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Building from source for the first time now, oh snap
What device and did it finish?
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
Still building. Maybe I should switch to kernels so I don't blow up my poor laptop lol
Plain aosp for my nexus 7 right now just to make sure its all kosher and I have the process down.
Eventually I want to try to port it to the s3 or evo 4g lte for my own personal use. Will probably rely on much of cms work for that.
Hmm, what's the specs of the computer?
That's about what I have. Takes about 2 hours or so to build, I believe. I'm also using ccache and I have a 4GB swapfile
Yeah, I'd recommend setting that up
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
OK so when I try to enable ccache anytime i reboot I get an unresponsive black screen. Clearly I'm not doing it right here.
What's the proper way to enable it, and how do I get Ubuntu to boot again?
Still mostly a Ubuntu noob here. I learn by messing up and figuring it out, but last time I couldn't figure it out and reinstalled the os
12.04 LTS
What's the proper way to enable it, and how do I get Ubuntu to boot again?
Still mostly a Ubuntu noob here. I learn by messing up and figuring it out, but last time I couldn't figure it out and reinstalled the os
12.04 LTS
http://source.android.com/source/initializing.html#ccache
Also, another thing: keep /home on a separate partition
Also, another thing: keep /home on a separate partition
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
I don't know anything about ccache, so I can't help you there.
No! No, no, no. With rare exceptions, no Linux distro should ever need to be reinstalled in order to fix problems. About the only time I ever suggest reinstalling is when a brand new installation is hopelessly screwed up, and the user has nothing to lose by just wiping the drive and starting over again. Other than that, it just shouldn't need to happen. This isn't window$. 
You said you're getting an unresponsive black screen. Can you boot from a live CD?
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
Ok, so when I reformatted I put /home on its own partition like you suggested. However, I noticed for ccache...
Now how do I know the correct path to use for the partition?
Good! That's the preferred way.
Assuming your home directory is in the default location, i.e., /home/YOUR_USER_NAME, then you don't need to specify anything, as you'll have /home/YOUR_USER_NAME/.ccache. It's only if you stuck your home directory in some other location, such as on a hard drive in another computer on your network [which would be REALLY weird!], would you need to specify its location. So just add the export USE_CCACHE=1 line to your ~/.bashrc file and you'll be good to go.However, I noticed for ccache...
Now how do I know the correct path to use for the partition?
Rxpert83
Dr. Feelgood
When I rebooted this morning I got the black screen again. I donno what the deal is. If I hit the arrow key while its trying to boot itll show the command prompt and itll prompt me with a login, and after successfully logging in I can cd to all of my different directories and things but I think its having problems booting the actual graphics?
This is really starting to get on my nerves. I've reinstalled this thing twice now and it keeps happening.
This is really starting to get on my nerves. I've reinstalled this thing twice now and it keeps happening.
Just an FYI: You might want to add posts like this to the Linux questions thread. It helps keep all Linux-oriented stuff organized, plus it's more likely that certain people (like me!) will see your question.
Just an FYI: You might want to add posts like this to the Linux questions thread. It helps keep all Linux-oriented stuff organized, plus it's more likely that certain people (like me!) will see your question.
Done!