Network over USB flaky ? - Re: Booting OM 2008.08 from SD - Re: Openmoko Om 2008.8 Release

[Olivier Berger]

Jay Vaughan <jayv at synth.net> writes:

>>
>> I guess it's pretty flaky :( But still I see some (slow) progress ;)
>>
>
> It really could be related to the USB ports on your PC .. if for some  
> reason your PC is not happy with the power-state changes demanded by  
> the Freerunner, then it will reset the USB hard layer, and this has  
> the effect that your internal USB GUID changes, confusing the usb- 
> ethernet driver, and thus giving you inconsistent services.  If its at  
> all possible, try running some sort of USB diagnostic app on your PC  
> while this is all going on or check your log files for USB-related  
> messages in the meantime ..
>

I don't believe so, as I've not had these issues with 2007.7, but it
would be running from flash, whereas I have the problems with 2008.8
running from SD... maybe that's why ?

Thanks anyway.

Best regards,
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Olivier BERGER 
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