Installed Debian, but few questions arised which could not be solved Options

[kkazakov13]

Well, I installed finally Debian. So far - I like it, but I'm having few questions/unsolved problems that occured. Can someone help me there?


1. Under X - I see some shadow of lighter windows on the darker parts of the screen. Which was not the case before. Looks like some unproper phase or I don't know ...

2. How I right click ?

3. Under console - I get a lot of ugly messages when something hardware-specific happens - SD card ejected/plugged in and so on. I tried disabling at /etc/syslog.conf but no success.

4. I downloaded mplayer for iwmmxt from Angstrom, but I'm not able to run anything with -vo pxa. What else needs to be done?

5. I solved this - no USB device was loading at all - I had to 'modprobe ohci-hcd'

Thanks in advance, guys. If there are any other questions, I will add in another post below this one.

[ZDevil]

Just a quick reply:

1. Windows shadows: I don't seem to see it in my setup
2. The default setting is: [Calendar] + tap = left click; [Address] + tap = middle click; [Mail] + tap = right click. These are the settings done with xbindkeys. You can always change them with xbindkeys-config, or you may want to check out a recent thread on xmonobut about an alternative solution.
3. console messages: could you post them here?
4. mplayer: you don't need that, if you use the new rootfs tarball. mplayer is preinstalled. Both the angstrom and the debian ones work well
5. usb module loading: it should have been preloaded. but i will check this.

In short, if you use the new rootfs tarball, things will work out more or less as expected.
Again, which kernel and which rootfs (oabi, eabi, which rootfs tarball) are you using?

[dlj0]

Well, I installed finally Debian. So far - I like it, but I'm having few questions/unsolved problems that occured. Can someone help me there?


1. Under X - I see some shadow of lighter windows on the darker parts of the screen. Which was not the case before. Looks like some unproper phase or I don't know ...

2. How I right click ?

3. Under console - I get a lot of ugly messages when something hardware-specific happens - SD card ejected/plugged in and so on. I tried disabling at /etc/syslog.conf but no success.

4. I downloaded mplayer for iwmmxt from Angstrom, but I'm not able to run anything with -vo pxa. What else needs to be done?

5. I solved this - no USB device was loading at all - I had to 'modprobe ohci-hcd'

Thanks in advance, guys. If there are any other questions, I will add in another post below this one.

I don't have a clue about the X shadow problem. What X server are you using? Which installation of debian? There are a number of ways of getting debian on a Z, and each of them has its own quirks. Is this oabi (such at titchy), or eabi (armel)? But certainly the X server is key. The only sane way to go would be with the kdrive server, the xorg server, if it works at all, would gobble lots more ram.

For the right-click, I use keylaunch and configure Ctrl-1 (2,3) to have xmodmap remap the "buttons" so:


key=.*.1:xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3"
key=.*.2:xmodmap -e "pointer = 2 1 3"
key=.*.3:xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 1 2"

There are other ways, such as using xmonobut, but this works for me.

For the usb --- so, once you modprobed ohci-hcd I presume it worked. Usb works fine for me. You can auto-start ohci-hcd if you want.

[kkazakov13]

Just a quick reply:

1. Windows shadows: I don't seem to see it in my setup
2. The default setting is: [Calendar] + tap = left click; [Address] + tap = middle click; [Mail] + tap = right click. These are the settings done with xbindkeys. You can always change them with xbindkeys-config, or you may want to check out a recent thread on xmonobut about an alternative solution.
3. console messages: could you post them here?
4. mplayer: you don't need that, if you use the new rootfs tarball. mplayer is preinstalled. Both the angstrom and the debian ones work well
5. usb module loading: it should have been preloaded. but i will check this.

In short, if you use the new rootfs tarball, things will work out more or less as expected.
Again, which kernel and which rootfs (oabi, eabi, which rootfs tarball) are you using?

Console messages are really annoying ... for example, when I put the SD in, i get this:

mmc0: card b368 removed

I also get randomly these:

sharpsl-pm sharpsl-pm: Warning: Cannot read main battery!

