PW3 Having A Pain Trying To Cross-Compile

[luketheduke]

Howdy,

I've been trying to set up a cross-compiler for my PW3, but I'm having trouble.

I went here and grabbed the release for my kindle (kindlepw2.zip) and extracted it to my home folder and added the bin directory to my PATH.

By running

arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi-gcc test.c -o test

I was able to compile a simple hello world C program.

Next, using this command,

arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi-gcc test.c -o test `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags` -L./x-tools/arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi/arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi/lib -L./x-tools/arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi/lib -L./lib/ -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lXrender -lXinerama -lXext -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lXdamage -lXfixes -latk-1.0 -lcairo -lpixman-1 -lpng12 -lxcb-shm -lxcb-render -lX11 -lxcb -lXau -lXdmcp -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lz -lexpat -lgobject-2.0 -lffi -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0

I tried to compile this:

#include <gtk/gtk.h>

static void hello( GtkWidget *widget,gpointer data ) {
    gtk_main_quit ();
}

static gboolean delete_event( GtkWidget *widget, GdkEvent  *event, gpointer   data ) {
    g_print ("delete event occurred\n");
    return FALSE; // we do want to quit
}

static void destroy( GtkWidget *widget, gpointer   data ) {
    gtk_main_quit ();
}

int main( int   argc, char *argv[] ) {

    GtkWidget *window;
    GtkWidget *button;

    gtk_init (&argc, &argv);

    window = gtk_window_new (GTK_WINDOW_TOPLEVEL);
    g_signal_connect (window, "delete-event", G_CALLBACK (delete_event), NULL);
    g_signal_connect (window, "destroy", G_CALLBACK (destroy), NULL);
    gtk_container_set_border_width (GTK_CONTAINER (window), 10);
    button = gtk_button_new_with_label ("Hello World");
    g_signal_connect (button, "clicked", G_CALLBACK (hello), NULL);
    gtk_container_add (GTK_CONTAINER (window), button);
    gtk_window_set_title ( GTK_WINDOW(window) , "L:A_N:application_ID:test");
    gtk_widget_show_all (window);

    gtk_main ();
    return 0;
}

But it failed with this error

debian@debian11:~$ arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi-gcc test.c -o test `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags` -L./x-tools/arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi/arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi/lib -L./x-tools/arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi/lib -L./lib/ -lgtk-x11-2.0 -lgdk-x11-2.0 -lXrender -lXinerama -lXext -lgdk_pixbuf-2.0 -lpangocairo-1.0 -lXdamage -lXfixes -latk-1.0 -lcairo -lpixman-1 -lpng12 -lxcb-shm -lxcb-render -lX11 -lxcb -lXau -lXdmcp -lgio-2.0 -lpangoft2-1.0 -lpango-1.0 -lfontconfig -lfreetype -lz -lexpat -lgobject-2.0 -lffi -lgmodule-2.0 -lgthread-2.0 -lglib-2.0
In file included from /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/glib-2.0/include/glibconfig.h:9,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/galloca.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gbinding.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib-object.h:22,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gioenums.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/giotypes.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gio.h:26,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdkapplaunchcontext.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdk.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:32,
                 from test.c:1:
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h: In function '_GLIB_CHECKED_ADD_U64':
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gmacros.h:740:31: error: static assertion failed: "Expression evaluates to false"
  740 | #define G_STATIC_ASSERT(expr) _Static_assert (expr, "Expression evaluates to false")
      |                               ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h:463:3: note: in expansion of macro 'G_STATIC_ASSERT'
  463 |   G_STATIC_ASSERT(sizeof (unsigned long long) == sizeof (guint64));
      |   ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkobject.h:37,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkwidget.h:36,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkcontainer.h:35,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkbin.h:35,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkwindow.h:36,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkdialog.h:35,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkaboutdialog.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:33,
                 from test.c:1:
/usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtktypeutils.h: At top level:
/usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtktypeutils.h:236:1: warning: 'GTypeDebugFlags' is deprecated [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
  236 | void            gtk_type_init   (GTypeDebugFlags    debug_flags);
      | ^~~~
In file included from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gobject.h:24,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gbinding.h:29,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib-object.h:22,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gioenums.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/giotypes.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gio.h:26,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdkapplaunchcontext.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdk.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:32,
                 from test.c:1:
/usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gtype.h:679:1: note: declared here
  679 | {
      | ^
In file included from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtktoolitem.h:31,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtktoolbutton.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtkmenutoolbutton.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:126,
                 from test.c:1:
/usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtktooltips.h:73:3: warning: 'GTimeVal' is deprecated: Use 'GDateTime' instead [-Wdeprecated-declarations]
   73 |   GTimeVal last_popdown;
      |   ^~~~~~~~
In file included from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/galloca.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gobject/gbinding.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/glib-object.h:22,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gioenums.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/giotypes.h:28,
                 from /usr/include/glib-2.0/gio/gio.h:26,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdkapplaunchcontext.h:30,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gdk/gdk.h:32,
                 from /usr/include/gtk-2.0/gtk/gtk.h:32,
                 from test.c:1:
/usr/include/glib-2.0/glib/gtypes.h:547:8: note: declared here
  547 | struct _GTimeVal
      |        ^~~~~~~~~

