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From: Henk M. <h.h...@gm...> - 2009-08-04 08:59:34
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Henk Martijn wrote: > Angelo Arrifano wrote: >> Henk Martijn wrote: >>> Hi! >>> >>> I just pulled and build the latest git from git://linwizard.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linwizard and it seems to work for my prophet! >> Good to know, can you check which devices work? >> >> Touchscreen [ ] >> Framebuffer [ ] >> LEDs [ ] >> USB ether [ ] >> Keyboard [ ] >> GSM [ ] >> Bluetooth [ ] > Well, touchscreen is working, sort of. The first time I booted in the graphical environment I could calibrate the screen, but when using it, it was all the time a bit "off". Furthermore the pointer on the screen was lagging in a funny way. > Every time I touch the screen I get lines with "linwizard user.debug kernel: tsc2046 spi2.1: Register dump :" > in the log file. > > - Frame buffer seems to be working. > - Haven't seen any LED's but OTOH they turned off when booting into linux > - USB ether is working, I can telnet into the device > - The prophet doesn't have a keyboard > - GSM / Bluetooth / WiFi I haven't tested yet. > > In the boot log I noticed "Unknown OMAP cpu type" so I turned on debugging in id.c. > > I've attached the boot log. I hope it shows something useful. > OK that was a log without the debugging on. The relevant debuging output: Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: OMAP_DIE_ID_0: 0x00000000 Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: OMAP_DIE_ID_1: 0x00000000 DIE_REV: 0 Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: OMAP_PRODUCTION_ID_0: 0x03320500 Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: OMAP_PRODUCTION_ID_1: 0x1b62c02f JTAG_ID: 0xc02f Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: OMAP32_ID_0: 0x03320500 Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: OMAP32_ID_1: 0x1b62c02f Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: JTAG_ID: 0xb62c DIE_REV: 1 Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: Unknown OMAP cpu type: 0x00 Aug 4 10:56:17 linwizard user.warn kernel: OMAP0000 revision 1 handled as 00xx id: 0000000000000000 > Please let me know where I can help. > > Thanks! > > Henk > >> All above are currently working in the wizard, GSM is experimental. >> >>> Good work! >>> >>> >>> A couple of questions: >>> - what user space do you recommend? >> Try the gizard tarball in here: >> http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >> >> It is based on GPE. >>> - is there any activity on porting linwizard to a newer kernel release? >> Yes there is, we are currently working on it. >>> Thanks! >> Best ragards, >>> Henk >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day >>> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on >>> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >>> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Linwizard-devel mailing list >>> Lin...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linwizard-devel > |
From: Henk M. <h.h...@gm...> - 2009-08-04 08:58:29
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Angelo Arrifano wrote: > Henk Martijn wrote: >> Hi! >> >> I just pulled and build the latest git from git://linwizard.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linwizard and it seems to work for my prophet! > > Good to know, can you check which devices work? > > Touchscreen [ ] > Framebuffer [ ] > LEDs [ ] > USB ether [ ] > Keyboard [ ] > GSM [ ] > Bluetooth [ ] Well, touchscreen is working, sort of. The first time I booted in the graphical environment I could calibrate the screen, but when using it, it was all the time a bit "off". Furthermore the pointer on the screen was lagging in a funny way. Every time I touch the screen I get lines with "linwizard user.debug kernel: tsc2046 spi2.1: Register dump :" in the log file. - Frame buffer seems to be working. - Haven't seen any LED's but OTOH they turned off when booting into linux - USB ether is working, I can telnet into the device - The prophet doesn't have a keyboard - GSM / Bluetooth / WiFi I haven't tested yet. In the boot log I noticed "Unknown OMAP cpu type" so I turned on debugging in id.c. I've attached the boot log. I hope it shows something useful. Please let me know where I can help. Thanks! Henk > > All above are currently working in the wizard, GSM is experimental. > >> Good work! >> >> >> A couple of questions: >> - what user space do you recommend? > > Try the gizard tarball in here: > http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ > > It is based on GPE. >> - is there any activity on porting linwizard to a newer kernel release? > > Yes there is, we are currently working on it. >> Thanks! > > Best ragards, >> Henk >> >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >> Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day >> trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on >> what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with >> Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july >> _______________________________________________ >> Linwizard-devel mailing list >> Lin...@li... >> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linwizard-devel > |
From: Angelo A. <mi...@gm...> - 2009-08-01 11:40:09
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Christopher Friedt wrote: > Dear LinWizard developers, > > I just finished my first major port of Linux to a phone (actually more of an > industrial handheld), and I've found the process to be pretty fun and highly > educational. My port is basically at the point where LinWizard is at too, > and I'll soon need to write a wifi driver for the device. > > For me, I'm lucky in that the manufacturer of my device (it's actually > PXA-based) has given me all of their schematics (under NDA, still). However, > the wifi chip on my device is from Azurewave, and they don't offer any chip > documentation, as far as I know. > > What I do know, is that having the support of the manufacturer can make a > world of difference when writing peripheral device drivers, mapping the > GPIO, etc. Yes it does, we have been always working without vendor support. To gather info about particular devices takes a long time (just see when this project was first opened). It also needs a lot of people (different heads think different ways). > > I'm curious to know whether or not the LinWizard developers have sought any > type of supporting documentation from HTC/QTek (for the various supported > handsets). Unfortunately no, everything is discovered by a lot of research, speculation and testing. Fortunately there are a few devices that have their reference manuals published (tsc2046 touchscreen for example) which helps a lot. Best regards, > > > Cheers, > > Chris > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > _______________________________________________ > Linwizard-devel mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linwizard-devel -- Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX Computation and Intelligent Systems MsC Student at UBI, Portugal mi...@gm... http://miknix.homelinux.com PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B |
From: Angelo A. <mi...@gm...> - 2009-08-01 11:22:37
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Henk Martijn wrote: > Hi! > > I just pulled and build the latest git from git://linwizard.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linwizard and it seems to work for my prophet! Good to know, can you check which devices work? Touchscreen [ ] Framebuffer [ ] LEDs [ ] USB ether [ ] Keyboard [ ] GSM [ ] Bluetooth [ ] All above are currently working in the wizard, GSM is experimental. > > Good work! > > > A couple of questions: > - what user space do you recommend? Try the gizard tarball in here: http://tinderbox.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ It is based on GPE. > - is there any activity on porting linwizard to a newer kernel release? Yes there is, we are currently working on it. > > Thanks! Best ragards, > > Henk > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Let Crystal Reports handle the reporting - Free Crystal Reports 2008 30-Day > trial. Simplify your report design, integration and deployment - and focus on > what you do best, core application coding. Discover what's new with > Crystal Reports now. http://p.sf.net/sfu/bobj-july > _______________________________________________ > Linwizard-devel mailing list > Lin...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linwizard-devel |
From: Christopher F. <chr...@gm...> - 2009-08-01 11:16:54
