On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 11:02 AM, Jerry Vonau <jvo...@shaw.ca> wrote: > Hi Kevin, > > On Thu, 2013-09-05 at 10:00 -0400, Kevin Gordon wrote: > > Folks. > > > > > > I have a bunch of 1.5's that I purchased used from OLPC Miami that I'm > > prepping to go out through OLPC Canada into the aboriginal > > communities, and I've run into a rather strange issue. Of the 40 > > machines, 27 of them re-image perfectly well and reboot wonderfully > > both on F17 and F14 builds. All 40 machines are flashed with Q3C07 > > OFW. I can repeatedly, using any of my 10 build sticks, reflash ad > > nauseam, and those 27 little beasts boot up perfectly. > > > > > > However, the other 13 always stall at the end of the pretty boot with > > all the little dots on, and the icon in the middle of the screen. > > Doesn't matter whether F14 or F17 based builds, always the same > > symptoms. Hang/stall once all the little circle of dots stop > > animating. There are no SD cards or USB devices attached to any of > > them, and the batteries are all charged up and the machines plugged > > in. > > > > I've found when I was fooling around with powerd's code and blew it that > is what occurs, the video system doesn't switch from the DCON chip to > using the cpu. > > > > > Being adventurous, i said to myself, let's do a check-mark key text > > boot on these 13 to perhaps ascertain where it is is hanging up. Of > > course, when I do the text boot, the problem machines come up > > perfectly every time, again regardless of whether an F17 or F14 > > machine.. When ltting it reboot without the check-mark key they again > > stall. > > > > Yes, the check-mark key turns the DCON off during boot, that is powerd > job to do once booted. > > > > > The serial numbers for the machines have no pattern in this either, > > some in the range go fine, others do not. All machines are SKU 129. > > > > > > I seem to remember that there was a thread or ticket a while back > > about this, but I cannot seem to locate it. > > > > > > Any ideas?? > > > > > > One of the first things powerd interacts with is the network card, I'd > run the OFW's tests for wifi. On one of the problem XOs, once in sugar > can you connect to an AP? Can you send me the logs from /var/log off > list to have a quick look at? > > Jerry > > Jerry, you're a troubleshooting genius. Once I got into sugar from the check-mark boot, I could see the AP's, but couldn't connect.
Alas, having that insight, this now became a probelm which I had seen before and knew how to solve. :-) Yep, as I'm sure everyone on the list will now giggle at me ... the hwclock was set to 01/01/1963,. once i did the date -- set, then hwclock --systohc, all works wonderfully on pretty boot. Thanks for the kickstart. YAY !!! Cheers, KG > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > KG > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@lists.laptop.org > > http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel > > >
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