3.3.6pre1 anomalies

[dansawyer]

All,

I am not sure this is a kernel, ROM, or Opie issue. However it is consistent. The system OE kernel r5 from the Hentges site, 3.3.3pre1 from the Hentges site and Opie 1.1.4, also from the Hentges site. There are a 256meg SD are CF cards installed.

The symptoms are the screen light and the screen tap control fail intermittently.

First the kernel itself seems very stable. I have not had to perform a switched reset or a hard reset for 2 days. Attempts to connect via the USB port are successfull.

That said: There seems to be little control over the screen light. It has a random mind of its own. Sometimes it comes on after a resume, sometimes it does not. Sometimes it works properly, sometimes it does not. Sometimes using the Z it will come on. Sometimes it will simply turn off. If I continue to use it the light may come back on. Sometimes if I suspend and resume it will come back on.

Screen tap control is simular; although not as bad. Sometimes screen tap will work after a resume; sometimes it will not. Sometimes if I wait it will return and sometimes it will not. The buttons on the bottom of the Z work when screen tap does not.

Suspend and resume work accross both of these consistently.

I would like to help debug this.

Dan

[CoreDump]

All,

I am not sure this is a kernel, ROM, or Opie issue. However it is consistent. The system OE kernel r5 from the Hentges site, 3.3.3pre1 from the Hentges site and Opie 1.1.4, also from the Hentges site. There are a 256meg SD are CF cards installed.

The symptoms are the screen light and the screen tap control fail intermittently.

First the kernel itself seems very stable. I have not had to perform a switched reset or a hard reset for 2 days. Attempts to connect via the USB port are successfull.

That said: There seems to be little control over the screen light. It has a random mind of its own. Sometimes it comes on after a resume, sometimes it does not. Sometimes it works properly, sometimes it does not. Sometimes using the Z it will come on. Sometimes it will simply turn off. If I continue to use it the light may come back on. Sometimes if I suspend and resume it will come back on.

Screen tap control is simular; although not as bad. Sometimes screen tap will work after a resume; sometimes it will not. Sometimes if I wait it will return and sometimes it will not. The buttons on the bottom of the Z work when screen tap does not.

Suspend and resume work accross both of these consistently.

I would like to help debug this.

Dan

Hello Dan,
you are the first person with this problem i hear of.
Both the backlight and the touchscreen work without *any* problems for me and others.

Maybe it is a hardware issue after all?

Please remove your SD and CF cards and see if the problem persists.
You may just have a broken SD card wich is causing resume problems.

[dansawyer]

Some experimentation may have removed one of the above idiosycronies. If when the tab screen locks up (or out) the center button in pressed the tap screen will work again. This is clearly a software time out or lock out.

The screen light remains an issue. Its behavior is truely eratic. That said it seems to turn on or off without any yet observable pattern.

Dan

[Teletubbie]

Hi Dan,

since you are an advanced user, I am a little bit sad about you luck with the Zauri. I remember you have problems with both.
Have you ever flashed a newer sharprom on the Z with screenlight problems. The Sharprom flashes different and update also deeper code like the bootloader. This is the reason they have another flash concept, just with one file called OSPACK.
If you even flashed one, maybe files corrupted while download. Maybe flashing an OSPACK  which is checked after download, I dunno if the sharp people use md5 check, could solve your problems. After that you can flash OZ again, since OZ does nothing with that deeper code.
I also remember some people had problems with touchscreen (not depending to specific rom). Maybe search the forum.

Cheers,
Sam

[dansawyer]

Sam,

Thanks, I did not know that OSPACK flashed 'deeper'. I will give that a try.

Thanks,
Dan

[dansawyer]

Sam,

That seems like a magic fix. I flashed OSPACK and reflashed the Hentges ROM and 1.1.4. WOW!! So far it is working without a hitch.

Is there an active WIKI somewhere? I would be willing to write some basic stuff like this. This Z is a later serial number so I did not even think about lower level flashing issues.

It will take a day or 2 of use; but first tests are very good.

Thanks,
Dan

[Teletubbie]

Good Luck!
Sam