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Dear LinWizard developers, I just finished my first major port of Linux to a phone (actually more of an industrial handheld), and I've found the process to be pretty fun and highly educational. My port is basically at the point where LinWizard is at too, and I'll soon need to write a wifi driver for the device. For me, I'm lucky in that the manufacturer of my device (it's actually PXA-based) has given me all of their schematics (under NDA, still). However, the wifi chip on my device is from Azurewave, and they don't offer any chip documentation, as far as I know. What I do know, is that having the support of the manufacturer can make a world of difference when writing peripheral device drivers, mapping the GPIO, etc. I'm curious to know whether or not the LinWizard developers have sought any type of supporting documentation from HTC/QTek (for the various supported handsets). Cheers, Chris |
From: Henk M. <h.h...@gm...> - 2009-08-01 10:21:06
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Hi! I just pulled and build the latest git from git://linwizard.git.sourceforge.net/gitroot/linwizard and it seems to work for my prophet! Good work! A couple of questions: - what user space do you recommend? - is there any activity on porting linwizard to a newer kernel release? Thanks! Henk |
From: Lukas L. <luk...@ma...> - 2009-04-27 10:24:20
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Hi, I've finally discovered the correct cofiguration for my Elfin (T-mobile branded) the correct configuration is: struct lcd_panel htcwizard_panel_elfin = { .name = "lcd_elfin", .config = OMAP_LCDC_PANEL_TFT | OMAP_LCDC_INV_VSYNC | OMAP_LCDC_INV_HSYNC | OMAP_LCDC_INV_PIX_CLOCK | OMAP_LCDC_INV_OUTPUT_EN | OMAP_LCDC_HSVS_OPPOSITE, .bpp = 16, .data_lines = 16, .x_res = 240, .y_res = 320, .pixel_clock = 5416, .hsw = 4, .hfp = 8, .hbp = 4, .vsw = 3, .vfp = 8, .vbp = 5, .init = htcwizard_panel_init, .cleanup = htcwizard_panel_cleanup, .enable = htcwizard_panel_enable, .disable = htcwizard_panel_disable, .get_caps = htcwizard_panel_get_caps, }; Problem is that my elfin has paneltype==3, so the current lcd panel autodetection does not work :( That's the reason I am not sending a patch yet, I don't know how to include it in the source yet (so it's used when needed). I've modified the dumplcdc.c from miknix (attached) so it now checks for all omapfb configuration flags. Best regards -- Lukas Lipavsky email: luk...@ma... tel: (+420) 777 582 275 GPG Key ID: FF55774A Key fingerprint = 5BEB 6AF2 9653 638E EC0E 7E73 9A11 2BC5 FF55 774A |
From: Alistair B. <a.j...@gm...> - 2009-04-26 00:11:36
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Hi, EOL has a problem with kernel command line not being split up properly when quotes are used. This is the cause of the invalid rootfs problem where the kernel then lists the exact device you asked for. if you specify like: cmdline="root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 otheroption=..." Then the kernel uses the whole cmdline as one option, and so it tries to mount "/dev/mmcblk0p2 otheroption=..." as the root device. But when it prints the error the line wrap happens exactly after "mmcblk0p2" which somewhat obfuscates the problem. Anyway, the fix is DO NOT use quotes around the cmdline in eol.conf eg: cmdline=root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 otheroption=... -- Alistair Buxton a.j...@gm... |
From: Lukas L. <luk...@ma...> - 2009-04-22 11:16:34
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Hi, I've been trying to make linwizard running with my HTC Elfin (T-mobile branded) - which is also omap850. First, I needed to disable HTC Wizard led driver since it makes elfin unbootable (boot freezes very early so I cannot see the logs, but the cause probably is that elfin has fewer leds and wizard led driver initializes all of its leds...) - So this could be useful information for others trying linwizard on non-wizards. Now I am able to boot and connect with telnet to the device. But I am unable to make video working. The display seems to be misconfigured, both framebuffer and X (which uses fb video driver?) have same problem. all the graphics is displayed in top (10-20)% of the screen. I obtained the display configuration from Haret registers and I have hardcoded the display configuration into lcd_htcwizard.c and made sure it's actually used. (BTW it's exactly same configuration as htcwizard_panel_elf - which by default is never loaded. But the configuration does not work. Instead of whole display, I get only small lines in top part. I originally thought that the display somehow misconfigures y-resolution, but I doubt so now. I have recorded the whole boot process and the video is available at http://urtax.ms.mff.cuni.cz/~lilu/test.avi (~3MB - at the end, there are X "up"). It seems to me that it always draw several (scaled?) lines on one line (approximately 240pixels mapped to 30 pixels) I've never been programming any LCD so I'd like to ask you for help, If you ever saw something similar and could have any hints, please let me know. Some other notes: 1. configuration is struct lcd_panel htcwizard_panel_elf = { .name = "lcd_elf", .config = OMAP_LCDC_PANEL_TFT | OMAP_LCDC_INV_HSYNC | OMAP_LCDC_INV_PIX_CLOCK, .bpp = 16, .data_lines = 16, .x_res = 240, .y_res = 320, .pcd = 18, .hsw = 4, .hfp = 8, .hbp = 4, .vsw = 3, .vfp = 8, .vbp = 5, .init = htcwizard_panel_init, .cleanup = htcwizard_panel_cleanup, .enable = htcwizard_panel_enable, .disable = htcwizard_panel_disable, .get_caps = htcwizard_panel_get_caps, }; if I use it, I got warning that pcd is deprecated and I should use pix_clock 5416 instead. I also get one division_by_zero! in kernel!!! (drivers/video/omap/omapfb_main.c:584). I'd really like to fix it but as I already said, I don't understand all that LCD parmeters, do you know about any useful doc (I tried to google but didn't find anything that would help me)? if I use pix_clock=5416 and pdc=0 -> same result (same lcd functionality) without the division by zero in kernel I tried to chenge the values, what I found so far: - If .config does not contain OMAP_LCDC_INV_HSYNC, screen remains white, otherwise it looks the same no matter what .config I write (or I am unable to tell the difference at current state) - if I multiply hfp, hbp and hsw by 10, the screen seems to extend in y axis (using ~60% of the screen), but is seems that only some lines are used, other remains black, it also seems that the line on display consist of less "scaled lines" Unfortunately, I've been unable to see some relation which could point me to futher testing - i can just randomly write values :( 2. According to all doc I've found so far, hfp and hbp are used only as "invisible area" of the display so they should have minimal impact on the result, right? Or is their meaning on LCD different? 3. LCD registers HaRET(1)# pdump 0xfffec000 0x20 fffec000 | f8000089 03070cef 0508093f fef00012 | ........?....... fffec010 | ffffffd2 5c000000 fffffc00 fffffd22 | .......\...."... I will provide any other information, just ask ;-) Thanks in advance -- Lukas Lipavsky email: luk...@ma... tel: (+420) 777 582 275 GPG Key ID: FF55774A Key fingerprint = 5BEB 6AF2 9653 638E EC0E 7E73 9A11 2BC5 FF55 774A |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-21 16:44:16
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Me again I found a Suse desk and connected my Wizard after configuring the network I can now ping wizard 10.100.0.1 and also do telnet on it , but ther e is no SSH or SFTP running on the wizard. Here are my processes running on the wizard: / # ps -ef PID USER TIME COMMAND 1 root 0:02 init 2 root 0:00 [kthreadd] 3 root 0:00 [ksoftirqd/0] 4 root 0:00 [events/0] 5 root 0:00 [khelper] 48 root 0:00 [kblockd/0] 56 root 0:00 [omap1_spi100k] 61 root 0:00 [ksuspend_usbd] 66 root 0:00 [khubd] 70 root 0:00 [kmmcd] 94 root 0:00 [pdflush] 95 root 0:00 [pdflush] 96 root 0:00 [kswapd0] 97 root 0:00 [aio/0] 245 root 0:00 [mmcqd] 255 root 0:00 [rpciod/0] 666 root 0:00 telnetd 668 root 0:00 -sh 669 root 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty2 672 root 0:00 /sbin/getty 38400 tty3 677 root 0:00 /sbin/syslogd -n -m 0 678 root 0:00 /sbin/klogd -n 693 root 0:00 -sh 697 root 0:00 ps -ef / # Unfortunattely the image does not contain either FTP exec so that I FTP the Suse to get the image :( I think the image is very minimum and is missing these things (/etc/mtab also) Could you help with this? On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 8:59 AM, Sergiu Chelcea <ser...@gm...> wrote: > I copied the boot.img on the fat32 partition on my miniSD and after > booting I try to access it but is not working: > > using "mount /mnt/wm5" I get the error: "mount: mounting /mnt/wm5 on > /dev/mmcblk0p1 failed: Block device required" > > using "mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/wm5" I get error: "mount: no > /etc/mtab" (this is a message that I also see at boot before the > login) > > In my /etc/fstab I have : > /mnt/wm5 /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat none 0 0 > > > Any ideas? > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Sergiu Chelcea > <ser...@gm...