Thanks for you answers, they're helpful. > > Is dropbear broken for other people updating their OM dev env? > > There are thousands of recipes in OE and occasionally a change does > break things. However, I rebuild my environment most days and haven't > had the problems you describe.
Thanks. I've to install the dev env on a second laptop anyhow, so I'll just move it higher on my prio list. > > > Could you describe the problems with libgsmd and gsmd in a bit more > > > detail? If you find the Neo1973 is completely locking up, then it is > > > likely your Neo1973 is set up to multiplex the gsm and serial port. This > > > can be disabled by editing a parameter in u-boot. > > > > After using libgsmd on gsmd for a bit, something starts spitting out > > lots of "P[" or something like it. Fills the console of the Neo easily. > > Then it stops spitting. Neo locks up, reboot necessary. Spitting of > > stuff happens, without me using libgsmd or gsmd, even with symlinks > > in /etc/rc*.d removed. Succeful booting becomes impossible, I do not > > get an ssh connection going anymore. Neo might be locked at that > > point, but I can not verify that. Reinstall needed. > > A reinstall shouldn't be needed after a software error, unless you were > upgrading. If you have an old version of u-boot it may be worth checking > that you ran 'nand erase rootfs' before flashing the rootfs. Yes, I ran `nand erase rootfs` every time :) > When I had problems with gsmd it would lock the entire phone but it > wouldn't print anything out as far as I know. The following bug report > might be of some help: > http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=788 You bet! Some of these things sound familiar. Good enough to try to fix my problems. Bye, Kero. _______________________________________________ OpenMoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
