all the files and it works well, i just can't get the same nice graphics as on the link. I've also tried all the themes but, that dosen't seem to give a result.

-Please help

[disorganizer]

did you notice that the official build now has working sd-card support? so propably the sd-patch can be removed.