[Testing] F11-for-XO1.5 Release 10.1.1 Release Candidate 2

[Paul Fox]

bert wrote:
 > 
 > On 14.06.2010, at 03:47, James Cameron wrote:
 > 
 > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 05:32:12PM +0200, Bert Freudenberg wrote:
 > >> Installed on my 1.5 after updating the firmware to q3a39.
 > >> Typing "boot" in OFW right after "fs-update" froze the machine.
 > > 
 > > Unpredictable behaviour is known to occur if you try to "boot" after
 > > fs-update, you should use "bye".
 > 
 > Ah, okay. But that shouldn't have done permanent damage, right? Should I 
 > reflash?
 > 
 > >> Powered off (long-press on power button) and booted. Let it sit idle
 > >> for a while in the first-time Sugar screen (name dialog) -> machine
 > >> froze.
 > > 
 > > It should idle suspend.  It should not freeze.
 > 
 > It does idle suspend. When the LED starts blinking and I touch the pad it wakes 
 > up fine. Just when I come back after some time of idling, it doesn't wake up 
 > anymore. The freeze happens sometimes with the screen still lit, sometimes 
 > after it turned off.
 > 
 > >> However, after letting the machine sit idle for a while (even just
 > >> after booting, still in the Sugar home screen), the whole machine
 > >> froze. Power LED was still on. Had to power-cycle. Does not happen all
 > >> the time, but twice already. Maybe it's my machine (one of the first
 > >> C-test ones)?
 > > 
 > > Sounds bad.  Do you have a serial port attached?  I ask because I
 > > suspect a kernel panic and a serial port is a practical way to obtain
 > > more problem data.
 > 
 > No, I don't have one.

the next best thing to having a serial port is to edit
/etc/rsyslog.conf, and change the destination of all the logs from
/var/log to somewhere nonvolatile, like /home/olpc/log (be sure
to create the directory).  then either reboot, or "killall -HUP
rsyslogd" to make the config change take effect.  this might give
some information on what was going on before the hang.

paul



 > 
 > > Might also be worth running memtest from OFW as well, just to exclude
 > > certain other causes.
 > 
 > Ran memtest (from 30m up as Richard suggested), passed, no errors.
 > 
 > I also took out the battery to make sure everything is reset. Still freezes 
 > when I let it sit long enough.
 > 
 > - Bert -
 > 
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