Recently, I was working with an AMD Geode LX800 with Debian 7.2 installed on it. I had a small CF and was running out of space, so I used an USB stick where I copied the binary to test (a Qt5 app) and when executing it as a normal user and as root I was… Read More: Failed to map segment from shared object »
I have used kermit for connecting to serial interfaces for several years and it has always worked as expected. Even for sending a kernel image to U-Boot using the zmodem protocol (yes, it took ages, but there was no Ethernet) has worked quite well. Recently, a friend that is new to embedded Linux ask me… Read More: Communicating to a serial interface of an embedded Linux device… »
When cross-compiling dynamic libraries like GTK+ we normally have a couple of issues that complicate the compilation and later the execution of apps that depend on those libraries. First, we have to be very careful with the includes -I and libraries -L paths since they must point to the target, otherwise we risk to overwrite… Read More: Creating a sandbox or jail for cross-compiling »