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On 10/22/2012 08:05 AM, Sam Muirhead wrote:
<blockquote cite="mid:50853694.70403@yearofopensource.net"
type="cite">I'm a new user of the Open Phoenux, and I'm struggling
to get things working, and I've got a few questions - the first
one is should I be writing this here, or in the Community
Nachrichtensammlung, or on a forum?
<br>
<br>
I received my GTA04 last week and wanted to install QtMoko.
Initially the device turned on and booted LXDE quite happily, but
since trying to install QtMoko I haven't been able to charge the
battery or turn the device on. I read in a previous thread that if
it doesn't boot, then it doesn't charge, which is what I assume is
happening.
<br>
Bear in mind that I'm not particularly experienced with this kind
of thing, so don't assume I've done the basics right, there are
all sorts of areas where I could have gone wrong so I'll just go
through what I tried:
<br>
<br>
I formatted a 16GB microSD card (255 heads, 63 sectors, 1936
cylinders) with 4 partitions:
<br>
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id
System
<br>
/dev/sdb1 * 2048 112453 55203 c
W95 FAT32 (LBA)
<br>
/dev/sdb2 112454 2216968 1052257+ 83 Linux
<br>
/dev/sdb3 2217984 10409983 4096000 b W95 FAT32
<br>
/dev/sdb4 10409984 31115263 10352640 82 Linux swap
/ Solaris
<br>
<br>
I downloaded qtmoko-fat-v48.tar.gz
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/qtmoko-fat-v48.tar.gz/download"><http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/qtmoko-fat-v48.tar.gz/download></a>
from sourceforge, and copied the MLO to partition 1, then the rest
of the folder.
<br>
/media/5011-404B/gta04-init
<br>
/media/5011-404B/boot.scr
<br>
/media/5011-404B/bootargs.scr
<br>
/media/5011-404B/menu.rgb16z
<br>
/media/5011-404B/MLO
<br>
/media/5011-404B/splash.rgb16z
<br>
/media/5011-404B/u-boot.bin
<br>
/media/5011-404B/uImage
<br>
/media/5011-404B/user.scr
<br>
/media/5011-404B/x-load.flash
<br>
<br>
I extracted qtmoko-debian-gta04-v48.tar.gz
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/qtmoko-debian-gta04-v48.tar.gz/download"><http://sourceforge.net/projects/qtmoko/files/GTA04/qtmoko-debian-gta04-v48.tar.gz/download></a>
to the 2nd (Linux) partition:
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/bin
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/boot
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/dev
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/distros
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/etc
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/home
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/lib
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/lost+found
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/media
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/mnt
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/opt
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/proc
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/root
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/sbin
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/selinux
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/srv
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/sys
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/tmp
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/usr
<br>
/media/94a3c4b5-d522-4d48-abda-4f591bc068b2/var
<br>
<br>
I then inserted the SD card and tried to boot the GTA04. (not
plugged into USB)
<br>
The gta04 init bootloader screen appeared, and I tried to select
the SD card, but nothing happened. no response, no sound, no
visible change.
<br>
I waited for one minute or so, then tried selecting NAND, just to
see if it would do anything - still no change.
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote cite="mid:50853694.70403@yearofopensource.net"
type="cite">I removed the battery, removed the SD card, replaced
the battery and tried to just boot to lxde again.
<br>
It didn't boot, there was no light from the power button, no other
signs of life.
<br>
<br>
-It was around this point that I read something saying the battery
should be fully charged when installing an OS - I don't know how
much charge was on the battery when I started, but it took me a
long time organising the SD card so it may have been low by the
time I tried to boot it.
<br>
<br>
Previously when plugged in via USB I at least had a notification
that a wired network was active, but now there is no sign of a USB
device being plugged in (at least I don't think there is). I'm
running ubuntu 12.04 on a Macbook Pro:
<br>
lsusb:
<br>
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
<br>
Bus 002 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0002 Linux Foundation 2.0 root hub
<br>
Bus 003 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
<br>
Bus 004 Device 001: ID 1d6b:0001 Linux Foundation 1.1 root hub
<br>
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 05ac:8507 Apple, Inc. Built-in iSight
<br>
Bus 004 Device 002: ID 0a5c:4500 Broadcom Corp. BCM2046B1 USB 2.0
Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth)
<br>
Bus 003 Device 002: ID 05ac:8242 Apple, Inc. IR Receiver
[built-in]
<br>
Bus 003 Device 003: ID 05ac:0236 Apple, Inc. Internal
Keyboard/Trackpad (ANSI)
<br>
Bus 004 Device 004: ID 05ac:8213 Apple, Inc.
<br>
<br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote cite="mid:50853694.70403@yearofopensource.net"
type="cite">So am I right in saying that I have a flat battery
that won't charge?
<br>
</blockquote>
Possibly, try leaving the phone on the charger for a couple hours.
Check on it occasionally as if the battery is dead, it will
trickle-charge until there is enough power to boot. <br>
<blockquote cite="mid:50853694.70403@yearofopensource.net"
type="cite">Or have I missed something important along the way?
<br>
Any suggestions for the next step I should try, or is there any
further information I should supply?
<br>
kind regards,
<br>
Sam
<br>
<br>
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