> wrote: >> I also tried the parted but my SD does not have the Flags "boot, lba" >> as in the wiki and the FS is FAT32: >> >> Number Start End Size Type File system Flags >> 1 4194kB 4030MB 4025MB primary fat32 >> >> If the partition is not boot and lba, I assume that the device will >> boot in windows as usual ... >> How can I change to boot from the miniSD? >> >> Thanks for bearing with me on this test :) >> >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Sergiu Chelcea >> <ser...@gm...> wrote: >>> This build contains lnk files for the exe and the two txt (I used the >>> old ones from the previous tinderbox) and I could boot: >>> gizard-tinderbox-20090420>ls >>> default.txt.lnk gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar haret-0.5.2.exe.lnk zImage >>> dump.txt.lnk haret-0.5.2.exe initrd >>> >>> I checked the stfp command (needed in a step after, and is not in the image) >>> >>> Can you correct these two points? >>> >>> Thanks >>> Sergiu >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>> this latest tinderbox contains the full FS, not the haret exe and the >>>>> initrd and zImage as the previous one >>>>> Can I use this one to start it from Windowd Mobile? >>>>> >>>>> Previous tinderbox: >>>>> gizard-tinderbox-20090322>ls >>>>> default.txt dump.txt haret-0.5.2.exe initrd zImage >>>>> >>>>> Latest one: >>>>> gizard-tinderbox-20090419>ls >>>>> bin etc lib mnt sbin usr >>>>> dbg gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar linuxrc.lnk proc sys var >>>>> dev home media root tmp >>>> >>>> Sorry, the build script was broken. >>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar.bz2 >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Angelo >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting >>>>>>> and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the >>>>>>> image apparently >>>>>>> -sh: parted: not found >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? >>>>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar.bz2 >>>>>> Latest cook, includes parted. >>>>>>> Cheers >>>>>>> Sergiu >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>>>>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>>>>>> Hi Angelo >>>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >>>>>>>>> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >>>>>>>> I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >>>>>>>>> gizard development: >>>>>>>> Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> I see some recent archives were created (like >>>>>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >>>>>>>>> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >>>>>>>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >>>>>>>>> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >>>>>>>>> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >>>>>>>> Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >>>>>>>> anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >>>>>>>> updated very often to include new cookings. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >>>>>>>>> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >>>>>>>>> I found the linwizard doc >>>>>>>>> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >>>>>>>>> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >>>>>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >>>>>>>>> additional steps? >>>>>>>> Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >>>>>>>> just extract it to the partition. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >>>>>>>> You have two choices: >>>>>>>> - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >>>>>>>> - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >>>>>>>> boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >>>>>>>> For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> set MTYPE 1229 >>>>>>>> set KERNEL "zImage" >>>>>>>> set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >>>>>>>> bootlinux >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >>>>>>>>> Thanks for your help >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >>>>>>>> http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >>>>>>>> handbook? >>>>>>>> Any suggestions are welcome. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Greetings >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >>>>>>>> Computation and Intelligent Systems >>>>>>>> MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >>>>>>>> mi...@gm... >>>>>>>> http://miknix.homelinux.com >>>>>>>> PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Sergiu Chelcea >>> Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sergiu Chelcea >> Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany >> > > > > -- > Sergiu Chelcea > -- Sergiu Chelcea |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-21 06:59:30
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I copied the boot.img on the fat32 partition on my miniSD and after booting I try to access it but is not working: using "mount /mnt/wm5" I get the error: "mount: mounting /mnt/wm5 on /dev/mmcblk0p1 failed: Block device required" using "mount -t vfat /dev/mmcblk0p1 /mnt/wm5" I get error: "mount: no /etc/mtab" (this is a message that I also see at boot before the login) In my /etc/fstab I have : /mnt/wm5 /dev/mmcblk0p1 vfat none 0 0 Any ideas? On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:52 AM, Sergiu Chelcea <ser...@gm...> wrote: > I also tried the parted but my SD does not have the Flags "boot, lba" > as in the wiki and the FS is FAT32: > > Number Start End Size Type File system Flags > 1 4194kB 4030MB 4025MB primary fat32 > > If the partition is not boot and lba, I assume that the device will > boot in windows as usual ... > How can I change to boot from the miniSD? > > Thanks for bearing with me on this test :) > > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Sergiu Chelcea > <ser...@gm...> wrote: >> This build contains lnk files for the exe and the two txt (I used the >> old ones from the previous tinderbox) and I could boot: >> gizard-tinderbox-20090420>ls >> default.txt.lnk gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar haret-0.5.2.exe.lnk zImage >> dump.txt.lnk haret-0.5.2.exe initrd >> >> I checked the stfp command (needed in a step after, and is not in the image) >> >> Can you correct these two points? >> >> Thanks >> Sergiu >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>> this latest tinderbox contains the full FS, not the haret exe and the >>>> initrd and zImage as the previous one >>>> Can I use this one to start it from Windowd Mobile? >>>> >>>> Previous tinderbox: >>>> gizard-tinderbox-20090322>ls >>>> default.txt dump.txt haret-0.5.2.exe initrd zImage >>>> >>>> Latest one: >>>> gizard-tinderbox-20090419>ls >>>> bin etc lib mnt sbin usr >>>> dbg gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar linuxrc.lnk proc sys var >>>> dev home media root tmp >>> >>> Sorry, the build script was broken. >>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar.bz2 >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>>> Hi Angelo >>>>>> >>>>>> I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting >>>>>> and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the >>>>>> image apparently >>>>>> -sh: parted: not found >>>>>> >>>>>> Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? >>>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar.bz2 >>>>> Latest cook, includes parted. >>>>>> Cheers >>>>>> Sergiu >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>>>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>>>>> Hi Angelo >>>>>>> Hello, >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >>>>>>>> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >>>>>>> I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >>>>>>>> gizard development: >>>>>>> Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I see some recent archives were created (like >>>>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >>>>>>>> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >>>>>>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >>>>>>>> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >>>>>>>> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >>>>>>> Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >>>>>>> anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >>>>>>> updated very often to include new cookings. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >>>>>>>> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >>>>>>>> I found the linwizard doc >>>>>>>> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >>>>>>>> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >>>>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >>>>>>>> additional steps? >>>>>>> Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >>>>>>> just extract it to the partition. >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >>>>>>> You have two choices: >>>>>>> - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >>>>>>> - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >>>>>>> boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >>>>>>> For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> set MTYPE 1229 >>>>>>> set KERNEL "zImage" >>>>>>> set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >>>>>>> bootlinux >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >>>>>>>> Thanks for your help >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >>>>>>> http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >>>>>>> handbook? >>>>>>> Any suggestions are welcome. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Greetings >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >>>>>>> Computation and Intelligent Systems >>>>>>> MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >>>>>>> mi...@gm... >>>>>>> http://miknix.homelinux.com >>>>>>> PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Sergiu Chelcea >> Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany >> > > > > -- > Sergiu Chelcea > Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany > -- Sergiu Chelcea |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 22:52:56
