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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Sd Mount Problems On Boot

« on: May 11, 2005, 04:31:55 pm »

Thanks for the tips.

I added links to "/etc/init.d/umountfs" to rc0.d and rc6.d and that fixed the problem.  I wonder why these links aren't there as default?  Maybe most people wouldn't use them, but maybe they can't hurt.  I don't know.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Why Do You Still Use Oz 3.5.2 On Your 5500?

« on: May 05, 2005, 10:21:42 am »

Yeah, I was wondering too about lardman.  Its good to know that there isn't some mysterious reason why the gurus aren't using it yet.

 

Oh, but when I talk of SD support what I am really worried about is the sharp_mmcsd_m kernel module and how it's proprietary code.  I heard that the next major kernel upgrade won't be able to provide SD support for the 5500.  That's why I'm trying to find the best OZ version before we make that jump.  I don't know how many more versions will come out before that happens.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Sd Mount Problems On Boot

« on: May 05, 2005, 10:15:01 am »

Thanks a lot, Si, I'll give it a look.

I removed /dev/apm_bios from /etc/device_table because of the power button bugs.  Will it still be able to use the /etc/apm scripts?

Now, why is it that certain links (e.g, those in the /usr/lib directory linking to /media/card) disappear when I reboot.  Could that be a repercussion of not unmounting cleanly?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Why Do You Still Use Oz 3.5.2 On Your 5500?

« on: May 05, 2005, 03:10:40 am »

At first appearance it has better SD support out of the box as you say, but comparing the way SD works to my patched 3.5.2 version (I fixed SdControl to handle multiple partitions, and swap), it has a lot more problems.  These are the problems I've had:  https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showtopic=12339

Remember, I am speaking of 5500.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Why Do You Still Use Oz 3.5.2 On Your 5500?

« on: May 04, 2005, 06:20:07 pm »

Why do you still use OZ 3.5.2 on your SL-5500?

Which particular problems with 3.5.3 are stopping you from upgrading.  Is it the apm problems, the SD card problems, links disappearing problems, the sharp-compat/oz-compat libs problems?

I upgraded to 3.5.3 but I think it may have been a mistake.

I asked this question before, but I didn't get a clear answer:  Which version of OZ should I stick with for my SL-5500?

I get the impression that the SL-5500 is getting left behind as OZ progresses.  Soon there will be no SD card support whatsoever.  Should I just freeze the OZ version at 3.5.2 for this machine, or should I try to make 3.5.3 work?  At some point I am going to have to stop upgrading OZ, because I want to use an SD.  3.5.2 was O.K, it took a lot of patching to get it to do what I wanted, but I eventually got the ROM to where I was satisfied with it.  AdvancedFM and PackageManager still left things to be desired, but I could live with it.  I think the cons of those two packages might not outweigh the cons of having no jeode apps/buggy oz-compat apps, flaky SD support, and automatic suspend when you hold the right arrow.

I am looking for personal opinions here from experienced users about whether to keep up with OZ upgrades or at what point to freeze the version.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Sd Mount Problems On Boot

« on: May 04, 2005, 05:37:32 pm »

OZ 3.5.3

SL-5500

I ran fsck.ext2 and fixed some errors on the card, but the problem happened exactly the same.

Fsck ALWAYS reports that the filesystem has errors and needs checking after a reboot, although it usually doesnt find any problems once the check is run.

Fsck reports the file system is clean, if you haven't rebooted.

Adding the option in fstabs to run fsck on the sd card, won't result in fsck being run at boot like I expected.

I found a work-around.  If I terminate Opie, turn off the swap, suspend, and then reboot or halt, the problem does not occur.  This obviously doesn't help for cases when a hard reset is required.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Oz Documentation Project

« on: May 02, 2005, 11:58:50 pm »

I agree with Dranath.  Lets make the manual a Wiki.

I've spent so long getting OZ to work and learning the ins and outs of everything, that I think I should be contributing to a manual.

Because theres probably a few dozen people just like me, it should be a Wiki.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / All My Network Devices Disappeared!

« on: May 02, 2005, 11:55:55 pm »

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Sd Mount Problems On Boot

« on: May 02, 2005, 11:49:01 pm »

OZ 3.5.3.  SL 5500.

