From: Sean W. <mod...@ho...> - 2006-08-11 23:16:34
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I'm actually not using bluetooth at the moment. I was using it in the past because my tweener was wacky, and using a hard serial line was not working. I got it replaced and it works fine now, but I cannot send files over the null modem cable. I can't send them with hyperterminal over bluetooth either though I used to be able to (before I flashed my factory gumstix with ones I built with the toolchain). I was unable to flash the gumstix in the past because I could not enter uboot because I could not use the null modem cable/tweener to talk to the gumstix. I could only use bluetooth and hyperterminal on a windows machine (since my usb bluetooth device is apparently unsupported by linux) to access the gumstix and pass files. Once the new tweener arrived, I could use kermit to log in to the gumstix AND enter uboot and therefore reflash the gumstix with my cpp enabled build. It seems that since I've done that I can no longer pass files to the gumstix. Any image I build with buildroot is too big to allow anything else to be squeezed on once flashed. The working directory on the gumstix is /tmp. I rz and it says it's waiting. I go to send with zmodem and it tells me it can't execute protocols. I try good old send with kermit and it hangs and eventually drops. I can understand why it doesn't want to write to flash anylonger... it's full, but the ramdisk or even straight to the mmc ought to work, right? Well, it doesn't. -Sean >From: "Dave Hylands" <dhy...@gm...> >Reply-To: "General mailing list for gumstix users." ><gum...@li...> >To: "General mailing list for gumstix users." ><gum...@li...> >Subject: Re: [Gumstix-users] RAM to MMC >Date: Fri, 11 Aug 2006 15:49:14 -0700 > >Hi Sean, > >On 8/11/06, Sean Wheeler <mod...@ho...> wrote: > > I'd really love to use zmodem or anything else that will work, but the >sad > > fact is that it is *not* working. I've dl'd and installed lrszs and > > minicom. I've tried using zmodem to send a file, but it says "failure > > executing protocol" when I try. Kermit stops trying, hyperterminal on a > > windows machine using bluetooth (the former working method of >transfering > > files prior to my initial reflash) fails to send, and I'm out of ideas. >I > > can access the gumstix but pushing files onto it (other than a new > > filesystem image) is a no-go. I can talk to the RAM with kermit in >uboot, > > but I can't get files from there to MMC (where I have so much more >space). > > I suppose I could try trimming down the fat of the jffs2 image and see >what > > happens. > >Now when you say that you dl'd lszrz, are you saying that didn't using >the sz/rz that comes with the gumstix? I think that they're built by >default as part of buildroot. > >Ohh. You're trying to send over bluetooth. > >I've had problems using szrz over USB-to-serial dongles, so it doesn't >suprise me that you're having problems using serial-bluetooth. > >Are you using the bluetooth module on the gumstix? > >I seem to recall that others have been able to get pand or some other >networking things working and used scp to copy files over bluetooth. > >If you have usbnet working, you can transfer files using scp or wget. > >And of course, if you have an MMC card reader on your PC, you could >plug the MMC card into that, copy the files in, and then move the MMC >card over to your gumstix. > >I expect kermit to fail, since it uses the kermit protocol and not the >zmodem protocol. > >When you're attermpting to transfer the files, I'm assuming that on >the gumstix you do: > >cd /tmp >rz > >so that files are transferred to RAM disk? > >-- >Dave Hylands >Vancouver, BC, Canada >http://www.DaveHylands.com/ > >------------------------------------------------------------------------- >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 |