[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Apt-got my way into a reboot loop??

[From: Jason Mills]

I "bricked" my N770 temporarily this way over the weekend. What ends up
happening is one of the watchdog timers fails to fire on-time due to cpu load
(not sure what specific process was unhappy).

To fix it (without data loss):

* Use `flasher` to -enable- R&D mode
* Use `flasher` to -disable- the watchdog timers (IIRC I disabled two of
them)
* Allow the N770 to boot normally
* Bring up your 802.11b/g network
* Spawn an xterm window
* Gain root
* Complete the apt-get upgrade

Two packages relating to gnome vfs2.0 refuse to upgrade, everything else
seems to be happy.

I'd started with the IT 2006 released build, very few customizations.

One note... Opera seems to be a bit misbehaved after apt-get upgrade ... not
sure why yet, but it doesn't play well with Microsoft's "light" OWA interface
anymore.

-JMills
--
Jason Mills -- jmills at vmware.com
Portal Project Manager / Administrator
VMTN Turner of Knobs and Pusher of Buttons


> -----Original Message-----
> From: maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org 
> [mailto:maemo-developers-bounces at maemo.org] On Behalf Of 
> Michael Steinmetz
> Sent: Wednesday, July 19, 2006 9:34 AM
> To: maemo-dev List
> Subject: Re: [maemo-developers] Apt-got my way into a reboot loop??
> 
> Also sprach Thanos Panousis (pthanos at gmail.com):
> 
> > Various packages needed upgrading. Only to stop during mid-flight, 
> > cause the nokia decided to reboot. And from then on, constantly
> > rebooting.
> 
> I had exactly the same problem yesterday. (The same reflash, install
> only xterm and ssh, apt-get upgrade --> continuos reboot cycle.)
> 
> The first reboot happened when upgrading maemo-launcher. 
> Since my device
> was usable for a few seconds after starting X, I was able to rename
> /etc/init.d/minireboot. That way the Nokia stayed awake and was
> accessible via WLAN/ssh even after the screen went dead. But I didn't
> find the error...  
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> Michael
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