I've debugged this as much as I can on my own, and here's what I've come up with:

This happens every time on each 'halt' and each hard reset (battery switch), and every other time (this may be a clue) on 'reboot'.

First the error, then I'll describe "every other time" a little better.

The error manifests itself as missing directories in my /media/card mount point.  Sometimes I get this "ls: /media/card/packages Input/Output error", but all the other directories work fine.  Sometimes I get no directories, even though "mount" shows it as mounted.  If I get the first brand of error, dmesg contains the error "error:  ext2_read_inode unable to read inode_block - inode = 75186, block = 303107."  If the second brand of error happens, there are no unusual messages coming from /etc/sdcontrol in dmesg.

Remounting fixes these problems, except that certain symbolic links (in /usr/lib for instance) go away.  Running ipkg-link mount fixes this.

Now for the definition of "every other time."  If 'reboot' mounted everything correctly, then the next reboot (after a suspend, of course) will cause the error.  If the error manifested itself, then suspending, remounting and 'reboot'ing will never cause the error.

A couple of observations I have made while debugging this:  (this will not be new to many of you, but to me it was, so it might be helpful info to someone else)

1.  If all partitions on your sd are unmounted (including swap) and you suspend or pop the sd out and then back in, it will automatically mount my ext2 partition.

2.  rmmod sharp_mmcsd_m ALWAYS returns device or resource busy.

Now I open it up for outside help.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Sd Mount Options 3.5.3

« on: April 30, 2005, 05:53:30 am »

In my fstab I use the sync option mounting my SD, and this makes file transfers excruciatingly slow.

This was a bug in 3.5.2 i think, and we mounted with async instead right?

Didn't we fix some problem supposedly in order to be able to change back to using sync in 3.5.3?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Oz 3.5.3 Bug List

« on: April 28, 2005, 04:47:08 pm »

In opie-console if you have a prompt that is long enough to wrap around (which is common with the prompt path bug), and then you type something that wraps another line you cant go back properly with the left arrow or ctrl-a.

I couldn't report this bug on Mantis... it said "This account is protected." when I tried to use the guest account.

ARRG! this happens in opie-embedded konsole too!

But at least you can shorten prompt when using konsole.

From what I read there is no way to change the prompt in opie-console is that correct?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Gpe Only Files On Opie Rom

« on: April 28, 2005, 03:59:01 pm »

I was just scouting around in my oz 3.5.3 opie rootfs and I found this directory.

From what lardman was saying, I think this only gets used by gpe, not opie.  Anyone else like to confirm that?

Are there any other semi-large files and directories that are gpe only that I can delete to make some room on the rom?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / 3.5.2 Packages With 3.5.3 And Vice-versa

« on: April 28, 2005, 03:58:05 pm »

can I use advancedfm from the 3.5.3 feed with 3.5.2?

can I use oz-compat-libs from 3.5.2 with 3.5.3, will that fix the dialog problem?

whats the rule with mixing feeds in general?

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Possible New Zaurus Kernel For Oe

« on: April 28, 2005, 03:41:42 pm »

Well, i've got a 5500 and I want to use an SD for storage.  (I use the other slot for Wifi.)

So it seems I pretty much have to pick a version and freeze there before the new versions make the SD unusable.

3.5.2 was pretty good, my main complaint was advancedfm was buggy.  I like the new version,

*is it possible to use the newer advancedfm with 3.5.2?

The two main things I don't like about 3.5.3 are that holding down the right arrow suspends, and that the programs using sharp-compat have messed up dialog boxes now.

*Will it take a new release of OZ to fix those 2 problems?  Will I have to give up SD to see those fixed?

Thanks in advance for answering these questions.

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Angstrom & OpenZaurus / Oz 3.5.3 Bug List

« on: April 25, 2005, 09:20:19 am »

I've been using the Sharp-Compat libraries to get Jeode and Opera running on 3.5.3 / Opie.
Unlike 3.5.2, there seems to be some old behaviour.  The controls within the Java application seem very unresponsive, with it be to slow to use amd the title bar looks like it's continusly being redrawn, with really massive flickering.

Same for me, and lots of other people too in this other thread:

https://www.oesf.org/forums/index.php?showt...736&#entry76736