Hello Nikolaus, > Well, this also deletes the kernel modules. And an uImage in /boot. > This means that boot.scr did not find a bootable kernel.
I conclude that this means that your tar-image comes without (default) kernel. Ok, I see, there's more time needed than expected... But before I do this work I have a question: In the past conversation it had been mentioned that currently no themes are available. But if I understood correctly, you "only" reworked the build sequence. So how could this be possible? I can remember that after changing the build sequence to use hardflow toolchain, Finxi theme was disfunctional for some time and required Radek to do some magic in order to get it running again in a later release. But never the theme was lost completely. I'm asking because without Finxi theme I rather will keep going on with the pretty and stable v55 for now. I would enjoy to support you again with some testing and I'm also willing to risc some regressions, as long as a) I can be sure that after replacing the old v55 SD card my system behaves like usual again and b) I can do the testing with Finxi theme... ;-) Best regards Sven Von: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@goldelico.com> An: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners <gta04-owner@goldelico.com> Datum: 26.02.2018 16:40 Betreff: Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: QtMoko: a dream comes true :) Gesendet von: "Gta04-owner" <gta04-owner-boun...@goldelico.com> Hi Sven, Am 26.02.2018 um 14:36 schrieb Sven Dyroff <s.dyr...@phytec.de>: Hello Nikolaus, meanwhile I gave it a trial, but unfortunately it doesn't boot. Since I haven't created a new SD card for my GTA04A4 anymore since several years, also haven't done any configuration for it in this time, thus forgot many details and also didn't want to spend too much time, but wanted to avoid everything that could brick my well working system, I thought I could be very clever by just going the following simple way: 1.) I created a 1:1 clone of the working SD card which I had inside the phone. It showed to be QtMoko v55. In my cupboard I found an SD card with QtMoko v57 which was also working, but I even don't know anymore why I kept v55 in my phone and not the v57. So I decided to use the v55 for cloning. 2.) I verified that the clone was really functional. Indeed it came up with QtMoko v55 perfectly working. 3.) I erased the old rootfs by executing "sudo mkfs.ext4 -L rootfs /dev/sde2". Well, this also deletes the kernel modules. And an uImage in /boot. Then mounted the new and empty fs and untared your new QtMoko rootfs to there. After putting the SD card into the phone and powering it on I get the conversant penguin of your bootloader. But then I only get a completely white screen together with power LED blinking slowly red-green-yellow-black and bootbutton LED blinking fast the same sequence red-green-yellow-black. This means that boot.scr did not find a bootable kernel. In the past conversation it had been mentioned that the new image will not boot from SD card. How can this be fixed? Pressing the boot button doesn't show any effect in my case. Furthermore: Might it be that it's mandatory to use the current bootloader? (Which would mean that I need to spend much more time in order to get familiar again with all the details that might follow as consequence.) Well, a current boot loader might be required and can be generally recommended. Please note that you might not be able to boot the NAND system any more, depending on how old the original boot loader is. Step 1: upgrade boot loader * use latest makesd * DEV=/dev/sdb makesd gta04 debian -- (assuming you don't have a GTA04A5 which would need "gta04one") * boot with this SD card (with pressing the AUX button) * screen should turn red when flashing the boot loader Step 2: install qtmoko wheezy (the jessie variant has a significant bug we have not yet found the solution) * use makesd again * DEV=/dev/sdb makesd qtmoko -r http://download.goldelico.com/letux-debian-rootfs/20180224-wheezy-7.11-armhf-qtmoko.tbz BR and good luck, Nikolaus Best regards Sven Von: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@goldelico.com> An: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners < gta04-owner@goldelico.com> Datum: 22.02.2018 15:10 Betreff: Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: Re: Antwort: QtMoko: a dream comes true :) Gesendet von: "Gta04-owner" <gta04-owner-boun...@goldelico.com> Am 22.02.2018 um 15:00 schrieb Sven Dyroff <s.dyr...