HOWTO Pages

Introduction

This page is a list of the various "HOWTOs" we've made here. Scan the topic headings and sub-headings to find a question of interest and then follow the link to the proper HOWTO page.

Hardware HOWTOs

I Have A GumStix Verdex and a ConsoleLCD-VX board. How do I make something with it?

Visit the HOWTO Get a ConsoleLCD-VX System Working page. It will tell you all the parts you should have from GumStix, and how to assemble them.

Development System HOWTOs

I Have A (X)Ubuntu 7.10 Linux System. How do I set it up as a development workstation?

Visit the HOWTO Setup GumStix Buildroot on an existing (X)Ubuntu System. This will tell you the packages you need to install to insure a "painless" software development process for your GumStix based myPhone. Note: for the lazy, we have a script that does most of the hard work for you.

Afterwards, you may want to consider installing Eclipse on your system. The Eclipse team has come a long way to make the CDT system (for C/C++ development and debugging) a good experience. We have notes on how we downloaded and configured Eclipse on the HOWTO Configure Eclipse to Work with Jowles page.

I Have A MS-Windows System. How do I set it up as a development workstation?

Visit the HOWTO Setup GumStix Buildroot on a Windows System using VMWare. It describes which packages to download from the VMWare website and how to download a pre-configured Xubuntu 7.10 VMWare image. Afterwards you'll probably want to configure Eclipse by visiting the HOWTO Configure Eclipse to Work with Jowles page.

I Want to use Eclipse to Cross Compile and Deploy software on my GumStix based myPhone. How do I do it?

The HOWTO Configure Eclipse to Work with Jowles page tells you how to install and configure the Eclipse CDT package along with the Remote System Explorer, Subversion and GNU Autotools extensions.

Bah. Eclipse is for the Weak. I want to compile with the command line

The HOWTO Compile Linux with the GumStix Buildroot describes the simple steps required to build Linux, etc. using GumStix's buildroot environment.

I Compiled a New System for my Gumstix based myPhone. How do I install it?

Go to the HOWTO Reflash the GumStix Verdex page.

Software HOWTOs

I Want to write some software that speaks directly to the frame buffer. How do I do this?

Visit the HOWTO Interface with the GumStix Frame Buffer page.

I Want to write some software that uses DirectFB. How do I do this?

Visit the HOWTO Use DirectFB on the GumStix based myPhone page.