Broken Freerunner.. display ok, messages.. repairable?

[Thomas Franck]

Hi..

Some moron broke my freerunner by a hard impact yesterday.. :(

now the bootloader (Qi) starts, and I think Kernal start booting, too..
I get messages like:

[ 0.000000] Unknown boot option 'g_ether.host_addr=00:1F:11:01:2D:C7:
ignoring
[ 0.000000] Unknown boot option 'g_ether.dev_addr=00:1F:11:01:2D:C7:
ignoring
[ 0.000000] Unknown boot option 'g_ether.host_addr=00:1F:11:01:2D:C7:
ignoring
[ 0.000000] Unknown boot option 'g_ether.dev_addr=00:1F:11:01:2D:C7:
ignoring
[21474548.655000] INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=429490971/2000 jiffies)
[21474578.655000] INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=429491571/8000 jiffies)

etc...

when I touch the screen, I get:
drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c:stylus_action bug.
drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c: stylus_updown lost event!
drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c: stylus_updown lost event!


is there something I can do?  I mean, beside getting a new FR :S :(

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[Thomas Franck]

> is there something I can do?  I mean, beside getting a new FR :S :(

One more thing, I can also get into NOR Bootmenu.. flashing kernel
worked.. now flashing a new image on NAND... maybe it just needs reflashing?

will come back with info..

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[Thomas Franck]

> maybe it just needs reflashing?

Nope.. flashing was good (no error condition).. but it doesn't boot.. :(

*sigh*

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[Joachim Ott-2]

2009/9/28 Thomas Franck <[hidden email]>:
>> maybe it just needs reflashing?
>
> Nope.. flashing was good (no error condition).. but it doesn't boot.. :(

After flashing, did you boot from nand bootloader (by pressing just
the power button) or did you boot from nor boot menu? Maybe you need
to reflash the bootloader too.

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[Thomas Franck]

Joachim Ott wrote:
> After flashing, did you boot from nand bootloader (by pressing just
> the power button) or did you boot from nor boot menu? Maybe you need
> to reflash the bootloader too.

just power button.. now tried boot from NOR menu.. same situation.. :S

will flash the bootloader, too, now.. let's see...

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[Thomas Franck]

> will flash the bootloader, too, now.. let's see...

No joy.. :(

everything flashed now.. and still no boot.. :(

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[Yorick Moko]

someone near you might have a debug board, maybe they can get more info out of it...
there was also a guy with a FR with a broken screen...

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:58 PM, Thomas Franck <[hidden email]> wrote:

> will flash the bootloader, too, now.. let's see...

No joy.. :(

everything flashed now.. and still no boot.. :(

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[1ZQTH]

> there was also a guy with a FR with a broken screen...

I have a freerunner with a cracked touch membrane.
My friend thinks it could be fixed, but I haven't
found an independent source of the part.
(haven't tried hard)

A used freerunner wasn't much more $ than
a repair....and I may have a use for a tiny Linux
box even if you can't do Input.


Seth

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[Rask Ingemann Lambertsen-2]

On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 08:28:57PM +0200, Thomas Franck wrote:
> Some moron broke my freerunner by a hard impact yesterday.. :(
[snip]
> when I touch the screen, I get:
> drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c:stylus_action bug.
> drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c: stylus_updown lost event!
> drivers/input/touchscreen/s3c2410_ts.c: stylus_updown lost event!

   You could look for damage at the lower right of the screen where the
four wire flat cable connects to the touch screen. Just in case it is
something easy to repair.

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[Thomas Franck]

Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote:

>    You could look for damage at the lower right of the screen where the
> four wire flat cable connects to the touch screen. Just in case it is
> something easy to repair.

I'm not so much concerned about those touch messages.. (didn't see any
detached wires while I had it open, though) :)

What I worry about is:

[21474548.655000] INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=429490971/2000 jiffies)
[21474578.655000] INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=429491571/8000 jiffies)
(and so on)

ever seen that? what does that message mean?

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[Flemming Richter Mikkelsen]

On 2009-10-01, Thomas Franck <[hidden email]> wrote:

> Rask Ingemann Lambertsen wrote:
>
> >    You could look for damage at the lower right of the screen where the
> > four wire flat cable connects to the touch screen. Just in case it is
> > something easy to repair.
>
> I'm not so much concerned about those touch messages.. (didn't see any
> detached wires while I had it open, though) :)
>
> What I worry about is:
>
> [21474548.655000] INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=429490971/2000 jiffies)
> [21474578.655000] INFO: RCU detected CPU 0 stall (t=429491571/8000 jiffies)
> (and so on)
>
> ever seen that? what does that message mean?

According to [1], it indicates that the CPU is spinning in the kernel.
Does this error occur if you boot from uSD or just when you boot from
the NAND?

[1]
http://lkml.indiana.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0904.1/01670.html

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[Thomas Franck]

Flemming Richter Mikkelsen wrote:
> According to [1], it indicates that the CPU is spinning in the kernel.
> Does this error occur if you boot from uSD or just when you boot from
> the NAND?

Interesting.. weird..
Just "erased" the NAND rootfs and kernel.. and booted the SDCard again
(to make sure it actually boots from there)..

I get the stalls with both.. booting NAND as well as SDcard..

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