Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

thebeekeeper — Mon, 12 Jan 2009 00:31:44 +0100

I was getting this same problem and I just fixed it. I used Process Monitor to log all calls to the file system and saw that make was trying to access the file c:\projects\wii\template\makefile even though I had renamed template to helloworld, like it says in the getting started doc.

It also looks like there's some path stuff to take care of. I cleared out my path, and now only have the following:
c:\devkitpro\devkitppc\powerpc-gekko\bin
c:\devkitpro\msys\bin
c:\devkitpro\devkitppc\libexec\gcc\powerpc-gekko\4.2.4

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

iofthestorm — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:10:19 +0100

Very strange, you shouldn't even need the devkitpro stuff in your path, just msys. At least you can compile code again. By the way, if you reinstall Vista and find you still can't compile stuff, and you want to stay in Vista rather than dual boot to compile things, you can run a virtual instance of Ubuntu in VirtualBox. If you try it out, be sure to install the guest additions package into the virtual Ubuntu, after you install that the VM uses a lot less resources and you can also have the apps sort of run as though they are running in their own windows rather than inside the VM. It's pretty nice, and I don't reboot into Linux much anymore as a result.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 11:03:23 +0100

Okay, my Path looks like this now:

C:\devkitPro\devkitPPC\libexec\gcc\powerpc-gekko\4.2.4;C:\devkitPro\devkitPPC\bin;C:\devkitPro\msys\bin;%SystemRoot%\system32;%SystemRoot%;%SystemRoot%\System32\Wbem

But I get the same error. I think I'm in agreement with the guys on #wiidev, my vista install is at fault.

I've reinstalled Ubuntu and got it working from there (minimal fuss. I like it!).

Once I have all my docs backed up, I'll reinstall Vista and try again on a fresh install, but as I have a method of compiling now that works, the faulty OS isn't that important.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Matando — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 00:00:10 +0100

Try removing anything to do with devkitPPC & msys from your path variable

then add this to it(in the front and change the drive letter if necessary):

C:\devkitPro\devkitPPC\libexec\gcc\powerpc-gekko\4.2.4;C:\devkitPro\devkitPPC\bin;C:\devkitPro\msys\bin;

this should fix your problem :)

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

iofthestorm — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 09:12:27 +0100

Very strange. This [wiki.codeblocks.org] seems to list a similar error with CreateProcess, but I don't have this problem. It really sounds like you're missing a file, but that seems impossible since you've reinstalled it so many times.

I remember when I first installed DevkitPro I did have one problem with having too many things in my path, in my case I had WinAVR compilers that were conflicting with the msys binaries. I wasn't using WinAVR anyway so I just uninstalled it and it worked fine. I don't know whether it was a similar error message but it might have been. If you could, maybe post your entire PATH variable here so we can see what might be conflicting.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 20:19:34 +0100

It's there alright... taunting me...

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

GizmoTheGreen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:31:29 +0100

it kinda looks like something is preventing the program for starting up..
i have a weak recall ive had this once before, just cant remeber how i fixed it...

check if you have the actual file in C:\devkitPro\devkitPPC\bin

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:29:42 +0100

It should be. See if you can get help on #wiidev before trying the devkitPRO forums.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:26:35 +0100

Yes, these are just the installed defaults that I keep getting.

I take it that it should be working then?

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:21:11 +0100

And do you still have problems? The paths I gave you were the three main ones, so if you have those, you should be good to go.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:09:55 +0100

Okay, doing a comparison between an uninstall and a reinstall I get:

DEVKITPPC = /c/devkitPro/devkitPPC
DEVKITPRO = /c/devkitPro
Path has c:\devkitPro\msys\bin; prefixed to the original path

and that's it for the variables.

The Paths are also set up as you stated Arikado.

