Thread: Endless rebooting by Application install / upgrade
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mwiktowy is offline mwiktowy
2008-01-20 , 19:48
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#6
Originally Posted by mjl View Post
I don't have Modest and don't use the RSS applet either, I suspect it's the rtcomm update or the osso-something-idle irc plugin, but that's just a guess.

So reflashing makes it happy again?

Dang, I won't come home for another two weeks and while there's no shortage of PCs, those micro-USB fubs are as rare as kiwis.
This sounds like the software watchdog resetting your tablet due to something critical crashing. There is a switch to turn off the watchdog using the flasher so you can maybe get to the desktop to attempt a repair. Unfortunately, it requires the same cable/process as you use to reflash your firmware. So if you don't have the cable handy, you are SOL.

/Mike