[debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected power down. Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? -- Joakim Verona ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
Which kernel and from when do you use? This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. Ciao, Rainer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted > and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work > for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected > power down. > > Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Which kernel and from when do you use? > > This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm > suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped with Debian, I think. > > Ciao, > Rainer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted >> and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work >> for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected >> power down. >> >> Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? >> >> -- Joakim Verona ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
The kernel shipped with debian has the corruption bug. To update your kernel you must do it by hand. The instruction how to do this is in the debian page in the openmoko wiki [1]. I changed my /boot partition from vfat to ext2 and symlink the boot-kernel to the one i want to use because i switch between the actual OM and FSO kernels. Ciao, Rainer [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#How_to_replace_the_default_kernel_with_a_recent_openmoko_kernel [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Which kernel and from when do you use? >> >> This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm >> suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. > > Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped > with Debian, I think. > >> Ciao, >> Rainer >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted >>> and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work >>> for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected >>> power down. >>> >>> Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? >>> >>> ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The kernel shipped with debian has the corruption bug. > To update your kernel you must do it by hand. The instruction how to do > this is in the debian page in the openmoko wiki [1]. > I changed my /boot partition from vfat to ext2 and symlink the > boot-kernel to the one i want to use because i switch between the actual > OM and FSO kernels. I followed the instructions and installed a new kernel. I still get the corruption bug whenever I shut down the FR unexpectedly. > > Ciao, > Rainer > > > [1] > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#How_to_replace_the_default_kernel_with_a_recent_openmoko_kernel > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Which kernel and from when do you use? >>> >>> This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm >>> suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. >> >> Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped >> with Debian, I think. >> >>> Ciao, >>> Rainer >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected power down. Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? -- Joakim Verona ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
What do you mean by shut down "unexpectedly" ? The sd-card corruption patch which is in the recent kernels fixes the sd-bug when going into suspend and resume which isn't unexpected. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The kernel shipped with debian has the corruption bug. >> To update your kernel you must do it by hand. The instruction how to do >> this is in the debian page in the openmoko wiki [1]. >> I changed my /boot partition from vfat to ext2 and symlink the >> boot-kernel to the one i want to use because i switch between the actual >> OM and FSO kernels. > > I followed the instructions and installed a new kernel. I still get the > corruption bug whenever I shut down the FR unexpectedly. > >> Ciao, >> Rainer >> >> >> [1] >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#How_to_replace_the_default_kernel_with_a_recent_openmoko_kernel >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Which kernel and from when do you use? This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. >>> Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped >>> with Debian, I think. >>> Ciao, Rainer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted > and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work > for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected > power down. > > Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > What do you mean by shut down "unexpectedly" ? > > The sd-card corruption patch which is in the recent kernels fixes the > sd-bug when going into suspend and resume which isn't unexpected. Ok, what I mean is that if the FR hangs for some reason, looses power or whatever, I must powercycle it to reboot it. When this happens the debian part of the sd card is unbootable. I can then normally rescue it with "testdisk". I dont think I ever even tried suspend/resume on debian. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> The kernel shipped with debian has the corruption bug. >>> To update your kernel you must do it by hand. The instruction how to do >>> this is in the debian page in the openmoko wiki [1]. >>> I changed my /boot partition from vfat to ext2 and symlink the >>> boot-kernel to the one i want to use because i switch between the actual >>> OM and FSO kernels. >> >> I followed the instructions and installed a new kernel. I still get the >> corruption bug whenever I shut down the FR unexpectedly. >> >>> Ciao, >>> Rainer >>> >>> >>> [1] >>> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#How_to_replace_the_default_kernel_with_a_recent_openmoko_kernel>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Which kernel and from when do you use? > > This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm > suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped with Debian, I think. > Ciao, > Rainer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted >> and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work >> for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected >> power down. >> >> Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? >> >> -- Joakim Verona ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
I don't think that this behaviour is a real software bug because this situation shouldn't happen at all. So i don't think that there could be some patch to really fix this. And for me these situations you describe nearly never exist. The problem that the FR hangs occured for me only when the memory usage gets to the limit of the 128MB. But since i use a 64MB swapfile i never experienced it again. And my FR never loosed power since i got it. So i'm wondering what things you do to your FR. ;) I never lost my partition table and i only use debian for quite some weeks. Anbd i'm happy that the current OM kernel works with suspend/resume without problems. Ciao, Rainer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> What do you mean by shut down "unexpectedly" ? >> >> The sd-card corruption patch which is in the recent kernels fixes the >> sd-bug when going into suspend and resume which isn't unexpected. > > Ok, what I mean is that if the FR hangs for some reason, looses power or > whatever, I must powercycle it to reboot it. When this happens the > debian part of the sd card is unbootable. > > I can then normally rescue it with "testdisk". > > I dont think I ever even tried suspend/resume on debian. > >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> The kernel shipped with debian has the corruption bug. To update your kernel you must do it by hand. The instruction how to do this is in the debian page in the openmoko wiki [1]. I changed my /boot partition from vfat to ext2 and symlink the boot-kernel to the one i want to use because i switch between the actual OM and FSO kernels. >>> I followed the instructions and installed