About 1. - I made a shot with my mobile ... I hope you see what I mean - It's kinda hard to see on this photo, but the idea is that I have 2 darker areas on the blue desktop above the lighter gray window




6. Another question - How I can compile modules the easier way ? I mean - ok, I download 2.6.23.9 kernel, unpack it, what patches I have to apply, and what config ?

[kkazakov13]

I don't have a clue about the X shadow problem. What X server are you using? Which installation of debian? There are a number of ways of getting debian on a Z, and each of them has its own quirks. Is this oabi (such at titchy), or eabi (armel)? But certainly the X server is key. The only sane way to go would be with the kdrive server, the xorg server, if it works at all, would gobble lots more ram.

For the right-click, I use keylaunch and configure Ctrl-1 (2,3) to have xmodmap remap the "buttons" so:


key=.*.1:xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 2 3"
key=.*.2:xmodmap -e "pointer = 2 1 3"
key=.*.3:xmodmap -e "pointer = 3 1 2"

There are other ways, such as using xmonobut, but this works for me.

For the usb --- so, once you modprobed ohci-hcd I presume it worked. Usb works fine for me. You can auto-start ohci-hcd if you want.

I followed installation example from this thread: http://www.oesf.org/forum/index.php?showtopic=25029

I got only 2.6.23.9-yonggun instead of 2.6.23.1

for the usb - I put this in /etc/modules, so it should be loaded next time.

another question ...

7. Did anyone managed to run Planex GW-CF11X wifi card ? Where I do put the hex files on debian? What else needs to be done for 2.6.x kernel ...

[kkazakov13]

4. mplayer: you don't need that, if you use the new rootfs tarball. mplayer is preinstalled. Both the angstrom and the debian ones work well

Well, they work well, but how I can play any of the avis i have - All I get is:

CODE

Zaurus:~# mplayer /mnt/card/fifth_gear_12x08.avi
MPlayer 1.0rc2-4.2.3-DFSG-free © 2000-2007 MPlayer Team
CPU: ARM
mplayer: could not connect to socket
mplayer: No such file or directory
Failed to open LIRC support. You will not be able to use your remote control.

Playing /mnt/card/fifth_gear_12x08.avi.
AVI file format detected.
[aviheader] Video stream found, -vid 0
[aviheader] Audio stream found, -aid 1
VIDEO: [FMP4] 640x480 24bpp 25.000 fps 499.2 kbps (60.9 kbyte/s)
Clip info:
Software: MEncoder dev-SVN-r19838-3.4.6
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
open: No such file or directory
[MGA] Couldn't open: /dev/mga_vid
[VO_TDFXFB] This driver only supports the 3Dfx Banshee, Voodoo3 and Voodoo 5.
[VO_3DFX] Unable to open /dev/3dfx.
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
VO XOverlay need a subdriver
[gl] using extended formats. Use -vo gl:nomanyfmts if playback fails.
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
[VO_SDL] Using driver: fbcon.
vo: couldn't open the X11 display ()!
==========================================================================
Opening video decoder: [ffmpeg] FFmpeg's libavcodec codec family
Selected video codec: [ffodivx] vfm: ffmpeg (FFmpeg MPEG-4)
==========================================================================
==========================================================================
Opening audio decoder: [mp3lib] MPEG layer-2, layer-3
AUDIO: 48000 Hz, 2 ch, s16le, 32.0 kbit/2.08% (ratio: 4000->192000)
Selected audio codec: [mp3] afm: mp3lib (mp3lib MPEG layer-2, layer-3)
==========================================================================
AO: [oss] 48000Hz 2ch s16le (2 bytes per sample)
Starting playback...
VDec: vo config request - 640 x 480 (preferred colorspace: Planar YV12)
VDec: using Planar YV12 as output csp (no 0)
Movie-Aspect is 1.33:1 - prescaling to correct movie aspect.
VO: [sdl] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12
[ASPECT] Warning: No suitable new res found!


