SD card mounting issues (om2009)
Hey All I have a sd card with 1 particition (4gb). I booted up and it seems that OM2009 mounts /dev/mmcblk0 to /media/mmcblk0 even though it's not in fstab. I want to mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 to /media/card cause I have my GPS maps and my root home directory (/media/card/bind-home) there. But because /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted, it prevents the partition to mount. I've removed the /media/mmcblk0 directory and rebooted, and everything seemed to be ok, but next time, everything went back to the original settings. Any ideas? -- Paul Email - pault...@gmail.com There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful. Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
[all] building ipk packages
can anyone tell me, if the structure of ipk packages, is the same as the structure of deb packages? they look very similar. is it the same compression method? cheers ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: SD card mounting issues (om2009)
2009/5/31 Paul pault...@gmail.com: Hey All I have a sd card with 1 particition (4gb). I booted up and it seems that OM2009 mounts /dev/mmcblk0 to /media/mmcblk0 even though it's not in fstab. I want to mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 to /media/card cause I have my GPS maps and my root home directory (/media/card/bind-home) there. But because /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted, it prevents the partition to mount. I've removed the /media/mmcblk0 directory and rebooted, and everything seemed to be ok, but next time, everything went back to the original settings. Try this: add a line to /etc/udev/mount.blacklist /dev/mmcblk0 Then boot once more and check it out. ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: [all] building ipk packages
2009/5/31 Robin Paulson robin.paul...@gmail.com:
can anyone tell me, if the structure of ipk packages, is the same as
the structure of deb packages? they look very similar. is it the same
compression method?
The ipk-file is a simple ar-archive (man ar). You usually find this in an ipk:
control.tar.gz - package info and dependencies
data.tar.gz - program- and data-files
file with version info
mc is rather good to sneak around in ipk's too, when you add the
following lines to your ~/.mc/bindings:
# .ipk
regex/\.ipk$
Open=%cd %p#uar
View=%view{ascii} ar t %f 2/dev/null
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Re: SD card mounting issues (om2009)
Thank you, that seems to do the trick. Does anyone else think this is a bug, since the file system should never try to mount the superblock? On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 6:14 AM, Joachim Ott jo.o...@googlemail.com wrote: 2009/5/31 Paul pault...@gmail.com: Hey All I have a sd card with 1 particition (4gb). I booted up and it seems that OM2009 mounts /dev/mmcblk0 to /media/mmcblk0 even though it's not in fstab. I want to mount /dev/mmcblk0p1 to /media/card cause I have my GPS maps and my root home directory (/media/card/bind-home) there. But because /dev/mmcblk0 is already mounted, it prevents the partition to mount. I've removed the /media/mmcblk0 directory and rebooted, and everything seemed to be ok, but next time, everything went back to the original settings. Try this: add a line to /etc/udev/mount.blacklist /dev/mmcblk0 Then boot once more and check it out. ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support -- Paul Email - pault...@gmail.com There were moments when he looked on evil simply as a mode through which he could realize his conception of the beautiful. Oscar Wilde - The Picture of Dorian Gray ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: [all] building ipk packages
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 12:09 PM, Robin Paulson robin.paul...@gmail.com wrote: can anyone tell me, if the structure of ipk packages, is the same as the structure of deb packages? yes they look very similar. is it the same compression method? AFAIK .deb is .tar.gz and .ipk is only tar but not sure. r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
Finding a recent U-Boot (Was: Om2009 testing release 4)
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 07:55:31PM +1200, Robin Paulson wrote: i think the critical thing is that you are using a *recent* version of whichever bootloader, be it uboot or qi http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/Om2009#Installing Unfortunately, the U-Boot download link points to an ancient (8 months old) version of U-Boot. The latest U-Boot is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/experimental/NeoFreerunner/ that said, i'm sticking with qi, and development there looks much more active. Not much difference: U-Boot: Two commits in the last two months. [1] qi: Three commits in the last two months. [2] [1] http://git.openmoko.org/?p=u-boot.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable [2] http://git.openmoko.org/?p=qi.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/master there's no incentive i can see to stay with uboot Other than being able to flash a new boot loader. :-) -- Rask Ingemann Lambertsen Danish law requires addresses in e-mail to be logged and stored for a year ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Finding a recent U-Boot (Was: Om2009 testing release 4)
