Help Please! Another Newbie Another Bricked SheevaPlug!

[nut]

I found this information http://www.weewx.com/docs/sheeva.htm

where the user got the same error message but was able to run runme.php in Ubuntu. I have installed Ubuntu and have tried the following in the terminal window:

sodu apt-get install php5-cli

this worked and I got php but I just could not run the runme.php file.

I tried :

php runme.php nand

sodu php runme.php nand

sodu -i

(then the above commands again)

I always get "you must be root to run this)



The answer is probably so simple but it is driving me mad I've spent hours reading and trying to understand how to get this sheevaplug installer to actually run in windows or Linux. Can someone please put me ou of my misery!?

Many thanks!!!!!!!

[NewIT_Marcus]

PHP has changed such that the method of checking the current user no longer works. You have to remove those checks from the php script.

[nut]

Thanks for that Marcus. I have now got a bit further!

The program runs as follows and appears to actually write to the Sheevaplug but then fails with the same error message even after it has been connected it says it cant connect!? I now have the blue light back on for whatever that it worth. I have tried unplugging the sheevaplug then plugging back in and running the script straight away. Is there anything eles I am missing given the script below?

Thanks!

root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntroot@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu/sheeva# php runme.php nand
PHP Notice:  Undefined index: OS in /home/ubuntu/sheeva/runme.php on line 7

 ****   exec(modprobe ftdi_sio vendor=0x9e88 product=0x9e8f)
 ****   Preparing environment variables file ...
reading uboot/uboot-env/uboot-dflt.txt
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv baudrate 115200
CRC read error on uboot-env.bin: Success
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv loads_echo 0
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ipaddr 10.4.50.165
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv serverip 10.4.50.5
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv rootpath /mnt/ARM_FS/
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv netmask 255.255.255.0
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv stdin serial
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv stdout serial
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv stderr serial
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv console console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=nand_mtd:0xc0000@0\(uboot\)ro,0x1ff00000@0x100000\(root\)
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mainlineLinux no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv CASset min
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaMonExt no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaCpuStream no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaWrAllo no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv pexMode RC
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv disL2Cache no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv setL2CacheWT yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv disL2Prefetch yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaICPref yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaDCPref yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv sata_dma_mode yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv MALLOC_len 1
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethprime egiga0
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv netbsd_en no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv vxworks_en no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_root root=/dev/nfs rw
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_end :::DB88FXX81:eth0:none
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv image_name uImage
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootcmd tftpboot 0x2000000 \$\(image_name\)\;setenv bootargs \$\(console\) \$\(bootargs_root\) nfsroot=\$\(serverip\):\$\(rootpath\) ip=\$\(ipaddr\):\$\(serverip\)\$\(bootargs_end\) \$\(mvNetConfig\) \$\(mvPhoneConfig\)\;  bootm 0x2000000\;
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv standalone fsload 0x2000000 \$\(image_name\)\;setenv bootargs \$\(console\) root=/dev/mtdblock0 rw ip=\$\(ipaddr\):\$\(serverip\)\$\(bootargs_end\) \$\(mvPhoneConfig\)\; bootm 0x2000000\;
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootdelay 3
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv disaMvPnp no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethaddr 00:50:43:4e:2a:14
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethmtu 1500
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mvPhoneConfig mv_phone_config=dev0:fxs,dev1:fxs
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mvNetConfig mv_net_config=\(00:11:88:0f:62:81,0:1:2:3\),mtu=1500
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv usb0Mode host
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv yuk_ethaddr 00:00:00:EE:51:81
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv nandEcc 1bit
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv netretry no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv rcvrip 169.254.100.100
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv loadaddr 0x02000000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv autoload no
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv enaAutoRecovery yes
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethact egiga0
reading uboot/uboot-env/uboot-nand-custom.txt
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_root ubi.mtd=1 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv mtdpartitions mtdparts=orion_nand:0x400000@0x100000\(uImage\),0x1fb00000@0x500000\(rootfs\)
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv ethaddr 00:50:43:01:c1:e6
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv real_bootcmd setenv bootargs \$\(bootargs_console\) \$\(mtdpartitions\) \$\(bootargs_root\)\; nand read.e 0x00800000 0x00100000 0x00400000\; bootm 0x00800000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootargs_console console=ttyS0,115200
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv bootcmd run recover1
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover1 setenv mainlineLinux yes\; setenv arcNumber 2097\; setenv bootcmd run recover2\; saveenv\; reset
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover2 run recover3\; setenv bootcmd \$\(real_bootcmd\)\; saveenv\; setenv bootargs \$\(bootargs_console\) \$\(mtdpartitions\) root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk=0x01100000,8M install_type=nand\; bootm 0x00800000 0x01100000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover3 run recover4\; nand erase clean 0x00100000 0x00400000\; nand write.e 0x00800000 0x00100000 0x00400000
uboot/uboot-env/fw_setenv recover4 usb start\; fatload usb 0 0x00800000 uImage\; fatload usb 0 0x01100000 initrd

