Re: Modifying kernel bootargs

2015-09-04 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 03/09/15 17:56, Ian Campbell wrote: > On Thu, 2015-09-03 at 18:00 +0200, JM wrote: >> Hi, >> >> I can't seem to figure out how to pass kernel parameters using flash >> -kernel. This is with flash-kernel 3.45 and linux-image-kirkwood 4.1.0-2 >> from testing on QNAP TS-212P. >> >> I edit the

Re: Problems starting qemu vm using virsh / *.xml-file

2015-08-28 Thread Tim Fletcher
, screen maybe the tool that you are looking for in this instance. screen starts a new shell in a process which can be detached from the terminal you are using with ^A d -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk

Re: What is in the U-boot default environment?

2015-08-25 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 25 Aug 2015, at 01:39, Rick Thomas rbtho...@pobox.com wrote: I just purchased a CuBox-i and installed Debian on it. It works like a champ — and the HDMI video is really cool on my TV! But I have a question… Watching the (USB) serial console output during booting, I notice the

Re: I/O issues with writing to mtdblock devices on kirkwood

2015-08-23 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 21/08/15 13:24, Ian Campbell wrote: Hi kirkwood-upstream, We (Debian) have had a couple of reports of I/O errors running Debian on kirkwood, specifically it seems to relate to later kernels (e.g. 4.0+) and I _suspect_ (without proof) that it may be due to the switch from board files to

Re: Another questions about qemu for armhf

2015-08-23 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 22/08/15 04:15, Guido Haase ♦ ITeHA wrote: Hi folks, just another question about the qemu binary package included in the current/latest distribution of debian jessie for armhf. In this blog post http://blog.flexvdi.com/2015/03/17/enabling-kvm-virtualization-on-the-raspberry-pi-2/

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-09-07 Thread Tim Fletcher
one for the working case so I can compare please. It feels to me like either an ordering question (ie tries to mount root before luks has run) or that the cryptsetup script isn't making use of the param.conf settings correctly. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-09-01 Thread Tim Fletcher
then you will need to change a setting in u-boot but lets see if debian tools fix the problem first -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-09-01 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 01/09/14 16:27, Li, Peng wrote: On 2014-09-01 11:03, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 01/09/14 15:44, Li, Peng wrote: HI Tim/Ian, I interrupted the boot process and enterred U-boot console by pressing enter during boot. I put the suggested one-line, which I modified to my setting. setenv bootargs

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-08-31 Thread Tim Fletcher
). This is a setting that is stored in the flash along with the kernel and initrd. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-08-31 Thread Tim Fletcher
but lets see if it boots first. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/54038347.4000...@night-shade.org.uk

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-08-31 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 31/08/14 22:11, Ian Campbell wrote: On Sun, 2014-08-31 at 21:06 +0100, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 31/08/14 20:40, Li, Peng wrote: Hi Ian/Tim, Trying to make sure I understand a correct steps. I'd like to re-install the whole system again. I do have a serial console connection. My plan

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-08-31 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 31/08/14 22:21, Ian Campbell wrote: On Sun, 2014-08-31 at 22:16 +0100, Tim Fletcher wrote: I'm pretty sure that even without the added complication of LUKS / RAID / LVM a normal debian install would fail with root=/dev/ram It should work due to the initrd override, that override exists

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-08-30 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 16/08/14 12:00, peng wrote: [0.00] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/ram initrd=0xa0,0x90 ramdisk=34816 I think that is your problem, change this to be the root partition inside LVM -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: QNAP 219 P II, Luks, Debian

2014-08-30 Thread Tim Fletcher
system setup and then build a suitable ramdisk. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/5401d8cb.1020...@night-shade.org.uk

Re: QNAP TS-421 Kernel and Memory Size

2014-02-15 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 15/02/14 00:01, Gordan Bobic wrote: On 02/13/2014 07:26 PM, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 13 Feb 2014, at 10:48, Gordan Bobic gor...@bobich.net wrote: Is there a better kernel to use? I suppose I could use the stock kernel with a custom initrd, and hope qcontrol still works. Does current 3.12

Re: QNAP TS-421 Kernel and Memory Size

2014-02-13 Thread Tim Fletcher
: 0xc0446844 - 0xc04a9ed8 ( 398 kB) Is there a better kernel to use? I suppose I could use the stock kernel with a custom initrd, and hope qcontrol still works. Does current 3.12 work? -- Sent from a mobile device Tim Fletcher -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org

Re: U-Boot on QNAP TS-421

2014-02-12 Thread Tim Fletcher
you can then use fw_printenv and fw_saveenv from Linux to edit the settings on mtdblock0 -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another new ARM plateform

2013-12-30 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 27/12/13 09:42, David Pottage wrote: On 26/12/13 20:02, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 26 Dec 2013, at 13:14, David Pottage da...@chrestomanci.org wrote: How good is the mainline linux kernel support for the Freescale iMX6 SOC? I currently have an Allwinner A10 based Cubieboard. In most respects

Re: qemu status on ARM

2013-12-30 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 13/12/13 12:43, Riku Voipio wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:51:41PM +, Tim Fletcher wrote: To use kvm, you need to pass -enable-kvm to qemu-system-arm command line. For example, if you want to try prebuilt linaro guest image from: https://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/kvm/263

Re: Bits from the release team (freeze time line)

2013-12-30 Thread Tim Fletcher
buidd's that I can see the data on from the status page. With a bit of work you can run mainline kernels on it but not with current kernels from Debian, Jessie and Wheezy userspace just work with both mainline and the 3.4 kernel from the sunix people. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another new ARM plateform

