N800 - OS2008, browser causes reboots, ideas?
 

Some website, will CONSISTENLY crash my N800.
Notably, Maemo.org, and the Nokia tableteer site. The initial
page load will go about 1/2 way, then the CPU goes to 100%, stays there, and - boom, White Nokia screen. One otehr weird things,
last time accessing the Nokia tablette site, caused the screen to slowly fade to black, with steraking from left to right. Device was then hosed and needed battery pull to reboot..
Is OS2008 error handling really this dismal? No errors, just a cold boot?
Any ideas? Using a 1GB card inernal with 128MB extended VM, and a 2GBcard in the expternal slot.
Thanks
Harold

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

wow! I thought *I* was the only one with browser issues. I experienced reboots at the beginning because of the browser, but not recently... I've run into other problems. As a matter of fact, I'm prepping my N800 for a reflashing right now because I need to start from scratch to figure out what is causing these issues.

Sorry I'm not more help, but hey, at least misery loves company, right? :)

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

Did you restore from backup?

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

Nope... saw the threads on the issues that restore can cause. My next step might be to pull my SD cards, do a clear data, and reflash..

Only hassle there is setting stuff up again, but if it might help, well. I've got lots of time..

Cheers
Harold

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

I just got my N800 and seem to have problems also. I didnt have a backup just straight upgrade from 2007 to 2008. I just disabled the VM, which I had at 128MB.

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

Right, then it's a corrupt internal card. Reformat it and try again, HAC.

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

Thats not me.. Problem existed long before I even tried VM.
I'll still do a complete wipe/flash and see what happens.

Cheers
HArold

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

Cleared device, formatted cards, re-flashed - same issue...
The error handling on this device is abysmal!

No logging to speak of, no clues as to why the browser causes a cold boot.. Good thing I don't use it much as a surfing tool.

Cheers
Harold


EDIT!
more clues - with Internet radio playing, I was able to browse Maemo.org with out a crash, but after about 20 seconds, the N800 locked up to a black screen, no sound, no response, and needed a battery pull to reset.

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

->
bugs.maemo.org

This is critical.. and not acceptable.

My device is very stable for these website.
Do you see the memory consumption increase like crazy?

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

No... CPU goes to 100% and then the device locks..
Cheers
Harold

EDIT - I am trying various settings for "Wlan_sleep_timeout" on the assumption it could be a router/N800 compatibility issue, just in case.

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

I don't think that it will help. That issue is for when your browser doesn't want to browse and gets stuck saying "connecting..." with the yellow status bar moving back and forth but doesn't go anywhere. Your CPU should be at 30% during this time, at least that's what mine reads :mad:
Check out this thread and read all the way down the page for more on this issue:
http://www.internettablettalk.com/fo...ad.php?t=13902

I've gone ahead and added a new bug listing on the issue since wlan_sleep_timeout didn't help me much:

https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=2676

Someone already posted a possible fix, I'll have to try it out.

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

I have increased it to a value of 4000 and so far the browser has behaved with sites that previously choke. CPU now does not goe to 100% during the "connecting" display.
Nothing lese was changed, so, I'm wondering if I had a router/n800 conflict of sorts?

I'll keep on testing

Cheers
Harodl

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

Harold,
I'm going to try that out at '4000' and see what happens. I'm dying for a solid browser experience.
EDIT:
Tried it and it's still having the same problem..........:confused:

Re: N800 - OS2008, browser casues reboots, ideas?
 

This has happened to me, just once or twice. It's probably something minor. I haven't found anything consistent about it.