[Gumstix-users] Gumstix gone silent

[Mark H. <ma...@cr...>]

Hi all,

I had just ordered and received a Gumstix and was experimenting with
GPIO from the 'http://docwiki.gumstix.org/GPIO_event' reference.  My
setup was going great and everything was working properly, but then I
issued the following command:

"gpio-event 50:f:20"

This seemed to have frozen my shell and I was unable to log back in.  I
thought surely a reboot would fix this, but I was unable to get the
gumstix to boot again with any sort of hardware orientation (different
boards), it is now completely unresponsive.  It seems either the file
system was somehow corrupted and I need a re-flash or there is now a
hardware issue.  It is simply not booting.  Does anyone know if/why
issuing that gpio-event command would cause such a catastrophic effect?
Would appreciate some input on how to go about fixing this issue and
making sure it doesn't happen again.  I ordered another mobo for the
interim and don't want to fry another one while getting this one fixed.

Thanks,
Mark Holcomb