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I also tried the parted but my SD does not have the Flags "boot, lba" as in the wiki and the FS is FAT32: Number Start End Size Type File system Flags 1 4194kB 4030MB 4025MB primary fat32 If the partition is not boot and lba, I assume that the device will boot in windows as usual ... How can I change to boot from the miniSD? Thanks for bearing with me on this test :) On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:44 AM, Sergiu Chelcea <ser...@gm...> wrote: > This build contains lnk files for the exe and the two txt (I used the > old ones from the previous tinderbox) and I could boot: > gizard-tinderbox-20090420>ls > default.txt.lnk gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar haret-0.5.2.exe.lnk zImage > dump.txt.lnk haret-0.5.2.exe initrd > > I checked the stfp command (needed in a step after, and is not in the image) > > Can you correct these two points? > > Thanks > Sergiu > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>> this latest tinderbox contains the full FS, not the haret exe and the >>> initrd and zImage as the previous one >>> Can I use this one to start it from Windowd Mobile? >>> >>> Previous tinderbox: >>> gizard-tinderbox-20090322>ls >>> default.txt dump.txt haret-0.5.2.exe initrd zImage >>> >>> Latest one: >>> gizard-tinderbox-20090419>ls >>> bin etc lib mnt sbin usr >>> dbg gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar linuxrc.lnk proc sys var >>> dev home media root tmp >> >> Sorry, the build script was broken. >> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar.bz2 >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>> Hi Angelo >>>>> >>>>> I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting >>>>> and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the >>>>> image apparently >>>>> -sh: parted: not found >>>>> >>>>> Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? >>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar.bz2 >>>> Latest cook, includes parted. >>>>> Cheers >>>>> Sergiu >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>>>> Hi Angelo >>>>>> Hello, >>>>>> >>>>>>> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >>>>>>> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >>>>>> I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >>>>>> >>>>>>> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >>>>>>> gizard development: >>>>>> Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >>>>>> >>>>>>> I see some recent archives were created (like >>>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >>>>>>> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >>>>>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >>>>>>> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >>>>>>> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >>>>>> Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >>>>>> anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >>>>>> updated very often to include new cookings. >>>>>> >>>>>> If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >>>>>>> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >>>>>>> I found the linwizard doc >>>>>>> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >>>>>>> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >>>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >>>>>>> additional steps? >>>>>> Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >>>>>> just extract it to the partition. >>>>>> >>>>>>> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >>>>>> You have two choices: >>>>>> - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >>>>>> - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >>>>>> >>>>>> Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >>>>>> boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >>>>>> For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >>>>>> >>>>>> set MTYPE 1229 >>>>>> set KERNEL "zImage" >>>>>> set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >>>>>> bootlinux >>>>>> >>>>>> Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >>>>>>> Thanks for your help >>>>>>> >>>>>> I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >>>>>> http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >>>>>> handbook? >>>>>> Any suggestions are welcome. >>>>>> >>>>>> Greetings >>>>>> -- >>>>>> Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >>>>>> Computation and Intelligent Systems >>>>>> MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >>>>>> mi...@gm... >>>>>> http://miknix.homelinux.com >>>>>> PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > > -- > Sergiu Chelcea > Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany > -- Sergiu Chelcea Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 22:44:46
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This build contains lnk files for the exe and the two txt (I used the old ones from the previous tinderbox) and I could boot: gizard-tinderbox-20090420>ls default.txt.lnk gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar haret-0.5.2.exe.lnk zImage dump.txt.lnk haret-0.5.2.exe initrd I checked the stfp command (needed in a step after, and is not in the image) Can you correct these two points? Thanks Sergiu On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:36 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: > Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >> this latest tinderbox contains the full FS, not the haret exe and the >> initrd and zImage as the previous one >> Can I use this one to start it from Windowd Mobile? >> >> Previous tinderbox: >> gizard-tinderbox-20090322>ls >> default.txt dump.txt haret-0.5.2.exe initrd zImage >> >> Latest one: >> gizard-tinderbox-20090419>ls >> bin etc lib mnt sbin usr >> dbg gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar linuxrc.lnk proc sys var >> dev home media root tmp > > Sorry, the build script was broken. > http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar.bz2 >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>> Hi Angelo >>>> >>>> I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting >>>> and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the >>>> image apparently >>>> -sh: parted: not found >>>> >>>> Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? >>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar.bz2 >>> Latest cook, includes parted. >>>> Cheers >>>> Sergiu >>>> >>>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>>> Hi Angelo >>>>> Hello, >>>>> >>>>>> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >>>>>> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >>>>> I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >>>>> >>>>>> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >>>>>> gizard development: >>>>> Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >>>>> >>>>>> I see some recent archives were created (like >>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >>>>>> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >>>>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >>>>>> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >>>>>> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >>>>> Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >>>>> anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >>>>> updated very often to include new cookings. >>>>> >>>>> If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >>>>>> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >>>>>> I found the linwizard doc >>>>>> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >>>>>> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >>>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >>>>>> additional steps? >>>>> Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >>>>> just extract it to the partition. >>>>> >>>>>> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >>>>> You have two choices: >>>>> - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >>>>> - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >>>>> >>>>> Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >>>>> boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >>>>> For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >>>>> >>>>> set MTYPE 1229 >>>>> set KERNEL "zImage" >>>>> set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >>>>> bootlinux >>>>> >>>>> Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >>>>>> Thanks for your help >>>>>> >>>>> I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >>>>> http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >>>>> handbook? >>>>> Any suggestions are welcome. >>>>> >>>>> Greetings >>>>> -- >>>>> Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >>>>> Computation and Intelligent Systems >>>>> MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >>>>> mi...@gm... >>>>> http://miknix.homelinux.com >>>>> PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >>>>> >>>> >>>> >> >> >> > -- Sergiu Chelcea Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany |
