shr - messages + wsod

[ivvmm]

ivvmm wrote:
> Pietro "m0nt0" Montorfano wrote:
>> Il giorno mar, 21/04/2009 alle 22.30 +0400, ivvmm ha scritto:
>>> Pietro Montorfano wrote:
>>>> just get back to the old 2.6.29-r2 kernel and then wsod
>>>> will go away.
>>> How can this be achieved? The WSOD is really getting on my nerves.
>> Quite simple but "dirty":
>> 1) download a tar.gz version of shr which was running and the uImage,
>> let's say the one built on 10th of april, before the big upgrade.
>> 2) get the /lib/modules/2.6.29-r2 dir out of the tar.gz
>> 3) copy it to your FR with scp, obviously it should be in /lib/modules
>> 4) run "depmod -ae" from your FR
>> 5a) if you are using the flash, use dfu-util to flash the kernel
>> 5b) if you are using the uSD, copy the uImage in the right place
>>
>> There are other ways like using opkg or something similar but, hey, this
>> is simple and it's working :D
>>
>> Bye!
>>
>> Pietro
>>
>>
> 
> Thank you for the solution. But why just SHR developers do not revert
> the kernel packages in testing and leave newer in unstable?
> 
> 

It seems that I've found the way to avoid WSOD. If is somehow connected
with the backlight of the display. If you live it at 100% the WSOD will
not happen.

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