 ****   Burning uboot and environment variables ... This will take few minutes ...
Open On-Chip Debugger 0.2.0 (2009-07-26-14:56) Release
$URL: http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/openocd/tags/openocd-0.2.0/src/openocd.c $
For bug reports, read http://svn.berlios.de/svnroot/repos/openocd/trunk/BUGS
2000 kHz
jtag_nsrst_delay: 200
jtag_ntrst_delay: 200
dcc downloads are enabled
Info : JTAG tap: feroceon.cpu tap/device found: 0x20a023d3 (mfg: 0x1e9, part: 0x0a02, ver: 0x2)
Info : JTAG Tap/device matched
target state: halted
target halted in ARM state due to debug-request, current mode: Supervisor
cpsr: 0x000000d3 pc: 0xffff0000
MMU: disabled, D-Cache: disabled, I-Cache: disabled
0 0 1 0: 00052078
NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit' found
successfully erased blocks 5 to 6 on NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit'
wrote file uboot-env.bin to NAND flash 0 up to offset 0x000c0000 in 55.810040s
target state: halted
target halted in ARM state due to debug-request, current mode: Supervisor
cpsr: 0x000000d3 pc: 0xffff0000
MMU: disabled, D-Cache: disabled, I-Cache: disabled
0 0 1 0: 00052078
NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit' found
successfully erased blocks 0 to 4 on NAND flash device 'NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit'
wrote file uboot.bin to NAND flash 0 up to offset 0x00074000 in 202.239090s
Segmentation fault (core dumped)
****   openocd FAILED
 ****   Is the mini USB cable connected?
 ****   Try powering down, then replugging the Sheevaplugroot@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu/sheeva# php runme.php nand

[nut]

I have just tried putty access to the sheevaplug in windows XP and I am able to login to the sheevaplug using the user root and password nosoup4u.

Given my previous post and the error that far on in the installer what exactly has failed to install? Have I got incomplete uboot installation?


Is there a way I can complete the installation another way now that I have a command prompt in Putty? Or should I consider that it must have installed despite the error?


Many thanks

[nut]

This is what happens when I use a paperclip and reset the sheevaplug now:

 


DRAM Total size 512MB  16bit width
Addresses 8M - 0M are saved for the U-Boot usage.
Mem malloc Initialization (8M - 7M): Done
NAND:512 MB
Flash:  0 kB

CPU : Marvell Feroceon (Rev 1)

Streaming disabled
Write allocate disabled


USB 0: host mode
PEX 0: interface detected no Link.
Net:   egiga0 [PRIME], egiga1
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0

NAND read: device 0 offset 0x100000, size 0x400000

Reading data from 0x4ff800 -- 100% complete.
 4194304 bytes read: OK
## Booting image at 00800000 ...
   Image Name:   Linux-2.6.30.2
   Created:      2009-07-23   1:53:36 UTC
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
   Data Size:    2620440 Bytes =  2.5 MB
   Load Address: 00008000
   Entry Point:  00008000
   Verifying Checksum ... OK
OK

Starting kernel ...

