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
> >
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