a new kernel. I still get the >>> corruption bug whenever I shut down the FR unexpectedly. >>> Ciao, Rainer [1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#How_to_replace_the_default_kernel_with_a_recent_openmoko_kernel>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> Which kernel and from when do you use? >> >> This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm >> suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. > Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped > with Debian, I think. > >> Ciao, >> Rainer >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted >>> and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work >>> for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected >>> power down. >>> >>> Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? >>> >>> ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I don't think that this behaviour is a real software bug because this > situation shouldn't happen at all. So i don't think that there could be > some patch to really fix this. > > And for me these situations you describe nearly never exist. The problem > that the FR hangs occured for me only when the memory usage gets to the > limit of the 128MB. But since i use a 64MB swapfile i never experienced > it again. And my FR never loosed power since i got it. So i'm wondering > what things you do to your FR. ;) Bad things I suppose :) The swap file sounds like a good idea. Did you put the swap partition on the internal flash or the sd card? Intuitively it would appear to be better to have the swap on internal flash, if the main os is on the sd card. > I never lost my partition table and i only use debian for quite some > weeks. Anbd i'm happy that the current OM kernel works with > suspend/resume without problems. > > Ciao, > Rainer > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> What do you mean by shut down "unexpectedly" ? >>> >>> The sd-card corruption patch which is in the recent kernels fixes the >>> sd-bug when going into suspend and resume which isn't unexpected. >> >> Ok, what I mean is that if the FR hangs for some reason, looses power or >> whatever, I must powercycle it to reboot it. When this happens the >> debian part of the sd card is unbootable. >> >> I can then normally rescue it with "testdisk". >> >> I dont think I ever even tried suspend/resume on debian. >> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The kernel shipped with debian has the corruption bug. > To update your kernel you must do it by hand. The instruction how to do > this is in the debian page in the openmoko wiki [1]. > I changed my /boot partition from vfat to ext2 and symlink the > boot-kernel to the one i want to use because i switch between the actual > OM and FSO kernels. I followed the instructions and installed a new kernel. I still get the corruption bug whenever I shut down the FR unexpectedly. > Ciao, > Rainer > > > [1] > http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#How_to_replace_the_default_kernel_with_a_recent_openmoko_kernel>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >>> Which kernel and from when do you use? >>> >>> This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm >>> suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. >> Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped >> with Debian, I think. >> >>> Ciao, >>> Rainer >>> >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets corrupted and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after unexpected power down. Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? -- Joakim Verona ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
I put it also on the sd-card. I know that normally that isn't the best thing, but i don't want to use the internal flash because i want to reserve it for maybe om2008 or anything i may want to try beneath debian. ;) I don't "feel" any performace issues with the 64MB swapfile on the sd-card. More the contrary is the fact. Debian is much smoother because i don't get all the time to the memory limit when running a few programs. And the FR or maybe debian itself seems to really dislike it when the memory consumption gets to the limit. I just created a swapfile with "dd if=/dev/zero of=/media/disk/swapfile bs=1024 count=65536" "mkswap /media/disk/swapfile" and than add it to the fstab with the following line "/media/disk/swapfile swap swap defaults 0 0" Not it works like a charm. :) Ciao, Rainer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> I don't think that this behaviour is a real software bug because this >> situation shouldn't happen at all. So i don't think that there could be >> some patch to really fix this. >> >> And for me these situations you describe nearly never exist. The problem >> that the FR hangs occured for me only when the memory usage gets to the >> limit of the 128MB. But since i use a 64MB swapfile i never experienced >> it again. And my FR never loosed power since i got it. So i'm wondering >> what things you do to your FR. ;) > > Bad things I suppose :) > > The swap file sounds like a good idea. Did you put the swap partition on > the internal flash or the sd card? Intuitively it would appear to be > better to have the swap on internal flash, if the main os is on the sd > card. > > > >> I never lost my partition table and i only use debian for quite some >> weeks. Anbd i'm happy that the current OM kernel works with >> suspend/resume without problems. >> >> Ciao, >> Rainer >> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> What do you mean by shut down "unexpectedly" ? The sd-card corruption patch which is in the recent kernels fixes the sd-bug when going into suspend and resume which isn't unexpected. >>> Ok, what I mean is that if the FR hangs for some reason, looses power or >>> whatever, I must powercycle it to reboot it. When this happens the >>> debian part of the sd card is unbootable. >>> >>> I can then normally rescue it with "testdisk". >>> >>> I dont think I ever even tried suspend/resume on debian. >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> The kernel shipped with debian has the corruption bug. >> To update your kernel you must do it by hand. The instruction how to do >> this is in the debian page in the openmoko wiki [1]. >> I changed my /boot partition from vfat to ext2 and symlink the >> boot-kernel to the one i want to use because i switch between the actual >> OM and FSO kernels. > I followed the instructions and installed a new kernel. I still get the > corruption bug whenever I shut down the FR unexpectedly. > >> Ciao, >> Rainer >> >> >> [1] >> http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Debian#How_to_replace_the_default_kernel_with_a_recent_openmoko_kernel>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >>> Fox Mulder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >>> Which kernel and from when do you use? This bug should be fixed in newer kernels. But i still use the apm suspend/resume script which works for me since i installed debian. >>> Ok, how do I ensure I have a newer kernel? I just use the kernel shipped >>> with Debian, I think. >>> Ciao, Rainer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > It is rather annoying to fix the memory card whenever it gets > corrupted > and wont boot. I know there are workaround scripts, but they dont work > for me, since I most often get corruption after booting after > unexpected > power down. > > Is there any progress on this bug? Any working workarounds ? > > ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
Re: [debian] State of annoying memory card corruption bug?
On 2008.10.09.22.36, Fox Mulder wrote: | I don't "feel" any performace issues with the 64MB swapfile on the | sd-card. More the contrary is the fact. Debian is much smoother because | i don't get all the time to the memory limit when running a few | programs. And the FR or maybe debian itself seems to really dislike it | when the memory consumption gets to the limit. I also turned off the ramdisks in /tmp and /var, which decreased memory consumption fractionally. --Brock ___ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
