Wonderful, thank you. Backlight works perfectly now. Almost done building the new rootfs. It will be quite a bit larger due to all the dev tools and headers, but should still be under 300mb.
Cheers. On 3/16/11, Ruben Viets <r_vi...@hotmail.com> wrote: > > Nice, > > Quick & dirty fix of the backlight. > > https://projects.kwaak.net/twiki/pub/Epc700/KernelPort26Compiling/uImage_2.6.24.3RV101 > > You can change it in the terminal# echo "n" > /proc/jz/backlight, where n is > number between 0(off) - 10(max on) > > When switching between /dev/tty1 > /dev/tty7 default setting will be set > back to 5 (middle) > > Grt Ruben. > >> Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2011 22:15:11 -0500 >> Subject: Re: [Mipsbook-devel] New rootfs >> From: matt.oudenho...@gmail.com >> To: r_vi...@hotmail.com >> >> Well i decided to skip trying with lenny and jumped right to anOS. Low >> and behold i got a few noises. So for kicks i rebuilt madplay without >> alsa and with esd and bam! Beautiful music! So now i will rebuild the >> entire rootfs and remove alsa and alsa-lib from all audio/video >> software at compile time. This should leave me with a clean alsa free >> rootfs with sweet sweet sound. Once i have everything rebuilt i will >> post a link to a rootfs you all can boot from SD to play with. From >> there i plan to keep building and building. >> >> Thanks soooo much for this kernel. Any chance you could fix the >> backlight control though? It doesnt seem to work. Other than that it >> works great and the framebuffer doesn't shift to the right slowly over >> time like the xxxxxx-dirty kernel did. >> >> Cheers. >> >> On 3/15/11, Ruben Viets <r_vi...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> > >> > Hi Matt, >> > >> > You're welcome. >> > >> > 0) Make sure you have an original backup of you're mtdblock / nand >> > partitions (especially /dev/mtdblock3). The kernel can damage you're >> > jffs2 >> > recovery partition. >> > >> > 1) Kernel uImage_RV10 includes all kernel drivers (also zd1211b), don't >> > need >> > to insmod modules. >> > For lenny you need to add udev and zd1211 firmware drivers. These are >> > included in my old lenny tar. /lib/firmware/zd1211 /lib/udev >> > Or if you have the cable ethernet ifup eth0 working in lenny, use >> > apt-get to >> > get them. >> > http://www.mail-archive.com/mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org/msg00257.html >> > >> > 2) The kernel can boot from SD card, by keep F2 pressed during boot >> > uImage >> > = /dev/mmcblk0p1 179 1 type vfat roofs= /dev/mmcblk0p2 179 2 type ext3 >> > Standard it will boot from nand /dev/mtdblock4 type yaffs >> > The kernel will also work with older debian etch / 3MX/ or other 2.4.20 >> > if >> > the /dev/ is slightly modified. >> > >> > 3) Better not press F3 during boot of this kernel, this will damage >> > you're >> > /dev/mtdblock3 (as it tries to automount to yaffs2..., which corrupt the >> > jffs2) recovery partition. >> > Also not copy it to /dev/mtdblock1 when you want to use the older kernel >> > 2.4 >> > recovery partition (F3). >> > >> > 4) My old lenny tar. (In the rootfs you need to add mknod /dev/mmcblk0p1 >> > brw >> > 179 1 and /dev/mmcblk0p2 brw 179 2 for SD card access) >> > http://www.divshare.com/download/12366817-b49 >> > Yes lenny apps are ancient, nice and retro enough ;-) >> > You could also consider get make & gcc compiling working on lenny. >> > Compile apps on minibook + lenny (on SD card 8GB), relax and take some >> > time >> > as compiling is slow on the minibook ;-) >> > Afterwards use a limited lenny extraction removing the possible overhead >> > and >> > use the compiled binary apps. >> > >> > 6) I have tried sid upgrade, works too. But udev needs indeed upgrade of >> > kernel to > 2.6.24.3. >> > My kernel 2.6.31.3_RV11 have to many issues, to try and reverse >> > engineering >> > (issues to resolve from 2.6.24.3) . >> > If this becomes stable, this would make sid upgrade possible. (Any >> > volunteer >> > to do the fixes ?) >> > >> > Grt Ruben. >> > PS. (Kernel 2.6.31.3 maybe opens the door to mips-android?, ingenic has >> > compiled some jz_demo for jz4750, not sure mips-android would run on >> > jz4730) >> > >> >> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 22:06:32 -0500 >> >> Subject: Re: [Mipsbook-devel] New rootfs >> >> From: matt.oudenho...@gmail.com >> >> To: r_vi...