MPlayer interrupted by signal 4 in module: decode_video
- MPlayer crashed by an 'Illegal Instruction'.
It usually happens when you run it on a CPU different than the one it was
compiled/optimized for.
Verify this!
- MPlayer crashed by bad usage of CPU/FPU/RAM.
Recompile MPlayer with --enable-debug and make a 'gdb' backtrace and
disassembly. Details in DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports_what.html#bugreports_crash.
- MPlayer crashed. This shouldn't happen.
It can be a bug in the MPlayer code _or_ in your drivers _or_ in your
gcc version. If you think it's MPlayer's fault, please read
DOCS/HTML/en/bugreports.html and follow the instructions there. We can't and
won't help unless you provide this information when reporting a possible bug.

I tried a lot of different vo options, none worked.

8. How I can start X with regular user ? I get

X: cannot stat /etc/X11/X (No such file or directory), aborting.

with root user it works.

info:

Zaurus:~# file /mnt/card/fifth_gear_12x08.avi
/mnt/card/fifth_gear_12x08.avi: RIFF (little-endian) data, AVI, 640 x 480, 25.00 fps, video: FFMpeg MPEG-4, audio: MPEG-1 Layer 3 (stereo, 48000 Hz)

weird

[flux]

for planex cf gw-11x

put the two firmware.hex in /lib/firmware (for example)

and in /etc/network/interfaces, just write :

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up modprobe hostap
pre-up prims2_srec -gs wlan0 /lib/firmware/pm010102.hex
pre-up prims2_srec -gp wlan0 /lib/firmware/pm010102.hex
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 reset 1
pre-up prims2_srec -rp wlan0 /lib/firmware/rf010804.hex
adress 192.....
netmask 255.....
......

++

[kkazakov13]

for planex cf gw-11x

put the two firmware.hex in /lib/firmware (for example)

and in /etc/network/interfaces, just write :

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up modprobe hostap
pre-up prims2_srec -gs wlan0 /lib/firmware/pm010102.hex
pre-up prims2_srec -gp wlan0 /lib/firmware/pm010102.hex
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 reset 1
pre-up prims2_srec -rp wlan0 /lib/firmware/rf010804.hex
adress 192.....
netmask 255.....
......

++

Thanks for sharing this!

First I had to

apt-get install hostap-utils

and then had to replace from your example 'prims2_srec' to 'prism2_srec' - but in general i get the same error:

Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 1
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia1.0
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: io->flags = 0x0047, io.base=0x0000, len=128
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pcmcia: request for exclusive IRQ could not be fulfilled.
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pcmcia: the driver needs updating to supported shared IRQ lines.
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: index 0x01: , irq 169, io 0xc4840000-0xc484007f
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: __hfa384x_cmd_no_wait(6) - timeout - reg=0xe4d6
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: first command failed - assuming card does not have primary firmware
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: assuming no Primary image in flash - card initialization not completed
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: test Genesis mode with HCR 0x1f
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_cor_sreset: original COR 41
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 41
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: Readback test failed, HCR 0x1f write 00 e1 a1 ff read 00 ce a1 ce
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: test Genesis mode with HCR 0x0f
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_cor_sreset: original COR 41
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 00
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: Readback test failed, HCR 0x0f write 00 e1 a1 ff read 00 00 00 00
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 00
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0

My card looks kinda broken ... when I move it left to right or right to left it flashes for a sec and stops and then again - something is wrong ... maybe failing as a hardware ... damn

[2or0]

for planex cf gw-11x

put the two firmware.hex in /lib/firmware (for example)

and in /etc/network/interfaces, just write :

iface wlan0 inet dhcp
pre-up modprobe hostap
pre-up prims2_srec -gs wlan0 /lib/firmware/pm010102.hex
pre-up prims2_srec -gp wlan0 /lib/firmware/pm010102.hex
pre-up iwpriv wlan0 reset 1
pre-up prims2_srec -rp wlan0 /lib/firmware/rf010804.hex
adress 192.....
netmask 255.....
......

++

Thanks for sharing this!