*** edit: The UAC is switched off

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

GizmoTheGreen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:09:10 +0100

do you have uac turned on? that could be a problem maybe

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:06:41 +0100

Paths should be:

c:/devkitPRO/devkitPPC

c:/devkitPRO/libogc/include

c:/devkitPRO/libogc/lib

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

GizmoTheGreen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:04:19 +0100

see if they set the devkit folders correctly

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 19:02:01 +0100

What should I be looking for?

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

GizmoTheGreen — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:58:47 +0100

check the environment variables

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:55:57 +0100

I've tried that, I've also tried rebooting to make sure that the settings take hold. Still no change.

Should I take this up with the DevKitPro forum?

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:47:42 +0100

Try reinstaling devkitPPC.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:36:53 +0100

No change:

Paul@PAUL-VISTA ~
$ unset PLATFORM

Paul@PAUL-VISTA ~
$ cd /c/Projects/Wii/HelloWorld

Paul@PAUL-VISTA /c/Projects/Wii/HelloWorld
$ ls
Makefile  build  source  template.pnproj  template.pnps

Paul@PAUL-VISTA /c/Projects/Wii/HelloWorld
$ make
template.c
powerpc-gekko-gcc.exe: CreateProcess: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [template.o] Error 1
make: *** [build] Error 2

Paul@PAUL-VISTA /c/Projects/Wii/HelloWorld
$

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 18:25:12 +0100

go into msys and type: unset platform Then press enter. Then try compiling again.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 16:49:01 +0100

Yup, I've done that, but all I get is:

> "make" 
template.c
powerpc-gekko-gcc.exe: CreateProcess: No such file or directory
make[1]: *** [template.o] Error 1
"make": *** [build] Error 2

> Process Exit Code: 2
> Time Taken: 00:00

If I go through the command prompt and MSys, I also get this result.

Clues?

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:37:13 +0100

@fouzzedout

I originally had the same problem. Delete everything you have already installed (or start from scratch so to speak). Run the installer, making sure to install devkitPPC, libogc, and libfat all into a devkitPRO folder in your C drive. Also be sure to install msys and programmers notepad. After that, create a projects folder in your C drive. Copy the helloworld example from the examples folder (somwhere in your devkitPRO folder) into a folder named helloworld inside your projects folder. Open template.pnproj with programmers notepad. Select make at the top of the Programmers Notepad window. You should get a clean compilation resulting in a helloworld.elf and a helloworld.dol file.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

fozzedout — Thu, 08 Jan 2009 14:15:59 +0100

I'm jumping into the deep end here, and I'm using the Devkitppc setup (Windows) page step by step, but I have the same problem. In the discussion on that page, someone else has asked the question, but has no answer.

I haven't a clue how you have fixed it. I've tried searching the net for answers, but the closest I can find states to include the compiler location in the IDE.

Well, Programmers Notepad 2 doesn't use that and the command prompt doesn't give me a lot of choice there...

Could someone please take some pity on me and explain what is missing/wrong and why?

Thanks

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Matando — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 18:13:59 +0100

I know, I already solved it :p

thx :)

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

henke37 — Thu, 01 Jan 2009 13:25:20 +0100

The error is that make can not find the compiler. Help it out by telling where to look and/or making sure that it even exists.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Matando — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:37:29 +0100

thanks, I don't know why I didn't do that in the first place, lol

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Michael — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:00:12 +0100

Google "CreateProcess: No such file or directory" and look at some of the results. It looks like the problem is related to your search path.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:51:48 +0100

In that case, make sure that all the libwiisprite source is in your source folder. If you used the default install path, then your full path should be:

C:/projects/projecttitle/source/allthelibwiispritesourcefilesareinhere

I hope that helps

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Matando — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:40:53 +0100

libwiisprite is the program I'm compiling :P

was just using it as a test.

Re: Upgraded to vista, reinstalled Environment(DevkitPro)

Arikado — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 21:48:28 +0100

Looks to me like you dont have libwiisprite properly installed or linked (in you makefile) to your program.