apps run but no input

[rdowdall]

Right after you start sbengine with those -vvvv's, it should tell you all of the plugins that it is attempting to load. It will tell you if it can't load any of them. Do you see anything where it is failing to load the plugins? For example, on my Linux box here is what I see:

/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/bin/sbengine -vvvv /home/rdowdall/Documents/crank/samples/release/button-example/button.gapp

INFO (1487193856):DATA_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x40ea11
INFO (1487193856):MODEL_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x40b734
INFO (1487193856):IO_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x4165c5
INFO (1487193856):ACTION_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x41682a
INFO (1487193856):RENDER_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x42c666
INFO (1487193856):SCREEN_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x415494
INFO (1487193856):RESOURCE_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x40fdc0
INFO (1487193856):Initialize Model Manager []
DIAG (1487193856):Table [radio_button_table] resized to 3 rows 1 cols
INFO (1487193856):Initialize IO Manager []
INFO (1487193856):Initialize Action Manager []
INFO (1487193856):Initialize Render Manager []
INFO (1487193856):Initialize Screen Manager []
INFO (1487193856):Initialize Resource Manager []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-dev-input.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [dev-input (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-screen-path.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [screen-path (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-screen-dump.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [screen-dump (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-system.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [system (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-capture.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [logger (1.1.2.3)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-lua.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [lua (1.1.0.0)] []
DIAG (1487193856):Loading LUA script [/home/rdowdall/Documents/crank/samples/release/button-example/scripts/toggle_button.lua]
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-timer.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [timer (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-event-redirect.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [redirect (0.0.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-dynamic-rext.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [dynamic.rextension (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-gesture.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [gesture (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-logger.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [logger (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-rext-external.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [rext-external (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-poly.so]
INFO (1487193856):Initialize plugin: [poly (1.1.0.0)] []
INFO (1487193856):Loading plugin from [/home/rdowdall/Documents/workspace/sbengine/linux-x86_64-sdl-obj/plugins//libgre-plugin-greio.so]

Do you see any errors during this phase?

[ChrisK]

Dave, I notice in your plugin_path you have "/mounted_volume" instead of "/mounted volume" like in your .gapp file path

Is this a forum typo?

[DaveC426913]

Do you see any errors during this phase?

No, none. The first error occurs when I attempt to interact with the app.

Dave, I notice in your plugin_path you have "/mounted_volume" instead of "/mounted volume" like in your .gapp file path
Is this a forum typo?

It was a real problem but I fixed it and tested it again. No better results.

[ChrisK]

Do you mind attaching the beginning output where it loads the plugins?

[DaveC426913]

Is the gra / gre difference important?

Most plugins are gre, such as gre.init, gre.screenshow.post, etc. but the one it always trips over is gra as in gra.screen.path .

[DaveC426913]

Do you mind attaching the beginning output where it loads the plugins?

Would love to. Too bad our stipped down CE has no functionality (such as Notepad) for doing so.

Let me see if I remember my DOS pipe commands... :cracks knuckles: (I feel like Scotty in Star Trek IV "Hello Computerrrrr??")

[DaveC426913]

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INFO  (1):DATA_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x2143c
INFO  (1):MODEL_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x1e7f0
INFO  (1):IO_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x1d3d8
INFO  (1):ACTION_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x1d108
INFO  (1):RENDER_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x3ff34
INFO  (1):SCREEN_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x18f98
INFO  (1):RESOURCE_PLUGINS Internal Handle 0x15658
INFO  (1):Initialize Model Manager [plugin_path=/mounted volume/crank/wince-armle-win32-obj/plugins]
INFO  (1):Initialize IO Manager []
INFO  (1):Initialize Action Manager []
INFO  (1):Initialize Render Manager []
INFO  (1):Initialize Screen Manager []
INFO  (1):Initialize Resource Manager []
DIAG  (1):IO Callback 0x00028a9c(gre.init, 0001705a0)
DIAG  (1):IO Callback 0x0001ac88(gre.init, 0001705a0)
DIAG  (1):IO Callback 0x00028a9c(gre.screenshow.pre, 0001705a0)
DIAG  (1):IO Callback 0x00028a9c(gre.screenshow.post, 0001705a0)

[ChrisK]

Thanks Dave, this is quite a puzzle! Your sbengine is definitely not trying to load any plugins, and the plugin_path dir looks good and should be getting parsed properly by the arg parser. It seems like it is having a problem opening the plugin dir for some reason.

As a temporary workaround, you can remove the plugin_path option and place any needed plugins in the same directory as your gapp file. It's ugly, but that's where the default is if you don't specify a directory.

[DaveC426913]

As a temporary workaround, you can remove the plugin_path option and place any needed plugins in the same directory as your gapp file. It's ugly, but that's where the default is if you don't specify a directory.

Yes, this did the trick.

So, it's something to do with the plugins path. But it's not a typo or invisible character; I Ctrl-V'd the plugins path onto a DOS DIR command and the path resolved just fine.

I can think of only two unknowns left:
- the plugins is choking on a path with invalid characters: camel-case characters, spaces or the wrong kind of slash.
- there is a problem with -omodel_mgr. I tried eliminating this while leabing the plugins_path= but that didn't work either.