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Unirse Started by u/E37 • August 11, 2016, 05:54:47 PM

TI-84 Plus fails OS validation after multiple re-install attempts

EDIT (Feb 6 2024) by Dream of Omnimaga: CLICK HERE IF YOUR 84+CE IS HARDWARE REVISION AA FROM 2022 AND GOT STUCK IN A OS VALIDATION LOOP RIGHT OUT OF THE BOX WHILE IT'S PLUGGED IN. After a crash I decided to reinstall my 84's OS since it wouldn't get past the ram cleared screen.Now it will install the OS but fai...
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Unirse Started by u/Jake • November 29, 2023, 03:59:20 AM

Downloading files help

It will take me to an error page when I try to download anything from this page   ; BTW: this is my first time using code walrus
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • June 17, 2020, 06:47:25 PM

Linux Mint won't connect to wired Internet

My mom gave me her old computer and I installed Linux Mint on it and eventually I want to put RetroArch on it. This computer lacks wi-fi capabilities. However, I don't know if it's because I'm missing drivers or something but the computer refuses to connect to my wired connection. It says "Connecting..." at the bottom of the screen then a minute later a notification saying that the connection failed. The connection works fine when I am using my Windows 10 computer so it's not the cable. Also, be...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • April 25, 2020, 01:47:52 PM

SOLVED: Updating the animation of a sprite given the refresh rate and time

Hello guys,so let's assume we have a display refresh rate of 144hz and i want to display a sprite with 9 frames in 0.25 second.Now if it was 1 second instead, it would take 16 frames to update the sprite's frame by one.In this case, it would take only 4 frames before it updates the sprite's frame by one.I also want it to also work for a display refresh rate of 60hz.So in the case of 60hz, it would take 1.66666666667 frames instead to update it.My sprite function looks like this : void Put_s...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • March 14, 2019, 08:34:42 PM

Implementing triple buffering

So i'm working on porting an emulator (SMS Plus GX) to using fbdev and i managed to make double buffering work after reading this : It roughly looks like this (Resolution is 320x240 and bitdepth is 16) : static inline void swap_buffers(){    if (vinfo.yoffset == 0)        vinfo.yoffset = screensize;    else        vinfo.yoffset = 0;    //"Pan" to the back buffer    ioctl(fbfd, FBIO...
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Unirse Started by u/Midnightas • February 05, 2019, 04:54:16 PM

What causes "RAM leaks"?

I am writing a simple game in ez80 assembly, and every single time I run the program, my calculator's free RAM goes down a lot .I can run the game maybe 4-5 times before it runs out and a memory error occurs.Is my program simply not deallocated from memory, if so, how do I get it to?
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Unirse Started by u/Midnightas • December 24, 2018, 05:00:18 PM

Double buffering makes program slow & visual artifacts for each render.

I added double buffering into my program, as before you could see it rendering visually and flickering.But now with double buffering, half of the screen flickers (not exactly half, I can't find a pattern, but it's mostly pixels at the bottom), and it now takes around half a second to render, before the buffers are swapped again.I'm assuming this is because we wait for the interrupt, but it still seems to be very long. call SJQ_setgraphicsloop: ; Simple buffer cleaning, sets everything to 0...
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Unirse Started by u/TruDev • December 07, 2018, 01:50:44 AM

Dead TI-Nspire CX CAS help?

So, I guess I might say that I own a TI-Nspire CX CAS, and that is partially true. However, the one I use is my brother's, because mine broke...I was wondering if I could take it apart, but I am not able to without buying outrageous types of screwdrivers...Ok, now to the description of the problem. I originally thought that these problems were caused by Ndless, but now I realize it is probably a hardware issue.So, one day, I discovered that the screen looked corrupted on my TI-Nspire. I kind of ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • September 13, 2018, 12:06:55 PM

Become an indie developer on the PSN (Sony Playstation)

Hello guys,i'm currently working on a PS Vita game (still in early stages though !) and i would like to (eventually) publish it on the PSN.However, while becoming a dev on the Ouya, Firefox marketplace (both now dead) and Google Play store was fairly easy, Sony asks for much more information than either those so i'm not sure where to begin first.I heard that Juju became a Nintendo dev though, so perhaps if you or anyone else could help me certification, that would be nice.For ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • April 12, 2018, 12:23:57 AM

