Re: [leaf-user] 7.5.0 on Alix

[Erich T. <eri...@th...>]

Hi

Am 01.05.2025 um 15:15 schrieb KP.Kirchdoerfer:
> Am Montag, 28. April 2025, 11:46:48 CEST schrieb Otto Halák - TeleLarm:
>> Dear list users,
>> Probably no one has tested versions 7.5.0 on Alix boards, because there
>> are several problems with it.
>>
>> I used packages from this archive:
>> Bering-uClibc_7.5.0_geode_syslinux_serial115200
>>
>> On boot I saw the following warnings:
>> [ 36.334528] leds-gpio leds-gpio: error -ENOENT: Failed to get GPIO
>> 'geode-leds/alix:0'
>> [ 36.342591] leds-gpio leds-gpio: probe with driver leds-gpio failed
>> with error -2

Is this the output of modprobe?

>>
>> After boot I get "firewall login:" on the serial console, but I can't
>> log in. I can't type any letter because the console on serial port ttyS0
>> is dead, so I can't even create a root password.

If you get the "firewall login:" prompt on the serial console then the 
serial driver works at least partially.

>>
>> So I replaced configdb.lrp with one created on another machine.
>> Now I am able to log in via dropbear.

Which uses the ethernet connection

>>
>> But I am not able to use the menu system lrcfg because the e3 editor is
>> not working. Even from the command line "e3 /etc/modules" does not open
>> the file. For all files that need to be edited, you have to use the vim
>> editor.

Obviously the e3 editor will not load. AFAIK the 3e gets loaded with 
initrd.

> 
> I confirm this  doesn't work for i486/geode/i686 and will look into it.
> 
>>
>> I did not test geoip on Alix, but the rest of functions and programs
>> seems to be working fine.
>>
>> I'm curious if anyone can fix any of this.
> 
> Other issues hopefully as well, but after the one above....

Feels a bit like an initrd problem

cheers

ET

-- 
„Wer von seinem Tag nicht zwei Drittel für sich hat, ist ein Sklave.“
―Friedrich Nietzsche