Re: Step by step instructions

On 9/7/05, Richard Bateman <richard_at_labbies.net> wrote:
> On Wednesday 07 September 2005 08:43, JeDi wrote:
> > How about an irda serial connection? Should that be hard to get to work?
> > Making a serial cable won't be for now, cause I'm not allowed to cut
> > open a sync cable :-( So I'll have to order a new one.
> >
> > But why am I not seeing anything with the vsfb driver compiled into
> > the kernel? How can I check if the kernel and the initrd are actually
> > started (withouth a serial cable)? I tried writing to a file on the SD
> > card, but that doesn't work. I even tried doing a printf "\007"
> > (beep), but that doesn't work either (not surpringly off course).
> >
> > I'm getting desperate here...
>
> OK, hold on a second.
>
> do *not* compile in the vsfb driver... it *must* be a module. As to why that
> is, I haven't a clue. but it does.

I also tried that.
I got the initrd from here:
http://www.fisherss.com/files/alpha/initrd.txt. I ungzipped it,
mounted it, copied the files to a new directory.
Then I used the cross-build tools from the handhelds.org site to build
your kernel (kernel36.tgz). So that's the zImage I use.
I copied the newly built modules to the modules directory in the new initrd dir
I added this line to the linuxrc file in the initrd dir:
insmod $MOD_PATH/kernel/drivers/video/vsfb.ko
(the kernel module is there)
Then I did a "mkcramfs new_initrd initrd.cramfs", a "gzip
initrd.cramfs" and a "mv initrd.cramfs.gz initrd". That's the initrd I
used.

I tried using both the haret on Fisherss download section and the one
from one of his last news posts. I used the default.txt from his
download section too.
With all of the things I tried. The screen of the pda just "hangs"
(nothing changes), so the linuxrc file isn't executed, or the
framebuffer driver isn't working (I validated the source code of the
fbdev module, the addresses are indeed set to the correct values).

I tried mounting the SD card (/dev/mmc/blk0/part1) and writing a file
to it (also in the linuxrc of the initrd), but no file was created.

I'm starting to think I'm doing something fundamentally wrong here. As
the penguin with the loading bar appears on the video, and not with
me. All the files (default.txt, haret.exe, initrd and zImage) are on
the internal storage of the device (seems like an internal SD card or
something), and that's where I'm starting haret from.

Help?

Greetz,
JeDi

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Received on Wed Sep 07 2005 - 11:52:20 EDT