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Hi!  I'm normally coding just fine on my Pandora with C/C++, but for fun I thought I would try a small GLBasic project, and so I've become a registered user.  (Anything to support more cool stuff on Pandora!)

Anyway, just wondering if the GLBasic compiler is using Floating Point in any way, and if so which fpu settings are used at the build stage?

Hi!  I am torpor, the author of the following thread:

http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/53964-cross-compiling-is-bollocks-toolchains-are-bollocks-use-your-pandora-to-build-apps/

.. about how to set up a compiler on your Pandora.

I'd like to help you solve the problem so you can use your Pandora to build whatever you want.  Some things need to be cleared up first:

1: There is currently a problem with the latest Hotfix#5 not quite being ready to have the compiler/development environment onboard.  We are currently investigating this issue, and you can keep track of our progress in this thread:

http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/58909-unable-to-install-gcc-and-friends-since-hf5/page__pid__942270__st__0&#entry942270

.. when we figure it out, this thread will be updated with the solution.

In the meantime you *can* revert your firmware back to the earlier Hotfix and use the instructions in the "Cross-compiling is bollocks" thread (see above) to set up a proper build environment.  This method does work - I myself have two Pandoras, one for User testing and one for Development, and my Development Pandora is crammed to the gills with onboard compiler tools, making it a 'normal Linux workstation' for development purposes, and with this configuration I have successfully built quite a few Pandora packages already (PandOricutron, FlipClock, WakeBreaker, xsynth, puredata, and so on..)

So, I will help you get this sorted out so you can build GLBasic.  But first, go back to an earlier firmware (I'm currently using HF#4 on my Dev Pandora, and HF#5 on my User-testing Pandora) and then follow the instructions in the "bollocks" thread above .. let me know how you get on, and I will help all you need.  Also, we can meet in #openpandora in the evenings, European Standard Time (I am in Vienna, Austria) if you want more direct assistance.