pandora.rst

OpenPandora

Emulator handbook

• http://dl.openhandhelds.org/pandora//uploads/Home/Pandora%20-%20Emulators/yoshis_pandora_emulator_fact_sheets_v07.pdf

Firmware update

• Install and run http://repo.openpandora.org/?page=detail&app=szupdater1.openpandora.org

Firmware update (old way)

• http://www.openpandora.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=199&Itemid=40&lang=en
• hold right shoulder button
• boot from sd-card

Start SSH server

/etc/init.d/dropbear start

Deactivate boot splash

• Edit /boot/autoboot.txt and append psplash=false at the end of the setenv bootargs parameter
• Or hit Alt + D-pad right to disable it temporarily

Turn wifi off

• pandora-ctl stop wifi

Handling PND Files

• Run in console with pnd_run
• Mount PND File
• /usr/pandora/scripts/pnd_run.sh -m -p <pnd_file>

Installing software

• opkg install <ipk-file>
• Or use Milky (pacman for pandora)

Setting up cross-compile environment

• Download http://git.openpandora.org/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=pandora-misc.git;a=blob_plain;f=sdk_installer/openpandora_toolchain.sh;hb=HEAD
• dos2unix openpandora_toolchain.sh
• chmod a+x openpandora_toolchain.sh
• Execute openpandora_toolchain.sh

Cross compile some source

• Go to the source tree and Execute

pandora-dev/sdk_utils/pandora_configure.sh --prefix=/data/muh/
make
make install
pandora-dev/sdk_utils/pnd_make.sh -p zsh.pnd -d /data/muh

• pnd_make.sh must run as root
• Maybe you have to add -I$PNDSDK/usr/include to CFLAGS in Makefile or pandora_configure.sh

Building PND file

pandora-dev/sdk_utils/pnd_make.sh -p some-new-app.pnd -d /dir-to-compress

• Maybe you want to edit PXML.xml to specify exec script

<exec command="scripts/install.sh"/>

• To rebuild a mounted pnd on pandora use

mksquashfs . /tmp/new.pnd ; cat PXML.xml icon.png >> /tmp/new.pnd

Setting up complete development environment

• http://blogs.distant-earth.com/wp/?p=90