From: Ben F. <be...@fi...> - 2006-07-03 16:34:35
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It doesn't seem to bring up the ethernet interface, I tried that before the serial console! James Coxon (the pegasus project) is sending me a board with a RS-232 serial port on it, thanks go to him. It was the one from the original balloon, I feel honoured! Ben On 3 Jul 2006, at 17:28, Cliff L. Biffle wrote: > On Jul 3, 2006, at 9:02 AM, Ben Firshman wrote: >> So, uh, what do I do? This dud serial console is the only access I >> have to the gumstix. > > Judging from the silly ethernet-initialization stuff my Gumstix tried > to do (I don't own any of the Ethernet boards), it will try to bring > up the Ethernet port on boot. > > Thus, you might try crossovering it to one of your machines and > bringing up a dhcp server to give it an address. Once it has one, > you can ssh in. Hooray for modern tech! > > (If you're on a Mac, clicking the Internet Sharing checkbox for the > ethernet port will do it -- and you won't need a crossover cable.) > > Alternatively, if you have a Bluetooth-enabled Connex, you can get in > that way. Instructions are buried somewhere in the Wiki; my > instructions for the Mac are here: > http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Setting+Up+the > +Gumstix+on+Mac+OS+X > > (stop after the bit about getting a serial console.) > > There are instructions for Bluetooth console on other platforms > somewhere in the Wiki. > > And, as a third, fantastically vague suggestion, full of mumbling and > armwaving, u-boot will actually check any inserted MMC card for a > factory update script. One could hijack this to flip the relevant > GPIOs, thereby enabling the console, using the boot commands here: > http://www.gumstix.org/tikiwiki/tiki-index.php?page=Robostix-Uboot > (Perhaps someone at Gumstix could provide specifics on the script? > My Connex is currently fried, so I can't check uboot for the details.) > > > That said: I've complained before about undocumented interactions > between the daughterboards, and this is an excellent example. If you > buy a Gumstix and a Robostix, you have *no serial console* without > modifications to the software, which you can't make without a > console. So, people who buy a non-Bluetooth Gumstix, a Robostix, and > optionally a Connex daughterboard without USB, serial, or Ethernet > have basically bought a spectacularly unwieldy bookmark. > > This should be documented on the product page before people buy. Or > y'all could throw in a Tweener or Waysmall STUART free... :-) > > </rant> > > -Cliff L. Biffle > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, > security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your > job easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache > Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel? > cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > gumstix-users mailing list > gum...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/gumstix-users -- Ben Firshman be...@fi... http://www.phatmonkey.org.uk/ |