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« Reply #135 on: October 31, 2007, 04:40:04 pm »
Are you talking about the end of Step 3 in Q17?
I would just add a line at the end of the DB mode saying reboot while pressing the [OK] button, because you need to go to the Flash Menu (not DB mode) to flash the kernel.
I'm going to have a look at jpmatrix's note about populating the consoles. I remember in my case I did nothing, but a simple reboot will get over this error.

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« Reply #136 on: October 31, 2007, 05:01:32 pm »
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Are you talking about the end of Step 3 in Q17?
I would just add a line at the end of the DB mode saying reboot while pressing the [OK] button, because you need to go to the Flash Menu (not DB mode) to flash the kernel.
I'm going to have a look at jpmatrix's note about populating the consoles. I remember in my case I did nothing, but a simple reboot will get over this error.
 Sorry, yes I was. I didn't try just a reboot. I did jpmatrix's tip.

1st script works fine.

I got this message when I tried apt-get update: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse).   And the keymap has gone awol! I actually got this message throughout the running of 2nd script?

Is this because I'm using the 2.6.23 kernel?  

Suggestions for easy access to 2.6.20 kernel and modules?   Yes I am giving angstrom a chance.
3200 aka BigZ, swapped in 16GB Sandisk Extreme III CF, Cacko 1.23 full,  new SDHC >2GB module,
SL860 Cacko 1.23 full, new SDHC >2GB module,
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5500 TKC home on SD x 2 (with SD>1GB),
Archos PMA30 with OPEN PMA (Giraffe),
Nokia 770 (Hackers Edition)
Nokia 800 (ITOS 2008), 4GB SDHC x 2
Asus eeepc 4G (black), with 1GB ram, dual boot Xandros on SSD with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on 16 GB SDHC,
Tmobile G1 Android (black), with Cyanogen's  Firerat's MTD script and Amon Ra Recovery 1.7.0
Tmobile HTC Wildfire.. rooted and on Cyanogen's 7.3 nightly Rom
Kopi/Kapi on everything bar the phone and the Nokias, there is a beta for the nokias...

All the above are retired

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« Reply #137 on: October 31, 2007, 05:06:59 pm »
It should be my script. I just copy the links from 2or0's page and we both checked and didn't spot the error. But I will look into that. It is not anything critical.

Can you verify that after running 1st-cfg.sh, the keymap is working?

And for now can you manually edit /etc/apt/sources.list and try to proceed with the rest of 2nd-cfg.sh?

Thanks for your brave testing!

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« Reply #138 on: October 31, 2007, 05:13:51 pm »
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Are you talking about the end of Step 3 in Q17?
I would just add a line at the end of the DB mode saying reboot while pressing the [OK] button, because you need to go to the Flash Menu (not DB mode) to flash the kernel.
I'm going to have a look at jpmatrix's note about populating the consoles. I remember in my case I did nothing, but a simple reboot will get over this error.
 Sorry, yes I was. I didn't try just a reboot. I did jpmatrix's tip.

1st script works fine.

I got this message when I tried apt-get update: Malformed line 1 in source list /etc/apt/sources.list (URI parse).   And the keymap has gone awol! I actually got this message throughout the running of 2nd script?

Is this because I'm using the 2.6.23 kernel?  

Suggestions for easy access to 2.6.20 kernel and modules?   Yes I am giving angstrom a chance.

hi
i'm re-installing from scratch too and i 'm stuck at this stage too : "unable to open initial console"
i tried to reboot with no luck...
i wonder how zdevil succeed in ... perhaps because of uboot i don't use?
« Last Edit: October 31, 2007, 05:28:14 pm by jpmatrix »
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« Reply #139 on: October 31, 2007, 05:20:49 pm »
@jpmatrix: which method (which Q) are you using?  can you do the same trick as you did to get around this?

