Monday 29 October 2018

Using Code::Blocks libs

Here's a small screen shot for people having issues with MagPi lessons regarding library names

This shows the path name you need to enter under the linkers dirs

And this shows the names, even though they are listed as libGLESv2_static.xx, libEGL_static.xxx etc

they may be .a or .so files its not really important, it will include them as part of the project

Friday 5 October 2018

Fixed the ubuntu issues

In the end it wasn't anything strange, I just never noticed I was not logging in on root, and the xserver was therefor restricted. log in as root, or add xhost+ and you can then get access.

Sadly however I was still unable to get the T4 to work, it refuses to update itself without error, meaning I don't have a full set of features to compile and run the demos. Upsetting but I'll just wait a  while for a new more effective OS to come out.

Edit... I reinstalled, and then instead of allowing the onboard updater to work, did my own upgrade-dist and got it to update and work fine,
I had to instal x11 as a dev lib but once up and running its all good.

Not so sure that the Mali GPU divers are fully hardware accelerated though, as I get the same GLMark2 mark with and with out VBO's which is not sensible....meaning it may be emulating a lot.

The CPU is blistering though...so once those drivers get a bit more uptodate, this will be an odroid beater.