@hotmail.com >> >> CC: mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org >> >> >> >> Awesome thanks. Will that uImage work with my existing >> >> 2.6.24.3-xxxxxxxx-dirty kernel modules? Or did you build the zydas >> >> wifi driver into the kernel? If not can you email me or upload the >> >> modules for the kernel you linked? I'll fire up my lenny SD card and >> >> see if i can get sound working with the older esd. I know nothing >> >> about kernel hacking, so it might be easier for me to rebuild anOS to >> >> use esd instead of alsa/oss, and rebuild all the audio/video software >> >> to use esd also, and remove alsa all together if thats what i need to >> >> do to have sound with the current 2.6 kernel. >> >> >> >> Otherwise the 2.4 kernel works well. I do miss not having udev to >> >> automount devices, but doing it manually isn't that cumbersome. The >> >> lack of WPA in 2.4 kernel (cant use skytones proprietary wifiup, >> >> wireless-lan etc as it wont work with uclib) isnt a problem for me, >> >> but it might be for other people. >> >> >> >> My problem with lenny is that its old. The software is ancient. Heck >> >> my 3MX-Ultra3 rootfs (http://www.hostwork.com/users/matt/alpha400/ ) >> >> i built last year has "some" newer software in it. I also >> >> dist-upgraded from Lenny to Sid and it worked for the most part (after >> >> reverting back to older udev because sids udev needed a newer 2.6 >> >> kernel) but it had some oddities after the upgrade. Thats why i'm >> >> going the "build my own rootfs" route again currently. Everything in >> >> anOS is current, optimized, and unbloated. The problem is cross >> >> compiling vs apt-get, but thats part of the fun. :) >> >> >> >> Cheers. >> >> >> >> On 3/14/11, Ruben Viets <r_vi...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >> > >> >> > Hi Matt, >> >> > >> >> > My latest uImage from about 1 year ago includes working sound in >> >> > kernel >> >> > 2.6.24.3 (with older etch drivers for esound on trendtac epc700 it's >> >> > working). >> >> > http://projects.kwaak.net/twiki/pub/Epc700/KernelPort26Compiling/uImage_RV10 >> >> > >> >> > You may try it out (at own risk), it's not build with softfloat. >> >> > >> >> > Sound issues: >> >> > W.r.t. kernel 2.4, it is possible the esound server / sdl driver are >> >> > not >> >> > working because: >> >> > 0) There is some dma issue when using sd card which makes the kernel >> >> > stuck >> >> > when playing sound. I have changed the order of dma between sound & >> >> > mmc >> >> > which seems to help. >> >> > 1) May need to 'fix' the esound issue by using the original esound >> >> > binary >> >> > from etch in lenny. >> >> > 2) Some of the sdl part I could not fix (my fmsx compiled version, >> >> > still >> >> > have no sound on kernel 2.6) . >> >> > This is where the annoying thing about kernel 2.6 is about, I guess. >> >> > Item 0) is workaroundable, but maybe not ok for other minibooks. >> >> > Item 1) is workaroundable, but maybe not ok for other sound drivers >> >> > like >> >> > asound / alsa and others. >> >> > Item 2) need more/other fixes in the kernel sound drivers. >> >> > >> >> > The latest kernel fixes / patches / details so far are maintained and >> >> > reported by Nikolaus: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/letux-400/ >> >> > You may modify the kernel to build with softfloat and try to fix the >> >> > sound >> >> > issue to get you're new distro stable in kernel 2.6. >> >> > >> >> > Grt Ruben. >> >> > >> >> > PS. >> >> > At the moment Lenny, fluxbox & rox is good enough for me. >> >> > >> >> >> Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2011 08:18:23 -0500 >> >> >> From: matt.oudenho...@gmail.com >> >> >> To: daniel...@gmx.net >> >> >> CC: mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org >> >> >> Subject: Re: [Mipsbook-devel] New rootfs >> >> >> >> >> >> I built everything with softfloat and used libmad and tremor for >> >> >> mplayer. Mp3's play great with madplay and/or mplayer. Video's >> >> >> encoded >> >> >> with settings similar to what is needed for pocket pc's also play >> >> >> extremely well full screened. >> >> >> >> >> >> While i too like debian it was just too heavy on these machines. My >> >> >> rootfs at 125mb would take about 500mb if i installed the same >> >> >> software in debian. The only 2 drawbacks right now are lack of udev >> >> >> support and wpa (without skytones weird proprietary wifiup and >> >> >> wireless-lan software). >> >> >> >> >> >> Cheers. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 3/14/11, Daniel Glöckner <daniel...@gmx.net> wrote: >> >> >> > On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 09:16:08AM +0100, Riccardo Mottola wrote: >> >> >> >> I'm not so concerned about >> >> >> >> sound, which I never used on 2.4 too since with FPU emulation it >> >> >> >> is >> >> >> >> not >> >> >> >> possible to play MP3s >> >> >> > >> >> >> > You don't need an FPU to play MP3s: >> >> >> > http://www.underbit.com/products/mad/ >> >> >> > >> >> >> > And if you prefer Vorbis, there is the Tremor decoder, which is >> >> >> > used >> >> >> > f.ex. by mplayer. >> >> >> > >> >> >> > Daniel >> >> >> > >> >> >> > _______________________________________________ >> >> >> > Mipsbook-devel mailing list >> >> >> > Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org >> >> >> > http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel >> >> >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> >> >> Mipsbook-devel mailing list >> >> >> Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org >> >> >> http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel >> >> > >> > > _______________________________________________ Mipsbook-devel mailing list Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel
