Re: [Fwd: installing intimate]

The boot loader version is important too. You need to use the one
specified in the "new" install instructions. See the October archives
for a link there. I am using a Toshiba 2G microdrive with an iPaq
3650,and the bootloader made a big difference.

Paul

On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 16:21, Tobias Ekbom wrote:
> Could you please be a little more verbose about what ipaq modell you
> have, etc?
>
> Have you verified your root image using md5sum? Have you tried
> re-loading your root image? Have you tried an alternate root image? "No
> proper device" for microdrive sounds like a hardware or kernel issue to
> me, but are you sure you haven't just forgotten to install the ext3
> kernel modules?
>
> -Tobias Ekbom.
> Pretending to know it all since 1996.
>
> Jan Beutel wrote:
> >
> > in the meantime i can boot into a running system (i commented out the x
> > server in linuxrc), but i cannot mount the ext3 partition i made on my
> > microdrive... i don't get any proper devices for the microdrive.
> >
> > therefore the intimate-install script dosn't work....
> >
> > -----Forwarded Message-----
> >
> > From: Jan Beutel <j.beutel@ieee.org>
> > To: Intimate Linux <intimate@handhelds.org>
> > Subject: [Intimate] installing intimate
> > Date: 04 Nov 2002 19:41:35 +0100
> >
> > i can start booting, but the x server doesn't recognize the
> > touchscreen...
> >
> > when i touch the screen to calibrate, nothing happens and the boot
> > process stops as copied below...
> >
> > any hints???
> >
> > Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-rmk3/kernel/arch/arm/mach-sa1100/usb-eth.o
> > usbctl: Opened for usb-eth
> > usbctl: Started for usb-eth
> > Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-rmk3/kernel/drivers/char/sa1100-rtc.o
> > SA1100 Real Time Clock driver v1.02
> > Setting up some devices
> > Waiting 10 secs for cards to configure
> > cardmgr[61]: starting, version is 3.1.22
> > cardmgr[61]: watching 2 sockets
> > cardmgr[61]: exiting
> > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/,
> > removing from list!
> > Could not init font path element /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/,
> > removing from list!
> > in makecursor: Success
> > in makecursor: Illegal seek
> > in makecursor: Illegal seek
> > in makecursor: Illegal seek
> > in makecursor: Illegal seek
> >
> > Touch screen at x=30 y=30
> >
> > --
> > Jan Beutel j.beutel@ieee.org
> > Computer Engineering and Networks Laboratory, ETZ G63
> > ETH Zurich +41 1 632 70 32 Phone
> > Gloriastrasse 35 +41 1 632 10 35 Fax
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> >
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Received on Mon Nov 04 21:30:42 2002