Fast sprite rendering in an RGB565 framebuffer

So right now i'm working on a project for the Atari Falcon (which will also be ported to DOS and other platforms) and that platform has a Motorola 68030 running at 16Mhz.However, making things worse is the fact that the system bus is 16-bits only... So i need to make sure to optimize my graphical routines as fast as i can.I want to use the RGB565 mode on this thing, since its the only one that is linear and not chunky/planar. Plus i like more colors (RGB565 also happens to be the color mode the...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • March 13, 2018, 09:39:29 AM

Display a 1024x768 pict using only 64k segments/arrays

Hello guys,i was having some fun trying to display graphics in all kinds of different graphics mode for DOS.So far, i've been able to try out CGA, EGA and (ofc) VGA, including the various Mode-X resolutions.Just recently, i managed to find out how to support and write pixels for the IBM 8514. (I'll talk about it in another post)However, i encountered some issues. The IBM 8514 is supposed to work with an IBM AT, which comes with a 80286 and that processor is 16-bits.Making matters worse, arrays/s...
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Unirse Started by u/the2048 • March 29, 2018, 12:53:44 AM

Is the HoustonTracker music good for a good set of speakers?

I make music with my TI-84, and I wanted to know if the output is perfectly safe for the speakers on my Samsung home theater. If this is in the wrong spot just move it, OK?
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Unirse Started by u/123outerme • September 18, 2017, 07:52:41 PM

SDL2 on Linux Ubuntu - Seg Fault Error

When I run the code below inside of one of my functions called drawTile() (inside of another one called drawTilemap() ), I get a segfault. On Windows, nothing happens, and the code works fine, yet on my Linux VM (64-bit/Ubuntu, if that helps), I get a segmentation fault. SDL_RenderCopyEx(mainRenderer, tilesetTexture, &rect1, &rect2, 0, &center, flip); where mainRenderer = the global SDL_Renderer variable,tilesetTexture = the global SDL_Texture that renders the full tileset (or individ...
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Unirse Started by u/Switchblade • March 14, 2017, 12:37:25 AM

Sqrxz levels won't show...

I have downloaded several Sqrxz levels from ticalc for my TI-86.  However, except for the 3 levels that come with Sqrxz, none show up in the level selection screen.  Does anyone have any hints? Thanks.
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Unirse Started by u/Yuki • August 03, 2017, 10:28:58 PM

Building a computer for art school

So yeah, my mom is going to university in animation next semester (as a student of course) and she needs a pretty good computer for that, any tips? I have about a C$1000 budget for the graphics card alone (thanks some restaurant's foundation, that's helpful), plus probably another C$500-1000 for the rest. The parts shouldn't be hard to order either online or at the computer shop down the street.Minimum configuration needed:- Intel 64-bit 4th gen quadcore CPU- 12 GB RAM- 1 SSD (for the operating ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • August 08, 2017, 07:25:02 PM

Mein new computer

Hey guys ~~ !Unfortunately, my graphic card (and i thought my motherboard too but turns out no) broke down.RIP my Geforce 730So i bought a new configuration :Ryzen 5 1500X (199€)ASUS A320M-K (70€)4GB of DDR4 RAM 2400Mhz (40€, ram is expensive yo)A used Geforce 780 (130€, not too bad)What do you think of it ? Can i play PS3 and Xbox 360 games with RPSC3 and Xenia ?Should i have picked a RX 460 rather than the 780 ?I plan to use this with Void Linux/Devuan with Nouveau + reclocking + Nvstate=2. (J...
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Unirse Started by u/p2 • July 28, 2017, 08:31:11 PM

MOVED: Firefox готовит конкурента Skype

This topic has been moved to Topic Graveyard .Thx to the kind spambot for sharing it with us.Nastrovje <3(or however that is written, idk...)
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • July 07, 2017, 05:51:53 PM

Any good and free phone call filtering app for Android?

Does anyone know if there is any good app for Android that is free and can either block or filter incoming calls from specific phone numbers other than existing spam list (for example, calls from specific people, not surveys nor spam calls)? My mobile carrier has such feature, but it costs $6 a month to use and I am not willing to pay any money just to block calls from specific numbers. Ideally I would also prefer shadowbanning than banning, though.I have checked Google and found lists of such a...
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Unirse Started by u/Alvajoy123 • June 24, 2017, 01:31:11 AM

Questions about ICE

How do you use the defineSprite( command
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Unirse Started by u/p2 • May 09, 2017, 07:46:24 AM

Need Help with C# Code and Unity

I am currently working with Unity to develop Augmented Reality applications for the HoloLens, and as part of a project, I need a way to import .obj files at runtime from an online source.I chose to use this thingy: there's no proper documentation or anything similar D:Can anyone tell me how to get this script running?I can import it and bind it to an objct and stuff, but how to use it?I have no idea which comand I use to call it and with which ...
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Unirse Started by u/ACagliano • March 17, 2017, 10:02:59 PM

