Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-13 Thread William Hermans
Oh, and in case this might be relevant. The board is powered by USB, with only ethernet plugged in. On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 12:01 PM, William Hermans wrote: > debian@beaglebone:~$ uptime > 11:58:48 up 23:22, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.07, 0.06 > debian@beaglebone:~$ uname -a > Linux beagle

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-13 Thread William Hermans
debian@beaglebone:~$ uptime 11:58:48 up 23:22, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.07, 0.06 debian@beaglebone:~$ uname -a Linux beaglebone 4.1.0-rc8-bone9 #1 Tue Jun 16 23:45:22 UTC 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2015-03-01 debian@beaglebone:~$

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-13 Thread Robert Nelson
On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Graham Haddock wrote: > What does "cpufreq-set -g performance" do? > Sounds like it would lock the BBB at max CPU clock speed, or at least, not > let it go down to the lowest speeds. Correct... > I found the generic Debian docs on cpufreq-set, but not the BBB spe

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-13 Thread Graham Haddock
What does "cpufreq-set -g performance" do? Sounds like it would lock the BBB at max CPU clock speed, or at least, not let it go down to the lowest speeds. I found the generic Debian docs on *cpufreq-set*, but not the BBB specific instruction set and meanings. --- Graham On Mon, Jul 13, 2015 at

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-13 Thread Graham Haddock
OK. I took my Rev.C unit (1c:ba:8c:d9:5e:dd) and loaded "bone-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-05-4gb.img" onto a 16 GB uSD card. Unit, power supply and card are "trusted." Absolutely no changes to the image, just install, boot, run. No updates, additions or modifications. No cape, only connecti

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
> > *(3) System bb4f8e still has 4.1.0-rc8-bone9 #1 Wed Jun 17 00:05:43 UTC > 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux: but cpufreq-set -g performance: no more reboot* Interesting . . . If memory serves correctly, that was the "fix" for an older kernel. So possibly older code crept into the newer ? On Sun, Jul 12,

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard
Results from overnight test: I used the worst rebooters for some tests: (1) System bb1cf1 got installed with 3.19.3-bone4: *no more reboot* uptime 03:23:37 up 14:50, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.05 (2) System bb6c1f: installed with 4.1.1-ti-r2 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Jul 8 17:03:29 UTC 201

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
Thanks Peter for the in depth explanation. I was actually just reading a very detailed blog post by a person bug hunting in fedora 20 . . . the blog post could be considered a book in of its self, and wow yes, lots of learning to do before I can achieve the same myself. On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 2:1

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread Peter Hurley
On 07/12/2015 04:41 PM, William Hermans wrote: > /Yeah, I think the transition to linear irq domain (added at 3.18) made > cpsw/ > /a little extra flaky. Plus the new omap_8250 serial driver is not > bug-free;/ > /just found a flow control bug in the h/w last week./ > // > /I'

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
ah I see. following my own advice comes in handy sometimes . . . as in GitBisect. A bit out of my abilities. On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 1:41 PM, William Hermans wrote: > *Yeah, I think the transition to linear irq domain (added at 3.18) made >> cpsw* >> * a little extra flaky. Plus the new omap_825

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
> > *Yeah, I think the transition to linear irq domain (added at 3.18) made > cpsw* > * a little extra flaky. Plus the new omap_8250 serial driver is not > bug-free;* > * just found a flow control bug in the h/w last week.* > > * I've had ssh shells go sideways on occasion, but not with that kind o

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread Peter Hurley
On 07/12/2015 03:35 PM, Graham Haddock wrote: > Hi William: > Doing nothing with the board. It is just sitting on the side connected to > +5V power and Ethernet. > So, for example, late last night (Central US time) I loaded > "bone-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-05-4gb.img" > onto a trusted u

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
Something else that might help troubleshoot this issue if we can get a "snapshot" of each system by way of *ps aux *and store them somewhere for later examination. maybe pastebin. http://pastebin.com/ydneAtne On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 12:50 PM, 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard < beagleboard@googlegroups.co

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard
I now have one of the worst case rebooters running on 3.19.3-bone4 (already installed 8h ago) root@bb1cf1:~# lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Debian Description:Debian GNU/Linux 8.1 (jessie) Release:8.1 Codename: jessie root@bb1cf1:~# uname -a Linux rc

