On Wed, 2008-07-16 at 13:54 -0600, Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: > No problem Rick. A different approach is to determine which applications > are running. For example, I always have my calendar and todo list up but > minimized. Those would count. I also run Personal Menu and Maemo PAN. So > these four programs are always running although they may not be visible. > Another program that sometimes runs always is x11vnc to allow me to display > my N800 screen onto my desktop. So, for me, I would: > > 1. First shut the system down and remove the battery (to ensure all > registers are cleared) for about 3 minutes (arbitrary). > 2. Then, reinsert the battery. > 3. Boot the device up. > 4. In my case I would not start x11vnc or maemo PAN. These are TSR > (terminate/stay resident) programs that run in the background. > 5. If you have a sense of how often the system resets and you can allow > the system to sit there for some time to determine if any of the programs > you stopped running had an effect then depending upon how many programs that > is you can start them up one-by-one waiting a sufficient time between each > to see if the system restarts. If it does then you may have identified > which program is causing the problem. > > If you did a restore from your older OS (especially 2007) then you may want > to do a reflash and NOT do a restore of your backup. I've found that, > occasionally, the backups aren't compatible with the new OS release and > that can cause problems. I had to manually back up my data, e.g. I backed > up my favorites and my documents folder to a memory card and what I couldn't > backup I re-entered later. It was a pain but it worked. > > Hope this helps as a starter. > Regards, > > Nick. > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rick Bilonick [mailto:rab@xxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 19:58 > To: Dr. Nicholas Shaw > Subject: RE: N810 Now Resets Very Frequently > > > On Tue, 2008-07-15 at 10:26 -0600, Dr. Nicholas Shaw wrote: > > Mark, > > > > I went to the link and read it. I actually feel it is helpful. This week > I > > submitted 4 bug reports for both software and the OS. > > > > The author stated his system was resetting and that he had lots of > software > > installed. Obvious questions would be if there's any particular action > that > > causes the system to reset or if it's random. What programs are running > when > > the system resets, how often does it reset, etc. What was he doing when > it > > reset? What software was installed? Of course I would also want to know > > what, specifically, he means by reset as some people have different > > definitions. Lastly (this is particular to me), I would want to know what > > he restored from his backups (if he had any) and from what OS did he go > > from. The link, IMO, provides helpful information to help flesh these > out. > > I don't believe Igor meant anything else. > > > > The link is a good set of pointers for submitting a bug fix. My system > > might reset but that doesn't mean they're related. The only thing it > > indicates is that there are two people who have systems that are doing > > something (until a definition is agreed upon) that isn't good. > > > > Regards, > > > > Nick. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx [mailto:maemo-users-bounces@xxxxxxxxx] > > On Behalf Of Mark > > Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 09:37 > > To: maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > > Subject: Re: N810 Now Resets Very Frequently > > > > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 8:12 AM, Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@xxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > > > http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/bugs.html > > > > > > > This is not helpful and in fact is inflammatory. When one has a > > problem with a device it is helpful to find out if others are having > > the same problem, and may have already solved it. If so, great. If no > > one else is having the same problem, then it's probably an installed > > app rather than the OS. Then one can start narrowing down suspects as > > to the cause. People have to start somewhere, and why should they > > duplicate efforts that others have already made, or go to great > > lengths to fix something that is impossible because it's a bug in the > > OS? > > > > RTFM is *never* an acceptable response. > > > > Mark > > _______________________________________________ > > maemo-users mailing list > > maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx > > https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > I did try to determine which application might be involved but could not > determine this. I keep getting messages about intensive cpu usage and I > just using the browser and bookmarks. > > Rick B. > Thanks. I removed all of the "home" apps as suggested by another responder (I didn't remove the homeip app because I find it very useful.) That was early yesterday and the N810 has not reset itself since then nor have I gotten the "intensive cpu usage" message. The N810 is only about 6 weeks old. The battery seems to drain awfully quickly, and more quickly since I had the misbehaving apps causing intense cpu usage and frequent resets (I believe the intense cpu usage caused the resets). I'm wondering if this has drastically shortened the life of the battery. Rick B. _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
