Re: Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-11 Thread Shiva Bhattacharjee
Is it necessary for me to use the same mini-usb cable that came with the sheevaplug? It seems my host machines ( windows, linux, mac) all recognize the sheevaplug but when I try connecting to the serial port I get nothing... I think I am running into the same problem with the installer as

Re: Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-11 Thread Björn Wetterbom
I threw my cable away months ago after big problems with it disconnecting serial access. Now I just use any mini-USB cable lying around. On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 09:18, Shiva Bhattacharjee shiva...@gmail.com wrote: Is it necessary for me to use the same mini-usb cable that came with the

Re: Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-11 Thread Lluís Batlle
2010/3/11 Shiva Bhattacharjee shiva...@gmail.com: Is it necessary for me to use the same mini-usb cable that came with the sheevaplug? It seems my host machines ( windows, linux, mac) all recognize the sheevaplug but when I try connecting to the serial port I get nothing... I think I am

Re: Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-11 Thread Björn Wetterbom
Newer kernels don't use /dev/ttyUSB0 for JTAG. It is used for serial access and no /dev/ttyUSB1 will appear. Check out http://www.openplug.org/plugwiki/index.php/Setting_Up_OpenOCD_Under_Linux On Thu, Mar 11, 2010 at 11:29, Lluís Batlle virik...@gmail.com wrote: 2010/3/11 Shiva Bhattacharjee

Re: Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-11 Thread Shiva Bhattacharjee
Just wanted to update for completeness. Got my plug working again using the Installer v1.0, while running from Ubuntu. Several people did mention that while running from windows they ran into issues as well. Apparently the FTDI drivers (at least on Windows 7) isn't exactly reliable from what I

Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-10 Thread Shiva Bhattacharjee
Hi, I was about to install debian on my sheevaplug. Since I was going to do it from an usb stick, I had to upgrade my UBoot. I followed the instructions from http://www.cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/sheevaplug/uboot-upgrade.html. I did a reset and verified my UBoot indeed got upgraded. However,

Re: Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-10 Thread Lluís Batlle
You can always use openocd through the jtag, and test or reflash whatever you want. A new uboot, for example. The plugcomputer.org wiki or places like that will give you information on how to do that. 2010/3/10 Shiva Bhattacharjee shiva...@gmail.com: Hi, I was about to install debian on my

Re: Managed to brick my sheevaplug -- not getting any serial output

2010-03-10 Thread Martin Michlmayr
* Lluís Batlle virik...@gmail.com [2010-03-10 22:41]: The plugcomputer.org wiki or places like that will give you information on how to do that. Exactly. Search for installer v1.0. -- Martin Michlmayr http://www.cyrius.com/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org