C Programmers, Help With Raycasting Algorithm Needed

Cross-post So I'm looking for someone decently skilled with C programming to help me learn the ropes of designing a textured raycaster. I have a textured raycaster in C++ that I've been trying to port, but my skills aren't sufficient enough to percieve differences between C and C++ and implement proper substitution, so I am asking for help.ps: the C++ snippet im looking at is
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • November 06, 2016, 07:11:58 PM

Abmob on Android

Has anyone here got Admob to work on Android ?Well, since they released the new version in 2014, i didn't.Does anyone uses Abmob here ?My game is an SDL2 app and it has its own Activity, SDLActivity.Java. Here's my Admob code : ...        if(Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= 12) {            mJoystickHandler = new SDLJoystickHandler_API12();        }        else {            mJoystickHandler = new SDLJoystickHandler();        }        mLayout = new AbsoluteLayout(this);        mLayo
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Unirse Started by u/DarkestEx • March 08, 2017, 06:17:51 PM

I need help with ELF

Hello everyone.This question is directed to anyone who has experience with GCC and the ELF file format and the releated Unix tools.Maybe one of you, Sorunome or Streetwalrus ?Essentially I have a .ELF file for ARM which is not stripped. I need to remove Symbols from it. It could be in any unorthodox way possible, but it needs to be done. Later I need to replace said functions with equivalent ones from .o files.I would be glad if anyone had an idea or could ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • February 03, 2017, 05:58:24 PM

Fast tilemap collisions

Hello guys,as you may know, i have released a new game called Evil Australians.However, the collisions routines for checking collisions against the map is slow !Here it is : unsigned char Collisions_MAP(short col_x, short col_y, unsigned short width_player, unsigned short height_player, short scroll_x, unsigned short size_map, unsigned short tile_width_map){ unsigned short i, a = 0, y = 0; signed short temp_x = 0, temp_y = 0; for (i=0;i<size_map;i++) { a++; if (a > (tile_width_map-1)) { ...
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • January 29, 2017, 05:17:35 AM

Buzzing Laptop Power Cord

Last year I put in an effort to get my now 9 years old laptop fixed, working, and updated, this being less expensive than purchasing a quality replacement. That November, I got a new battery and power cord(both non-OEM) and clean installed Windows 10 Pro on my Acer Aspire 5735z. About 2 hours ago, I started hearing a strange, loud, and inconsistent buzz/crackle clearly originating from the brick of the cord. The sound was so loud it could be heard 6 feet away. A closer inspection revealed that t...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • December 29, 2016, 12:21:29 AM

Arm64 operating systems for the Raspberry Pi 3

So yesterday, i finally got my Raspberry Pi 3 and the first thing i did was to install the Devuan rootfs file on it.But like Streetwalrus said, i was going to be disappointed because it simply doesn't have VC4 or the proprietary drivers, only framebuffer support.I have no idea how to compile VC4's driver for X11 so needless to say, i started to look at other options.First, i tried the Tumbleweed and Leap OpenSUSE images and they don't work... they just won't boot.OpenSUSE said...
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Unirse Started by u/SiphonicSugar • January 18, 2017, 12:23:16 PM

iPhone Overheating

Hey everyone, I have a major problem here. I have an iPhone 6s, and lately, the battery has not been charging up farther than 86%, even after 6 hours of charging, the phone will randomly shut off saying it does not have any battery, though it has 75% or what not. It heats up A LOT when I use it. Keeping it plugged in heats it up so much that it gives me a temperature message saying it needs to sit for a while.  PLEASE HELP
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Unirse Started by u/E37 • January 03, 2017, 07:22:36 PM

Pathfinding

Hey!I am working on a game and in my general worry-about-the-details-later programming style I ignored the fact that I was going to need to make a pathfinding algorithm. I have a couple ideas, but was wondering if there was any better ways of doing it. I am using a grid based world. It is never more than 50x50 tiles.I could just brute force the best path, but I don't have a good way to check if the found path is the best one. Also storing the path once found could get large.I may add waypoints s...
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Unirse Started by u/p2 • November 13, 2016, 06:51:10 PM

Keyboard inputs in Java ( WalrusKingdom ) [Java]

Hi guys,I'm currently working on my WalrusKingdom (former PocketWalrus) game and ran into problems...meaning I'm totally stuck here and dont know what to do thanks to c4ooo and kotu I have my game running and the map is displayed.But the key inputs won't work.As I added key inputs, they worked but the rendering stoped working (without an error, simply stops showing any graphics).Putting the key input stuff in comments again, the graohics come back.(Alwa...
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • November 06, 2016, 10:19:24 PM

Unknown Tablet Issues [Android] [DIGILAND]

I have this 7" Digiland android tablet that won't startup for some strange reason. I know it gets warm and charges, but it won't display a thing. Maybe the display got disconnected? It was owned by my 4 year old sister until it stopped functioning.
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Unirse Started by u/xMarminq_ • November 08, 2016, 04:56:54 PM

Is This Possible?

