On Thu, Feb 09, 2012 at 08:00:36PM +0000, David Given wrote: > On 09/02/12 19:31, Andrew M.A. Cater wrote: > [...] > > Thanks for all - and thank you for the tip about openocd. It turns out that > > the lead I'm using - which is better quality than the > > lead supplied - doesn't work very reliably on two of the machines I tried > > it on. On the laptop, it worked immediately and I was > > able to see that it was attempting to boot a kernel and hanging. Reset: > > interrupted U-Boot successfully, and am now attempting a > > reinstall. > > Incidentally, I've been having endless trouble with my SheevaPlug with > dodgy USB leads: sporadic USB errors on an external hard drive (which > would then cause the root file system to vanish. Very nasty), USB > console not showing up, the SheevaPlug spontaneously rebooting when > attaching or detaching the USB console... in all cases, replacing the > lead with a different one fixed the problem. >
I'm using a good quality camera lead and it worked very well finally allowing me to install well _once_ I could see the console :) > I hear a rumour that Marvell's USB chipset isn't terribly robust, and it > may well be more sensitive to sub-par USB leads than other hardware. > Whether it is or not I'd strongly recommend that anyone who's having > problems with their device try a different (more expensive) USB cable > and seeing what happens. > Good advice, thanks to all :) AndyC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-arm-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20120210202003.ga21...@galactic.demon.co.uk
