Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 12:10 PM, Al Johnson
openm...@mazikeen.demon.co.uk wrote:
On Wednesday 14 January 2009, john dowd wrote:
The communication works fine with neocon. Thanks.
My problem now is that I follow the wiki for setting up the SD to be a
backup system. I get into the boot loader and add the menu line:
setenv menu_2 Boot from microSD part2 (ext2+ext2): setenv bootargs
\${bootargs_base} rootfstype=ext2 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootdelay=5
\${mtdparts}\; mmcinit\; ext2load mmc 1 0x3200 \${sd_image_name}\;
bootm 0x3200
Looks right from memory. I tend to keep the kernel on the same partition as
the rootfs rather than having a separate boot partition as I find it easier
when managing multiple rootfs partitions, but that's just preference.
I also check it with the printenv command and then use the saveenv
to write it to NAND. What happens is that the command returns :
GTA02v6 # saveenv
Saving Environment to NAND...
Erasing Nand...GTA02v6 #
and when I restart to the boot loader menu, my menu entry is not there.
Check that you're doing this in the NAND uboot (Pwr then Aux) not the NOR
uboot (Aux then Pwr). I don't think the NOR one can save its environment, but
I don't know what the message is if you try, so it could be unrelated.
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Greetings John Dowd,
Hmmm... it looks like your name got truncated, or maybe mine got
extended =:-)}}}
I put FDOM on a large ~300MB partition of the microSD card with the
rootfs in /dev/mmcblk0pr and the kernel in /dev/mmcblk0p4/boot/
In order to get it to boot, I put a soft link at the card's root
pointing to the desired kernel (I have two of them in there at the
moment), thusly:
(as root in where /dev/mmcblk0p? is mounted) # ln -s
boot/long-kernel-name.bin uImage.bin
There are still a bunch of things I need to get correct about booting
from the microSD card, but it does boot from just one partition.
Cheerio!
--
Fielder George Dowding, KL7FHX
dba Iceworm Enterprises
Debian GNU/Linux Lenny
User Number 269482
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Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
john dowd wrote: I've been using minicom but its a disaster. Unless some has settings that they would like to share. Cheers!! -- John Dowd jdowd at slashdevslashnull dot org Search the wiki for a program called neocon, that seemed to work for me. or at least it did until my linux box stopped showing the /dev/ttyACM0 device, now I just have dfu-util -- View this message in context: http://n2.nabble.com/-no-distro--What-console-s-w-are-linux-people-using-to-communicate--with-the-Neo-FR-boot-loader--tp2158688p2158752.html Sent from the Openmoko Community mailing list archive at Nabble.com. ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
john dowd jdowds...@gmail.com writes: I've been using minicom but its a disaster. Unless some has settings that they would like to share. picocom /dev/ttyACM0 under screen with ^a : slowpaste set to 20 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:38:30 -0800 (PST) Gothnet openm...@nastylittlehorse.net wrote: john dowd wrote: I've been using minicom but its a disaster. Unless some has settings that they would like to share. [...] Search the wiki for a program called neocon, that seemed to work for me. [...] Haven't tried using serial terminal software with OpenMoko, but in general, have found cutecom to have a nice GUI interface. Regards, Gora ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
Well, I tried Neocon, whenever I press a key I just get the message [closed] printed out for every key and no joy talking to the device. Is there a console program out there that works right now and that people are using to communicate with the Neo Freerunner? On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:38:30 -0800 (PST) Gothnet openm...@nastylittlehorse.net wrote: john dowd wrote: I've been using minicom but its a disaster. Unless some has settings that they would like to share. [...] Search the wiki for a program called neocon, that seemed to work for me. [...] Haven't tried using serial terminal software with OpenMoko, but in general, have found cutecom to have a nice GUI interface. Regards, Gora ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- John Dowd jdowd at slashdevslashnull dot org 133 Waverley St. Ottawa Ont. K2P 0V3 Home: (613)234-7884 Cell: (613)316-7884 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
OK, it was a integration problem between the keyboard and my chair. I ran it as root and voila it works. Thanks everyone who responded. Cheers!! On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 3:08 PM, john dowd jdowds...@gmail.com wrote: Well, I tried Neocon, whenever I press a key I just get the message [closed] printed out for every key and no joy talking to the device. Is there a console program out there that works right now and that people are using to communicate with the Neo Freerunner? On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:38:30 -0800 (PST) Gothnet openm...@nastylittlehorse.net wrote: john dowd wrote: I've been using minicom but its a disaster. Unless some has settings that they would like to share. [...] Search the wiki for a program called neocon, that seemed to work for me. [...] Haven't tried using serial terminal software with OpenMoko, but in general, have found cutecom to have a nice GUI interface. Regards, Gora ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- John Dowd jdowd at slashdevslashnull dot org 133 Waverley St. Ottawa Ont. K2P 0V3 Home: (613)234-7884 Cell: (613)316-7884 -- John Dowd jdowd at slashdevslashnull dot org 133 Waverley St. Ottawa Ont. K2P 0V3 Home: (613)234-7884 Cell: (613)316-7884 ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
I just use minicom, connect to /dev/ttyACM0 and enable line wrap. If you could be more specific about what's wrong then perhaps I could help. On Wednesday 14 January 2009, john dowd wrote: Well, I tried Neocon, whenever I press a key I just get the message [closed] printed out for every key and no joy talking to the device. Is there a console program out there that works right now and that people are using to communicate with the Neo Freerunner? On Wed, Jan 14, 2009 at 2:48 PM, Gora Mohanty g...@sarai.net wrote: On Wed, 14 Jan 2009 11:38:30 -0800 (PST) Gothnet openm...@nastylittlehorse.net wrote: john dowd wrote: I've been using minicom but its a disaster. Unless some has settings that they would like to share. [...] Search the wiki for a program called neocon, that seemed to work for me. [...] Haven't tried using serial terminal software with OpenMoko, but in general, have found cutecom to have a nice GUI interface. Regards, Gora ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [no distro] What console s/w are linux people using to communicate with the Neo FR boot loader?
2009/1/14 john dowd jdowds...@gmail.com: OK, it was a integration problem between the keyboard and my chair. :-) I haven't heard that one before! Neil ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
