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May 7, 2008 10:27pm
finsprings
268 posts
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Topic: BUG SDK / Requesting position before BUGlocate has a fix John, I haven’t stuck that app on it yet, but I tried the following: I had the bug setup, with no apps and only the GPS module attached. I powered it on and took it outside and left it with a good view of most of the sky for about 15 minutes. Modules/GPS/GPS_Fix still showed "false" after this time. If it had gotten a fix, would you expect that to return "true"? Cheers, |
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May 7, 2008 10:25pm
finsprings
268 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / Base won't power on consistently w/o charger More often than not I can’t get the base to power on, even after a full charge, unless it’s plugged into the AC adaptor. For example, I had it charging at work today and the red led was off when I unplugged it and came home. Tonight sliding the power switch did nothing until I plugged in the AC adaptor. Plugging in the adaptor the led briefly flickered red then went off, presumably because the battery is already fully charged. But then, with the adaptor connected I slid the switch and the bug powered on. Once it’s on I can unplug the adaptor and it stays on. This happens quite often. Is there anything I can do to troubleshoot this? |
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May 7, 2008 4:42pm
cdraptor
25 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / BugBase Boot Problem John and Seth, thanks for the help. I will be trying to reload the fs on the card tonight – I left the adapter at home for the MMC card. Wanted to bring up something again that was mentioned. There are 2 ports, the ones on either side of the BugBASE where the joystick is which will run the LCD. I was working with the Bug fine last night, today, I was holding the Bug upside down, plugged in the LCD and turned it on, I didn’t realize what side it was until it was too late, the LCD was showing static. until chatting on IRC I didn’t realize the 5 second hold of the power button is not the best way to shutdown. It was after this that I had the problems. So just a note, pay attention to where you plug in the LCD module. |
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May 7, 2008 3:14pm
jconnolly
285 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / BugBase Boot Problem cdraptor, From our conversation on IRC it sounds like you have a corrupt filesystem. There is an earlier post about what normal boot behavior should look like: http://bugcommunity.com/forums/viewtopic.php?p=1423#1423 For our other community members, it is important to know that the MMC card contains the root filesystem for your BUG. I believe you may have run into problems when you did a forced-power down on your BUGbase. This can be thought of as similar to pressing and holding the power button on your desktop. The forced shutdown process cuts power before the OS has a chance to unmount filesystems, update filesystem journals, and run shutdown scripts. Without access to a terminal, as of our current rootffs build, the only proper way to shut down your BUGbase is through the menu system:
Press the joystick right 4x (coming to "Settings") Press the joystick down (coming to "About") Press the joystick right 2x (coming to "Shutdown") Press the joystick down once to engage the Shutdown process Otherwise, at the terminal prompt, you may type # shutdown If your BUG takes an extraordinarily long amount of time to boot, this is a good indication that the root-filesystem has been corrupted. As of now, the only way to correct this is rewrite the rootfs to your MMCmicro card. This requires: The rootfs tarball, located at http://bugcommunity.com/downloads The MMC adapter for your MMCmicro card, which should have shipped with your BUGbase A MMC card reader The ability to format the MMC card as ext2 or ext3 The ability to untar the archive onto your MMC card. The steps for doing this are on the bugcommunity wiki at http://bugcommunity.com/wiki/index.php/Flash_Your_MMC_Card If you need additional support, I encourage you to join us in our IRC channel on Freenode, #buglabs, or to call us toll-free at 1-866-9BUGLAB (1-866-928-4522) between the hours of 9am-5pm, M-F, EST. |
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May 7, 2008 1:30pm
cdraptor
25 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / BugBase Boot Problem I am going to get on IRC, but was wondering if anything was found out about this problem. I seem to be having a somewhat similar issue – I did a new post about it |
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May 7, 2008 1:29pm
cdraptor
25 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / BugBASE Bootup Issue Oh, just a note I forgot to mention, I try to do the reset before I plugged it into the PC, the lights flashed and it reset back to the black screen |
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May 7, 2008 1:26pm
akravets
25 posts
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Topic: BUG SDK / java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError on startup Here are the instructions on what Kevin was talking about: http://bugcommunity.com/wiki/index.php/Create_a_basic_application_with_the_Motion_Sensor_moduleAlso, the reason service tacker is there is so your application can run when certain requirements exist. For example, let say in order for service A to function property service B must be present in the system. If I try to execute service A without B present then my application will not work. But if I have a service tracker that will track for presence of service B, then when service B becomes available my service A will be happy and do its thing. |
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May 7, 2008 1:26pm
cdraptor
25 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / BugBASE Bootup Issue My second day with the Bug – it now does not boot. It is stuck on the dark screen/light bug logo. I was using it yesterday with no issues. I turned it on today (LCD module only on it). It booted, showed in the front display the LCD was connected, but instead of getting the Xwindows view, I saw static on the LCD. I then held the power button, for 5 seconds, did the shut down, then turned it on again, now it was sitting in the dark screen/light bug logo for minutes. I figured okay maybe something is wrong with the LCD. So I did a 5 second hold, power off, removed the LCD, tried again, still just getting the black screen. So turned it off, hooked up the USB, turned it on, to see if I could root in via telnet, no go. Now as of writing this post something new just happened. It’s hooked up to the PC must have been like 3 – 4 minutes. I hear the PC beep, USB found, I look down the white screen dark logo, starts to animate now is frozen. I got to telnet in, I am in but the logo is stuck partially drawn. I will keep it hooked up and wait, following post when something new happens if it does. |
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May 7, 2008 12:03pm
mcaric
64 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / Removing applications from the BUGbase Lucky. Mine gave me a roundhouse kick to the face :( |
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May 7, 2008 11:36am
seth
4 posts
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Topic: BUGbase / BugBase Boot Problem If you have IRC access, join #buglabs on irc.freenode.net |
