2011/3/1 Hämäläinen Kimmo <kimmo.hamalainen@xxxxxxxxx>: > On Mon, 2011-02-28 at 10:32 -0600, ext Paul Hartman wrote: > ... >> I know reflash of FIASCO image can most likely "fix" it by starting >> over, but I'm curious if there is anyway to find out why it's not >> progressing beyond the 5 dots. Is there a magic key to disable the 5 >> dots or some way to see what's going on during the boot process? Like >> in a typical linux console during bootup. Maybe then, if I can see >> what the problem is, I can boot MeeGo from MicroSD card and edit the >> N900's rootfs and keep my customizations. :) > > You can get the serial console if you manage to get hold of a > development "jig" --- a HW adapter that connects to the battery slot of > the N900 and provides a serial connector. Hi, thanks for this information. I did some searching based on it and found this page: http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Hacking#Debug_ports So maybe it's possible to make my own adapter to connect to the serial debug console. And there's this example output: http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_Hardware_Hacking/serial_dump If that only shows the kernel messages, if there is a configuration error that's my own fault, like runscripts failing or wrong shell or something stupid that I've done, maybe I should compile the kernel with FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y so I can see what's happening? But maybe that'll only last until the 5 dots animation is started. If I can get into rootfs via MeeGo, maybe I can edit /etc/init.d/fb-progress.sh to disable the 5 dots animation. I think this is what I'll try next, after I buy a new microSD card. > Another way would have been having some startup script that sets up the > USB networking (e.g. load g_nokia kernel module and do "ifup usb0") in > every boot --- if you'd have that, you could simply plug a USB cable and > connect over ssh. Now I have a lot of good ideas how to configure my N900 once I get it working again. :) Thanks for your help. _______________________________________________ maemo-users mailing list maemo-users@xxxxxxxxx https://lists.maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-users