I've done a fair bit of googling, but no solutions.
A nudge in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

[encol]

try this:

arm-kindlepw2-linux-gnueabi-gcc test.c -o test `pkg-config gtk+-2.0 --cflags --libs`

I compiled it in a chroot environment and it works

[luketheduke]

Same error, unfortunately.

Here's the way my files are laid out.

/home/debian
     |
     |----x-tools  (koxtoolchain)
     |----lib      (usr/lib directory from my kindle)
     |----test.c

Are there any packages I need to install?

I'm on a Debian VM, btw.

Thanks for the assistance.

[NiLuJe]

You're trying to build a GTK-2 something. The toolchain doesn't know anything about GTK, it only provides you a compiler, a libc and kernel headers.

Now, Kindles *do* ship some god awful ancient bits of GTK stuff, so you *could* frankenstein something, but it's going to be a PITA unless you know what you're doing (specifically, you're going to need matching headers for the binaries shipped. You might want to look at the lab126 source code drop for your specifric FW release, I would imagine they'd be in there, in source form, at least, so you're not out of the woods yet ;p).

----

If you're aiming for GTK stuff, it might be easier to dig up whatever KTerm was using to be built, I imagine it's described somewhere.

[luketheduke]

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

You're trying to build a GTK-2 something. The toolchain doesn't know anything about GTK, it only provides you a compiler, a libc and kernel headers.

Now, Kindles *do* ship some god awful ancient bits of GTK stuff, so you *could* frankenstein something, but it's going to be a PITA unless you know what you're doing (specifically, you're going to need matching headers for the binaries shipped. You might want to look at the lab126 source code drop for your specifric FW release, I would imagine they'd be in there, in source form, at least, so you're not out of the woods yet ;p).

----

If you're aiming for GTK stuff, it might be easier to dig up whatever KTerm was using to be built, I imagine it's described somewhere.

Good to know. Unfortunately, I have no idea what I'm doing, so I'm going to see about the latter option.

Thanks for the info.

EDIT:

So I need to build GTK and its dependencies using the toolchain first?

EDIT:

NVM, I'm going to start with following KTerm's build instructions.

[encol]

I followed this instructions (method 1), and i was able to compile it

[luketheduke]

Originally Posted by encol

I followed this instructions (method 1), and i was able to compile it

Originally Posted by coplate

1. wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dis....0-4-versatile
2. wget http://http.us.debian.org/debian/dis...boot/initrd.gz
3. qemu-img create -f raw armdisk.img 2G
4. qemu-system-arm -m 256 -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-3.16.0-4-versatile -initrd initrd.gz -hda armdisk.img -append "root=/dev/ram"

I'm getting a 404. Looks like the links are down. Is there a mirror?

NVM, found a mirror.

http://217.196.149.234/debian/dists/....0-6-versatile

http://217.196.149.234/debian/dists/...boot/initrd.gz

[encol]

Originally Posted by luketheduke

NVM, found a mirror.

good, or you can try here

[luketheduke]

Originally Posted by encol

good, or you can try here

The first mirror didn't work out too well. Nearly done with the installation, but it failed to install busybox.

I'm gonna try the mirror you suggested, which looks like a newer version of Debian as well. (I was using Jesse)

[luketheduke]

It seems QEMU won't boot the installer from the mirror you provided.

[encol]

Have you tried web archive?

[luketheduke]

Originally Posted by encol

Have you tried web archive?

I tried

• http.us.debian.org

• archive.debian.org

• 217.196.149.234

The last two worked, but during the installation, it "failed to install busybox". (See first attachment)

I checked the syslog and it says "Failed to authenticate the following packages: Busybox". (See second attachment)

I guess I'll try the web archive next.


Also, thanks a lot for helping me through this. I wouldn't have even gotten this far myself.

[luketheduke]

Originally Posted by encol

Have you tried web archive?

404 Not Found

Looks like the downloads weren't archived.

[encol]

i just sent you a message

[dou]

Hello, have you solved it? I have encountered the same problem. If possible, please tell me how to solve it. Thank you!