From: Angelo A. <mi...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 22:34:58
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Sergiu Chelcea wrote: > this latest tinderbox contains the full FS, not the haret exe and the > initrd and zImage as the previous one > Can I use this one to start it from Windowd Mobile? > > Previous tinderbox: > gizard-tinderbox-20090322>ls > default.txt dump.txt haret-0.5.2.exe initrd zImage > > Latest one: > gizard-tinderbox-20090419>ls > bin etc lib mnt sbin usr > dbg gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar linuxrc.lnk proc sys var > dev home media root tmp Sorry, the build script was broken. http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090420.tar.bz2 > > > On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>> Hi Angelo >>> >>> I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting >>> and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the >>> image apparently >>> -sh: parted: not found >>> >>> Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? >> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar.bz2 >> Latest cook, includes parted. >>> Cheers >>> Sergiu >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>>> Hi Angelo >>>> Hello, >>>> >>>>> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >>>>> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >>>> I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >>>> >>>>> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >>>>> gizard development: >>>> Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >>>> >>>>> I see some recent archives were created (like >>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >>>>> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >>>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >>>>> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >>>>> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >>>> Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >>>> anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >>>> updated very often to include new cookings. >>>> >>>> If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >>>>> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >>>>> I found the linwizard doc >>>>> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >>>>> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >>>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >>>>> additional steps? >>>> Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >>>> just extract it to the partition. >>>> >>>>> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >>>> You have two choices: >>>> - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >>>> - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >>>> >>>> Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >>>> boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >>>> For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >>>> >>>> set MTYPE 1229 >>>> set KERNEL "zImage" >>>> set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >>>> bootlinux >>>> >>>> Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >>>>> Thanks for your help >>>>> >>>> I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >>>> http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >>>> handbook? >>>> Any suggestions are welcome. >>>> >>>> Greetings >>>> -- >>>> Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >>>> Computation and Intelligent Systems >>>> MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >>>> mi...@gm... >>>> http://miknix.homelinux.com >>>> PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >>>> >>> >>> > > > |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 22:21:54
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this latest tinderbox contains the full FS, not the haret exe and the initrd and zImage as the previous one Can I use this one to start it from Windowd Mobile? Previous tinderbox: gizard-tinderbox-20090322>ls default.txt dump.txt haret-0.5.2.exe initrd zImage Latest one: gizard-tinderbox-20090419>ls bin etc lib mnt sbin usr dbg gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar linuxrc.lnk proc sys var dev home media root tmp On Tue, Apr 21, 2009 at 12:11 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: > Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >> Hi Angelo >> >> I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting >> and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the >> image apparently >> -sh: parted: not found >> >> Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? > > http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar.bz2 > Latest cook, includes parted. >> >> Cheers >> Sergiu >> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >>> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>>> Hi Angelo >>> Hello, >>> >>>> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >>>> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >>> I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >>> >>>> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >>>> gizard development: >>> Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >>> >>>> I see some recent archives were created (like >>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >>>> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >>>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >>>> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >>>> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >>> Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >>> anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >>> updated very often to include new cookings. >>> >>> If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >>>> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >>>> I found the linwizard doc >>>> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >>>> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >>>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >>>> additional steps? >>> Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >>> just extract it to the partition. >>> >>>> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >>> You have two choices: >>> - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >>> - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >>> >>> Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >>> boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >>> For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >>> >>> set MTYPE 1229 >>> set KERNEL "zImage" >>> set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >>> bootlinux >>> >>> Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >>>> Thanks for your help >>>> >>> I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >>> http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >>> handbook? >>> Any suggestions are welcome. >>> >>> Greetings >>> -- >>> Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >>> Computation and Intelligent Systems >>> MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >>> mi...@gm... >>> http://miknix.homelinux.com >>> PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >>> >> >> >> > -- Sergiu Chelcea Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany |
From: Angelo A. <mi...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 22:10:34
