Re: Memory card recognization issue in OS2008

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Hi,

ext Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote:
> Results of mount:
> Rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
> /dev/root on /mnt/initfs type jffs2 (ro)
> none on /mnt/initfs/proc type proc (rw)
> none on /mnt/initfs/sys type sysfs (rw)
> none on /mnt/initfs/tmp type tmpfs (rw)
> /dev/mtdblock4 on / type jffs2 (rw,rpsize=1024,rpuid=0,rpuid=30000)
> none on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
> proc on /proc type proc (rw)
> sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw)
> none on /dev type tmpfs (rw)
> devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw)
> tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
> 
> BTW, running xterm to get mount output hung the system.

So you don't know whether the mount command finished
outputting?

What does "system hung" mean?  Do you get the power menu?
Can you interact with it (up and down key moves focus etc)?


	- Eero


> I was running xterm full screen and can't get it back.
> Tried 'exit' without success.  Hard shutdown required.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Nick.
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eero Tamminen [mailto:eero.tamminen@xxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2008 02:45
> To: ext Frantisek Dufka
> Cc: Dr. Nicholas Shaw; 'maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx'
> Subject: Re: Memory card recognization issue in OS2008
> 
> Hi,
> 
> ext Frantisek Dufka wrote:
>> Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote:
>>> Thanks, Marius.  Good to know that there's a bug report on xterm and, no,
>>> the X doesn't close it.  That's what I went for after ctrl-d didn't work.
>>>
>> This may be related to the first issue with SD/MMC card. From your dmesg 
>> log it can be seen the card in external slot is unreadable (all those 
>> mmcblk1p1 I/O errors) and may be faulty.
>>
>> When any process (like osso-xterm, shell or whatever) gets stuck in such 
>> I/O operation like this, it is unkillable. You can use ps and see 'D' 
>> state next to it.
> 
> For above to happen, the cards need to be mounted.  When kernel
> notices the errors, it re-mounts the card as read-only, but still
> allows processes to read it.  Many applications aren't well
> prepared for file systems that may produce garbage though.
> 
> Nicholas, what "mount" says of your card(s)?
> 
> 
>> It can be the MMC card is really dead/broken or the device doesn't like 
>> it for some reason (dirty contacts? bad mini/micro adapter?).
> 
> I think there were some changes in OS2008 about card recognization.
> Knowing the exact models of the cards is necessary.  Is e.g. the
> 128Mb card the one coming with the device or something else?
> 
> 
> 
> 	- Eero
> 
> 

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