[maemo-developers] N800 Power cycles

[From: Eero Tamminen]

Hi,

ext Rainer Dorsch wrote:
> I run into the power cycles problem again (w/o having added the text2screen 
> output, but I will try that now). I observed two things:
> -> I had to remove the battery to get out of the power cycles loop
> -> after removing the battery and normal bootup (w/o power supply plugged) I 
> found in the /var/lib/dsme/stats/ files
> 
> Nokia-N800-23-14:/var/lib/dsme/stats#

You don't have the latest release?


  for f in *; do echo $f:; cat $f; done
> 32wd_to:
> 4
> lifeguard_restarts:
> /usr/bin/hildon-input-method  :  5
> /usr/sbin/ke-recv :  5
> /usr/sbin/multimediad  :  7
> /usr/bin/esd :  8
> /usr/bin/osso-media-server  :  3
> /usr/sbin/dsp_dld -p --disable-restart -c /lib/dsp/dsp_dld_avs.conf :  7 *
> /usr/bin/hildon-desktop  :  3
> /sbin/mce --force-syslog  : 1
> sw_rst:
> 4
> Nokia-N800-23-14:/var/lib/dsme/stats#
> 
> Does the * behind 
> 	/usr/sbin/dsp_dld -p --disable-restart -c /lib/dsp/dsp_dld_avs.conf :  7 *
> mean, that caused the last reboot?

Yes, I think so.


> What is /usr/sbin/dsp doing?

AFAIK dsp_dld loads the DSP programs to DSP.  That needs to be re-done
after the DSP is reseted (which gets done when there's some issue with
the DSP side).


> Does removing the battery change anything in this area?


	- Eero