[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] flashing the device with suse linux - solved: With SuSe 10.0 no problems.

[From: Frank W. Kooistra]

On Sunday 18 June 2006 20:42, Mario Ivankovits wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I had some problems flashing the device using suse linux
>
> After "Suitable USB device not found, waiting" nothing happened.
>
> After stracing/string the flasher bin I solved it by setting the
> environment variable USB_DEVFS_PATH
>
> So:
>
> # export USB_DEVFS_PATH=/dev/bus/usb
> # ./flasher-2.0 -F BETA..etc...bin -f -R
>
> did the trick.
>
> Maybe someone find it worth to add it to the documentation?
Hi Mario 
which version Suse did you use ? 

I just flashed with SuSe 10.0 without any problem. SuSe 10.0 ( kernel 
2.6.13-15.10-default) all update only standard, via suggestion from YOU - the 
Suse update procedure 
I do not have the Variable USB_DEFS_PATH set. ( The windows is still open)
I was setting up a debian machine: to be sure that i have no problems. Than i 
saw the flasher -i option: and thought if that gives proper info, than i will 
give it a try. 

I distilled the following procedure meamo.org and the mailing list 
I created a separate directory  and downloaded the .bin file with the data and 
flasher-2.0
ctrl-alt-f1 ( Go from KDE to a gui- less shell)
login as root 
cd proper directory 
Make flasher executable (chmod 700)
Switch of 770 
plug in usb cable 
./flasher-20 -F file.bin -f -R
contents of .bin archive is shown 
waiting for device 
Plug in charger 
and the 770 is flashed .. 



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your variable is not set 
I checked : and there is no difference if an xterm is used 


Kind regards  
Frank 
 

 

  

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Frank W. Kooistra 
770 + 64MiB rs-MMC    48MiB swapfile 
770 + 1 GiB MMCmobile 64MiB swapfile
OS 2006 edition Mistral 
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