**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Mon Sep 04 02:59:57 2006 Sep 04 03:41:20 I have an odd issue. I just unplugged my slug and now it is stuck with the ethernet and the ready light on green Sep 04 03:41:26 but it is not responding. Sep 04 03:41:31 Has anyone seen this before? Sep 04 17:43:13 bah that whole openslug feed thing screwed up samba & wget Sep 04 17:43:19 and bound to be a few other things Sep 04 18:08:39 woohoo OpenSLug up and running again, tnx for fixing feeds Sep 04 18:17:31 When compiling on the slug, is ther something really bad if you don't build w/ -mthumb-interwork? Sep 04 21:56:14 Dangnabbit...Darn DebianSlug. Anybody here with experience i can shoot a few questions? Sep 04 21:56:43 Define experience Sep 04 21:57:04 A successful install would count... Sep 04 21:57:29 I had DebianSlug running well ONCE, then hosed enough packages I thought I'd do a reinstall. Now I'm stuck Sep 04 21:57:54 Don't ask me Sep 04 21:57:57 Never got it to install Sep 04 21:58:29 Hung for you too? I'm at the point where the reboot should bring up Debian, but it just sits and spins the HD for about 5 minutes before coming up with ...nothing. No IP. Sep 04 21:59:26 Dave: Nope Sep 04 21:59:28 Not even that far Sep 04 22:00:03 There's enough people on the "successful" list at the bottom of the pg, I must be missing something in the procedure. Sep 04 22:00:32 It didn't work for me Sep 04 22:00:43 And the directions haen't been updated since the days you needed a serial terminal to install Sep 04 22:00:47 Openslug does what I need Sep 04 22:01:57 any debianSlug problems? Sep 04 22:02:41 Yeah, I'm at the debianslug "reboot into the HD" stage, and it's coming up with a spinning HD for about 5 minutes, then flashing yellow LED. no IP to boot into Sep 04 22:02:43 are you using d-i or openslug's kernel? Sep 04 22:02:56 Uh... gimme a sec to check my notes Sep 04 22:03:54 debianslug-3.10-beta.bin Sep 04 22:05:01 so you flashed the d-i image and ran the installer and then flashed another image? Sep 04 22:05:03 I'm working from the tutorial at Sep 04 22:05:43 I've got a successful flash, did the installer & updates, and rebooted...into flashing yellow Sep 04 22:07:08 I had it working ONCE before. Now it isn't listening to me anymore...sigh... Sep 04 22:11:28 Dave, does it work without disk? Sep 04 22:13:01 Good question. Don't think I've tried that. Will do so now Sep 04 22:16:31 YES. Got an ip. attempting login Sep 04 22:16:44 I'm in. Sep 04 22:17:17 Soooo, now what? Any ideas? Sep 04 22:21:42 if you have a separate root partition, you could format it and reinstall for the peace of mind. otherwise you should look for the bit causing the problem Sep 04 22:23:16 Dave, did you look in nslu2-linux.org for a solution? Sep 04 22:23:22 I've done exactly that about 4 times now. Used fdisk to delete, then new it again, mkfs.ext3, then "turnup disk -i /dev/sda1 -t ext3" to restart the procedure. Sep 04 22:23:47 I just checked the HD (plugged it in), and fdisk reported that sda1 wasn't bootable. Just changed the flag, and am hoping that'll do it. Sep 04 22:25:37 Grrr... Stuck in 5 minutes of flashing yellow LED and HD light continually on AGAIN. Sep 04 22:25:41 Don't think it took Sep 04 22:27:55 does that happen if you format the disk and boot with it connected (formatted with nothing there) Sep 04 22:28:34 Haven't tried that. Sep 04 22:28:50 well actually i'm not sure what should happen then Sep 04 22:29:19 but if it hangs then too then it looks like something wrong with the disk, otherwise something is wrong with what's in the disk Sep 04 22:29:23 I suppose it wouldn't hurt the process to totally wipe it all Sep 04 22:29:44 Disk seems fine in other situations, but stranger things have happened Sep 04 22:30:55 did you follow the bootstrap procedure completely? did you create the /etc/inittab file? Sep 04 22:31:19 i meant modify it? Sep 04 22:31:40 and the interfaces file? Sep 04 22:33:05 Did EVERYTHING. Double checked. Sep 04 22:38:57 Bah. GOing for an icecream with the kids to mull it over. If you have any other ideas, let me know here, ok? Thx, Dave Sep 04 22:39:42 actually i'm not sure if i ever rebooted after debootstrap'ing! Sep 04 22:40:07 hmm..is there an ipkg for the 'top' program or something similar? Sep 04 22:40:29 joga, what firmware? Sep 04 22:40:30 on unslung.. Sep 04 22:40:34 6.8 iirc Sep 04 22:40:42 there's a top pkg. Sep 04 22:40:51 (waiting for kids to get shoes on) Sep 04 22:40:53 there is top in the default install. part of busybox i guess Sep 04 22:40:58 Dave, :D Sep 04 22:41:13 and there is another one in coreutils iirc Sep 04 22:41:14 htop is better, but not as an ipkg. Just under a debian system Sep 04 22:41:26 ye I use htop myself on other computers Sep 04 22:41:38 I hadsuccessfully converted an htop .deb into an ipkg last night. Worked fine Sep 04 22:42:40 hmh..installed coreutils but still no top Sep 04 22:43:00 ipkg install top *should* work. It doesn't? Sep 04 22:43:04 nope Sep 04 22:43:16 claims it can't find the package 'top' Sep 04 22:43:42 it's just that I've some process running on the thing that seems to hog cpu Sep 04 22:44:03 * tuv hasn't used unslung for a long time now. long live debianSlug! Sep 04 22:44:22 I haven't bothered to update since I got this thing :) has worked so well Sep 04 22:44:35 joga, did you do ipkg update? Sep 04 22:44:41 yes Sep 04 22:45:02 which busybox packages do you have installed? Sep 04 22:45:14 hmm, how should I check? Sep 04 22:45:30 ipkg list_installed | grep busybox Sep 04 22:45:45 oh it's not installed... Sep 04 22:45:53 what is the shell then when I log in hmm... Sep 04 22:45:54 what's your shell then? Sep 04 22:45:59 ps Sep 04 22:46:02 I manually invoke bash when I ssh in Sep 04 22:46:13 sh I guess Sep 04 22:46:26 and what is sh? Sep 04 22:46:37 the shell? :) Sep 04 22:47:12 do you have coreutils installed? Sep 04 22:47:16 now I do Sep 04 22:47:19 no top there Sep 04 22:47:55 tried to install busybox but it says that coreutils already provides nearly everything Sep 04 22:48:22 right.. busybox is a lightweight replacement. if you have coreutils and bash you don't need it Sep 04 22:48:33 do you have procps installed? Sep 04 22:48:37 so I figured...but I'd like a working top still Sep 04 22:48:40 let's see.. Sep 04 22:48:53 no.. Sep 04 22:48:53 busybox's top is a minimal one anyway Sep 04 22:49:03 there is your top then Sep 04 22:49:05 hey, I was ready to grep /proc :) Sep 04 22:50:02 doh now it says.. ERROR: The following packages conflict with procps: Sep 04 22:50:02 busybox-links Sep 04 22:50:19 simple.. uninstall it Sep 04 22:50:36 "no packages removed. Nothing to be done" Sep 04 22:50:41 not that simple I guess Sep 04 22:50:42 :) Sep 04 22:50:50 maybe -force-overwrite? Sep 04 22:51:09 no harm in that i guess Sep 04 22:51:27 does it say what the conflict is exactly? Sep 04 22:51:42 nah, just that it's busybox-links Sep 04 22:53:32 I guess since busybox installation failed, now it thinks that it's installed somewhere Sep 04 22:53:42 but won't remove it since it actually isn't wholly there :) Sep 04 22:54:43 if it thinks it's installed then you can uninstall it Sep 04 22:54:53 is there a purge command in ipkg? Sep 04 22:55:26 doesn't seem to be.. Sep 04 22:56:29 ah Sep 04 22:56:44 when I did 'ipkg remove busybox*', it removed busybox-base Sep 04 22:57:14 though still complains about conflicting busybox-links when I try installing procps Sep 04 22:57:48 and the busybox binary is there it seems.. Sep 04 23:00:00 i don't have access to ipkg manpage, but i guess you can search a file for its package to find out what package is responsible for this busybox binary Sep 04 23:01:12 ipkg search /usr/bin/busybox Sep 04 23:01:17 yes, 'search', but it returns nothing Sep 04 23:01:29 or wait.. Sep 04 23:01:33 where is the binary Sep 04 23:01:34 ? Sep 04 23:01:37 bin Sep 04 23:01:44 and uh, it says Sep 04 23:01:50 unslung-rootfs - 2.3r29-r9 - /bin/busybox Sep 04 23:02:16 then it's fine. it's busybox-links that's causing the trouble Sep 04 23:02:41 ipkg status busybox-links? Sep 04 23:02:52 returns nothing Sep 04 23:03:12 is that some metapackage or a script that makes the links to busybox functions? Sep 04 23:03:47 i think it's a set of symlinks to the busybox binary Sep 04 23:04:11 which ps? Sep 04 23:04:14 yup...but it wouldn't install since coreutils's already there Sep 04 23:04:24 I don't have the 'which' command :) Sep 04 23:04:48 do you know where is your ps binary? (btw, you can install which) Sep 04 23:05:06 it's /bin/ps Sep 04 23:05:10 or which package provides it? (ipkg search /bin/ps) Sep 04 23:05:13 and symlinked to busybox Sep 04 23:05:31 then busybox-links is installed! Sep 04 23:05:47 doesn't ipkg search /bin/ps return busybox-links? Sep 04 23:06:06 no, it returns: unslung-rootfs - 2.3r29-r9 - /bin/ps Sep 04 23:06:57 i'd go with -force-overwrite ;) Sep 04 23:07:26 procps binaries will go to /opt/bin/ anyway Sep 04 23:07:54 it still just reports the conflict and won't install it Sep 04 23:08:10 bash-2.05b# ipkg -force-overwrite install procps Sep 04 23:08:18 ... Sep 04 23:08:19 ERROR: The following packages conflict with procps: Sep 04 23:08:19 busybox-links Sep 04 23:09:24 :S Sep 04 23:10:44 then install busybox-links and use its top Sep 04 23:11:14 or switch to debianSlug ;) Sep 04 23:11:20 * tuv loves debianSlug! Sep 04 23:11:21 so I'll overwrite stuff put there by coreutils with busybox? Sep 04 23:11:29 nah I won't bother tonight at least :) Sep 04 23:13:15 or create a symlink named top to the busybox binary manually Sep 04 23:13:42 nah it's ok now :) Sep 04 23:14:32 is your unslung up-to-date? nothing upgradable? Sep 04 23:15:02 no, it's not up-to-date, I haven't updated it since I first got it and flashed unslung on it Sep 04 23:15:31 wellthen that's probably the reason of the inconsistencies Sep 04 23:15:43 guess so Sep 04 23:16:13 I should flash it a new some day, but "if it works don't fix it" is equally fine :) Sep 04 23:16:57 busybox-links is relatively new. there used to be a conflict between busybox and a lot of packages (bash, coreutils, procps) and that's why they introduced busybox-links so that you can keep busybox and install those Sep 04 23:16:57 has been running for a few months now (had to turn it off once when moving furniture) :) Sep 04 23:17:50 no need for reflashing. just ipkg update; ipkg upgrade; ipkg install procps (unless busybox-links turns out to be installed after upgrading) Sep 04 23:18:16 hmm, is it safe? ;p Sep 04 23:18:43 there is always some risk with upgrading, but far less than reflashing Sep 04 23:46:31 Can anyone help with debian on NSLU2? I am following Wiki and cannot get through the debootstrap process. Sep 04 23:47:27 Good evening. I wanted to buy a nslu2. Do I have to consider a revision? I want to flashen DebianSLUG firmware on it. --- Buy in Germany --- Sep 04 23:49:04 I cannot even get DebianSlug to install Sep 04 23:49:56 Slug OS Sep 04 23:50:36 the intel driver has integradet with this image (DebianSlug Install image) Sep 04 23:52:13 I am using the debootstrap method, not an installer. When it is downloading packages, several are missing. Is that normal? Also, it installs core package, but doesnt nothing beyond that. I dont think it is normal. **** ENDING LOGGING AT Tue Sep 05 02:59:56 2006