First I had to

apt-get install hostap-utils

and then had to replace from your example 'prims2_srec' to 'prism2_srec' - but in general i get the same error:

Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pccard: PCMCIA card inserted into slot 1
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pcmcia: registering new device pcmcia1.0
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: setting Vcc=33 (constant)
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: Checking CFTABLE_ENTRY 0x01 (default 0x01)
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: IO window settings: cfg->io.nwin=1 dflt.io.nwin=1
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: io->flags = 0x0047, io.base=0x0000, len=128
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: Registered netdevice wifi0
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pcmcia: request for exclusive IRQ could not be fulfilled.
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: pcmcia: the driver needs updating to supported shared IRQ lines.
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: index 0x01: , irq 169, io 0xc4840000-0xc484007f
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: __hfa384x_cmd_no_wait(6) - timeout - reg=0xe4d6
Dec 2 21:23:08 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: first command failed - assuming card does not have primary firmware
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: hostap_cs: assuming no Primary image in flash - card initialization not completed
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: test Genesis mode with HCR 0x1f
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_cor_sreset: original COR 41
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 41
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: Readback test failed, HCR 0x1f write 00 e1 a1 ff read 00 ce a1 ce
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: test Genesis mode with HCR 0x0f
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_cor_sreset: original COR 41
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 00
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: Readback test failed, HCR 0x0f write 00 e1 a1 ff read 00 00 00 00
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: prism2_pccard_genesis_sreset: original COR 00
Dec 2 21:23:09 Zaurus kernel: wifi0: registered netdevice wlan0

My card looks kinda broken ... when I move it left to right or right to left it flashes for a sec and stops and then again - something is wrong ... maybe failing as a hardware ... damn

Could you try this module which I patched for "PLANEX GeoWave/GW-CF110"? I am not sure it works because I did not test. Just take off the extention (tar.gz) which is for uploading the file.

mplayer issue: I tested mplayer with 2.6.23.9. pxa option works well using mplayer-iwmmxt. Did you check whether you have all libraries? My option to play the movie is "-vo pxa -vm -fs" for qvga.

Edit) I deleted the module.

[kkazakov13]

Could you try this module which I patched for "PLANEX GeoWave/GW-CF110"? I am not sure it works because I did not test. Just take off the extention (tar.gz) which is for uploading the file.

All I got is :

insmod: error inserting 'orinoco_cs.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module

mplayer issue: I tested mplayer with 2.6.23.9. pxa option works well using mplayer-iwmmxt. Did you check whether you have all libraries? My option to play the movie is "-vo pxa -vm -fs" for qvga.

qvga is 320x240, right ? What about 640x480 ? I had a really nice playback with overclocked to 624 and using bvdd on pdaXrom beta3 ... as I understood pxa is the 2.6 driver that's similar to bvdd ? it's just not working with 640x480 ...

[2or0]

Could you try this module which I patched for "PLANEX GeoWave/GW-CF110"? I am not sure it works because I did not test. Just take off the extention (tar.gz) which is for uploading the file.

All I got is :

insmod: error inserting 'orinoco_cs.ko': -1 Unknown symbol in module

mplayer issue: I tested mplayer with 2.6.23.9. pxa option works well using mplayer-iwmmxt. Did you check whether you have all libraries? My option to play the movie is "-vo pxa -vm -fs" for qvga.

qvga is 320x240, right ? What about 640x480 ? I had a really nice playback with overclocked to 624 and using bvdd on pdaXrom beta3 ... as I understood pxa is the 2.6 driver that's similar to bvdd ? it's just not working with 640x480 ...

I am wrong. Information of PLANEX GW-CF110 is in the original kernel. Why don't you try it using orinoko_cs module in origianl modules instead of orinoco_cs I just uploaded.

I watched many 640x480 movies with nomal speed 412 using pxa. It does not require the overclocking to 624. Try it again using another movie.

[kkazakov13]

I am wrong. Information of PLANEX GW-CF110 is in the original kernel. Why don't you try it using orinoko_cs module in origianl modules instead of orinoco_cs I just uploaded.

