Bodhi, Chessplayer: I have hooked up the serial port and fixed the problem. I then tried chessplayer's suggestion of add the dropbear line. It also works. Thank you both for comments and suggestions. I don't do much much experience of flashing uBoot. If I flash the uBoot as Bodhi outlined, but made a mistake and cannot boot into linux anymore, can I still access it from the serialby twinclouds - Debian
Hi, Budhi: I received this Pogoplug mobile today. I registered on line and enabled ssh. Then I have a couple of issues. Nothing is serious but I would appreciate if you can shed some lights for me. First, it appears the wireless link is not enabled. What should I do to enable it? Secondly, since I have not intention to install Arch linux to it, I disabled the online update after I establisby twinclouds - Debian
Bodhi: Thank you for your quick response!by twinclouds - Debian
Bodhi: While I am still waiting for device to arrive, I read yours and others' posts a little more. UART booting is pretty interesting, I will certainly try that out. As for flashing uBoot using the Pogo Native OS, can you tell me a little more detail about how to install to install fw_env tools and NAND tools? Thanks in advance, as always.by twinclouds - Debian
Bodhi: Thanks. Now I understand what you suggested to do. Thank you for your detailed explaination. I will let you know the result once I received the unit and tried it out. Thanks again!by twinclouds - Debian
Hi, Budhi, Thank you for reply my post and for putting this guidance together. As I said, I haven't touch this type of devices for some time, I have a few questions. Sorry if this shows I am uninitialted but this is the way is. Appreciate you can help me to start faster. (1) The main question is which environment you are operated in. In dockstar days, I use Putty to log into the dockstby twinclouds - Debian
My Dockstars have been working great for a long time as web and Asterisk servers. As a result, I haven't touch it for a long time. Recently, I noticed the pogoplug mobile wireless is on sale for about $15. Thought it might be good for applications need build-in wify. Is there any good and verified description of how to change the uboot and install debian on such a device? Sorry for my iby twinclouds - Debian
I tried using asterisk 1.8.3 for incoming call (fax). It appear works fine. Is the reliability still an issue for incoming call nowadays?by twinclouds - Debian
I don't use it for calling in so I don't know if it works for 1.8.13.0 or not. For 1.8.13.0, you don't need to do the PROC setting any more. You can check if gtalk is loaded or not by doing "module show" in the CLI prompt.by twinclouds - Debian
It is well known that gtalk incoming call is not very reliable for Asterisk. People suggest to use FreeSwitch but I never try it. I use gtalk for out calling anyway. I installed Asterisk 13.0 recently and everything works fine. Have you installed libiksemel-dev and included chan_gtalk in the modules.conf?by twinclouds - Debian
I think it is better to ask for help in the plugpbx forum.by twinclouds - Debian
http://forums.plugpbx.org/index.php/topic,110.0.htmlby twinclouds - Debian
I have modified the original post to reflect the changes in asterisk 1.8. I compiled 1.8.9.2 without patchs. The only change still needed is PROC=arm. I compiled it successfully with no problem at all.by twinclouds - Debian
Absolutely, you will need all of the other default modules besides what I mentioned in the how to. Sorry if I didn't state clear enough.by twinclouds - Debian
@lewy1, funtoy1001: I haven't tried it for a long time so I even didn't know there's no need to modify utils.c anymore. Thanks for pointing out. Many of the packages in the dependency may not be needed. Besides apache, there're probably more. I just put a sufficient set, not necessary set. If you can put of a minumal necesary set. It will be great. I will try to recompby twinclouds - Debian
DJDavid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I type commands > flash_erase /dev/mtd0 0 4 > nandwrite /dev/mtd0 uboot.mtd0.kwb > and since it starts up and turns over > is there a way to recover the DockStar? > food works because the hard drive spins > thank you I am not sure I understand what you did. Where did you typed "flash_eby twinclouds - Debian
DJDavid Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Hello > Now here is my problem do I start the TFTP > ...... > Bytes transferred = 1978608 (1e30f0 hex) > Marvell>> nand write.e 0x800000 0x100000 0x1e30f0 > > NAND write: device 0 offset 0x100000, size > 0x1e30f0 > Attempt to write non page aligned data > 1978608 bytes writtby twinclouds - Debian
Most likely, you only need to get a serial link. It is much easier and cheaper (<5 USD) than J-TAG.by twinclouds - Debian
Back it up and restore it onto a larger USB stick. I do that all the time. You can use tar in linux. For windows, I use Acronis True Image 2010. Actually, this is what I mainly use. As a by product, you will have a backup copy and will be useful just in case.by twinclouds - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > @Vlad, > You can get the Pogoplug Mobile for about 50 USD. Can Pogoplug Mobile directly take Jeff's Debian installation?by twinclouds - Debian
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > twinclouds Wrote: > -------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > @Vlad: > > Sorry for my ignorance but why Dockstar is > running > > a "crippled Linux"? Can you explain? > > @Twinclouds, I don't think Vlad meant the > Dockstar. It's theby twinclouds - Debian
m_r_nadh Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Does anybody has the links to Dockstar latest > original firmware? Can you post links and steps to > restore it to its original state? > > Thanks This one should have everything you need: http://archlinuxarm.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=30&t=1323 You should make sure your Dockstar has the originalby twinclouds - Debian
@Vlad: Sorry for my ignorance but why Dockstar is running a "crippled Linux"? Can you explain?by twinclouds - Debian
Thank you for your compliment. I think I had made some contributions in the asterisk 1.8 area. For freepbx, all credit should go to others.by twinclouds - Debian
Actually, it doesn't. If the uboot is detected to be the most recent one, the script will not reinstall uboot.by twinclouds - Debian
I used the serial connection with CA-42. Use envprint to see what is the currently setting and setenv and saveenv to modify and save.by twinclouds - Debian
What are you guys talking about? Are you thinking about M$ Windows? :-)by twinclouds - Debian
davygravy Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > any chance this ext2 vs ext3 issue is caused > by/due to a setting for rootfstype in uBoot? > > (I had the identical behavior on my units until I > removed that setting... you can simply change it > from ext2 to ext3, but I find that much more > restrictive) Hi, davygravy: Indeed this is theby twinclouds - Debian
Hi, bodhi: I have already installed ArchLinux and also successfully running Debian using either Varkey's rootfs and the Squeezeplug one. Both works fine. I like the Squeezeplug image better because it has webmin and swap function installed. But both work fine. As for ext2 and ext3 partition types, I verified only ext3 works. I even tried to disable the journal function of a working extby twinclouds - Debian
bodhi: Thanks for your clarification. Now I have the question that if the first step of install Archlinux is necessary at all? Can I simply burn the Varkey rootfs to a drive then plug it in? Edit: I tried to put Varkey's rootfs on an ext2 partion but it cannot boot (the lights always flashing). I am not sure why. I even edited the fstab from ext3 to ext2 but still couldn't makeby twinclouds - Debian