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2012-01-15
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#22
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Originally Posted by flocke000
I have patches for fanoush bootmenu, which will ignore configs with kernels (fanoush bootmenu does not support booting kernels...)
When I use your kernel images from the first post everything works fine, maybe I made a mistake before.
And would it be possible to use another dir for the config files?
Now if you have bootmenu installed along with u-boot you get the same menu items twice while booting.
And if you have the backupmenu entry in the dir the 'u-boot-update-bootmenu' command fails.
Config file must have only variables with ITEM_ prefix. It is same in fanoush bootmenu.
Should I add some shell checking if config file has only variables? It will decreate bootmenu speed... But I think it is not needed...
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2012-01-15
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#23
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Originally Posted by AndrewX192
WTF, what you are doing? Config file must have only ITEM_ variables assing as written in first post!!
I've installed the tools and flasher packages, as well as the sample images + configs, and I don't see them in my boot menu. Instead I am offered to boot from Internal Flash, eMMC, SD, etc.
Here is the output of the u-boot-update-bootmenu script:
After the script has finished running, my screen backlight turns up, and starting a new X-Terminal window fails with message:
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2012-01-15
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#24
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Yeah that's what happend on my device too.
Move the 'backupmenu.item' out of the /etc/bootmenu.d, run 'u-boot-update-bootmenu' and move it back.
Move the 'backupmenu.item' out of the /etc/bootmenu.d, run 'u-boot-update-bootmenu' and move it back.
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2012-01-15
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#25
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Originally Posted by pali
Unfortunately since some hours I have a N900 which no boot anymore (reboot loop) and I am trying to recover it without full reflash.
Try again, I updated u-boot-tools package
I have executed :
- dpkg -i u-boot-tools (installed but not configured)
- dpkg -i u-boot-flasher (install failed)
- cd / && tar -xf /home/user/u-boot-images.tar.gz
- u-boot-update-bootmenu
- dpkg -i kernel-power-modules_2.6.28-10power49+pre50_armel.deb (which has removed power kernel v49 modules)
- flashed manually new kernel
- rebooted
Then phone has never completed boot process.
Tried many kernels but at some point it always reboots with all kernels (stock and power v50).
Tried RD mode and Kernel with FB but no results
Fortunately multiboot menu is still operative and I can launch backupmenu and its ssh shell, the problem is to find out what is the problem that causes reboot
Last edited by Fabry; 2012-01-15 at 23:38.
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2012-01-15
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#26
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Originally Posted by pali
Absolutely agree with you. It;s already not noob-proof thing, so I think we can ommit things like this - everyone is responsible to check for typos/plain wrong content, before proceeding.
Should I add some shell checking if config file has only variables? It will decreate bootmenu speed... But I think it is not needed...
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2012-01-16
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#27
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Originally Posted by pali
Thanks! I'm not sure how that backupmenu.item file got in there.
WTF, what you are doing? Config file must have only ITEM_ variables assing as written in first post!!
For future thread readers, be sure to move backupmenu.item out of /etc/bootmenu.d/ before running u-boot-update-bootmenu.
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2012-01-16
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#28
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Originally Posted by Fabry
Ok some hours needed but now phone is alive again.
Unfortunately since some hours I have a N900 which no boot anymore (reboot loop) and I am trying to recover it without full reflash.
Then phone has never completed boot process.
Tried many kernels but at some point it always reboots with all kernels (stock and power v50).
Tried RD mode and Kernel with FB but no results
Fortunately multiboot menu is still operative and I can launch backupmenu and its ssh shell, the problem is to find out what is the problem that causes reboot
Stock kernel can't work anymore (reboot loop), probably because I have updated dsp libs with N9 version.
Kernel v49 did not work because modules directory was not present (as I known)
Kernel v50 did not work because multiboot had replaced it with v49 at each boot tried with manually flashed v50 kernel
Solution: Manually install modules directory for kernel v49
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2012-01-16
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#29
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Originally Posted by AndrewX192
I have this problem, but I don't have backupmenu item installed.
I've installed the tools and flasher packages, as well as the sample images + configs, and I don't see them in my boot menu. Instead I am offered to boot from Internal Flash, eMMC, SD, etc.
I updated to the newest tools and flasher, I don't get to see my menu.
How do I diagnose this? /home file system is ext4, if it's important.
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2012-01-16
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#30
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Originally Posted by Hurrian
These U-Boot menu entries "Internal Nand", "Internal eMMC", "External SD card" are hardcoded into U-Boot binary and used if bootmenu script not exist (as fallback).
I have this problem, but I don't have backupmenu item installed.
I updated to the newest tools and flasher, I don't get to see my menu.
How do I diagnose this? /home file system is ext4, if it's important.
U-Boot bootmenu script is stored in MyDocs in file bootmenu.scr. U-Boot it load from first partition from internal mmc. So if you changed MyDocs partition number, U-Boot bootmenu will not work. Other partition on internal mmc (home, swap) has no effect for U-Boot.
Also you need to properly generate bootmenu.scr file. This file is generated by u-boot-update-bootmenu program. Do not forget to run it. Bootmenu entires is generated only if this program not failed - It must write someting like "generating bootmenu file..."
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Here is the output of the u-boot-update-bootmenu script: