Active Topics
-
Porting apps to Leste (29)
to Maemo 7 / Leste by Arno_11 - 1 day, 9 hrs ago -
Install Fonts in N900 (68)
to Maemo 5 / Fremantle by teroyk - 2 days, 12 hrs ago - more...
|
2008-07-13
, 16:03
|
|
Posts: 5,795 |
Thanked: 3,151 times |
Joined on Feb 2007
@ Agoura Hills Calif
|
#2
|
Did you.try not restoring anything from backup?
Did you try without mmc cards?
Did you try without mmc cards?
|
|
2008-07-13
, 16:14
|
|
Posts: 151 |
Thanked: 14 times |
Joined on Dec 2007
|
#3
|
yes I did try without both cards and no I haven't try to restore anything from backup. I have looked in dmesg after enabling rd-mode and it looks like sapwood server is segfaulting in each case. I did not try to get the core dumps though. In the meantime I have experimented a bit and I got it running somehow although I do not know how long it will last until it goes bonkers again. It looks like internal flash is somehow corrupted on my device. For the moment what I did is to extract rootfs from flashfile, mounted it under linux , cloned the whole os to mmc, flashed the tablet and managed to boot after several attempts, flashed Fanoush's initfs and now it's happily running from mmc.
| The Following User Says Thank You to spirytsick For This Useful Post: | ||
 |
|
2008-07-13
, 16:22
|
|
Posts: 198 |
Thanked: 273 times |
Joined on Jan 2006
@ Helsinki, Finland
|
#4
|
Did you try to flash Diablo, plain, to the internal memory, no mods, no cloning, no dual boot?
Just the FIASCO image and nothing else?
Just the FIASCO image and nothing else?
|
|
2008-07-13
, 17:46
|
|
Posts: 151 |
Thanked: 14 times |
Joined on Dec 2007
|
#5
|
Originally Posted by igor
Yes Igor, it does not work. Or more precisely it does not always work. The flashing itself goes ok. Then the unit reboots, it boots half way and then reboots again. At that point the next boot is either successfull or the unit goes into reboot loop and I have to take battery out for some time for the unit to work again. It is very frustrating as under chinook it does work without a problem.
Did you try to flash Diablo, plain, to the internal memory, no mods, no cloning, no dual boot?
Just the FIASCO image and nothing else?
|
|
2008-07-13
, 18:20
|
|
Posts: 198 |
Thanked: 273 times |
Joined on Jan 2006
@ Helsinki, Finland
|
#6
|
What you said about the internal flash being corrupted shouldn't happen.
The fact that it works with the older OS is weird.
I would try to get the unit checked at a service point and replaced, if it still under warranty.
The fact that it works with the older OS is weird.
I would try to get the unit checked at a service point and replaced, if it still under warranty.
|
|
2008-07-13
, 18:57
|
|
Posts: 151 |
Thanked: 14 times |
Joined on Dec 2007
|
#7
|
Originally Posted by igor
That's what I am trying to do right now. However I have bought my N800 off the American EBay seller. The unit itself does not have warranty in EU. I will have to send it back to the US and then get it back which is a pain or as you would have put in Suomi - Vittu....and so on in a similar fashion
What you said about the internal flash being corrupted shouldn't happen.
The fact that it works with the older OS is weird.
I would try to get the unit checked at a service point and replaced, if it still under warranty.
|
|
2008-07-13
, 19:07
|
|
Posts: 198 |
Thanked: 273 times |
Joined on Jan 2006
@ Helsinki, Finland
|
#8
|
Originally Posted by spirytsick
Heh, I don't want to get into a pissing contest, but as italian, I find finnish swearwords not so satisfying ...
That's what I am trying to do right now. However I have bought my N800 off the American EBay seller. The unit itself does not have warranty in EU. I will have to send it back to the US and then get it back which is a pain or as you would have put in Suomi - Vittu....and so on in a similar fashion
Anyway i would check the warranty with some local consumers association: it might be that you still have some rights.
Beyond that, you could try to flash the Diablo rootfs and initfs on top of the old one, after disabling lifeguard reboots.
This will use the old kernel and you probably will not be able to use the modules from the new initfs, but at least should tell you if the user space can boot.
|
|
2008-07-13
, 19:12
|
|
Posts: 151 |
Thanked: 14 times |
Joined on Dec 2007
|
#9
|
Originally Posted by igor
Apologies, there is no more expressive language for swearwords than Italian
Heh, I don't want to get into a pissing contest, but as italian, I find finnish swearwords not so satisfying ...
Anyway i would check the warranty with some local consumers association: it might be that you still have some rights.
Beyond that, you could try to flash the Diablo rootfs and initfs on top of the old one, after disabling lifeguard reboots.
This will use the old kernel and you probably will not be able to use the modules from the new initfs, but at least should tell you if the user space can boot.
. I will give it a try with the reflashing initfs from earlier versions. As for the local consumer groups, wish me luck.
|
|
2008-07-13
, 19:29
|
|
Posts: 198 |
Thanked: 273 times |
Joined on Jan 2006
@ Helsinki, Finland
|
#10
|
Originally Posted by spirytsick
No, what i meant is:
I will give it a try with the reflashing initfs from earlier versions.
-disable lifeguard reboots
flash:
-old bootloader
-old kernel
-new initfs
-new rootfs
md5sums below
Any ideas guys ?