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Re: OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 27 days ago
IIRC Maxim IC has some sort of offer where they'll send you a limited grab bag of sensors I got enough sensors to play with for free. The usb adaptor can be had for $10 or so if you watch ebay.by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 4 weeks ago
OK, this is pretty much finished now. A lot closer to working out of the box. The rootfs.tar tarball is for a USB pendrive. Once booted, that rootfs is a working OWFSplug system, but also it has the img files for flashing it to NAND. AFAIK, the only adjustments needed would be to set up the device IDs of the 1-Wire sensors, change (if necessary) the motion-usbcamera-modules in /etc ... ?by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: Boot your Dockstar by TFTP/NFS - 4 weeks ago
Very nice! I don't know if I'll ever use this myself, but you did a nice job of specifying details, documenting the scripts/code. Its always nice to see (yet another!) a reminder of the cool things one can do w/ code, some experimentation and some perseverance.by davygravy - uBoot
Re: OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 5 weeks ago
Something to note... the tarball I posted is USB rootfs only... I'm doing some final touches now on what I've got in git, and if it boots and functions correctly, I'll build UBIFS and kernel bins for flashing.by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 5 weeks ago
kk, bitz. I've uploaded an old tarball here: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/1015928/Kirkwood/OWFSplug/OWFSplug-rootfs.tar ... mind you, this may be "roughly hewn" but should be bootable on a USB stick. I'm currently tidying up my git repo, adding in some needed items and culling out the cruft... https://github.com/davygravy/owfsplug The README shows the basics....by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 6 weeks ago
@bitz: I will try to post a tarball ASAP. Be aware that what I post would be bootable, but would need some editting to set up things like where you want to stop the images, how you'd want to process them with the embedded ffmpeg (which is built into the image).by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 6 weeks ago
I finally got around to committing this to git, and now hosted on github.com https://github.com/davygravy/owfsplugby davygravy - Rescue System
Re: OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 3 months ago
right now I'm putting some extra stuff in for time-lapse recording ... ffmpeg has been notoriously API-unstable over the years, and so motion has stuck w/ an older version of ffmpeg (as a build requirement) that will no longer builld on Buildroot, so I've found an indirect way around that - and included the most recent h.264 underpinnings that produce a high quality timelapse movie. Will post tby davygravy - Rescue System
Re: Zyxel NSA320 : basic support for Debian installation - 4 months ago
Yes, absolutely. You'll have to adjust the bootcommand and parameters so it knows to look for both the kernel and the rootfs on a particular drive. For sanity's sake, make sure you have a copy of your current booting commands and parameters before you tinker w/ changes.by davygravy - Debian
OWFSPlug : 1-Wire File System + Motion Detection Software in a NAND Package - 4 months ago
Its taken me a week or so, but I've nearly got it completed... all in NAND flash... all built with Buildroot... 1-Wire File System : Also known as OWFS, it allows one to seamlessly attach and monitor Dallas/Maxim sensors and instruments, such as temperature, humidity, count/quantity, air pressure, windspeed, etc. One can also write it to an LCD. Temploggerd : A simple daemon that polls OWFS dby davygravy - Rescue System
Re: running motion on dockstar (security camera) [out of topic ... please moderate] - 4 months ago
No problem... I run motion as well on a Pogoplug V2 under Debian Squeeze... for my weather station... works fine.by davygravy - Debian
Re: Does any version of uboot support EFI and GPT? - 5 months ago
Submitted... http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2012-December/142020.html Let's see what they say...by davygravy - uBoot
Re: MacPlug & SMBPLug : Mac/AFPD or Windows/SMB + Print services in a flash/NAND image - 5 months ago
I'm thinking that space was _really_ limited, ie. that the needed modules and nfs support binaries wouldn't fit in SMBPlug ... (IIRC). The binaries for NFS are in MacPlug, but by default they aren't running. IIRC, there is a startup script for them in /etc/init.d/ that would need to be activated.by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: Does any version of uboot support EFI and GPT? - 5 months ago
That's distressing to see. I find it difficult to believe that they'd have let stand so substantial a problem. Have you considered emailing the uboot mailing list for confirmation of this problem ?by davygravy - uBoot
