**** BEGIN LOGGING AT Wed Aug 25 02:59:57 2010 Aug 25 09:32:09 yippieh. OpenRD Client with Debian on Flash and Sd :) Aug 25 09:32:56 I tell you, it drove me nuts until I found http://code.google.com/p/openrd/issues/detail?id=7 as solution of "unknown NAND device found, manufacturer id: 0x00 device id: 0x00 // probing failed for NAND flash device" Aug 25 09:33:13 well, but then again this debian has no vga :) Aug 25 09:33:51 how do I get the vga port running with debian on openRD (it worked with the preinstalled fedora though, but /me no like rpm based systems ..) Aug 25 09:39:25 phaidros: see http://cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/openrd/tips.html Aug 25 09:46:47 tbm: thanks, that is what I was looking for Aug 25 09:53:58 tbm: the recent Debian squeeze kernel ist 2.6.32-5 and cyrius' site states vga is available from 2.6.63-16 Aug 25 09:54:28 the sheeva kernel from sheeva-with-linux.com seems not to be built with xgifb .. Aug 25 09:54:32 any recommendations? Aug 25 09:55:31 phaidros: -5 is the abi, not the version Aug 25 09:55:37 dpkg -l | grep linux-image Aug 25 09:56:15 tbm: eeek, you are right, thx :) Aug 25 09:57:52 last one for today: for me it seemed the debian installer was flashing the kernel directly, now having flashed the sheeva kernel via uboot: is there a way to replace kernels from within debian again? Aug 25 09:58:50 or is it just a matter of the bootloader to look for the kernel on the SD or UBIFS ? Aug 25 09:59:35 phaidros: debian makes a bootable file on disk, not in flash Aug 25 10:00:23 tbm: ok, I was just wondering because during the install the installer was stating something like 'writing kenrel to flash' or alike .. Aug 25 10:02:23 are you sure it said that? it should have said "Generating boot image on disk..." but it's possible there's a bug Aug 25 10:02:58 I am sure that there was a message making me believe the installer puts something on flash Aug 25 10:03:55 as I am still a bit confuse d about uboot. how do I boot a kernel on internal flash/UBIFS ? Aug 25 10:23:50 hm, I wonder: is it possible to boot a kernelimage / initrd which lies in the flash on UBIFS ? Aug 25 10:52:05 you could dig an image out of there from uboot, but mostly that would just be making things harder for yourself than they need to be Aug 25 10:52:13 and slower to boot Aug 25 10:54:49 ron: so you recommend to write the image to the flash? Aug 25 10:57:05 well, that all depends on what you really need to do ;) Aug 25 10:57:31 hiding it inside a filesystem means you need more from the bootloader than if you don't Aug 25 10:58:47 I'm booting one straight from sata here, but the kernel is still outside the main fs image Aug 25 10:59:00 (and that needs hardware mods to do) Aug 25 11:01:30 hm, all I am testing atm is gettin the vga running. but I am stuck, as the heeva kernel I flashed has no xgifb, and the debian kernel is only on the ubifs and I have no idea how to flash that directly .. nandwrite uImage I found in the docs, but nothing about where to write the uInitrd (which I updated for the xgifb to work) Aug 25 11:02:19 so, it is just about making it run, to find the prettiest solution I take some time later :) Aug 25 11:02:50 then build your own that doesn't need initrd ;) Aug 25 11:03:24 that's surely the simplest thing to maintain all said and done for a unit like this Aug 25 11:04:53 hmkay. so I'll dig into that. how do I avaoid an initrd in generel? Aug 25 11:05:43 make sure things you need to boot aren't modules Aug 25 11:06:19 :) so I will. Aug 25 11:51:44 ok, stuck again. I have built the initrd with xgifb and followed the hints on http://cyrius.com/debian/kirkwood/openrd/tips.html .. but neither does the bootscreen appear on vga nor does startx bring up anything useful Aug 25 11:51:53 where would one start to debug this? **** ENDING LOGGING AT Thu Aug 26 02:59:57 2010