Hi, ext Ryan Campbell wrote: > On 3-Sep-07, at 4:42 AM, Eero Tamminen wrote: >> ext Ryan Campbell wrote: >>> On 1-Sep-07, at 11:07 AM, Brian Litzinger wrote: >>>> My N800 sits on my desk and has all its life. I do no carry it >>>> around with me. It is always plugged into the AC. >>>> >>>> This morning the backlight was blinking every 5 to 10 seconds and >>>> the audio seems to be gone. >> Did you see the UI still, it's not e.g. rebooting, say every 6 >> seconds? > > In my case, (Brian's may be different) it was not rebooting, and was > still usable (web browsing etc..) except that the screen would flash > off every few seconds. > Also, when I rebooted the N800, the screen would continue flashing > during boot. Strange, I have never heard of anything like that. Could you create a bug for that to bugs.maemo.org under "System software" / "dsme" (I think that's best place to start) and put me on CC? Brian, maybe you could then add your information to that bug? Thanks! - Eero >>>> I power cycled it. While it was off it showed a blinking white >>>> screen. >>>> >>>> During power on it blinked and its still blinking and the sound it >>>> still gone. >> Which release do you have? >> > > > This happened on mine with the previous release and on my > girlfriend's with the current release (4.2007.26-8) > > > >>>> When I used the media player to play an mp3 it reports >>>> >>>> Unable to perform the operation. Try again >> Do you have any extra software installed? >> >> (this could be D-BUS related, earlier Avahi, a Canola dependency, >> was causing this kind of problems, but Avahi should be now fixed) >> >> >>>> Has anyone else run into this? >>>> >>>> Removing the battery and then re-inserting brings everything back. >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Brian Litzinger >>>> _______________________________________________ >>> That sounds a lot like a problem I had about a month ago. >>> The N800 was left charging overnight like usual, and when waking >>> it up in the morning I encountered the same blinking backlight. I >>> did not play with it long enough to try to play an mp3, I just >>> reflashed the device and it was back to normal. >> Did you also keep it long periods in the charger? > > > I don't keep it in the charger for a ridiculous amount of time. The > only time I ever charge it is overnight. > > >> >>> I can't remember if I tried taking the battery out or not. >>> My girlfriend is also currently experiencing the same problem, but >>> as she is off in europe right now I have not been able to look >>> into it much. >>> Any idea what the problem could be? Bad battery connection, >>> maybe? But that doesn't explain why reflashing my device fixed it. >> Device stores some state that persists over reboot, there might >> be something that is cleared only when battery is removed (maybe >> something related to battery management?).