Uncompressing Linux... done, booting the kernel.
Linux version 2.6.30.2 (kelly@speedy) (gcc version 4.2.1) #11 PREEMPT Wed Jul 22 19:53:31 MDT 2009
CPU: Feroceon 88FR131 [56251311] revision 1 (ARMv5TE), cr=00053977
CPU: VIVT data cache, VIVT instruction cache
Machine: Marvell SheevaPlug Reference Board
Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 130048
Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 mtdparts=orion_nand:0x400000@0x100000(uImage),0x1fb00000@0x500000(rootfs) ubi.mtd=1 root=ubi0:rootfs rootfstype=ubifs
NR_IRQS:114
PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
Console: colour dummy device 80x30
Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Memory: 256MB 256MB = 512MB total
Memory: 513408KB available (4728K code, 998K data, 140K init, 0K highmem)
SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=32, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1
Calibrating delay loop... 1192.75 BogoMIPS (lpj=5963776)
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
net_namespace: 980 bytes
NET: Registered protocol family 16
Kirkwood: MV88F6281-A0, TCLK=200000000.
Feroceon L2: Enabling L2
Feroceon L2: Cache support initialised.
Kirkwood: Gating clock using mask 0x1ac224
bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0
SCSI subsystem initialized
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
cfg80211: Using static regulatory domain info
cfg80211: Regulatory domain: US
        (start_freq - end_freq @ bandwidth), (max_antenna_gain, max_eirp)
        (2402000 KHz - 2472000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2700 mBm)
        (5170000 KHz - 5190000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
        (5190000 KHz - 5210000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
        (5210000 KHz - 5230000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
        (5230000 KHz - 5330000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 2300 mBm)
        (5735000 KHz - 5835000 KHz @ 40000 KHz), (600 mBi, 3000 mBm)
cfg80211: Calling CRDA for country: US
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 65536 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) © 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
JFS: nTxBlock = 4012, nTxLock = 32100
msgmni has been set to 1003
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 2 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0xf1012000 (irq = 33) is a 16550A
console [ttyS0] enabled
brd: module loaded
loop: module loaded
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
MV-643xx 10/100/1000 ethernet driver version 1.4
mv643xx_eth smi: probed
net eth0: port 0 with MAC address 00:50:43:01:c1:e6
libertas_sdio: Libertas SDIO driver
libertas_sdio: Copyright Pierre Ossman
NAND device: Manufacturer ID: 0xec, Chip ID: 0xdc (Samsung NAND 512MiB 3,3V 8-bit)
Scanning device for bad blocks
Bad eraseblock 751 at 0x000005de0000
2 cmdlinepart partitions found on MTD device orion_nand
Creating 2 MTD partitions on "orion_nand":
0x000000100000-0x000000500000 : "uImage"
0x000000500000-0x000020000000 : "rootfs"
UBI: attaching mtd1 to ubi0
UBI: physical eraseblock size:   131072 bytes (128 KiB)
UBI: logical eraseblock size:    129024 bytes
UBI: smallest flash I/O unit:    2048
UBI: sub-page size:              512
UBI: VID header offset:          512 (aligned 512)
UBI: data offset:                2048
UBI: attached mtd1 to ubi0
UBI: MTD device name:            "rootfs"
UBI: MTD device size:            507 MiB
UBI: number of good PEBs:        4055
UBI: number of bad PEBs:         1
UBI: max. allowed volumes:       128
UBI: wear-leveling threshold:    4096
UBI: number of internal volumes: 1
UBI: number of user volumes:     1
UBI: available PEBs:             0
UBI: total number of reserved PEBs: 4055
UBI: number of PEBs reserved for bad PEB handling: 40
UBI: max/mean erase counter: 14/3
UBI: background thread "ubi_bgt0d" started, PID 443
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: Marvell Orion EHCI
orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: irq 19, io mem 0xf1050000
orion-ehci orion-ehci.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected
Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
USB Mass Storage support registered.
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-datafab
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-freecom
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-jumpshot
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr09
usbcore: registered new interface driver ums-sddr55
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
rtc-mv rtc-mv: rtc core: registered rtc-mv as rtc0
i2c /dev entries driver
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
sdhci: Secure Digital Host Controller Interface driver
sdhci: Copyright(c) Pierre Ossman
mmc0: mvsdio driver initialized, lacking card detect (fall back to polling)
Registered led device: plug:green:health
mv_xor_shared mv_xor_shared.0: Marvell shared XOR driver
mv_xor_shared mv_xor_shared.1: Marvell shared XOR driver
mv_xor mv_xor.0: Marvell XOR: ( xor cpy )
mv_xor mv_xor.1: Marvell XOR: ( xor fill cpy )
mv_xor mv_xor.2: Marvell XOR: ( xor cpy )
mv_xor mv_xor.3: Marvell XOR: ( xor fill cpy )
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
oprofile: using timer interrupt.
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
RPC: Registered udp transport module.
RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
rtc-mv rtc-mv: setting system clock to 2010-08-21 12:02:17 UTC (1282392137)
UBIFS: recovery needed
UBIFS: recovery completed
UBIFS: mounted UBI device 0, volume 0, name "rootfs"
UBIFS: file system size:   515579904 bytes (503496 KiB, 491 MiB, 3996 LEBs)
UBIFS: journal size:       25804800 bytes (25200 KiB, 24 MiB, 200 LEBs)
UBIFS: media format:       w4/r0 (latest is w4/r0)
UBIFS: default compressor: lzo
UBIFS: reserved for root:  4952683 bytes (4836 KiB)
VFS: Mounted root (ubifs filesystem) on device 253:1.
Freeing init memory: 140K
usb 1-1: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 2
usb 1-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-1:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-1:1.0: 1 port detected
usb 1-1.1: new high speed USB device using orion-ehci and address 3
 * Filesystem type 'fusectl' is not supported. Skipping mount.
usb 1-1.1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
scsi0 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices
 * Setting preliminary keymap...                                         [ OK ]
 * Starting kernel event manager...                                      [ OK ]
 * Loading hardware drivers...                                           [ OK ]
 * Loading kernel modules...                                                     * Loading manual drivers...                                             [ OK ]
 * Setting kernel variables (/etc/sysctl.conf)...                        [ OK ]
 * Setting kernel variables (/etc/sysctl.d/10-console-messages.conf)...  [ OK ]
 * Setting kernel variables (/etc/sysctl.d/10-network-security.conf)...  [ OK ]
 * Activating swap...                                                    [ OK ]
 * Starting early crypto disks...                                        [ OK ]
 * Starting remaining crypto disks...                                    [ OK ]
 * Checking file systems...                                                     fsck 1.41.4 (27-Jan-2009)
                                                                         [ OK ]
 * Mounting local filesystems...                                         [ OK ]
 * Activating swapfile swap...                                           [ OK ]
 * Configuring network interfaces...                                     [ OK ]
 * Setting up console font and keymap...                                 [ OK ]
 * Starting system log daemon...                                         [ OK ]
                                                                                * Starting kernel log daemon...                                                 sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Assuming drive cache: write through

