Re: [Gumstix-users] Got a gumstix computer and can't get it to power on

[Brad F. <bra...@gm...>]

You most likely will need to purchase a tweener so you can log on via
serial and make sure the eth0 and dhcp is starting up. My connex
didn't out of the box. (the wifi driver was configured to auto start
though (and I don't have the wifi option))


On Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 2:30 PM, E C <def...@ya...> wrote:
> Hello Everyone,
>
> I am having problems getting the netstix 400xm-cf computer  to work.  Is
> there a special way to turn this computer on?
>
> I am under the impression that I should provide power to it, connect it to
> my router and be able to communicate with it via LAN.  I have returned it to
> gumstix once thinking there was a problem with the device and I just got it
> back again.  I have provided power and connected it to my router.  When I
> look on my router logs to see if it detects anything on the specified port,
> it comes up with nothing.
> I only bought the computer and nothing else thinking this was the only thing
> I needed to have.  It came back with some auto-run test results, which mean
> nothing to me I need the device to power up, boot the OS installed and me be
> able to modify the settings via the LAN, is this not possible?
>
> Any help will be appreciated, I don't know what else to do, I was hoping to
> get an better understanding as to how gumstix works.  I think it has lots of
> potential, but so far I have been disapointed.
>
> -Enrique