kwboot not working

I've used kwboot in the past but recently it won't access my serial port. cu works but kwboot doesn't.

Is there any alternative to kwboot that I can try?

Could the problem be due to my usb serial connector breaking in some way?

balanga Wrote:
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> I've used kwboot in the past but recently it won't
> access my serial port. cu works but kwboot
> doesn't.
>
> Is there any alternative to kwboot that I can try?
>
>
> Could the problem be due to my usb serial
> connector breaking in some way?

Didn't you have this problem before trying to use on a bsd system? Are did you find a bsd equivalent?

I did try building it on FreeBSD but never got it to work. My current problem is on Linux (Ubuntu) although I've also tried Arch Linux. I have had it working in the past but it doesn't work now. I'll try it on a different laptop in case there is something wrong with the USB port this time using Debian although I'm having problems trying access the serial device as /dev/ttyUSB0...

sudo apt install u-boot-tools

the number can change try 0-3 to see after unpluging and reinserting.

"sudo dmesg" should show you the usb is connected and which tty

i.e.

usb 2-1.2: new full-speed USB device number 21 using ehci-pci
usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=067b, idProduct=2303
usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=0

usb 2-1.2: Product: USB-Serial Controller
usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Prolific Technology Inc.
pl2303 2-1.2:1.0: pl2303 converter detected
usb 2-1.2: pl2303 converter now attached to ttyUSB0


while in the same directory otherwise include the path to the .kwb file.

kwboot -b u-boot.kwb -p -t -B 115200 /dev/ttyUSB0



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 11/04/2017 01:50PM by feas.

Many thanks for the "dmesg | greb usb". It shows my pl2303 converter is attached to ttyUSB0.

Unfortunately cu -l /dev/ttyUSB0 -s 115200 shows Connected but that's all.and kwboot doesn't connect either.

The GoFlexHome dock boots up and I can ssh into it but nothing is output via the serial connector so I guess the connector has broken or I've damaged the GoFlexHome dock. I've ordered a new connector so I'll see if that sorts things out.

cable tx is connected to board rx
and
cable rx is connected to board tx?