uboot hangs?

[Nick Guenther]

On 10/23/07, Ian Darwin <ian at darwinsys.com> wrote:
> Nick Guenther wrote:
> > When I first got my neo it booted fine (well, besides lacking a
> > rootfs). Now, however, if I just turn it on (holding just [POWER]) it
> > hangs immediately at the first splash screen (before loading the
> > kernel). The strange thing, though, is that if I hold [AUX]+[POWER]
> > and then select "Boot" at the uboot menu it boots fine, and also if it
> > happens to be plugged in via USB at the time it boots fine.
> >
> > The software on the device right now is:
> > u-boot-gta01bv4-1.2.0+git20070917+svnr2943-r0.bin
> > Has anyone else experienced this? Tips on where to look?
>
> Hmm, mine does that too. Can you please file a bugzilla report on this
> behavior, if it's not already listed?
>

oh, that's a good tip: I should always search bugzilla first. Why? The
second (of two) results for "boot hang":
http://bugzilla.openmoko.org/cgi-bin/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=887

It's a regression introduced "sometime after the august snapshot".

Do you think it's worth it to go back to the old uboot, or just wait
for this one to be fixed?

> Glad you got further with your SIM.

Thanks :)

-Nick