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Sergiu Chelcea wrote: > Hi Angelo > > I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting > and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the > image apparently > -sh: parted: not found > > Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/gizard-tinderbox-20090419.tar.bz2 Latest cook, includes parted. > > Cheers > Sergiu > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >> Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >>> Hi Angelo >> Hello, >> >>> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >>> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >> I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >> >>> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >>> gizard development: >> Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >> >>> I see some recent archives were created (like >>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >>> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >>> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >>> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >>> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >> Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >> anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >> updated very often to include new cookings. >> >> If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >>> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >>> I found the linwizard doc >>> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >>> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >>> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >>> additional steps? >> Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >> just extract it to the partition. >> >>> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >> You have two choices: >> - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >> - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >> >> Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >> boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >> For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >> >> set MTYPE 1229 >> set KERNEL "zImage" >> set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >> bootlinux >> >> Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >>> Thanks for your help >>> >> I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >> http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >> handbook? >> Any suggestions are welcome. >> >> Greetings >> -- >> Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >> Computation and Intelligent Systems >> MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >> mi...@gm... >> http://miknix.homelinux.com >> PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >> > > > |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 21:58:24
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Hi Ned Thanks for the info. Could you please tell me which version should I try? (is recommended) beagle-20090411.tar.bz2 2009-Apr-11 01:35:09 16.9M text/plain gizard-20090318.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-18 14:15:34 23.3M text/plain gizard-20090322.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-23 04:11:23 23.5M text/plain gizard-20090323.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-23 05:09:33 24.3M text/plain gizard-20090329.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-29 02:56:06 47.9M text/plain gizard-e17-20081207.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-21 04:24:08 14.8M text/plain gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 2009-Apr-04 09:49:43 47.0M text/plain gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-22 19:03:06 4.2M text/plain msm-20090321.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-21 08:17:06 16.3M text/plain msm-20090322.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-22 10:57:51 16.3M text/plain msm-20090329.tar.bz2 2009-Mar-29 04:39:46 22.6M text/plain (I don't mind trying newer builds, I want to test them and give feedback actually) Regards, Sergiu On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:54 PM, Ned Ludd <so...@ge...> wrote: > On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 23:44 +0200, Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >> Hi Angelo >> >> Thanks for the fast reply. >> I will try it asap, I guess my sleep is just gone now waiting to try it :) >> >> I will give feedback, don't worry :) > > > The qtopia image has not been polished at all. It's more like a gpe > image with qtopia stuff added in. > > > >> Tanks >> Sergiu >> >> >> On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >> > Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >> >> Hi Angelo >> > Hello, >> > >> >> >> >> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >> >> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) >> > I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. >> > >> >> >> >> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >> >> gizard development: >> > Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) >> > >> >> I see some recent archives were created (like >> >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >> >> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >> >> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >> >> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >> >> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) >> > Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM >> > anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are >> > updated very often to include new cookings. >> > >> > If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >> >> >> >> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >> >> I found the linwizard doc >> >> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >> >> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >> >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >> >> additional steps? >> > Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes >> > just extract it to the partition. >> > >> >> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? >> > You have two choices: >> > - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). >> > - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). >> > >> > Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux >> > boot parameters, where X is the partition number. >> > For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: >> > >> > set MTYPE 1229 >> > set KERNEL "zImage" >> > set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" >> > bootlinux >> > >> > Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >> >> >> >> Thanks for your help >> >> >> > >> > I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the >> > http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting >> > handbook? >> > Any suggestions are welcome. >> > >> > Greetings >> > -- >> > Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX >> > Computation and Intelligent Systems >> > MsC Student at UBI, Portugal >> > mi...@gm... >> > http://miknix.homelinux.com >> > PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B >> > >> >> >> > -- > Ned Ludd <so...@ge...> > Gentoo Linux > > -- Sergiu Chelcea Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany |
From: Ned L. <so...@ge...> - 2009-04-20 21:54:59
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On Mon, 2009-04-20 at 23:44 +0200, Sergiu Chelcea wrote: > Hi Angelo > > Thanks for the fast reply. > I will try it asap, I guess my sleep is just gone now waiting to try it :) > > I will give feedback, don't worry :) The qtopia image has not been polished at all. It's more like a gpe image with qtopia stuff added in. > Tanks > Sergiu > > > On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: > > Sergiu Chelcea wrote: > >> Hi Angelo > > Hello, > > > >> > >> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is > >> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) > > I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. > > > >> > >> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the > >> gizard development: > > Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) > > > >> I see some recent archives were created (like > >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my > >> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) > >> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ > >> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time > >> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) > > Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM > > anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are > > updated very often to include new cookings. > > > > If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. > >> > >> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images > >> I found the linwizard doc > >> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a > >> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the > >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some > >> additional steps? > > Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes > > just extract it to the partition. > > > >> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? > > You have two choices: > > - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). > > - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). > > > > Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux > > boot parameters, where X is the partition number. > > For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: > > > > set MTYPE 1229 > > set KERNEL "zImage" > > set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" > > bootlinux > > > > Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. > >> > >> Thanks for your help > >> > > > > I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the > > http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting > > handbook? > > Any suggestions are welcome. > > > > Greetings > > -- > > Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX > > Computation and Intelligent Systems > > MsC Student at UBI, Portugal > > mi...@gm... > > http://miknix.homelinux.com > > PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B > > > > > -- Ned Ludd <so...@ge...> Gentoo Linux |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 21:54:37
