Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread arne anka
harry, is there any chance you could provide us with clear and full informations? currently it's very hard to understand, what's going on on your side and what exactly your problems are. please, give the following informations and remember, for further posting prepend the subject with the

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
sorry. i have no flippin idea what i'm using. it was new out of the box 2 days ago. i've done an opkg update and an opkg upgrade. i have not consciously upgrade from what it came with. i think i'm still using 2007.2 it is still spinning through bootish looking text where every third line says

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
you can't read the tiny message text moving at light speed. i have an 8G uSD installed, not running off it. here: http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/support/2008-July/68.html is why i mucked with nodm. so this problem has existed since jul-16, which is not very encouraging. On Fri, Jan 9,

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
thank you very much. i think a flash is the solution, too. why not fdom? On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:09 AM, arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de wrote: afaik new freeruners still come with 2007.2 -- which in turn is discontinued, ie no upddates. if you run an upgrade with a recent feeds list. you

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread arne anka
why not fdom? simply didn't remember it. take what you like -- but since 2008.12 got some very good critiques and is widely used, i thought it would be a natural choice, in particular for a beginner with the fr. most of the problems you might encounter should be solved already, or at least

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
i copied this file to my om but can't figger out what to do with it. here's the link for u-boot: http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/testing/gta02v5_and_up-u-boot.bin I tried some pretty creative stuff to press both keys, to no avail. if i press and hold power then press aux, something

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
i'll take your advice if i can get it there. that was my goal. i'm eager to try debian On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:24 AM, arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de wrote: why not fdom? simply didn't remember it. take what you like -- but since 2008.12 got some very good critiques and is widely used, i

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread arne anka
i copied this file to my om but can't figger out what to do with it. nope. that has to live on your host computer -- you need to flash it to the fr with dfu-util. i strongly suggest, you read the wiki aboput flashing first! http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Flashing_the_Neo_FreeRunner I tried

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
i actually read that before you linked it. i can't get to the menu where you can flash. if i could, i would, long since have flashed. thus my desire for a small program or the dbg command to get to that menu. i've tried holding power and using my desk to press aux to no effect On Fri, Jan 9, 2009

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread arne anka
a small program or the dbg command to get to that menu. i've tried holding power and using my desk to press aux to no effect THE OTHER WAY ROUND! sorry for yelling, but you seem to repeatedly miss the point (which is perfectly normal, considering the amount of time you fiddling with this

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
no buzz no flash. yes, booting is an issue, if i press and hold power long enough, i eventually get an off (black screen) but it stays that way. regardless of button pushes. now it's a complete brick On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 10:35 AM, arne anka openm...@ginguppin.de wrote: i copied this file to

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread arne anka
i start to loose track. could we form _one_ thread and stay in it? no buzz no flash. yes, booting is an issue, if i press and hold power long enough, i eventually get an off (black screen) but it stays that way. regardless of button pushes. now it's a complete brick battery low? plug in

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Al Johnson
On Friday 09 January 2009, arne anka wrote: a small program or the dbg command to get to that menu. i've tried holding power and using my desk to press aux to no effect THE OTHER WAY ROUND! sorry for yelling, but you seem to repeatedly miss the point (which is perfectly normal,

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Harry L. Lee
thanks! I was at the boot menu and tried dfu, thus: ha...@galaxy:~$ .//dfu-util -l dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc. This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY ha...@galaxy:~$ which does not look encouraging. On Fri, Jan 9, 2009 at 11:17 AM, Al Johnson

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread arne anka
thanks! I was at the boot menu and tried dfu, thus: ha...@galaxy:~$ .//dfu-util -l dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc. This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY ha...@galaxy:~$ which does not look encouraging. not quite, no. what returns lsusb ? ps: did you try it as

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Tom Yates
On Fri, 9 Jan 2009, Harry L. Lee wrote: thanks! I was at the boot menu and tried dfu, thus: ha...@galaxy:~$ .//dfu-util -l dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc. This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY ha...@galaxy:~$ which does not look encouraging. i found that it

Re: so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-09 Thread Al Johnson
On Friday 09 January 2009, Harry L. Lee wrote: thanks! I was at the boot menu and tried dfu, thus: ha...@galaxy:~$ .//dfu-util -l dfu-util - (C) 2007 by OpenMoko Inc. This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY ha...@galaxy:~$ which does not look encouraging. As others

so i try manually starting the x server with:

2009-01-08 Thread Harry L. Lee
/etc/init.d/xserver-nodm start the openmoko please wait screen comes up for a second, and it drops back into the adcady (or is it adcrdy?) loop. seems like some package that could be installed using opkg could fix it. this apparently also broke resolv.conf my unix is rusty, i'll need to read up