I been busy with making this game, with some dialogue. Every line I make I put a Wait command, and can make it REALLY long. What I am trying to do is make a setting that sets a variable to the wait time to increase or decrease delay on some parts. Heres the thing I basically want to implement, but the calc isnt reading the Y= , and making the Y 0 so it has no delay
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Unirse Started by u/xMarminq_ • November 04, 2016, 03:16:10 AM

My Basic Program "PASSWORD" Progress

Here is the code I've added/code:Wait 2:Clrhome:Output(2,2"WELCOME, HUMAN":Wait 2:Menu("MY STUFFS","DICE GAME",A,"ANIMATIONS",B):Lbl A:ClrHome:Menu("DICE GAME","ROLL DICE",C,"CHECK SCORE",D,"QUIT",E)/codeCan anyone tell me how to make links for my file for you guys to view?
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Unirse Started by u/xMarminq_ • November 04, 2016, 02:01:35 AM

Making a Application

Does anyone know how to make a application on the Ti-84 Plus CE?
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • October 28, 2016, 12:20:58 PM

Lubuntu Installation [Dual Boot] [PC]

I'm trying to install the Lubuntu OS on my quasi-aged Windows Vista laptop. I had Windows 10 and Windows Vista in a dual boot, but then I realized that Vista wasn't genuine or usable. So, I'm trying to put a more streamlined OS in its place. I already followed some instructions to delete Vista(I erased the partition & reset MBR), so now Windows 10 is the only OS on my laptop. When I attempt to install Lubuntu as a dual boot, I am presented w/ a screen that asks me about file partitions that I do...
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Unirse Started by u/Dudeman313 • November 05, 2016, 07:47:03 PM

Newbie Scrub Fails at Linux

I somehow managed to erase my home directory in elementaryOS. Now I can't login. I do have a backup for it, but I am unable to place it where it's needed because "Permission denied." Apparently, I don't have permission to do anything, even tho I have the only account(which is marked as Administrator) on the Linux half of my laptop. How do I restore the backup if I can't login?
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Unirse Started by u/Hayleia • October 23, 2016, 07:37:49 AM

Specific Chrome setup wanted

Well well, I have been a Firefox user for ages but really, the more updates it gets, the slower it becomes. And now it's so ridiculously slow that I only had to try Chrome (or Chromium actually, but whatever) for 5 minutes to be convinced that a switch wouldn't be a loss (for real, booting Firefox takes 5 seconds where Chrome needs 0, and closing Firefox takes 1 second where Chrome needs 0, and you've got the same speed difference while browsing...).However, I was used to my Firefox setup, so I'...
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Unirse Started by u/xMarminq_ • November 01, 2016, 01:00:24 AM

How to start programming ASM or BASIC for scrubs like me who don't know anything

Please put tips here. I will try my best to read and lean so I don't sound stupid on here.CE is best.
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Unirse Started by u/Caleb Hansberry • November 09, 2015, 11:28:29 PM

Caleb Learns Linux

So, I finally got around to installing Linux on my Netbook! It wasn't easy because I couldn't get the motivation to do it on my main laptop cause it ran Windows 7 just fine and I like Windows 7, but my netbook ran Windows 7 so poorly I finally got fed up with it. Then I tried to install Ubuntu but it was still slow, and it's layers of shiny graphics confused me because I wanted to understand what it was doing and how it worked, but then I installed ArchLinux and couldn't understand anything or e...
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Unirse Started by u/Strontium • August 18, 2016, 05:32:28 AM

HP Prime dead?

