AlaskaLinuxUser's Scratchpad

Commit thy works unto the LORD, and thy thoughts shall be established. - Proverbs 16:3

Error: File not found - The problem with using absolute paths.

While attemtping to add the Lionheart governor to my previously built kernel, I ran into an interesting problem:

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firmware/audience-es325-fw-eur.bin.gen.S: Assembler messages:
firmware/audience-es325-fw-eur.bin.gen.S:5: Error: file not found: /home/alaskalinuxuser/Documents/projects/phones/compile/cm13/kernel/samsung/jf/firmware/audience-es325-fw-eur.bin
make …

Error: 'memcmp' was not declared in this scope!

Here is a problem that I occasionally come across while compiling. Since it is so common for me to see this, I would like to re-iterate an earlier post I made about this problem. Before I only mentioned it in brief, and here I would like to break it down …

The AKLU-Lionheart kernel!

For those of you who are downloading or using the PAC-ROM 6.0.1 or AOKP 6.0.1 that God graciously enabled me to build, I have released a new kernel for them, the AKLU-Lionheart kernel. You can install it in TWRP without having to re-load your rom. This …

When LiquidSmooth gets rough!

Among the many roms that I am currently working on, one of them is Liquid-Marshmallow (LiquidSmooth 6.0.1) for the Samsung Galaxy S4, T-Mobile variant (SGH-M919, JFLTETMO). There are a couple of problems with this endevour, not the least of which is that official development of LiquidSmooth has stopped …

Stop: Recovery theme is not valid!

While compiling OmniRom 6.0.1 for the Samsung Galaxy S4, T-Mobile variant (JFLTETMO, SGH-M919), I ran into this problem, which halted the compiling process:

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bootable/recovery/gui/Android.mk:127: ****************************************************************************
bootable/recovery/gui/Android.mk:128: * TW_THEME is not valid: ''
bootable/recovery/gui/Android.mk:129: * Please choose …

How old is too old?

A while back I was helping my brother move some old equipment out of a place he use to live. One of the items that I saw there was an old laptop laying on top of some boxes that were stacked up on the floor. It looked kind of old …

My simple calendar script

As some of you know from previous posts, I use JWM as my default window manager. I like to keep things simple and cut down on wasted resources. This helps a lot, as I often run Qemu, Aqemu, or compile Android variants on my older laptop, which is not exactly …

Changing the default wallpaper in an Android build

The other day, God graciously allowed me to compile PAC-ROM MM for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S4 (JFLTETMO SGH-M919). So there are a lot of great things about this rom, but there were also a few things that I thought were lacking in creativity. Simple things really. Like the background …