[maemo-developers] N900 USB Networking

[From: van Porten, Oliver]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomi Ollila [mailto:tomi.ollila at guru.guru-group.fi] 
> Sent: Thursday, March 18, 2010 5:27 PM
> To: Kimmo Hämäläinen
> Cc: van Porten, Oliver; maemo-developers at maemo.org
> Subject: Re: N900 USB Networking
> 
> On Thu 18 Mar 2010 07:13, Kimmo Hämäläinen 
> <kimmo.hamalainen at nokia.com> writes:
> 
> > On Wed, 2010-03-17 at 15:17 +0100, ext van Porten, Oliver wrote:
> >> Hi list,
> >>  
> >> I've tried following this guide to setup USB networking 
> with my Windows
> >> PC:
> >> http://wiki.maemo.org/N900_USB_networking#Windows_XP
> >> 
> >> Windows asked for a driver for the RNDIS gadget once and I 
> installed it.
> >> 
> >> I'm using the Mad-Developer Application to load g_ether. 
> When I do that,
> >> the N900 will reboot.
> >
> > You should use g_nokia instead of g_ether.
> 
> With g_nokia, usb networking does not work with Windows host 
> (nor with Mac OS Snow Leopard, only with Linux & Leopard or less).
> 
> Windows does not regognize the information g_nokia announces to it
> to be able to work as usb ethernet mode, only RNDIS works 
> with Windows.
> 
> But, that N900 reboots is an interesting problem; does not happen to
> us. I wrote a longer note in the talk thread... and now I must run...
> 

I just tried first loading g_ether and configuring usb via mad-developer 
which works. As soon as I plug-in the USB cable the mode selection will popup 
and some seconds afterwards (no matter what my action is) the device will 
reboot, showing sort of a usb icon in the top right corner.

Is there any way to grab logs or something from what's happening there?
I've installed 'Crash Reporter' and it seems to have logged something (but 
Was unable to send the report just now).
Can I access those somehow?

Oliver

> 
> > -Kimmo
> 
> Tomi
> 
> >
> >> At one point Windows seemed to re-recognize the device at 
> first but then
> >> again the N900 went for a reboot and Windows did not find 
> it any more.
> >> 
> >> Did anyone ever experience something like this? 
> >> Am I doing something wrong?
> >> 
> >> I tried google'ing for a solution but could not find one yet. 
> >> 
> >> Any hints appreciated.
> >> 
> >> Best,
> >> Oliver