Re: Re: ipaq2210 - VmWare - Debian Sarge -- usbnet

Alright, now, I installed the VmWare USB drivers, I get some activity
on my Fedora Core 2 installation.

After plugging the iPaq on the USB craddle, tail /var/log/messages
tells me I have a PocketPC PDA plugged in, but no modules claimes the
device, so it starts the usbserial driver, instead of associating the
iPaq with the usbnet module. (not sure if this is normal or not)

Now, on the iPaq, it's still the same thing, I start Haret, the
thermometer goes all the way to the top, the penguin gives me the big
eyes, then the backlight shuts off, but the penguin image is still in
the background, nothing else happends. (no boot screen or anything)

I am guessing that Peter is right, and the initrd and the kernel
aren't starting properly.

I tried it about a 150 times, and never got it to go further. On the
iPaq, I currently have the following files taken from
http://handhelds.org/~michaelo/ipaq/starterkit/ :

startup.txt 31-Jul-2004 07:02 190
initrd_jul25a 25-Jul-2004 11:00 574K (renamed to initrd)
haret.exe 08-Mar-2004 04:03 224K
zImage_jul25a 25-Jul-2004 16:42 763K (renamed to zImage)

If anyone has any suggestions (ie, changes to startup.txt, or
alternate versions of haret/initrd/zImage), I would be more than happy
to try them.

Thanks again!

-- 
Dany Ouellette
slither_at_gmail.com
Moncton, N.-B.
On Wed, 4 Aug 2004 08:35:54 +0200, Peter Vicman <peter.vicman_at_uni-mb.si> wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> 
> >Now, since I don't have any hardware available right now to run linux,
> >I installed Debian Sarge in VmWare on a WinXP Host PC.
> 
> I am using Fedora Core 2 (kernel 2.6.???) on Vmware 4.5.1 and it works ok.
> 
> >I start linux within VmWare, then I plug the iPaq in the USB craddle,
> >WinXP picks it up (i removed ActiveSync), then I just cancel the
> >Driver installation. I start Harnet on the iPaq, the thermometer goes
> >all the way to the top, and the screen backlight shuts off, but the
> >Penguin image stays there, and nothing happends.
> 
> In this case haret didn't start kernel ans initrd.
> That just happened sometimes (in reality many times). It depends on the size
> of the initrd. Smaller it is, better result it is. Check discussion under
> "Serial" debuging via USB" and link
> http://www.handhelds.org/hypermail/h2200-port/6/0686.html.
> 
> >When I look through /var/log/message, I don't get any messages from 
> >The usb module when I connect the iPaq.
> 
> That is because haret didn't start kernel and initrd on IPaq, so there
> is no connection request to the linux.
> 
> >I'm thinking that since I run linux in VmWare, WinXP might not send 
> >The usb hotswap signal to vmware for some reason.
> 
> That is not the reason. As I say I am using similar method. I found out,
> that ActiveSysnc doesn't need to be killed. When linux start up on
> Ipaq, connection with ActiveSync is terminated, and USB device
> can be manualy connected to the Vmware machine.
> 
> >Also, anyone heard about a driver like "Usbnet" available to WinXP?
> 
> Sometime ago I saw something simillar on the net, but I didn' test it. Just
> use
> linux under Vmware. I know this works.
> 
> Peter Vicman
> 
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