Brain storm: how do I debug this?

2011-03-19 Thread Shachar Shemesh
In 2009 I won a SheevaPlug as part of Hamakor Prize. At the time, I made sure it was actually working (it wasn't at first. The problem turned out to be that the MiniUSB cable that was bundled with the device was too short to make contact with the MiniUSB connector inside the device), and that

Re: Brain storm: how do I debug this?

2011-03-19 Thread Omer Zak
Did you verify that all hardware works properly, especially all physical memory? Can you run a memory test on the device? On Sat, 2011-03-19 at 14:42 +0200, Shachar Shemesh wrote: In 2009 I won a SheevaPlug as part of Hamakor Prize. At the time, I made sure it was actually working (it wasn't at

Re: Brain storm: how do I debug this?

2011-03-19 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 19/03/11 15:14, Omer Zak wrote: Did you verify that all hardware works properly, especially all physical memory? Can you run a memory test on the device? I don't think there is memcheck for arm (am I wrong?), but the symptoms don't feel like corrupt memory. There is no panic, and Ubuntu

Re: Brain storm: how do I debug this?

2011-03-19 Thread Omer Zak
Then the next step is to eliminate bugs in modular drivers (unless in same kernel you mean that also the kernel modules are the same) and in user space programs/configuration files. Time to do a Lion in the desert: 1. Uninstall as many packages as possible from the Debian installation, yet

Solved (was: Brain storm: how do I debug this?)

2011-03-19 Thread Shachar Shemesh
On 19/03/11 14:42, Shachar Shemesh wrote: Now I'm stuck for idea as to what to try next. Anyone? The problem turned out to be that the inittab was running everything it had to do, and was done. It closed the serial line (had several getty running on /dev/tty1 through /dev/tty6, for some

Unused WesternDigital Passport 320GB USB exterrnal HD for sale

2011-03-19 Thread Stan Goodman
I bought this device a week or so ago, not realizing that it has some Windows-oriented password protection software imbedded in it in an invisible partition that seems to occupy about 2MB. I do not want to fiddle with it, and would like to sell it cheap. The listed price for it is NIS300; I

Re: Unused WesternDigital Passport 320GB USB exterrnal HD for sale

2011-03-19 Thread Hetz Ben Hamo
I don't get it. The software that it's there is just for backup stuff (there are other utils, hard disk icons etc depending on which model). You can always use gparted or any other partitioning program to erase it, so why do you want to sell it? Hetz 2011/3/19 Stan Goodman