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« Reply #140 on: October 31, 2007, 05:27:36 pm »
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@jpmatrix: which method (which Q) are you using?  can you do the same trick as you did to get around this?

i'm using Q17,
with rootfs from here http://www.applieddata.net/developers/linu...mel-2007-08-27/

yeah i did the same MAKEDEV trick and now debian is up and running

uname -a :

Linux adsdebian 2.6.23 #1 ...

i haven't (yet) used the zaurus-debian-eabi-afterinstall_1.0.tar.gz file
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« Reply #141 on: October 31, 2007, 05:33:12 pm »
Thanks. Will add this to the instructions.
(Perhaps I also did this step but i am confused by so many times of reinstallation... that's why your notes are very important  )

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« Reply #142 on: October 31, 2007, 05:34:40 pm »
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@jpmatrix: which method (which Q) are you using?  can you do the same trick as you did to get around this?
 Hello each!  jpmatrix: I just rebooted into the B+D console and did that MAKEDEV thing! It booted into Debian then. I could not find an updater.sh that would download in the 2.6.23 section and I cannot find earlier kernels and modules for the 3200 on the angstrom site. I used an updater from the Bigbridge site.

ZDevil your 1st script works fine, I have the keymap, I can set up the wifi etc. Just that the 2nd script fails with claims that the first line of sources.list is malformed. The keymap didn't last through rebooting and the hardware clock is not accessed. The only error is the report about the malformed line.

I'm not brave, I'm foolhardy!  

I have tried editing the sources.list before I got the keyboard sorted by doing cut and paste. If I delete the first line it doesn't like the second/remaining line.

I have things I can try for the keyboard and the hwclock: from peeking into neil's scripts in his packages. I'll get back to you on that.

The repository thing worries me. I don't normally use ftp  repos, so I'm looking very suspiciously at the lines.  I will try and destroy the sources.list and recreate from scratch.  

See you in a bit.

With my OABI + OABI experiments I did get repositories that worked: just got very little progress on the gui set up.  

Back later.
« Last Edit: October 31, 2007, 05:36:59 pm by tux »
3200 aka BigZ, swapped in 16GB Sandisk Extreme III CF, Cacko 1.23 full,  new SDHC >2GB module,
SL860 Cacko 1.23 full, new SDHC >2GB module,
6000L SharpRom 1.12 + Tetsu kernel,
5500 TKC home on SD x 2 (with SD>1GB),
Archos PMA30 with OPEN PMA (Giraffe),
Nokia 770 (Hackers Edition)
Nokia 800 (ITOS 2008), 4GB SDHC x 2
Asus eeepc 4G (black), with 1GB ram, dual boot Xandros on SSD with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on 16 GB SDHC,
Tmobile G1 Android (black), with Cyanogen's  Firerat's MTD script and Amon Ra Recovery 1.7.0
Tmobile HTC Wildfire.. rooted and on Cyanogen's 7.3 nightly Rom
Kopi/Kapi on everything bar the phone and the Nokias, there is a beta for the nokias...

All the above are retired

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« Reply #143 on: October 31, 2007, 05:47:27 pm »
@tux:
You are right again. I left out the hwclock rules. Will add it to 1.0b.
The rules file was in the old zaurus-hardware-eabi tarball. But I was too dim last night busy gluing 2or0's stuff together and forgort to put that back in. Thank you!

I will add "hwclock -w" early in the 1st script, so that your clock will be saved even if things go wild in the 2nd.

Actually I also am not using 2or0's feed locations.
See if this fits:

deb http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian sid main

This is the one I am using and it works just fine.

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« Reply #144 on: October 31, 2007, 06:05:46 pm »
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i'm using Q17,
with rootfs from here http://www.applieddata.net/developers/linu...mel-2007-08-27/

yeah i did the same MAKEDEV trick and now debian is up and running

uname -a :

Linux adsdebian 2.6.23 #1 ...

well well
it seems lots of packages are now pre-installed with this 0827 rootfs : console-tools, wireless-tools, tzdata...
and i could launch wifi @ home with few command lines!

apt-get is running now!
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« Reply #145 on: October 31, 2007, 06:10:10 pm »
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well well
it seems lots of packages are now pre-installed with this 0827 rootfs : console-tools, wireless-tools, tzdata...
and i could launch wifi @ home with few command lines!

apt-get is running now!

That's good news. That means the after install process can be further simplified.
Yet I suppose the stuff in the 2nd-cfg.sh is still relevant, if there are no working kdrive xfbdev and touchscreen tools in the new rootfs...