2013-12-27 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 27 Dec 2013, at 09:42, David Pottage da...@chrestomanci.org wrote: On 26/12/13 20:02, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 26 Dec 2013, at 13:14, David Pottage da...@chrestomanci.org wrote: How good is the mainline linux kernel support for the Freescale iMX6 SOC? I currently have an Allwinner

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another new ARM plateform

2013-12-27 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 27 Dec 2013, at 09:42, David Pottage da...@chrestomanci.org wrote: On 26/12/13 20:02, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 26 Dec 2013, at 13:14, David Pottage da...@chrestomanci.org wrote: How good is the mainline linux kernel support for the Freescale iMX6 SOC? I currently have an Allwinner A10

Re: [Arm-netbook] Another new ARM plateform

2013-12-26 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 26 Dec 2013, at 13:14, David Pottage da...@chrestomanci.org wrote: On 25/12/13 17:37, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: just something for people's attention, this is a pretty damn good find by erix: quad-core 1ghz iMX6, it has 2gb of RAM, SATA, GbE and a full MiniPCIe slot (not just

Re: qemu status on ARM

2013-12-14 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 13/12/13 12:43, Riku Voipio wrote: On Tue, Dec 10, 2013 at 11:51:41PM +, Tim Fletcher wrote: To use kvm, you need to pass -enable-kvm to qemu-system-arm command line. For example, if you want to try prebuilt linaro guest image from: https://snapshots.linaro.org/ubuntu/images/kvm/263

Re: qemu status on ARM

2013-12-14 Thread Tim Fletcher
you find out what's going on here. The boot log was from the VM booting, so that would be expected? http://www.spinics.net/lists/kvm-arm/msg02582.html -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble

qemu status on ARM

2013-12-10 Thread Tim Fletcher
not sure what the state of qemu on debian arm is. I've installed the packages and qemu starts but I don't know how to tell if it's using the CPU extensions. I've not had time to actually build a VM to try and boot it but I will later this week. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk

Re: Donation of ARM CubieTruck to anyone interested in developing ARM-Debian-desktop

2013-12-08 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 08/12/13 14:14, Luke Kenneth Casson Leighton wrote: On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 11:43 AM, Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk wrote: I now have a Cubietruck with Debian Jessie and linux 3.0.13-rc2 running on it from this git tree: https://github.com/jwrdegoede/linux-sunxi/tree/sunxi-test

Re: Donation of ARM CubieTruck to anyone interested in developing ARM-Debian-desktop

2013-12-08 Thread Tim Fletcher
on a mainline kernel. This was raised as a problem during earlier discussions about the Cubietruck / A20. There are a number of things that aren't perfect but it's seemed to me to be a major step forward for Debian on the A20 to have a mainline fully OSS kernel. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk

Re: Donation of ARM CubieTruck to anyone interested in developing ARM-Debian-desktop

2013-12-08 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 08/12/13 19:39, Luc Verhaegen wrote: On Sun, Dec 08, 2013 at 04:46:17PM +, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 08/12/13 16:36, Alexey Eromenko wrote: If USB is not working then whole Cubietruck is not working. Because I plug the keyboard into USB. For my Cubietruck USB is working on Linux 3.4 USB

Re: Donation of ARM CubieTruck to anyone interested in developing ARM-Debian-desktop

2013-12-07 Thread Tim Fletcher
-kernel-running-on-the-cubietruck/ I've just got my cubietruck and I'm in the process of building a debian rootfs for it. Once I've done that I'm planning to have a got at getting a mainline kernel to boot with a debian rootfs. -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email

Re: Installing ftp Server on debian slug

2013-03-27 Thread Tim Fletcher
to the speed of ssh on the slug's cpu :) -- Tim Fletcher t...@night-shade.org.uk -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/5153802d.7070...@night-shade.org.uk

Re: modern cheap NAS fully supported by Debian?

2012-07-27 Thread Tim Fletcher
) from my iconnect over iscsi, AoE or nfs but much slower if I use scp or rsync over ssh. -- Sent from a mobile device Tim Fletcher -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http

Re: u-boot and gpt

2012-06-11 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 11 Jun 2012, at 00:19, kqt4a...@gmail.com kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2012, Clint Adams wrote: On Sun, Jun 10, 2012 at 05:55:41PM -0500, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: For a Guruplug where would I define this. I have compiled many packages that use the configure script but this a

Re: server people.debian.org down

2012-06-10 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 10/06/12 00:28, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 9 Jun 2012, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * kqt4a...@gmail.com kqt4a...@gmail.com [2012-06-09 16:17]: I am attempting to install Debian on a Guruplug and I need to update u-boot. It seems that people.debian.org is down or is it just me. I need to

Re: server people.debian.org down

2012-06-10 Thread Tim Fletcher
http://forum.doozan.com/read.php?3,7852 -- Sent from a mobile device Tim Fletcher On 10 Jun 2012, at 12:53, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, 10 Jun 2012, Tim Fletcher wrote: On 10/06/12 00:28, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: On Sat, 9 Jun 2012, Martin Michlmayr wrote: * kqt4a...@gmail.com

Re: u-boot and gpt

2012-06-10 Thread Tim Fletcher
On 10/06/12 19:23, kqt4a...@gmail.com wrote: I realize this is not a Debian question but I am hoping some has run into this. I installed u-boot Marvell version U-Boot 2011.12 (Jan 08 2012 - 21:46:50) Marvell-GuruPlug gcc (Debian 4.6.2-9) 4.6.2 GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.22 And