@phytec.de>: Hello Nikolaus, ok, got it! Once again thank you very much! But I need to beg you for some time. On the one hand I'm very excited to check the new verison after such a long time, on the other hand I already have been very busy at the moment before your announcement reached me. Now I need to see what will when be possible to be done... No problem... We did dream for such a long time that some days make no difference... BR, Nikolaus Best regards Sven Von: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@goldelico.com> An: List for communicating with real GTA04 owners < gta04-owner@goldelico.com> Datum: 22.02.2018 14:42 Betreff: Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: QtMoko: a dream comes true :) Gesendet von: "Gta04-owner" <gta04-owner-boun...@goldelico.com> Hi Sven, Am 22.02.2018 um 14:36 schrieb Sven Dyroff <s.dyr...@phytec.de>: Hello Nicolaus, very good news! > Downloads: http://download.goldelico.com/letux-debian-rootfs/?C=M;O=D - look for *-qtmoko.tbz I can find: - 0180222-wheezy-7.11-armhf-qtmoko.tbz 2018-02-22 01:48 174M - latest-armhf-qtmoko.tbz 2018-02-21 19:03 198M - 20180221-jessie-8.10-armhf-qtmoko.tbz 2018-02-21 19:03 198M - 20180216-jessie-8.10-armhf-qtmoko.tbz 2018-02-16 19:34 198M - 20180216-wheezy-7.11-armhf-qtmoko.tbz 2018-02-16 17:11 174M - 20180113-wheezy-7.11-armhf-qtmoko.tbz 2018-01-13 12:35 174M Which one is recommended? The latest-armhf-qtmoko.tbz which is the same as 20180221-jessie-8.10-armhf-qtmoko.tbz The wheezy variant doesn't support modern kernels well. You know: I like QtMoko because of its Finxi theme and no other! Beyond that I widely leave it up on you how to go best into the future... ;-) So maybe you can help to make the Finxi theme work again... I am not sure if themes already work. BR, Nikolaus Best regards Sven Von: "H. Nikolaus Schaller" <h...@goldelico.com> An: Tinkerphones Community <commun...@tinkerphones.org>, List for communicating with real GTA04 owners <gta04-owner@goldelico.com> Kopie: List for Openmoko community discussion < commun...@lists.openmoko.org> Datum: 21.02.2018 20:53 Betreff: [Gta04-owner] QtMoko: a dream comes true :) Gesendet von: "Gta04-owner" <gta04-owner-boun...@goldelico.com> Hi, I am happy to announce that after years of abandonment and obsolescence, QtMoko is back in maintained mode. After several failed attempts, we now have a git tree and a build system where we can apply modifications and accept patches. And we need testers :) Currently, we have a Wheezy and a Jessie based (different git branches) and both run on the GTA04(A3, A4, A5) with latest Letux kernels. Basically QtMoko also starts and runs on the Pyra, but there is nothing to see on the display yet. It simply remains black... Here are the key resources: Project Home: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/gta04-qtmoko/ - also for reporting issues Git: http://git.goldelico.com/?p=gta04-qtmoko.git;a=heads Downloads: http://download.goldelico.com/letux-debian-rootfs/?C=M;O=D - look for *-qtmoko.tbz Install on µSD: DEV=/dev/sdb ./makesd qtmoko - to install a Jessie based system Letux-Debian: apt-get install letux-qtmoko - to install if you have installed a different Letux system Here are screen photos of QtMoko/Jessie/Kernel-4.15.2 running on a GTA04: <Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg><Mail-Anhang.jpeg> Some things are not yet working and missing and some Apps crash after starting, but we are just at the beginning to be able to fix things. Of course our little team can't do all that alone. We need you and the broader community to help with coding, testing or simply donations if you appreciate our effort: http://shop.goldelico.com/wiki.php?page=Product&product=9607 BR and thanks, Nikolaus _______________________________________________ Gta04-owner mailing list Gta04-owner@goldelico.com http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner _______________________________________________ Gta04-owner mailing list Gta04-owner@goldelico.com http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner _______________________________________________ Gta04-owner mailing list Gta04-owner@goldelico.com http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner _______________________________________________ Gta04-owner mailing list Gta04-owner@goldelico.com http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner _______________________________________________ Gta04-owner mailing list Gta04-owner@goldelico.com http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner _______________________________________________ Gta04-owner mailing list Gta04-owner@goldelico.com http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner _______________________________________________ Gta04-owner mailing list Gta04-owner@goldelico.com http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo.cgi/gta04-owner
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