Re: [Gumstix-users] Pre-built Linaro with ROS image runs into a kernel panic

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I had similar issues with the pre-build Linaro image on several Overo
boards.  It only seemed to work reliably on the SandSTORM.  But on the
EarthCOM, FireCOM, and WaterCOM it had frequent kernel panics (often
following video corruption when trying to run the graphical desktop).
 Those boards that experienced the lock-ups also seemed to corrupt their
SDCards somewhat reliably.

Jeremy

On Fri, May 31, 2013 at 12:46 PM, Qandeel Sajid <saj...@gm...>wrote:

> I used the instructions from the Gumstix website:
> http://gumstix.org/getting-started-guide/242-create-a-bootable-microsd-card.htmlto create the sdcard.
> I'm using sudo screen <USB DEVICE NAME> 115200  to boot into the image in
> a terminal through Ubuntu in VirtualBox on a Macbook.
>
> I have not idea why but when I ran roscore a couple of times and it worked
> each time without a kernel panic. BUT, then when I was booted into the
> system and doing absolutely nothing (no process was running; the terminal
> was not being used at all) I suddenly got a kernel panic about the file
> system. I used fsck to clean up the partition for the linaro image and
> tried to boot into it again but every time it tried to autoboot into the
> linaro image, it would tell me the filesystem was corrupted and then gave
> me a kernel panic. Now, I'm reinstalling the image on the sdcard again...
>
> I really don't understand why the roscore worked those few times I tried
> it, and why I get these kernel panics randomly.
>
> Is it possible that it's my laptop that's a problem? I haven't tried to
> boot into the card on another computer yet...
>
> Thanks!
> Qandeel
>
>
> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 2:05 PM, adam <ad...@gu...> wrote:
>
>> To write a file to the file system, try this:
>>
>> $ dd if=/dev/zero of=test.file bs=52428800 count=1
>>
>> This will create a 50MB file.
>>
>> Adam
>>
>> On Wed, May 29, 2013 at 1:59 PM, Florian Vaussard [via Gumstix] <[hidden
>> email] <http://user/SendEmail.jtp?type=node&node=4967326&i=0>> wrote:
>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 05/29/2013 10:06 PM, Qandeel Sajid wrote:
>>> > It's not connected to the internet but I think it should have just
>>> > given me a small error instead of a kernel panic.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Indeed, this should not be the root cause, but it can be one trigger.
>>>
>>> > Considering what Florian mentioned, I used fsck before I booted into
>>> > it and the results showed that the file system was fine. After the
>>> > kernel panic, the file systems were corrupted and I used fsck to fix
>>> > them. However, when I tried to boot it again after the kernel panic,
>>> > it would either output junk or stop somewhere at the start of the
>>> > autoboot process and I had to reinstall the image.
>>> >
>>>
>>> So probably the FS was badly damaged during the battle...
>>>
>>> > No, I didn't do anything before the sudo apt-get update. Also, in
>>> > another one of my test runs, the file system error happened
>>> > automatically without me typing in any command. l Adam, are you using
>>> > the image from:
>>> > http://gumstix.org/getting-started-guide/241-get-an-image.html ?
>>> >
>>> > After I download the image I tried to run ros using $ cd ~/ros $ .
>>> > ./setup.sh $ roscore from:
>>> > http://wiki.gumstix.org/index.php?title=ROS A kernel panic occurs
>>> > when I do . ./setup.sh and only outputs /Kernel panic - not syncing:
>>> > Attempted to kill init! exitcode=0x000000/.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Could it be triggered when a process tries to write on your SD card,
>>> maybe?
>>> The kernel panic in itself only indicates a problem with the init
>>> process.
>>> In your previous post, init presumably got a segfault. To test this
>>> hypothesis, could you write something on the SD card ? If the SD card
>>> is mounted as your rootfs, you can just do a
>>>
>>> touch /root/foobar
>>>
>>> and / or try to write some data in it.
>>>
>>> According to the OMAP3 TRM, cards up to 32GB should be supported. But
>>> maybe
>>> your card is defected? Could you try another one?
>>>
>>> > I'm using a 32GB sd card and the image only 8GB of it. The rest is
>>> > free space. Should the image be resized to fill the whole card? If
>>> > so, how? I tried using just an 8GB card and booting in to it results
>>> > in either junk or no autoboot.
>>> >
>>>
>>> As I am not sure on how you create your SD card, I am not completely
>>> confident in answering your first question. As for the 8 GB card, it
>>> should work if the image fits on it. Have you tried a second one? When
>>> you mean no autoboot, what exactly? Do you see the output of the
>>> bootloader? The kernel decompressor? Or really nothing? In this case,
>>> the first partition is probably not created / installed correctly. Could
>>> you provide a link to the instructions you followed?
>>>
>>> > I'm pretty new to hardware so it is possible that I'm forgetting to
>>> > initialize something or just doing something silly, but I made sure
>>> > to follow the instruction on the Gumstix website so I'm not sure what
>>> > that something is.
>>> >
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Florian
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