[00:03] ok, so me asking again, how do i get a login prompt in ubuntu maveric (--seed build-essential, git, automake) in qemu-system-arm? [00:04] should I be attempting an ssh conection, or could I use the qemu console instead? [00:04] I don't understand why the login prompt never shown in the qemu console... [00:05] what are you trying to do? [00:06] get to where it asks login: < insert blinky cursor here [00:06] an? [00:07] no, why are you booting the image in qemu, just looking for some context [00:07] and type in the username, then the password, then use qemu, as if I were actually using an arm board, [00:07] okay [00:07] you have to have a kernel that matches the machine you select with -M ? in qemu [00:07] because my RV926 board has an issue, where it doesn't function, probably related to the hole in the center [00:07] es [00:07] yes [00:08] I get way past the kernel loading [00:10] i used rootstock, to build ubuntu maverick, --seed build-essential, automake [00:11] last line to come up in qemu console, is init:plymouth-log main process (238) terminated with status 1 [00:11] then cpu usage drops to 0, and qemu-system-arm is then a sleeping process [00:11] blinky blinky blinky blinky blinky..... [00:12] qemu started like so... [00:13] qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz -hda ubuntu-arm.img -m 256 -append "root=/dev/sda mem=256M ro" -cpu cortex-a9 [00:13] kernel compiled for arm7l with neon / ThumbEE [00:14] tmzt, did you catch all that? [00:15] yeah [00:15] So, should I repeat the question? or am I barking in the wrong tree, at the wrong room? [00:16] hmm [00:16] plymouth doesn't seem to like the fbdev [00:16] and you aren't getting to the getty [00:16] i would guess so [00:16] first thing to try is init=/bin/sh [00:16] that should work [00:16] ok [00:16] brb [00:16] the disable plymouth [00:16] or actually [00:17] hello, "/init: line 61: can't open /r/dev/console: no such file" , Can anyone help-me? [00:17] nosplash noquiet [00:17] what is /r? [00:17] you aren't pivoting correctly [00:17] tmzt@ubuntu:~$ ls -lh /dev/console [00:17] crw------- 1 root root 5, 1 2011-09-17 15:39 /dev/console [00:18] how to remove plymouth? [00:18] do I have to reseed, from rootstock? [00:53] thank you tmzt, got my login prompt === dev_ is now known as brokencodes [02:44] lilstevie: ./u-boot segfaults both when compiled in Debian armhf chroot, and in the ubuntu armel host environment. I wonder if the problem is that I used dtc from git instead of 1.3.0 release proper? Oh, and strace says it segfaults before doing any syscalls at all [02:51] how would you know that u-boot segfaults 0.o [03:00] I mean I run the binary the "make" compils [03:00] *compiles [03:07] how are you "running" it, the binary that make compiles is a bootloader, not a userland executable [03:08] file said it was an ELF executable [03:09] It also made a u-boot.bin or so, which I presume is the actual bootloader [03:14] well yeah of course it is an elf [03:14] then it gets stripped [03:15] u-boot the elf is the base, which then gets stripped to become u-boot.bin, and what ever moto requirements are to become u-boot.srec [03:16] oh, ok [03:16] I am used to extlinux where e.g. there is a program extlinux that helps install the bootloader [03:24] 18:25 So now that I have a kernel and a rootfs and u-boot, how do I actually get u-boot onto the device? [03:29] twb : Which device? [03:30] u-boot installs differently onto different hardware [03:30] Martyn: tf101 [03:30] Asus transformer? [03:30] yes [03:31] http://androidroot.mobi/technical/asus-eee-pad-transformer-tf101-root-cwm-recovery/ [03:31] * twb reads [03:31] To install/reflash the tf101, you need to use it's own recovery tools [03:31] I'm already using nvflash [03:31] which involves flashing u-boot using MMC [03:31] http://cyber.com.au/~twb/doc/tf101.txt <– my notes [03:32] This is the other guide you wil need: [03:32] http://technoreview.net/2011/06/asus-transformer-ubuntu.html [03:33] Note that android is long gone [03:33] I already have ubuntu booting, but using the crappy asus bootloader [03:34] have you already ported u-boot for the asus transformer? [03:35] I'm not aware of board support for the asus at the moment in u-boot [03:38] I'm using a fork from muromec to support it [03:43] You may have to jtag it into place [03:44] because I don't know of any generic tool that can flash u-boot into place on the tf101 [03:44] Hum [03:44] I know it's possible, at least, lilstevie is using it [03:45] nvflash [03:45] lilstevie: do i just write it to the EBT partition? [03:46] twb, you will need to make a few small edits [03:46] MBR needs to be at a certain spot [03:46] and you should edit include/configs/ventana.h to reflect different partition numbers [03:50] Also where do I tell it to try booting from microsd first? [04:01] I told you about that [04:01] one of the limitations with u-boot [04:01] no microsd [04:07] Sorry, I must've forgotten [04:07] SD or USB, then [04:09] then that is the default action [04:10] SD/USB/eMMC [04:11] Good-o === Jack87|Away is now known as Jack87