They've been shipping units to customers for a good month now... The
kernel panics can come from early "P" and "A1" revisions that shipped
before the production "A2" units. (bad memory).. Or a
kernel/u-boot/X-loader that is way too old to be running on the new
DM37xx that's on the xM beagle..
## What If…Some common problems and their fixes - The kernel panics at random points during start-up. Use the 5V external power supply. Sometimes the current via USB is not enough. - Even with the 5V supply the kernel panics during start-up. Ensure that you copied the uImage.bin file from the Angstrom filesystem into the boot partition. Compare md5 checksums to be sure. - USB Ethernet doesn’t work at startup. The culprit is the composite USB gadget driver. In etc/default/usb-gadget set USB_MODE='networking' and run the module reconfiguration script (name?).
> From: Robert Nelson robertcnelson@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [beagleboard] xM machine type > To: beagleboard@googlegroups.com > Date: Monday, September 27, 2010, 7:48 AM > > On Mon, Sep 27, 2010 at 7:41 AM, Mark Lazarewicz <lazarman@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > Its described on the beagleboard.org > > > > It says not avialable till oct 1 although I traded emails with someone who is seeing kernel panics using it so he got one somehow > > They’ve been shipping units to customers for a good month now… The > kernel panics can come from early “P” and “A1” revisions that shipped > before the production “A2” units. (bad memory)… Or a > kernel/u-boot/X-loader that is way too old to be running on the new > DM37xx that’s on the xM beagle… > > Regards, > > – > Robert Nelson > http://www.rcn-ee.com/ > > – > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups “Beagle Board” group. > To post to this group, send email to beagleboard@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to beagleboard+unsubscribe@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/beagleboard?hl=en.
The panic I had I believe is do to a bad image. I am slowly figuring more things out. I have been running off the external 5volt supply for all my work at this point.
I got sick last week so I did not get as much done. At this point I can build from tar images boot disk and systems, but I have yet to figure out how to set to boot options. (I think I know what needs to be done, just not how to get the tools together to do it.
Once I get more comfortable here I will go back to kernel building attempts.