habibie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > This > post > shows how to configure and use kexec on a > steam.link system. I don't really know much of > this and what it can do. However, I hope someone > here will be able to make use of it. I know this one, this document exists for quite a time now. It is a way how to reuse the Steam Lby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
welcome back, I understand it beeing our favourite small linux box, but for that money I think I would buy something like this: HP T5740 Having many more inetrfaces and such... I don't think power consumption is much higher either.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
It's great to see that someone is still working on this box. There are many idling, would be nice if we could eventually crack them. Thanks for posting. cmplx Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > i dumped the filesystem recently and found the > memory map of the nand which is as follows: > > console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mtdblock5 > rootby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
I've opened my first steam link, there is actually alot of room inside to fit a serial to usb adapter. The CP2102 boards with micro USB are going to arrive in a few days for me to soder.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
Very happy to hear that you are now working on the steam link.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
There are so many clones like this one with the CH340 for USB to Serial connection. The original one uses ATmega16U2 for this. The CH340 is said to be less stable, and sometimes cause some glitches.. probably not very often, rather very rare. Another difference is that the original R3 uses DIP format Atmega328 for the main chip which can be replaced by prying/pulling off the microcontroller. Youby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
Vap0r Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Playing a bit with the serial console, looking > into where this customer key is stored, seems like > it's going to be part of the key to unlocking > Uboot. > > Customer key found, loading customer key... > Loading Secure Customer Key Store is finished > Loading Secure Customer Key Storeby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AngryCoder, > > > Any chance you will ever take a look inside the > > steam link anytime soon? If you don't plan to, > I > > might as well get rid of the 5 steam links I > > stocked up. > > As usual, I don't really know when I will start > looking at a new box.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
habibie Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AngryCoder Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Any chance you will ever take a look inside the > steam link anytime soon? If you don't plan to, I > might as well get rid of the 5 steam links I > stocked up. > > > It certainly will be nice if we canby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AngryCoder Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Hello, has the "development" for the steamlink > > halted for now? If not, is there anything I can > > help with? > > Sorry I have been busy with other boxes so had not > had time to open this boby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
Still, low prices are not the reason to buy Steam Link, most of us wouldn't even use how it meant to be used. Install debian and use it for different purposes is the goalby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AngryCoder Wrote: > ------------------------------------------------------- > > Hello, has the "development" for the steamlink > > halted for now? If not, is there anything I can > > help with? > > Sorry I have been busy with other boxes so had not > had time to open this boby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
Not this particularly one, but I tried micropython on an ESP8266 board.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
Hello, has the "development" for the steamlink halted for now? If not, is there anything I can help with?by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
daviddyer Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > I used to use these things too. Since last year, I > just use RPi Zero / minicom / kwboot . Just > connect the box serial port to RPi zero's serial > port directly, then run minicom or kwboot. RPi > Zero was 99 cents 2 years ago for some time? RPi Zero for 99ct? Never heard of such an offer,by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
As soon as we know for sure, that we can have serial console access and use it to repurpose the steam link I will order a hand full of those cheap serial to USB converter with CP2102 chips from China. Those boards are small and about $1.20 each, so I don't have to think twice about fitting them permanently inside the case with the microUSB port waiting. https://www.ebay.com/itm/Replace-Fby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
I'm in the process of moving apartments and have my soldering stuff already packed up and sealed. I would rather not take them out again before moving. Otherwise I would be happy to solder some wires on and see if the console pins work. I could do it in... let's say, about 3 weeks, or a month :(by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
I don't think bodhi has a steam link, otherwise he wouldn't have asked me for the output of all those commands. Or did I miss something?by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
alwex Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > TP50 - RX > TP51 - TX > (look for these pins near edge of the board > between two USB ports) > > GND pad are near any mounting hole. TP175 also > should be ground but I wasn't able to solder to it > :) that's great news, how did you identify them?by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
as far as I understand (which is very vage and even possibly wrong), you could flash stuff, but the bootloader will only boot a kernel that is signed by Valve. To change that behaviour, we need to swap that out-of-the-box bootloader with a customized u-boot which can load any kernel we want. And for that we need the physical serial console pin. That "thing" we ssh into won't do.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
So we need someone who can probe those 4 pins to see if they are indeed serial console pins. If we are lucky and they are, we don't need to look for other documentation, right? I Could crack mine open but I don't have the tools (like logic analyzer) nor the knowledge to test those pins.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
With so many steam links sold for cheap and probably lying around I am surprised that there are only a few people (not referring to this community) online trying to install a mainstream distro on this box. But maybe many people tried and find that the apparently lack of a serial port is too big of an obstacle to invest more time. The "pogoplug-hype" years ago was probably due to the easby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > AngryCoder, > > Thanks! you did provide almost as much as I > expected. > > However, dmesg showed a lot of NAND errors and the > beginning of the sys log was gone, i.e rolled off > (this kernel log buffer must have been set to a > quite small size). Also I was looking for some > clueby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > Please post each of the commands and its output in > separate code tags > > > uname -a > cat /proc/mtd > cat /etc/fw_env.config > fw_printenv > cat /proc/cmdline > cat /proc/cpuinfo > ls -lart /boot > df -h > mount > no time to look at the outputs yet or was I tooby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
I think captcha is a good solution, I can't see why it would be harsh. It costs me, depending on the kind of captcha, like 2-10 second to solve. It doesn't annoy me or keep me from posting in anyway, if that's what you mean.by AngryCoder - Off-Topic
I did some digging and found some interesting sources. Here someone got another kernel running with kexec: https://www.reddit.com/r/Steam_Link/comments/7ixxb2/boot_own_kernel_on_steam_link_kexec/ Too bad the one that started it and seems to be knowing what has to be done isn't intrested in investing more time. and at the end of that thread, someone linked to a working Archlinux on usbby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
ok, here it comes: # dmesg [ 6.264101] nand page 00000130 direct map buf d1856500 error, try bounce buffer [ 6.264475] nand page 00000131 direct map buf d1856500 error, try bounce buffer [ 6.264846] nand page 00000132 direct map buf d1856500 error, try bounce buffer [ 6.265203] nand page 00000133 direct map buf d1856500 error, try bounce buffer [ 6.265560] nand pageby AngryCoder - Off-Topic
bodhi Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > feas, > > Cool! please post dmesg output. I finally came around to do this, hope this helps. freshly unboxed, nothing else done with the steam link yet beside putting in the wifi password. Tell me if you want me to execute or try anything else. However you have to give me the exact commands as I am not good wby AngryCoder - Off-Topic