Now that some of the problems I had (detailed in my other thread) have been
resolved, I am looking for help on my main issue: Getting Debian Lenny to run
on my TS-7800.
Hardware: TS-7800, TS-ADC16, TS7KV video card, with USB keyboard and mouse. It
boots up and runs OK, including a console on the video display, using the
"Sarge" version of Debian that comes with the development kit.
What I want to do is bring up the latest "Lenny" version of Debian, and run X
Windows on the video console. Here is how I made my bootable SD card:
1) I made a copy of the 2GB SD card that came with the development kit.
Remember, this has Sarge on partition 4. I copied this onto an 8GB SD card.
2) I removed partition 4, then created a new partition that filled the rest of
the card (about 7 GB).
3) I downloaded the file debian-lenny-eabi-armel-512MB-mar032009.tar.gz and
un-gzipped it. Then I un-tarred the file and put all the resulting directories
onto partition 4 of the SD card.
4) Then I put the card into the TS7800 and it booted fine. I was able to log
into the serial console.
Question 1: Does all this sound correct? Or should I have also done something
with either the kernel image or the initial ramdisk in the other partitions?
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At this point, the TS7KV was not doing anything. So...
1) I downloaded the load_ts7kv program and the ts7kv.bit bit stream. I had to
use the source version of load_ts7kv, but that compiled and ran without error.
Running it causes the green LED to come on, on the video board. So I know the
FPGA on the video board is properly initialized.
2) I then tried loading the modules which the video card needs, using modprobe.
I am able to load these modules: fb, cfbcopyarea, cfbfillrect, cfbimgblit,
ts7kvfb, font, softcursor, and bitblit. But if I then try to load fbcon, which
is the last module needed, that does not work. Instead, the system seems to
crash. The modprobe program does not return, and I cannot interrupt it with
ctrl-C or ctrl-Z. Also, if I am logged into the board with ssh, that session
locks up too.
Grant Peacock from TS suggested I remove the TS-ADC16, but that did not help.
So...
Question #2: How can I find out what is going wrong with fbcon.ko, and how do I
fix it?
Question #3: Has anyone else successfully run Lenny on a TS-7800 with a TS7KV?
How did you do it? And can I have a copy of your image?
Note: Back in February, "Alberto" posted a Lenny image. I downloaded that and
try it, but (#1) it seems to not be for the TS-7800 and (#2) it does not have
the video drivers.
Any help would be appreciated.
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