[Gta04-owner] Goldelico Replicant 4.2 with Wifi

[Niels]

Lukas Maerdian <luk at slyon.de> writes:

> 2014-03-15 13:04 GMT+01:00 Niels <nift at maclisp.org>:
>>> I'm glad to announce a new Replicant 4.2 testing-release for the GTA04.
>>> The binary, single partition image for your GTA04 can be found here:
>>>   http://download.goldelico.com/gta04/replicant/4.2/20140313-WiFi-4.2/
>>>
>>> The big change since the last release, is that basic wifi support is
>>> now integrated. Which means you can scan for and connect to available
>>> networks via the UI (incl. getting an IP address via DHCP). This makes
>>> the device quite a bit more usable for testers, as you can now surf
>>> the web or manage your mails. Please note that the first time boot of
>>> this system will take a bit longer as usual, as some one-time tasks
>>> are executed.
>>
>> Hi, I tried downloading the makesd script from the above url. Ran the
>> script, put the sdcard in my gta04 and booted replicant. So far so
>> good.
>>
>> First thing I tried was to connect via wifi. But it did not work for
>> me. If I try to turn on wifi with the wifi slider button it will say
>> "on" for a while, but in a dark grey color (darker than the light grey
>> on the other sliders on off). After ~30 seconds it will switch to off
>> and stay dark gray. Tried with another sdcard, some reboots, and gave
>> up after a while.
>>
>> I've only used qtmoko on my gta04 before, but I can't get wifi working
>> there either. So maybe wifi is not working on my gta04. Is there a way
>> to test or debug it?
>
> If wifi isn't working in the other distirbutions either, it sounds
> like there is something wrong with you wifi hardware.

that is bad news :(

>> Also it reports 0% for the battery (which is the old gta02 battery)
>> and have no indication of charging or decharging when connected to the
>> original openmoko usb charger. (usb cable is recognised when
>> connected, but not for charging).
>
> That's strange, the battery indication should work. I had trouble when
> using an old gta02 battery, as there was some green coating on the
> middle pad, which disturbed the HDQ communication. Could you check the
> state of your battery pads?
> (http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/gta04-owner/2014-March/005431.html)

The battery pads looks fine and blank, and seems to work fine running
qtmoko:

root at neo:~# cat /sys/class/power_supply/bq27000-battery/uevent 
POWER_SUPPLY_NAME=bq27000-battery
POWER_SUPPLY_STATUS=Charging
POWER_SUPPLY_PRESENT=1
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Niels