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Hi Angelo I downloaded the gizard-tinderbox-20090322.tar.bz2 but after booting and getting the wiz-cardid I cannot start parted it is not in the image apparently -sh: parted: not found Am I using the correct gizard-tinderbox version? Cheers Sergiu On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: > Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >> Hi Angelo > Hello, > >> >> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) > I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. > >> >> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >> gizard development: > Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) > >> I see some recent archives were created (like >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) > Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM > anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are > updated very often to include new cookings. > > If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >> >> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >> I found the linwizard doc >> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >> additional steps? > Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes > just extract it to the partition. > >> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? > You have two choices: > - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). > - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). > > Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux > boot parameters, where X is the partition number. > For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: > > set MTYPE 1229 > set KERNEL "zImage" > set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" > bootlinux > > Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >> >> Thanks for your help >> > > I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the > http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting > handbook? > Any suggestions are welcome. > > Greetings > -- > Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX > Computation and Intelligent Systems > MsC Student at UBI, Portugal > mi...@gm... > http://miknix.homelinux.com > PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B > -- Sergiu Chelcea Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany |
From: Sergiu C. <ser...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 21:45:14
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Hi Angelo Thanks for the fast reply. I will try it asap, I guess my sleep is just gone now waiting to try it :) I will give feedback, don't worry :) Tanks Sergiu On Mon, Apr 20, 2009 at 11:40 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: > Sergiu Chelcea wrote: >> Hi Angelo > Hello, > >> >> I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is >> maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) > I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. > >> >> I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the >> gizard development: > Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) > >> I see some recent archives were created (like >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my >> HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) >> http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ >> But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time >> contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) > Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM > anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are > updated very often to include new cookings. > > If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. >> >> I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images >> I found the linwizard doc >> (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a >> miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the >> gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some >> additional steps? > Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes > just extract it to the partition. > >> How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? > You have two choices: > - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). > - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). > > Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux > boot parameters, where X is the partition number. > For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: > > set MTYPE 1229 > set KERNEL "zImage" > set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" > bootlinux > > Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. >> >> Thanks for your help >> > > I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the > http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting > handbook? > Any suggestions are welcome. > > Greetings > -- > Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX > Computation and Intelligent Systems > MsC Student at UBI, Portugal > mi...@gm... > http://miknix.homelinux.com > PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B > -- Sergiu Chelcea Sent from Heidelberg, BW, Germany |
From: Angelo A. <mi...@gm...> - 2009-04-20 21:39:52
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Sergiu Chelcea wrote: > Hi Angelo Hello, > > I hope you are the right person for this, if not and you know who is > maybe you can redirect my request to him/her :) I'm also replying to the linwizard mailing list, if you don't mind. > > I'm contacting you as I see that there is some movement concerning the > gizard development: Yes, we are planning a 3.0 release :) > I see some recent archives were created (like > gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2) I would realy like to try them on my > HTC Wizard (Imate K-Jam) > http://tinderbox.x86.dev.gentoo.org/embedded/linwizard/ > But when looking at the archive I see is much bigger and this time > contains a unix FS (not a image and the Haret exe like before) Indeed, our images are getting very complete and don't fit on RAM anymore. They are built at gentoo (as you probably noticed), and are updated very often to include new cookings. If you have time, please give us some feedback about those images. > > I would like to know how can I try these latest "builds"/images > I found the linwizard doc > (http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting) on how to create a > miniSD partition, but them I'm not sure if I should just unzip the > gizard-qtopia-20090404.tar.bz2 into this partition or there is some > additional steps? Sorry, the handbook is still being written. But, yes just extract it to the partition. > How is the booting then done? From the Windows as before? You have two choices: - Boot from haret (from windows mobile like before). - Use EOL (to be written to the handbook also). Either way you will need to add the root=/dev/mmcblk0pX to the Linux boot parameters, where X is the partition number. For example (if using haret), edit default.txt to be something like: set MTYPE 1229 set KERNEL "zImage" set CMDLINE "root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 init=/linuxrc rootdelay=2 rw" bootlinux Then copy Linux (zImage) into the same dir as haret.exe and you are all set. > > Thanks for your help > I would like to ask if you found any trouble when following the http://linwizard.wiki.sourceforge.net/booting handbook? Any suggestions are welcome. Greetings -- Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX Computation and Intelligent Systems MsC Student at UBI, Portugal mi...@gm... http://miknix.homelinux.com PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B |
From: Lukas L. <luk...@ma...> - 2009-04-17 15:19:17