I watched many 640x480 movies with nomal speed 412 using pxa. It does not require the overclocking to 624. Try it again using another movie.

Well, seems like my Planex card is simply broken ... i get a lot of errors. it does not fit correctly into the slot, something _is_ broken and i don't want to lose more time on software stuff, if it's hardware related problem.

about movies - All I get trying to play with mplayer-iwmmxt 640x480 encoded movies is :

VO: [pxa] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12 [fs]
vo_pxa: Could not open /dev/fb2: 13
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.

FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).

vo_pxa: uninit() FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO from overlay_fd failed 22
vo_pxa: uninit() FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO from overlay_fd failed 22

Exiting... (End of file)
Zaurus:/storage/tmp#

Well, it's definately not the movie - tried a lot of them, and they did certainly ran on beta3.

Zaurus:/storage# cat /proc/fb
0 PXA
1 overlay1
2 overlay2
3 cursor

Zaurus:/storage# ls /dev/fb* -al
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 0 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 1 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb1
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 2 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb2
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 3 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb3

I did even chmod 777 /dev/fb* ... of course without success

[2or0]

I am wrong. Information of PLANEX GW-CF110 is in the original kernel. Why don't you try it using orinoko_cs module in origianl modules instead of orinoco_cs I just uploaded.

I watched many 640x480 movies with nomal speed 412 using pxa. It does not require the overclocking to 624. Try it again using another movie.

Well, seems like my Planex card is simply broken ... i get a lot of errors. it does not fit correctly into the slot, something _is_ broken and i don't want to lose more time on software stuff, if it's hardware related problem.

about movies - All I get trying to play with mplayer-iwmmxt 640x480 encoded movies is :

VO: [pxa] 640x480 => 640x480 Planar YV12 [fs]
vo_pxa: Could not open /dev/fb2: 13
FATAL: Cannot initialize video driver.

FATAL: Could not initialize video filters (-vf) or video output (-vo).

vo_pxa: uninit() FBIOGET_VSCREENINFO from overlay_fd failed 22
vo_pxa: uninit() FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO from overlay_fd failed 22

Exiting... (End of file)
Zaurus:/storage/tmp#

Well, it's definately not the movie - tried a lot of them, and they did certainly ran on beta3.

Zaurus:/storage# cat /proc/fb
0 PXA
1 overlay1
2 overlay2
3 cursor

Zaurus:/storage# ls /dev/fb* -al
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 0 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb0
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 1 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb1
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 2 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb2
crwxrwxrwx 1 root video 29, 3 2008-12-02 22:08 /dev/fb3

I did even chmod 777 /dev/fb* ... of course without success

Could you check the libraries which mplayer require with this command "ldd /path/to/mplayer". You may not have libdirectfb.

[kkazakov13]

Could you check the libraries which mplayer require with this command "ldd /path/to/mplayer". You may not have libdirectfb.

Looks like I have it

Zaurus:~# dpkg -l | grep libdirect
ii libdirectfb-0.9-25 0.9.25.1-6 direct frame buffer graphics - shared librar
Zaurus:~# ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer-iwmmxt
...
libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 (0x406a1000)
...

Could you please send me your 'lsmod' and 'dpkg -l' output? I want to find out what's wrong ...

[2or0]

Could you check the libraries which mplayer require with this command "ldd /path/to/mplayer". You may not have libdirectfb.

Looks like I have it

Zaurus:~# dpkg -l | grep libdirect
ii libdirectfb-0.9-25 0.9.25.1-6 direct frame buffer graphics - shared librar
Zaurus:~# ldd /usr/local/bin/mplayer-iwmmxt
...
libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 => /usr/lib/libdirectfb-0.9.so.25 (0x406a1000)
...

Could you please send me your 'lsmod' and 'dpkg -l' output? I want to find out what's wrong ...

When I build the kernel, I embeded pxa into it so I don't have any module related to pxa. I don't understand what happened to you. Could you try it again with this mplayer in my blog which may be same as yours. ( http://yonggun.tistory.com/54 )