Re: [Gta04-owner] QtMoko2 progress

Dear tinkerers and readers, it is time for another update: * we have brought the Jessie and Wheezy source code in better sync [1] * in total we currently have just 5 patches on top of Wheezy to get it compiled and linked and installed on Jessie * we have fixed some wrong ALSA mixer states *

[Gta04-owner] Antwort: Re: QtMoko reloaded

Hello Nikolaus, > Hm. Do you have a non-whitespace white space? Happens sometimes when copying UTF charactersto a terminal. Ok, after typing the command by hand I got the error that I have no rights to do that. So modified the command once again: DEV=/dev/sdg sudo ./makesd qtmoko -r

[Gta04-owner] QtMoko reloaded

Hello Nikolaus, > So I'd suggest that you just make a fresh qtmoko+kernel SD card with makesd, but without u-boot: > > DEV=/dev/sdb makesd qtmoko -r http://download.goldelico.com/letux-debian-rootfs/20180224-wheezy-7.11-armhf-qtmoko.tbz > > This does not tamper with the boot-loader but adds the

Re: [Gta04-owner] QtMoko reloaded

Hi Sven, > Am 01.03.2018 um 16:38 schrieb Sven Dyroff : > > Hello Nikolaus, > > > So I'd suggest that you just make a fresh qtmoko+kernel SD card with > > makesd, but without u-boot: > > > > DEV=/dev/sdb makesd qtmoko -r > >

Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: Re: QtMoko reloaded

On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 18:48:30 +0100 "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > > > > Accessing "/dev/sdc" is completely wrong and luckily I had no "/dev/sdc" > > that could be erased! The same is true for "/media/P"! > > Well, it is impossible to perfectly prevent erasing the wrong

Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: Re: QtMoko reloaded

Hi, > Am 01.03.2018 um 17:31 schrieb Sven Dyroff : > > Hello Nikolaus, > > > Hm. Do you have a non-whitespace white space? Happens sometimes when > > copying UTF charactersto a terminal. > > Ok, after typing the command by hand I got the error that I have no rights to >

[Gta04-owner] [PATCH] makesd: device safety check

do not automatically use /dev/sdc if no device is specified instead print usage and an error message. Signed-off-by: Andreas Kemnade --- makesd | 7 ++- 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/makesd b/makesd index 16767c8..4b0e6c4 100755 ---

[Gta04-owner] Antwort: Antwort: Re: QtMoko reloaded

Hello Nikolaus, correction: I had an external hard disc "/dev/sdc" and the rootfs had been written to there instead to "/dev/sdg"!!! SD card is still empty and the data of the external hard disc is lost!!! Best regards Sven Von:Sven Dyroff An: List

Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: Antwort: Re: QtMoko reloaded

Hi Sven, Reason is probably: sudo does not pass the variables on (security reasons, you could do funny things). So makesd did not know about your DEV=/dev/sdg makesd should simply have no default for DEV and not do anything if not set. Regards, Andreas On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 17:45:25 +0100 Sven

Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: Antwort: Re: QtMoko reloaded

Hi Andreas and Sven, > Am 01.03.2018 um 18:01 schrieb Andreas Kemnade : > > Hi Sven, > > Reason is probably: > > sudo does not pass the variables on (security reasons, > you could do funny things). > So makesd did not know about your DEV=/dev/sdg > > makesd should simply

Re: [Gta04-owner] Antwort: Re: QtMoko reloaded

Hi, On Thu, 1 Mar 2018 19:16:43 +0100 "H. Nikolaus Schaller" wrote: > > Maybe makesd also should display a list what it wants to do > > asking for final confirmation > > No, that is a barrier for easy useage. > Depends on the amount of information you display. Not every