[03:43] <anuvrat> hi I am trying to get stuff running on FriendlyARM Tiny 6410. My aim is to get a usb bluetooth dongle and usb wireless dongle running on it
[03:44] <anuvrat> currently it il running the default version of linux that came with it, should I try and install ubuntu on it (if yes, how the guide asks me to run an exe, and I dont have Wndows)
[03:45] <anuvrat> Will I have to hunt for drivers, can somebody help?
[17:01] <tmax> Hello anyone here ?
[17:02] <tmax> I ma having a problem installing Ubuntu on PandaBoard
[17:02] <tmax> First time it boot it resizes partition, but then instead of start installer it keeps rebooting forever
[17:02] <robclark> fwiw, tmax was having an issue w/ installer: http://pastebin.pandaboard.org/index.php/view/77105354
[17:03]  * robclark thought perhaps someone here would have a better idea what is going on
[17:06] <tmax> robclark helped because i was getting through RS232 an error about kernel could not find uEnv.txt so i created it
[17:06] <tmax> and put it inside: initrd_high=0xffffffff fdt_high=0xffffffff bootcmd=fatload mmc 0:1 0x80200000 uImage; fatload mmc 0:1 0x81600000 uInitrd; bootm 0x80200000 0x81600000 bootargs=console=tty0 console=ttyO2,115200n8 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait ro text earlyprintk fixrtc nocompcache loglevel=10 ip=dhcp uenvcmd=boot
[17:10] <tmax> anyone ?
[17:16] <tmax> hello ?? :/
[17:27] <rsalveti> that usually happens when something went wrong during the resize
[17:28] <rsalveti> when regenerating the initramfs probably
[17:28] <rsalveti> one thing you can do is to flash the image again, mount it at your host, edit the boot args and enable the console output
[17:28] <rsalveti> if you have access to your serial
[17:29] <rsalveti> then you'll get all the details about the installer and what is happening
[17:30] <tmax> yeah i can see everything from my PC trough console
[17:30] <tmax> i have reinstalled the image about 4 times
[17:31] <tmax> ok i have reinstalled the image again in my SD card
[17:31] <tmax> what should i change before put it into PandaBoard ?
[17:33] <tmax> when i put the img inside SD card it doesnt create uEnv.txt is that normal ?
[17:34] <rsalveti> I believe it's still using the boot.src file
[17:34] <tmax> ok should i try booting again ?
[17:35] <rsalveti> that's before the first boot (before resize) as it seems the resize not working properly for you
[17:35] <rsalveti> or if you just want to understand why it's rebooting
[17:35] <rsalveti> you can also change it to see what are the logs
[17:36] <tmax> yes i want to understand too i want to learn :D
[17:36] <tmax> but what i have to change ?
[17:36] <rsalveti> adding console=ttyO2,115200, remove quite and replace splash with nosplash
[17:36] <rsalveti> *quiet
[17:36] <tmax> so i have to create uEnv.txt again ?
[17:37] <rsalveti> dd if=boot.scr of=boot.script bs=1 skip=72
[17:37] <rsalveti> edit boot.script
[17:37] <rsalveti> mkimage -A arm -T script -C none -n "Ubuntu boot script" -d boot.txt boot.scr
[17:37] <rsalveti> if it's not yet using uEnv.txt
[17:38] <rsalveti> yeah, still using boot.scr
[17:38] <tmax> yeah it says it couldnt find uEnv.txt so it uses boot.scr
[17:39] <tmax> mmm i dont have boot.script in FAT32 partition
[17:39] <rsalveti> that's why you have to run the dd command first
[17:39] <rsalveti> it'll remove the header and create the boot.script file
[17:39] <rsalveti> so you can properly open it with any editor
[17:40] <tmax> ok wait, so i have to put it in PandaBoard and let it resize first ?
[17:40] <tmax> i apologise i am pretty new at this and i am lerning
[17:40] <rsalveti> if you want the messages since first boot, no, you just need to add the sdcard at your host, mount first partition, generate the boot.script file, edit, and create a new boot.scr file again with mkimage
[17:41] <tmax> ok i have mounted the first FAT32 partition on my PC
[17:41] <tmax> now i have to create boot.script and what i have to put inside ?
[17:42] <rsalveti> there will be a line similar as "        setenv bootargs ro elevator=noop vram=32M mem=456M@0x80000000 mem=512M@0xA0000000 root=UUID=9d4de70e-1323-4ac9-9d3f-4ae05139f7ff fixrtc quiet splash"
[17:43] <rsalveti> edit this line, removing quiet and splash, and add "console=ttyO2,115200 nosplash loglevel=8"
[17:43] <rsalveti> then run mkimage as I said before
[17:43] <rsalveti> mkimage -A arm -T script -C none -n "Ubuntu boot script" -d boot.sript boot.scr
[17:43] <rsalveti> umount it and boot the card at your pandaboard
[17:49] <tmax> i am getting this mkimage: Can't read boot.script: Invalid argument
[17:49] <tmax> andres-nt@andres-nt:/tmp/mmc$ sudo mkimage -A arm -T script -C none -n "Ubuntu boot script" -d boot.script boot.scr
[17:49] <tmax> thats what i put
[17:50] <tmax> i have FAT32 mounted in /tmp/mmc
[17:52] <tmax> and when i edit boot.scr gedit warns me about it can corrupt the file if i save it because there are strange caracters
[17:52] <rsalveti> you first need to generate the boot.script file with dd
[17:52] <tmax> when i save it the file becomes strange it is filled whit 0
[17:52] <rsalveti> run: dd if=boot.scr of=boot.script bs=1 skip=72
[17:53] <rsalveti> then you'll have the boot.script file to be edited and used by mkimage
[17:53] <tmax> ok, but is normal what gedit tells me ?
[17:53] <tmax> because i can see file is corrupted when i save it whit gedit
[17:54] <rsalveti> yes, because you tried to edit the boot.scr file instead of boot.script
[17:54] <rsalveti> the boot.scr file has a special header for u-boot
[17:54] <rsalveti> that's why you need to run the dd command, that will just remove the header and create a text file called boot.script
[17:54] <rsalveti> mkimage will  then turn this file into a boot.scr, adding the header again
[17:54] <rsalveti> to be valid by u-boot
[17:55] <tmax> hooo and i have to edit the arguments from boot.script not boot.scr right ?
[17:55] <rsalveti> yup
[17:55] <tmax> hooo i am starting to understand :D
[17:56] <tmax> ok now it worked :)
[17:57] <tmax> now try booting Panda ?
[18:00] <tmax> i have to have ethernet ?? it says waiting for ethernet connection
[18:02] <tmax> http://pastebin.pandaboard.org/index.php/view/44520241
[18:02] <tmax> thats whatt i have it doesnt looks good :/
[18:04] <tmax> it says image is corrupt
[18:09] <tmax> i reboot PandaBoard and now i get it
[18:09] <tmax> http://pastebin.pandaboard.org/index.php/view/4026588
[18:12] <tmax> rsalveti ?
[18:13] <tmax> are u there ?
[18:25] <tmax> anyone ??
[19:28] <tmax> somebody online ?