[email protected] wrote:
> Date: Wed, 24 Mar 2010 12:25:56 -0600
> From: Juan Pablo Ramirez <[email protected]>
> Subject: [Angstrom-distro-users] H3900 unstable image from Narcissus
> does not boot (completely)
> To: [email protected]
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> <[email protected]>
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> Hello,
>
> I was trying Narcissus the other day, and proceeded to build an
> unstable image for my H3900, with X11 (matchbox). Examining its
> contents, I noticed that it is using the same kernel as the last
> liveram stable image (2007.12). I booted it using the Angstrom
> bootloader used for the 2007.12 stable loopback image and everything
> went fine until the splash screen appeared. It froze there.
> [...]
>
> Thanks for reading.
>
I don't have your specific hardware but it sure sounds like an issue
I've run into quite a lot with my hx4700. I am confused about your
Narcissus build using 2007.12 packages. Usually when I use a "stable"
build it pulls from the 2008 branch.
Hey, does anyone know if there is ever going to be a 2009 / 2010 branch?
Anyhow this may be part of the issue. The freeze during during the
splash screen symptom I have seen most commonly caused by a kernel and
module set mismatch. On the hx4700 you flash the kernel separately. So
on occasion I've gone to the package browser, found the kernel package
that matches the modules in the image, used "ar" to extract the kernel
image and then flashed that onto my device. This has allowed me to get
booting.
I suppose another approach you could apply, if you have a known good
kernel and modules, would be to:
1. Build a tar-ball image with Narcissus.
3. Untar it someplace on a Linux workstation.
2. Copy the module set that is known to work with the kernel flashed on
the device into the image.
3. Make a flash file system from the copy you have on your file system.
4. Then flash this image to your device.
Of course all of that assumes that you are flashing your Linux install
onto the device and that the kernel is flashed separately and that your
setup works something like my hx4700. :-)
You will also need root access on a Linux workstation so that ownership,
permissions, timestamps, ... can be preserved and special files can be
made.
I hope this helps some,
Jon
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