Glo Problems compiling Qt for Kobo Glo

[j4GGy]

Hi guys,

I've been roaming this forum for the past 4-5 days and I really liked the idea of developing some own applications for my Kobo Glo. My ultimate goal would be to create a more comfortable pdf-reader but that is still far away :-)

I have next to none linux- and Qt-background except some playing around a few years ago and the last few days. I do however have some experience with C/C++. I run Ubuntu 12.04, installed Qt 4.8.0 (configured for ARM) and use arm-linux-guneabi-g++ for compiling. I can run standard C-executables compiled by me (like "hello world" and stuff) but as soon as I start using Qt I get stuck...

For example: If I download sergeyvl12's KoboLauncher (http://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=201632) and use his binaries everything is fine and the application has no errors. But if I use his source files, compile them (qmake + make) and try to run them my Glo kind of freezes. In the telnet-console i get

Loading iType.. YES

but then nothing else happens. I suspect it has something to do with the differences showing up in what i get from the 'file' command:

KoboLauncher compiled by me:

file KoboLauncher
KoboLauncher: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV), 
dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.31,
BuildID[sha1]=0xcd0375f0d4f08cb266fd2242ff86d41f8690d771, not stripped

sergeyvl12's binaries:

file KoboLauncher
KoboLauncher: ELF 32-bit LSB executable, ARM, version 1 (SYSV),
dynamically linked (uses shared libs), for GNU/Linux 2.6.16, not stripped

It would be really swell if someone could help me by telling me if my suspicions are right and how I have to reconfigure Qt/qmake or my compiler.

And always remember: linux-newb here, so if you have the time: I am in no way opposed to learn what BuildID[sha1] means

[sergeyvl12]

j4GGy

I used Qt 4.8.4 (the latest official qt without Kobo modifications).

My script for compiling Qt is:

#!/bin/sh

export PATH=$HOME/CodeSourcery/SourceryG++/bin:$PATH

make confclean

./configure -embedded arm -xplatform qws/linux-arm-g++ -opensource \
-prefix /usr/local/qt4_kobo -nomake examples -nomake demos \
-nomake docs -nomake translations -qt-libjpeg -no-stl -no-webkit \
-no-qt3support -no-phonon -no-phonon-backend -no-multimedia -no-openssl \
-no-javascript-jit -no-script -no-scripttools -no-opengl -no-gtkstyle -no-svg \
-no-gif -no-sql-sqlite -no-nis -no-cups -no-largefile \
-no-accessibility -no-xmlpatterns -no-audio-backend \
-no-declarative -no-libtiff -no-libmng -no-pch -no-dbus -no-declarative-debug \
-no-sql-db2 -no-sql-ibase -no-sql-mysql -no-sql-oci -no-sql-odbc -no-sql-psql -no-sql-sqlite \
-no-sql-sqlite2 -no-sql-sqlite_symbian \
-no-sql-tds -no-mmx -no-3dnow -no-sse -no-sse2 -no-accessibility \
-qt-gfx-linuxfb -qt-gfx-transformed -no-gfx-qvfb -no-gfx-vnc \
-no-gfx-multiscreen -no-gfx-directfb -no-gfx-qnx -no-gfx-integrityfb \
-no-kbd-qvfb -no-kbd-tty -no-kbd-linuxinput -no-kbd-qnx -no-kbd-integrity \
-no-mouse-qvfb -no-mouse-linuxtp -no-mouse-pc -no-mouse-tslib \
-DQT_KEYPAD_NAVIGATION -DQT_NO_QWS_CURSOR \
-confirm-license

make -j4

Try it.

P.S. What toolchain are you using for compiling ?

[j4GGy]

Thx for the reply, it worked out for me. Although it proved me wrong The newly compiled files still have this Build[sha1]-thingy in the file-output. I guess it has to do with not using Codesourcery or whatever....

Regarding your question: I use arm-linux-gnueabi-* as compilers - I don't know if that counts as a "toolchain" but it works

I had to alter your script because of that, of course.