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« Reply #146 on: October 31, 2007, 06:30:34 pm »
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@tux:
You are right again. I left out the hwclock rules. Will add it to 1.0b.
The rules file was in the old zaurus-hardware-eabi tarball. But I was too dim last night busy gluing 2or0's stuff together and forgort to put that back in. Thank you!

I will add "hwclock -w" early in the 1st script, so that your clock will be saved even if things go wild in the 2nd.

Actually I also am not using 2or0's feed locations.
See if this fits:

deb http://armel-debs.applieddata.net/debian sid main

This is the one I am using and it works just fine.

  I've sorted the keymap. I used 2or0's tip from his site. After twiddling the rc.local file to be sure the instruction was before the exit 0 line. The repo you give me is giving me problems.  It says some index files failed to download... I'll keep checking. The hwclock thing is fighting me!!

I should have said: the start-stop-daemon seems to be borked. The tip from 2or0's site won't work because start-stop-daemon.REAL is not present. The rpo does not work for me. apt-get goes and looks, can't find the .gz file and when i ask it to install something it gives me a 404 message. I'm going to try and run your 2nd-cfg again to see what happens.



jpmatrix, can you post your sources.list?   But I'm getting further...
« Last Edit: October 31, 2007, 06:37:28 pm by tux »
3200 aka BigZ, swapped in 16GB Sandisk Extreme III CF, Cacko 1.23 full,  new SDHC >2GB module,
SL860 Cacko 1.23 full, new SDHC >2GB module,
6000L SharpRom 1.12 + Tetsu kernel,
5500 TKC home on SD x 2 (with SD>1GB),
Archos PMA30 with OPEN PMA (Giraffe),
Nokia 770 (Hackers Edition)
Nokia 800 (ITOS 2008), 4GB SDHC x 2
Asus eeepc 4G (black), with 1GB ram, dual boot Xandros on SSD with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on 16 GB SDHC,
Tmobile G1 Android (black), with Cyanogen's  Firerat's MTD script and Amon Ra Recovery 1.7.0
Tmobile HTC Wildfire.. rooted and on Cyanogen's 7.3 nightly Rom
Kopi/Kapi on everything bar the phone and the Nokias, there is a beta for the nokias...

All the above are retired

Samsung Note 8 N5110
Samsung Note N7105
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« Reply #147 on: October 31, 2007, 06:33:57 pm »
@tux: Are you sure your network connection is working?
I just did an apt-get update with this feed and it just works...

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« Reply #148 on: October 31, 2007, 06:35:10 pm »
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I've sorted the keymap.I used 2or0's tip from his site. After twiddling the rc.local file to be sure the instruction was before the exit 0 line.
That's interesting, because what is in the script is exactly 2or0's thing...

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« Reply #149 on: October 31, 2007, 06:42:52 pm »
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@tux: Are you sure your network connection is working?
I just did an apt-get update with this feed and it just works...
 No it isn't! I can ping my router quite happily! But when I ping www.oesf.org it says 'unknown host'. It was working  shortly after the install because I could ping www.google.com. I'd better check what has happened with the host file etc. Thanks for the wake-up!

I shan't post again tonight. I need sleep!
3200 aka BigZ, swapped in 16GB Sandisk Extreme III CF, Cacko 1.23 full,  new SDHC >2GB module,
SL860 Cacko 1.23 full, new SDHC >2GB module,
6000L SharpRom 1.12 + Tetsu kernel,
5500 TKC home on SD x 2 (with SD>1GB),
Archos PMA30 with OPEN PMA (Giraffe),
Nokia 770 (Hackers Edition)
Nokia 800 (ITOS 2008), 4GB SDHC x 2
Asus eeepc 4G (black), with 1GB ram, dual boot Xandros on SSD with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx on 16 GB SDHC,
Tmobile G1 Android (black), with Cyanogen's  Firerat's MTD script and Amon Ra Recovery 1.7.0
Tmobile HTC Wildfire.. rooted and on Cyanogen's 7.3 nightly Rom
Kopi/Kapi on everything bar the phone and the Nokias, there is a beta for the nokias...

All the above are retired

Samsung Note 8 N5110
Samsung Note N7105
FBreader on the lot!