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Re: Missing plymouth problem with 2.6.37

 

Hi!

For your information: I have no sandisc, got the plymouthd-error, installer
was lacking a bit (pointer freezes), but now mashine is working.

Jockel

2011/8/18 Oliver Grawert <ogra@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Hi,
> Am 18.08.2011 08:39 schrieb <al544@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>
> >
> >
> > I have been trying to follow the guide in
> http://people.canonical.com/~ogra/tegra/2.6.37/README, using
> http://people.canonical.com/~ogra/tegra/2.6.37/boot-installer-2.6.37-1-ac100.img,
>
> http://people.canonical.com/~ogra/tegra/2.6.37/ubuntu-natty-netbook-2.6.37-1-ac100-rootfs.tgzand the nvflash from
> http://scoopr.fi/dump/linux4tegra_10.9.3.tar.gz.
> >
> > I have had a couple of problems. The first is minor: the README suggests
> using the command
> >
> > sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash --bl ./fastboot.bin --read 6
> tegra_partition_6.bin --go
> >
> > when this should be sudo LD_LIBRARY_PATH=. ./nvflash --bl
> ./../prebuilt/fastboot.stock.bin --read 6 tegra_partition_6.bin --go
> The new guide un the ubuntu wiki will have that corrected,please note that
> all time i can invest into ac100 work currently goes into the oeiric images
> for cdimage.ubuntu.com
>
> >
> > The second is more serious: After putting the boot image on partition 6,
> and attaching a USB-drive with the rootfs.tgz (formatted in ext3), upon
> booting there is an error message about a missing /sbin/plymouthd and
> /bin/plymouth.
> >
> Thats just a harmless warning, ignore it.
>
> >
> > The installer continues after this, and allows me to choose location,
> keyboard layout, username and password. Soon after this, immediately after a
> message about "configuring keyboard", the installer crashed. I am left with
> a blank desktop, with only access the the possible wireless networks, the
> sound settings, and the shutdown menu. Clicking on shutdown brings up the
> shutdown dialogue, but does not shutdown the device. I cannot log on to the
> tty consoles (accessed via ctrl-alt-F2 etc) fails, as the username/password
> I have just chosen are not recognised. If I shutdown the device by holding
> the power button, and then restart, I get the same message about missing
> plymouth, and the device loops around trying to start up.
> >
> > I am using an ac100-10Z, and would be very grateful for suggestions. This
> seems to be a very similar problem to that in Charles-Michel Marle's post on
> the 22nd of July (https://lists.launchpad.net/ac100/msg00054.html), if
> that helps.
>
> For the ac100-10z (and the other models using a sandisk emmc that have
> theTRIM bug) installation to eMMC is currently not supported by the natty
> installer. You can install to usb or SD card though.
>
> ciao
>     oli
>
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