Am now getting a zero dot hang on my XO-1.5

2010-06-11 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
Upgraded os125 to kernel 2.6.31_xo1.5-20100607.1740.1.olpc.ead3d3e.i586 Now, whenever I boot, right after the line Loading ramdisk image from /pci/s...@c/d...@1:\boot/initrd.img ... I get the message General Protection Exception - and the boot hangs. The bypass is to do a complete reset (pull AC

Re: Am now getting a zero dot hang on my XO-1.5

2010-06-11 Thread Paul Fox
mikus wrote: Upgraded os125 to kernel 2.6.31_xo1.5-20100607.1740.1.olpc.ead3d3e.i586 Now, whenever I boot, right after the line Loading ramdisk image from /pci/s...@c/d...@1:\boot/initrd.img ... I get the message General Protection Exception - and the boot hangs. The bypass is to do

Re: Am now getting a zero dot hang on my XO-1.5

2010-06-11 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
Now, whenever I boot, right after the line Loading ramdisk image from /pci/s...@c/d...@1:\boot/initrd.img ... I get the message General Protection Exception - and the boot hangs. The problem is consistently repeatable. Well, last night the problem was repeatable. Today, it isn't

Re: Am now getting a zero dot hang on my XO-1.5

2010-06-11 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
Disclaimer: I am not asking for help; I am sharing my experiences, I happened to get the message General Protection Exception while OFW was installing os126. [That is, during 'fs-update u:\os126.zd', when about one inch of the screen had gotten filled with green squares.] Did the complete

Re: Am now getting a zero dot hang on my XO-1.5

2010-06-11 Thread Chris Ball
Hi, Disclaimer: I am not asking for help; I am sharing my experiences, I happened to get the message General Protection Exception while OFW was installing os126. [That is, during 'fs-update u:\os126.zd', when about one inch of the screen had gotten filled with green squares.]

Re: Am now getting a zero dot hang on my XO-1.5

2010-06-11 Thread Mikus Grinbergs
Has the weather warmed? This is inside an air-conditioned residence. The room temperature ought to stay within a range of plus/minus three degrees F. Is it a B2? Perhaps the heat spreader has shifted? It's a B2. But I believe the heat spreader is screwed into place. This can be tested in