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On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 4:26 PM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: > Lukas Lipavsky wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I am trying linwizard on elfin (t-mobile branded mda touch 128/256). >> >> But I have one problem, I am unable to make LCD working. It seems >> that the LCD is inproperly initialized since all the output seems to be >> shrinked to top 10% of the screen (and therefore is unnreadable, all >> I see are moving white lines). > > Even the HTC wizard can have three different LCD panels. We try to > detect which LCD panel is there at boot time and use the appropriate > LCD timings. > > Regarding the elfin, you should edit drivers/video/omap/lcd_htcwizard.c > in the linux sources (or create a lcd_elfin.c). > Download http://www.miknix.homelinux.com/linwizard/dev/dumplcdc.c . > The app should ask you about some registers, you can get those from > haret. The output will be the correct variables to use on lcd_htcwizard.c > I've tried and the result is : ./dumplcdc CONTROL 0xfffec000 value: f8000089 03070cef 0508093f fef00012 OMAP_LCDC_PANEL_TFT: 1 TIMING0 0xfffec004 value: x_res: 240 hsw: 4 hfp: 8 hbp: 4 TIMING1 0xfffec008 value: y_res: 320 vsw: 3 vfp: 8 vbp: 5 TIMING2 0xfffec00c value: pcd: 18 SUBPANEL reg is 0xfffec014 Which are same values as htcwizard_panel_elf. So I made sure to use this one (commented out the code which cooses the correct display and hardcoded the use of the correct one) - but result is the same :( Will try to google more about various settings... >> The only version I don't have this problem with is linwizard-0.1, which >> has different fb driver. Is it possible to get the source of 0.1 kernel to >> check it out? (I've not been able to find it anywhere) > Ultra fast mirror here: > http://mirrors.gni.com/mirrors/linwizard/polaris/linwizard-kernel.git/ I didn't realized that 0.1 is in git, I thought 0.2 and newer is there only. Thanks, I'll look at it! >> I am (maybe I am an idiot) also unable to make eol working with my elfin >> (I enter the bootloader but is seems that either it does not find correct data >> on SD card or that I don't know how to force it to do so). > > Booting from EOL is not easy as it looks. Your phone must be CID > unlocked or your SD card must be "signed". Instructions how to do it are > at vivians's homepage. > There was also people with problems because eol.conf had extra spacings > between variables. I've got CID-unlocked my phone but I still have problems :(, I'll look at it later, now I am happy with HARET+ext2 partition. >> >> So I am using haret. Is it possible to use haret with ext2 partition on SD card? > > Yes. Just create the ext2 partition, extract some image to there and > edit the bootline (eol.conf or default.txt ) to include > root=/dev/mmcblk0pX where X is the device to boot from. >> It might be since it is similar to booting linux with root partition on LVM... thanks, that's exactly what I was lloking for Best regards, -- Lukas Lipavsky email: luk...@ma... tel: (+420) 777 582 275 GPG Key ID: FF55774A Key fingerprint = 5BEB 6AF2 9653 638E EC0E 7E73 9A11 2BC5 FF55 774A |
From: Angelo A. <mi...@gm...> - 2009-04-17 14:25:43
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Lukas Lipavsky wrote: > Hi, > > I am trying linwizard on elfin (t-mobile branded mda touch 128/256). > > But I have one problem, I am unable to make LCD working. It seems > that the LCD is inproperly initialized since all the output seems to be > shrinked to top 10% of the screen (and therefore is unnreadable, all > I see are moving white lines). Even the HTC wizard can have three different LCD panels. We try to detect which LCD panel is there at boot time and use the appropriate LCD timings. Regarding the elfin, you should edit drivers/video/omap/lcd_htcwizard.c in the linux sources (or create a lcd_elfin.c). Download http://www.miknix.homelinux.com/linwizard/dev/dumplcdc.c . The app should ask you about some registers, you can get those from haret. The output will be the correct variables to use on lcd_htcwizard.c > > Any hints? Or link to documantation of what exactly does what paramater > of LCD mean? > > The only version I don't have this problem with is linwizard-0.1, which > has different fb driver. Is it possible to get the source of 0.1 kernel to > check it out? (I've not been able to find it anywhere) Ultra fast mirror here: http://mirrors.gni.com/mirrors/linwizard/polaris/linwizard-kernel.git/ > > All newer versions (0.2 and various gizard-*** images all have the same > problem). I made sure that the settings in kernel are correct as decoded > from the device registers and that the correct display is loaded (I hardcoded > the loading of it in the kernel). But still same results. > > I have this problem even with gizard-20080602 someone else reported > working with elfin. > > I also see some another problem in the newer kernels... It seems that > a lot of messags (in my case white lines) are displayed on the screen > for a very long time. And usb-network does not go up (or telnet does not > go up) so I am unable to connect to read the messages from log). this > forces me to use older kernel. After having the lcd working, this should be easy to solve. > > I am (maybe I am an idiot) also unable to make eol working with my elfin > (I enter the bootloader but is seems that either it does not find correct data > on SD card or that I don't know how to force it to do so). Booting from EOL is not easy as it looks. Your phone must be CID unlocked or your SD card must be "signed". Instructions how to do it are at vivians's homepage. There was also people with problems because eol.conf had extra spacings between variables. > > So I am using haret. Is it possible to use haret with ext2 partition on SD card? Yes. Just create the ext2 partition, extract some image to there and edit the bootline (eol.conf or default.txt ) to include root=/dev/mmcblk0pX where X is the device to boot from. > It might be since it is similar to booting linux with root partition on LVM... > > I know I didn't have too specific questions, so any hints would be welcome > > TIA > > Best regards Greetings, -- Angelo Arrifano AKA MiKNiX Computation and Intelligent Systems MsC Student at UBI, Portugal mi...@gm... http://miknix.homelinux.com PGP Pubkey 0x3D92BB0B |
From: Zebediah C. M. <zm...@ce...> - 2009-04-17 14:15:55
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----- Original Message ----- From: "Lukas Lipavsky" <luk...@ma...> To: lin...@li... Sent: Friday, April 17, 2009 4:00:22 AM GMT -04:00 Georgetown Subject: Re: [Linwizard-devel] PATCH: int overflow in linwizard-eol:mkbootimg.c Hi, On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 2:20 AM, Angelo Arrifano <mi...@gm...> wrote: >> Hello Lukas >> >> First of all, thank you for your patch. I seccond that! Thank you. >> We did clone EOL and created a linwizard git repo for it. >> It is currently available in >> http://polaris.lurian.net/linwizard-eol.git/ >> We'll get your patch in soon as possible. Patch is now in http://polaris.lurian.net/linwizard-eol.git You can see it via gitweb here: http://git.lurian.net/?p=linwizard-eol.git;a=commit;h=cf2e94f1528bc341def36f42a9dd06b98f3f2c15 [snip] >> We gather up at #linwizard at freenode.net , at weekends >> the channel is usually very active. >> Join us if you have a chance. > I will, thanks. Hope to see you in the channel, and thanks again, ZMC |
From: Lukas L. <luk...@ma...> - 2009-04-17 09:26:30
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Hi, I am trying linwizard on elfin (t-mobile branded mda touch 128/256). But I have one problem, I am unable to make LCD working. It seems that the LCD is inproperly initialized since all the output seems to be shrinked to top 10% of the screen (and therefore is unnreadable, all I see are moving white lines). Any hints? Or link to documantation of what exactly does what paramater of LCD mean? The only version I don't have this problem with is linwizard-0.1, which has different fb driver. Is it possible to get the source of 0.1 kernel to check it out? (I've not been able to find it anywhere) All newer versions (0.2 and various gizard-*** images all have the same problem). I made sure that the settings in kernel are correct as decoded from the device registers and that the correct display is loaded (I hardcoded the loading of it in the kernel). But still same results. I have this problem even with gizard-20080602 someone else reported working with elfin. I also see some another problem in the newer kernels... It seems that a lot of messags (in my case white lines) are displayed on the screen for a very long time. And usb-network does not go up (or telnet does not go up) so I am unable to connect to read the messages from log). this forces me to use older kernel. I am (maybe I am an idiot) also unable to make eol working with my elfin (I enter the bootloader but is seems that either it does not find correct data on SD card or that I don't know how to force it to do so). So I am using haret. Is it possible to use haret with ext2 partition on SD card? It might be since it is similar to booting linux with root partition on LVM... I know I didn't have too specific questions, so any hints would be welcome TIA Best regards -- Lukas Lipavsky email: luk...@ma... tel: (+420) 777 582 275 GPG Key ID: FF55774A Key fingerprint = 5BEB 6AF2 9653 638E EC0E 7E73 9A11 2BC5 FF55 774A |