Freeze with Acekard 2.1 -firmware Akaio 1.7.1-

[sverx]

Hi!
I recently updated to the latest devkitARM (dKA 31 and libnds 1.4.5) but now everything I compile and test on Acekard 2.1 (with Akaio 1.7.1 firmware) just freezes the DS with a plain nice white background.
That wasn't happening before, with dKA 30 and libnds 1.4.3 ... btw it's still working on my R4.
Anyone else facing that? Suggestions?
Thanks!

[coreyh2]

I recompiled the examples and they are still working on my cycloDS. You should report this problem on the Akaio forum too. Maybe if they talk with Wintermute they could figure it out quick.

You might want to make sure you definitely have the latest version and your install is good too.

[sverx]

Can you please link me one of your compiled examples? I will download it and check if it works on the AceKard (which actually isn't mine but owned by one of my team mates...) so I can check if it's a problem with my PC or whatever...
(In the while I'm temporary back to the previous dkP version because in this moment I really need him to be able to check the software on his DS...)

Thanks!

[WinterMute]

This works http://wiki.devkitpro.org/index.php/Homebrew_Menu

It would be interesting to know what the problem is with akaio though.

[sverx]

This works http://wiki.devkitpro.org/index.php/Homebrew_Menu
It would be interesting to know what the problem is with akaio though.

You mean you tried running a compiled example on Akaio firmware and you faced the same problem?

[WinterMute]

No, I mean that hbmenu works fine on ak2i, I've never used akaio.

UPDATE: Until just now when I installed it on my ak2i and ran a bunch of the examples which all worked fine.

Did you update manually and not update the default arm7 by any chance?

[sverx]

No, I never update manually, I used the devkitProUpdater... but I'm not using the default arm7, since the project I'm using uses libXM7 and I need to call its functions from ARM7, you know.

Does the default ARM7 source changed since June?

[WinterMute]

Just a minor change in init order, nothing major -> http://devkitpro.svn.sourceforge.net/vi ... 84&r2=4239

Nothing much in the arm7 side of libnds that sticks out either. There's always the possibility that you ran into something in the new gcc, if you can reduce the problem to a simple testcase I'll have a look. Make sure you enable all warnings and fix them first though, you'd be amazed just how often that works for people :p

[sverx]

mmm... I have yet another initialization order in my arm7 code, but I don't think this is the problem...

btw now I have no way to run other tests until September because my friend is on vacation, we will test later and we'll see if we can reproduce the bug in a simple test program so that you also could check it.

See you then...