Re: [Gumstix-users] Latest build with good USBNet and MMC

[Dave H. <dhy...@gm...>]

Hi Darren,

On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 23:46:23 -0800, Darren Gibbs <ts...@ya...> wrote:
> 
> On Jan 8, 2005, at 10:28 PM, Florian Loitsch wrote:
> > The cleanest solution is of course a dhcp-server. You should find
> > instructions
> > for you distribution on the net (has the advantage of not needing to
> > change
> > the gumstix. which also means, that reflashing the gumstix won't
> > destroy your changes).
> 
> I couldn't get YaST to see the usb0 interface, so I followed Ben's 10
> steps to USBNet (but skipping the IP forwarding/masq setup which
> doesn't seem necessary since I'm only wanting to talk to the gumstix
> from the host, so I just turned off the firewall).  The setup worked,
> but I have a chicken/egg situation in which the gumstix only looks for
> a dhcp server while it's booting, but I can't ifconfig usb0 on the
> Linux host until the gumstix has booted and caused the Linux host to
> bring up usb0. Over the serial link I can coax the gumstix to look for
> a DHCP server by doing ifup usb0.  Is there some way to keep the
> gumstix looking for a DHCP server after boot, or is there something
> else going on here I don't yet understand.

I discovered that the gumstix will continue to try to connect to a
dhcp server even after boot. It can take upto a minute or so though.
Originally, I wasn't patient enough.

I'm not sure if that helps or not (I'm using Windows XP so I have
different issues).

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Dave Hylands
Vancouver, BC, Canada
http://www.DaveHylands.com/