Hi,I started charging my HP Prime the other day to top the battery out for when school started. However, since then, it seems that it shows no sign of life. I have ensured that the problem is not my cable, and I started charging the battery when it was nearly full (or, at least, more than 50%) so there should've been power in it anyways.The only thing that I can think of being wrong is the fact I accidentally charged it using a Samsung "fast charger" instead of a standard USB wall plug.It's also...
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Unirse Started by u/ACagliano • July 30, 2016, 08:06:43 PM

Calling Python Developers! Help Needed

As many of you know I've been working on a project that entails the use of Python for networking. I have made significant effort to learn Python, and while I know how the language works, learning how to create an application with networking is a whole other ball game. I need a hands on approach to this and therefore am asking anyone here who knows Python at this level to PM me or comment and ill discuss what im trying to learn to do and what i need.edit: here are some details. This is for the ca...
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Unirse Started by u/PT_ • July 12, 2016, 05:32:37 AM

Change OS menu

Yo guys! While I was working a bit around with hooks and menu's, I was trying to change a menu completely. Let's say I want to add a submenu at EDIT->PRGM. What is the best way to do that? I can either make my own one, chopping off the standard menu, but the submenu COLORS would be very hard to replicate. Another way is to increment the amount of submenu's when the hook is for the first time called (a=04h), but then the text will show up incorrectly, as ...
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Unirse Started by u/gameblabla • July 11, 2016, 06:34:52 PM

Recovering hidden files on Ubuntu

So...  after an unfortunate incident with my computer, i lost some files.Or so i thought.What really happenned is the fact all the files and even folders are there but are all hidden.When i type this on the terminal, it returns this... hatsune@hatsune:~$ lsls: cannot open directory .: Wrong medium type My file manager shows me nothing, as if there was no files.However, i can still go to folders as if they were there. hatsune@hatsune:~$ cd Documentshatsune@hatsune:~/Documents$[/co...
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • November 04, 2015, 06:37:21 AM

[calcs] HP Prime crashes when accessing memory menu. How to fix?

HP Prime crashes when accessing memory menu. Does anyone remember how to fix that issue? Hard reset and soft reset won't do it. I press mem then it freezes for 1 second then the calc shuts off and reboots.EDIT: Deleting Sokoban 1.03 solved the issue. But does anyone know how to prevent it from happening? Because it's not the first time this happens and the last time it did, even re-installing the firmware didn't help.
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • April 14, 2016, 06:34:37 AM

PC randomly shuts down then reboots on its own (no overheat)

So last August and since late December, sometimes my Windows 7 PC will randomly shuts down by itself then reboot. It's not related to heat because most of the time it happened when my bedroom and computer were colder. However, what I noticed is that it usually happens a few minutes after connecting my TI-84 Plus CE and transfered programs with TI-Connect CE via direct USB (and ironically, I was active coding in August, stopped then started again this Winter). It also happened before when playing...
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Unirse Started by u/Ephraim Becker • April 12, 2016, 12:37:00 AM

Error installing KnightOS SDK

I'm testing out the new Linux Subsystem beta on Windows 10 Build 14316 with installing the KnightOS SDK. I installed all the required packages and then when I try installing the KnightOS SDK, I get the following error: root@localhost:~# curl -s | bash6.7.7Downloading genkfs...Compiling genkfs...Installing genkfs... Built target genkfs Built target manInstall the project...-- Install configuration: "Release"-- Installing: /usr/local/bin/genkfs-...
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • March 30, 2016, 05:01:35 AM

MOVED: Contact Form Not Working

This topic has been moved to Web .
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • March 30, 2016, 05:01:25 AM

MOVED: Hosting an Interactive Google Doodle on a Site

This topic has been moved to Web .
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Unirse Started by u/Dream of Omnimaga • March 24, 2016, 09:05:20 PM

MOVED: CE Textlib/Basic Drawing

This topic has been moved to Calc Projects, Programming & Tutorials .
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Unirse Started by u/JWinslow23 • March 16, 2016, 07:04:13 AM

(Solved) Axe Parser - NOT ENOUGH ROM error

I'm trying to compile a program into an application with Axe Parser. It works fine in program mode, but when I try to compile it, it errors out after the 1st and 2nd pass with a "NOT ENOUGH ROM" error. I have 24KB of RAM and 52KB of archive available, so I don't know where this error is coming from. Any help?
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Unirse Started by u/Hayleia • March 07, 2016, 08:21:26 PM

Clone a SSD to another one

HelloesNot sure this is the exact right place to post due to the "development" part but I didn't find another better place, so I'd assume it's here.So, I have a SSD with some OSes on it, and I'd like to move everything that's on it to another SSD.(The reason is that the first SSD is wasting a SATA port while the other one is on a mSATA one, so I can free a SATA port to have a HDD there).I guess I have to do some dd stuff but I have some questions.1) Does it matter that gparted says that the "old...
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