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
> > > *Hi William:* > > *Doing nothing with the board. It is just sitting on the side connected > to +5V power and Ethernet.* > *So, for example, late last night (Central US time) I loaded > "bone-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-* > *armhf-2015-07-05-4gb.img"* > > *onto a trusted uSD card expanded the memory

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread Graham Haddock
Hi William: Doing nothing with the board. It is just sitting on the side connected to +5V power and Ethernet. So, for example, late last night (Central US time) I loaded "bone-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-05-4gb.img" onto a trusted uSD card expanded the memory using gparted to the full 16GB,

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard
> W: Failed to fetch >> http://repos.rcn-ee.com/debian/dists/jessie/main/binary-armhf/Packages >> Hash Sum mismatch >> > Solution: http://askubuntu.com/questions/41605/trouble-downloading-packages-list-due-to-a-hash-sum-mismatch-error Simply: rm -rf /var/lib/apt/lists/* -- For more optio

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
By the way, currently on sdcard I am running wheezy 7.8 I believe. debian@beaglebone:~$ cat /etc/dogtag BeagleBoard.org Debian Image 2015-03-01 debian@beaglebone:~$ uname -a Linux beaglebone 3.8.13-bone70 #1 SMP Fri Jan 23 02:15:42 UTC 2015 armv7l GNU/Linux So I could apt-get install linux-image-4

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
Anyway, guys, give me an idea of what you're doing on these boards. When you get random system reset, and I'll test here too. I have a couple free beaglebones I can run arbitrary tests on at the moment. On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 12:19 PM, William Hermans wrote: > I've had this, or something simila

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
I've had this, or something similar happen to me a few times. When I did apt-get update again right after, it succeeded. But I'm still not sure of the cause. On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 11:48 AM, 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard < beagleboard@googlegroups.com> wrote: > If I look on one - but not the target "

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard
If I look on one - but not the target "worst case" Beaglebone, I see only one package matching Robert's suggestion apt-cache search linux-image | grep ti | grep 4.1 linux-image-4.1.1-ti-r2 - Linux kernel, version 4.1.1-ti-r2 However, if I want to apt-get update on the two current worst case targe

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread Graham Haddock
I will try it by reloading a totally untouched "bone-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-07-05-4gb.img", and report back. No cape, trusted Rev.C hardware and power supply. All communications via Ethernet. By my saying that 3.14 is rock solid, this includes up to "bone-debian-8.1-lxqt-4gb-armhf-2015-

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread William Hermans
watchdog was the first thing that popped into my mind heh. On Sun, Jul 12, 2015 at 10:46 AM, Robert Nelson wrote: > > On Jul 12, 2015 12:20 PM, "'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard" < > beagleboard@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > > > Instabilities have been found by just flashing elinux.org images from, > for

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread Robert Nelson
On Jul 12, 2015 12:20 PM, "'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard" < beagleboard@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Instabilities have been found by just flashing elinux.org images from, for example, > http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Jessie_Snapshot_console, in special Flasher: (console) (BeagleBo

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard
Instabilities have been found by just flashing elinux.org images from, for example, http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Jessie_Snapshot_console, in special *Flasher: (console) (BeagleBone Black eMMC)* and letting the board idle with network + serial console connected Also, is 4.

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread 'dl4mea' via BeagleBoard
Instabilities have been found by just flashing elinux.org images from, for example, http://elinux.org/Beagleboard:BeagleBoneBlack_Debian#Jessie_Snapshot_console, in special *Flasher: (console) (BeagleBone Black eMMC)* and letting the board idle with network + serial console connected Also, is 4.

Re: [beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread Peter Hurley
On 07/12/2015 10:17 AM, Graham wrote: > I have several Rev C BBB units, that have been in use enough to be considered > "trusted" hardware. > > All of them, running Debian 8.1 kernel 3.14 are rock solid. By that, I mean > that they will run for months without problems. > Maybe longer, I have no

[beagleboard] Debian 8.1 / kernel 4.1.x test releases are unstable

2015-07-12 Thread Graham
I have several Rev C BBB units, that have been in use enough to be considered "trusted" hardware. All of them, running Debian 8.1 kernel 3.14 are rock solid. By that, I mean that they will run for months without problems. Maybe longer, I have not left them undisturbed for any longer than that.