Re: [Gumstix-users] quick verdex questions

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

Hi Sam,

On 10/19/07, Sam Prentice <pre...@mi...> wrote:
> I'm hoping someone can simply confirm/correct my assumptions ... 2
> days trying to get a sign of life from a new verdex board with no
> luck.
>
> (1) Is there a power switch for the motherboard, or is it sufficient
> to power an expansion board by plugging in the 5V adaptor?  The
> expansion board power lights come on, does this mean the verdex is
> also powered and running?

In all cases, the motherboard is powered from one of the daugthercards.

If you have a console-vx, then the orange LED won't come on until some
circuitry on the motherboard sends a signal (SYSEN) to the
daugthercard. For other daugtercards, the power LED will come on even
with no motherboard plugged in.

> (2) Does the motherboard ship with running linux as stated on the wiki?

Yes. But since the actual copy of linux doesn't work with all daughtercards.

> (3) My motherboard verdex-bt has bluetooth.  The motherboard ships
> with the default OS configuration having bluetooth enabled, and should
> be discoverable upon powerup.  True?

Unfortunately - No.

> (4) I have attached a netwifimicroSD board.  The motherboard ships
> with the default OS configuration having the wired network DHCP on
> startup.  True?

Yes - but the default linux shipped on your verdex is for the
NetCF-vx, and not the netwifimicrosd, which uses a different network
controller, so DHCP won't work because the wrong network adapter is
configured.

See this page for modications to make the netwifimicrosd work with your verdex:
<http://docswiki.gumstix.com/Net-wifi-microusd>

> (5) Finally, is there any way to debug whether my verdex board is
> running, and whether I am dealing with a h/w issue or a s/w issue?

Connect a serial port to the console and see what's printed after powerup.

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