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 18:18, Rask Ingemann Lambertsen r...@sygehus.dk wrote: Other than being able to flash a new boot loader. :-) With Qi you're still able to flash a new bootloader (unless you have gta01 without debug board :P) ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
The myth of non-functioning SIMs
Hi list, Wanting to start experimenting in earnest with my FR and Om2009 in particular and already having missed some sms messages and calls, I decided on getting a separate SIM card. I already had a prepaid, non-data SIM from the olden days, so I decided on getting a subscription (I mean: non pre-paid, but I think subscription is not the correct word for it, or is it?) with a data option to replace my old SIM in time, when my FR's 'ready'. Anyway, I now have an old-sim/old-phone (reliable) and a new-sim/FR. Having already upgraded calypso to firmware 11, I expected no problems at all. Dark became my mood when Om2009 beta4 registered, but refused to place and receive calls. Even darker when Om2008.12 refused to boot. Ah, yes, some quirk (what quirk?) requires the FR to explicitly select the 'boot' option in NOR the first time. After that, Om2008.12 booted, but refused to place calls without any delay (Om2009 decided to ponder the question of placing a call or not for about 15 seconds). My old pre-paid sim just works! Searching the internet I recognized my new SIM in the photo gallery of 'working SIMs', so I was already mentally preparing myself to start learning to debug calypso. Then, it turned out that my brand new provider, Vodafone, had a large service interruption which lasted from the evening I received my SIM to some twenty-four hours later... Some coincidence. Anyway, I'm happy now, since everything works, ;-) David PS: my friends and family don't quite 'get' me wanting to have a somewhat not-yet-functional phone with beta-quality software (at best), so they don't really appreciate my apprehension when nothing was working, ;-) ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: The myth of non-functioning SIMs
On Sun, May 31, 2009 at 10:48 PM, David Fokkema dfokk...@ileos.nl wrote: Then, it turned out that my brand new provider, Vodafone, had a large service interruption which lasted from the evening I received my SIM to some twenty-four hours later... Some coincidence. That's quite of a story there :) PS: my friends and family don't quite 'get' me wanting to have a somewhat not-yet-functional phone with beta-quality software (at best), so they don't really appreciate my apprehension when nothing was working, ;-) Hey David, you're not alone in this boat :) There are plenty of us who look stupid playing with the handheld gaming device, yelling to it 'sorry, can't hear you', not answering calls etc etc - but still being very satisfied or happy about it :) r -- | risto h. kurppa | risto at kurppa dot fi | http://risto.kurppa.fi ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
Re: Finding a recent U-Boot (Was: Om2009 testing release 4)
2009/6/1 Rask Ingemann Lambertsen r...@sygehus.dk: Unfortunately, the U-Boot download link points to an ancient (8 months old) version of U-Boot. The latest U-Boot is here: http://downloads.openmoko.org/distro/experimental/NeoFreerunner/ ah, good you found it. i didn't realise that link was broken that said, i'm sticking with qi, and development there looks much more active. Not much difference: U-Boot: Two commits in the last two months. [1] qi: Three commits in the last two months. [2] well, statistics can be deceptive. you're not wrong, but: u-boot 2 commits this year qi: 50+ commits this year of course, my stats could be deceptive too, and not tell the whole story. and they don't. this is more about predicting where qi will go in future, than where it is now. and various people from om have talked about qi being the way forward. i imagine there will be no more significant changes to uboot from here onwards, whereas qi will steadily improve. i might be wrong [1] http://git.openmoko.org/?p=u-boot.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/stable [2] http://git.openmoko.org/?p=qi.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/master there's no incentive i can see to stay with uboot Other than being able to flash a new boot loader. :-) eh? i'm happy with qi, my fr is working well (aside from wifi), and can update qi when i need to. i was careful all the way through what i said to include what 'i' am doing, rather than what you should do cheers ___ support mailing list support@lists.openmoko.org https://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/support