Ubuntu 9.04 ubuntu ttyS0

ubuntu login:                                                            [ OK ]
                                                                                * Starting OpenBSD Secure Shell server sshd                              [ OK ]
                                                                                * Starting periodic command scheduler crond                              [ OK ]
                                                                                * Restarting OpenBSD Secure Shell server sshd

[nut]

I then have a cursor from which I can type a command, it then asks me the password when I type nosoup4u it says it is incorrect and asks me for the ubuntu login so I type root then password nosoup4u and I get the following:


ubuntu login: root
Password:
Last login: Sat Aug 21 11:50:56 UTC 2010 on ttyS0
Linux ubuntu 2.6.30.2 #11 PREEMPT Wed Jul 22 19:53:31 MDT 2009 armv5tel

The programs included with the Ubuntu system are free software;
the exact distribution terms for each program are described in the
individual files in /usr/share/doc/*/copyright.

Ubuntu comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY, to the extent permitted by
applicable law.

To access official Ubuntu documentation, please visit:
http://help.ubuntu.com/
root@ubuntu:~#

[NewIT_Marcus]

wrote file uboot.bin to NAND flash 0 up to offset 0x00074000 in 202.239090s

You successfully rewrote U-Boot - see the message above.

The rest is what happens when the plug reboots with the new U-Boot, new environment variables, and a suitable USB stick. The plug then rewrites the rootfs on the NAND drive.

Your subsequent login prompt is perfectly normal:

Code:

ubuntu login:

You were being asked for a user name, not a command.

[nut]

Many thanks!


I would never have know about removing that line and the latest version of PHP it doesn't mention it on any of the installer notes or in any similar forum threads.

So in Layman's terms the installer ran sucessfully and the error is of no concern?


Cheers!

[NewIT_Marcus]

Yes, from what you say everything seems to be as it should now.