Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-10-19 Thread JK Scheinberg
Just FYI I followed Martin's awesome page on installing debian and my plug has been up awhile now lo...@plug:~$ uptime 21:13:54 up 44 days, 3:46, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.00 lo...@plug:~$ uname -a Linux plug 2.6.30-1-kirkwood #1 Mon Aug 17 14:01:54 UTC 2009 armv5tel

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-13 Thread John Winters
David Given wrote: Yes, that's quite normal. (Although finding it on /dev/ttyUSB0 isn't --- USB0 is usually the JTAG port and USB1 is the serial console.) I've done a bit of research and explained this. Recent Linux kernels apparently recognise JTAG ports explicitly and don't assign them a

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-13 Thread David Given
Rafal Czlonka wrote: David Given wrote: The Ubuntu installation's actually in pretty poor shape and apt won't work out of the box. (You can't use apt on a jffs2 filesystem Worked fine here. It's entirely possible they've fixed it. My system came with /var/cache/apt on a ramdisk to get

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-12 Thread David Given
John Winters wrote: I wasn't expecting to find Ubuntu pre-installed. I've had a little hunt to see if I can find the login information, but without luck so far. Is it normal for these to come with a booting Ubuntu system pre-installed? Yes, that's quite normal. (Although finding it on

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-12 Thread John Winters
David Given wrote: John Winters wrote: I wasn't expecting to find Ubuntu pre-installed. I've had a little hunt to see if I can find the login information, but without luck so far. Is it normal for these to come with a booting Ubuntu system pre-installed? Yes, that's quite normal.

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-12 Thread Rafal Czlonka
David Given wrote: The Ubuntu installation's actually in pretty poor shape and apt won't work out of the box. (You can't use apt on a jffs2 filesystem Worked fine here. -- Raf http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to

Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-11 Thread John Winters
I've just received a SheevaPlug freshly delivered and obviously I didn't read any of the instructions before powering it up. I'm slightly puzzled. I connect the USB lead to another box, fire up a connection over ttyUSB0 and am immediately presented with a login which says: Ubuntu jaunty

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-11 Thread Lluís Batlle
user: root passwd: nosoup4u The manuals say that they provide either an Ubuntu or a Gentoo. I still have to see where to get that gentoo from. Welcome to the SheevaPlug world! 2009/9/11 John Winters j...@sinodun.org.uk: I've just received a SheevaPlug freshly delivered and obviously I didn't

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-11 Thread Michael Shuler
On 09/11/2009 12:12 PM, John Winters wrote: I've just received a SheevaPlug Looks like you got a reply with the root pass. http://plugcomputer.org/ is one of the best resources I've found with my week-old sheevaplug First thing I would suggest is to update the u-boot environment - the latest

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-11 Thread Stephen Pirk
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:12, John Winters j...@sinodun.org.uk wrote: I've just received a SheevaPlug freshly delivered and obviously I didn't read any of the instructions before powering it up. I'm slightly puzzled. I connect the USB lead to another box, fire up a connection over ttyUSB0

Re: Getting started with a new SheevaPlug

2009-09-11 Thread Stephen Pirk
On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 12:04, Stephen Pirk st...@pirk.com wrote: On Fri, Sep 11, 2009 at 10:12, John Winters j...@sinodun.org.uk wrote: I've just received a SheevaPlug freshly delivered and obviously I didn't read any of the instructions before powering it up. Steve's insensitive reply: