**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Fri Dec 28 02:59:56 2007 Dec 28 05:44:18 hello Dec 28 05:44:26 I'm having a problem with my nslu2 :\ Dec 28 05:44:38 I left on vacation and came back to find its not working properly.. Dec 28 05:45:02 I couldnt access it via network, so I unplugged it checked all connections, plugged back in and restarted Dec 28 05:45:17 now neither of the HDD lights will come on :\ Dec 28 05:47:28 openslug doesn't use the HDD lights on the NSLU2 Dec 28 05:48:52 ah Dec 28 05:48:58 hmm Dec 28 05:49:25 ideas on how I can begin troubleshooting? Dec 28 05:51:01 Sure. Start by checking that the Ethernet LED on the NSLU2 is lit, and the corresponding LED on your hub/router is also lit. If you used DHCP previously, restart the NSLU2, and see if your router issues an IP address to the device. Dec 28 05:52:13 It's also worthwhile to assume that the device may have reverted to the factory address of 192.168.1.77 -- try to ping that address to see if it's present. Dec 28 05:52:36 ok, both ethernet lights on the nslu and router are lit, but there is no IP assigned via router Dec 28 05:53:17 also, it may be worth mentioning that the light on the USB flsah drive itself I used for openslug is not lit, and I think it usually is when its mounted or being used Dec 28 05:53:46 no ping reply from 1.77 or 0.77 either Dec 28 05:56:02 Ok. did you remove all the USB cables, and test with just the power cable and the network cable plugged in? Dec 28 05:56:15 I Dec 28 05:56:17 sorry Dec 28 05:56:19 I will try that Dec 28 06:01:31 still no luck Dec 28 06:01:34 lights are on Dec 28 06:01:40 no drives connected like you said Dec 28 06:01:56 no ip assigned via router, and its not returning a ping from the default Dec 28 06:07:08 any other ideas? Dec 28 06:13:20 Try putting it in upgrade mode using the reset button method (on the wiki), then see if the sercomm (windows) or upslug2 (Linux) utilities can see it on the network. Dec 28 06:13:46 will do Dec 28 06:13:50 will that dump its settings? Dec 28 06:16:12 it won't change anything unless you actually reflash it. Dec 28 06:16:41 Just running "upslug2" will list the devices that it sees on the network in upgrade mode; sercomm should do something similar when first started. Dec 28 06:17:39 hrm, I'm in windows right now, I'd need to reboot to nix Dec 28 07:21:15 hmm, when in upgrade mode, shouldnt I be able to telnet or at least ping it at 192.168.1.77 ? Dec 28 09:06:20 hey mwester, was it you who was helping me earlier? Dec 28 09:07:25 er, can anyone help me try to get my nslu2 running again? Dec 28 09:24:24 wizdumb: no, upgrade mode can only be detected by sercomm updater or upslug. it uses non-IP ethernet packets. Dec 28 09:24:40 I've detected it with upslug2 Dec 28 09:24:51 but not sure what I should do next Dec 28 09:25:42 ok, reflash it with Linksys vendor firmware, then let it boot, then after it has booted hold the reset button in (don't touch the power button) for 30 seconds - this will reset to factory defaults. then get back into upgrade mode and reflash whatever firmware you were loading. Dec 28 09:26:05 then write this up in a wiki howto. Dec 28 09:26:10 hrm, so the config I had before will be toast? Dec 28 09:26:17 yes Dec 28 09:26:24 I'm not sure what happened, it worked fine for months untouched Dec 28 09:26:37 then i came back from vaca and it was unresponsive Dec 28 09:27:04 the config in flash will be trashed, anything on the disk or usb key will not be touched (especially if you remove it first). then you can unsling back to the same disk again. Dec 28 09:27:52 hmm - you didn't say what firmware you were running - you should do that first when asking for help, as there are seven different types of firmware you can run on an NSLU2. Dec 28 09:27:56 ok, not much choice I guess Dec 28 09:28:04 useing the debian firmware Dec 28 09:28:12 well, you can always solder a serial port on it ... Dec 28 09:28:26 :) Dec 28 09:28:41 even worse with debian, since it has no recovery rootfs in flash. Dec 28 09:28:45 not sure I have the spare parts for that sort of thing Dec 28 09:29:12 I had it running off the flash drive Dec 28 09:29:17 not sure if that makes any difference Dec 28 09:33:21 flashing... Dec 28 10:09:37 there we go Dec 28 10:10:17 this sucks though, it was a pita to get it all setup properly :\ Dec 28 16:56:42 anyone around? have some questions about setting up partitions for a debian install on nslug Dec 28 19:37:13 question for any of the nslu2 distros (asking here first): Dec 28 19:38:15 has anyone succeeded in getting a slug to talk to a cp2102 device (USB UART ugliness). Specifically, has anyone managed to talk to the USB datalogger for the vantagepro weatherstations? Dec 28 19:53:17 rjsparks: the slug works as well as any other distro in that regard. SlugOS & Debian are on very recent kernels; I haven't checked to see if Unslung has a kernel module for th cp2102. Dec 29 01:00:01 hello Dec 29 01:00:43 anyone else here using debian on their nslu2? Dec 29 01:57:27 wizdumb: support channel for debian on nslu2 (after initial installation) is #debian-arm on OFTC. this channel is for people using slugos, not Debian. Dec 29 01:57:48 ah ok thanks for the clarification Dec 29 01:58:16 no probs - debian-arm is fairly slow too, but at least people there will know what you're asking about **** ENDING LOGGING AT Sat Dec 29 02:59:56 2007