It has to do with any usb peripheral driver; that is, any of the serial gadgets. Ethernet, mass storage, serial, etc.
Richard On Thursday 08 September 2005 06:55, JeDi wrote: > We are now trying to get this to work with 2 guys. In the kernel, > several options exist to do a serial connection over USB. According to > the modules (which we now have built into the kernel), we could > provide a kernel parameter "console=ttyUSB0", but it doesn't seem to > work either. > > The GPIOs that you guys are missing, does that have to do with this > (usb serial connection), or is that for usbnet only? > > What we would want, is a pre-built package (zImage, initrd, haret, > default.txt) that is known to boot, because we really think that the > initrd is never loaded, and the linuxrc is never executed. Off course > we don't have a way to check it yet, so a package that would start the > framebuffer on the x50v would be realy neat (at least we can check > then if the kernel actually starts). > > Someone? > Thanks! > > Greetz, > JeDi > > On 9/8/05, Richard Bateman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I don't see a penguin on my x50v either. there really is no simple way > > without a serial cable to check if it's loaded. > > > > Richard > > > > On Wednesday 07 September 2005 18:16, JeDi wrote: > > > One more try... > > > Could the following things be a problem? > > > - After a hard reset, I don't adjust the clock, and don't set the > > > correct timezone > > > - I'm running haret from the internal storage > > > - I'm connected through the haret network interface > > > > > > I'm still not getting the penguin image in haret, is that normal? > > > It seems that the initrd is never started. I tried almost everything. > > > Even though I load the vsfb kernel module, I don't see any image other > > > than the frozen haret window. > > > Is there realy no simple way (again, without a serial cable) to check > > > if linuxrc in the initrd is executed? > > > > > > Still not close... > > > > > > Greetz, > > > JeDi > > > > > > On 9/6/05, JeDi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > We really want to get started with linux at our Dell Axim X50v > > > > machines, here at a research institute. But I can't get it running, > > > > even a little bit. > > > > Could someone please provide some step-by-step instruction on how to > > > > get this running? And which files and version to use, etc. > > > > > > > > We don't have a serial cable or CF cards for the moment, so if it can > > > > be done with USB networking and SD cards that would be great, > > > > otherwise we'll order/make the needed stuff. > > > > > > > > Here is what I've tried: > > > > - Downloaded the files from the downloads section of the wiki: > > > > http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/DellAximX50Downloads > > > > - Downloaded the changed haret (haret_uart.exe) from > > > > http://axim.narcotize.com/ - Downloaded the latest used kernel from > > > > the mailing list: > > > > http://axim.narcotize.com/files/kernel26_x30_working_0.1.tar.gz > > > > - Put the files into the "Internal Storage" of the axim x50v (in a > > > > "linux" directory, if that matters) > > > > - Tried running haret: It says "Detected CPU family: Unknown". I can > > > > connect with it using telnet > > > > - I changed the default.txt file to load the latest downloaded > > > > kernel, and pressed the Run button > > > > > > > > The haret terminal says: > > > > > > > > Physical kernel address: a8008000 > > > > Preloader physical/virtual address: ab080000 > > > > Physical initrd address: a8408000 > > > > Goodbye cruel world ... > > > > > > > > After that, it stops. No penguin with on the pocket pc or nothing. It > > > > just hangs. I need to reset the device, and seemingly it > > > > automatically hard resets (so it has actually done something with the > > > > ram). > > > > > > > > Is this behaviour normal? What should I do? I really want to help, > > > > but I must get it somewhat running first... > > > > > > > > Greetz, > > > > JeDi > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > Aximx50-port mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/aximx50-port -- _______________________________________________ Aximx50-port mailing list [email protected] https://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/aximx50-port