Re: Does any version of uboot support EFI and GPT? - 5 months ago
WarheadsSE Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please stop saying "EFI and GPT". GPT is a > parition scheme, EFI is 'Extensible Firmware > Interface' and not related, as these devices are > NOT x86. > > You will need a GPT Hybrid. Period. Unless I am > mistaken, uboot itself does not have GPT support > at this time. Ehhby davygravy - uBoot
Re: Newer uBoot as workaround to 3.2 kernel problem? - 5 months ago
Replying to my own previous post here, and to Handy1 who PMed me regarding this... I will re-research the issue of GPT and 64bit support. IIRC, it requires at least two settings changed on the config.h file... CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION (which may be a misnomer - perhaps GPT would be a better name for it) and CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA . Once I roll some trial uboot images, and test that they willby davygravy - uBoot
Re: MacPlug & SMBPLug : Mac/AFPD or Windows/SMB + Print services in a flash/NAND image - 5 months ago
Still no idea RE luks or cryptsetup... The email stuff included is sufficient to send email to say gmail... I've tried it myself... a short tutorial or example wouldn't be that tough... OK Putting a disk to sleep may be possible via sdparm - which I included, but haven't tried w/ a harddisk.by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: Ping OK - SSH Connection Refused -Rehash'd - 6 months ago
Yes, that should work.by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: MacPlug & SMBPLug : Mac/AFPD or Windows/SMB + Print services in a flash/NAND image - 6 months ago
This is a static setup - there is no intent for adding more packages/binaries. As far as luks and cryptsetup, are they in Buildroot's recipe/package repository? If not, perhaps you could add them in... how large are the binaries? Do they compile under uClibc?by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: Rescue V3.0 : A work in progress ... wanna help? - 6 months ago
Thank you for the feedback - much appreciated.by davygravy - Rescue System
Re: debootstrap deleted :-( help - 6 months ago
Try this: read my signature... below... look in the links for a bootable USB image. Download that and cp the file(s) you need. Just an idea.by davygravy - uBoot
Re: Newer uBoot as workaround to 3.2 kernel problem? - 6 months ago
TBH, I'm currently involved w/ a possible new job/position shift, as well as several other responsibilities... I can't put any more time into it right now...by davygravy - uBoot
Re: Got xfs allocation error in dmesg XFS_WANT_CORRUPTED_RETURN - 6 months ago
Was this 3TB partition properly created w/ some GPT-aware utility?by davygravy - Debian
Re: GoFlex Home uboot update/mac address problem - 6 months ago
The GoFlex units are hard to completely bork/brick/bone. Hard, but not impossible, I guess. That being said, I've never bricked one - I've always been able to recover by JTAG or easier yet, by kwboot tool. Yes, now is the time to get a tried and true serial cable and hook it up. I don't know where the pinout diagram is, nor do I know where the links for the best serial connectors... Iby davygravy - uBoot
Re: Rescue V2.8 : many enhancements + full kernel support for GoFlexNet/Home, Zyxel NSA3x0 and many others - 6 months ago
I have rerolled it as 2.8.2 and reissued it w/ the Pogo E02 enabled, as I had supposed/believed it was. Thanks for your attention to detail and patience. MacPro:~ davygravy$ ssh root@192.168.X.X Doozan Forum Kirkwood/*Plug* Recovery System V2.8.2 : Oct 29 2012 root@192.168.11.188's password: rescue:~# dmesg | grep Machine [ 0.000000] Machine: Pogoplug E02 rescby davygravy - Rescue System
Re: Rescue V2.8 : many enhancements + full kernel support for GoFlexNet/Home, Zyxel NSA3x0 and many others - 6 months ago
Yes, I've found the problem. The UBoot that I uploaded for Jeff to distribute to the community is a completely functional/tested/working kwb image - save for one detail : the arcNumber setup is not correctly implemented (this is my oversight, not Jeff's). I have a newer one that does correctly implement it here : https://dl.dropbox.com/u/1015928/Kirkwood/uboot/newer-uboots-nonEFI_GPT-TEby davygravy - Rescue System
Re: Newer uBoot as workaround to 3.2 kernel problem? - 6 months ago
This looks like a very old kernel that doesn't have any support for the Dockstar. That appears to be the problem - perhaps the only one.by davygravy - uBoot
Re: GoFlex Home total brick - 6 months ago
Can you copy and paste exactly what you see on your console screen?by davygravy - uBoot
Re: GoFlex Home uboot update/mac address problem - 6 months ago
Did you have netconsole activated before? Do you have netconsole working now?by davygravy - uBoot