[Elphel-support] LiveDVD, Firmware upgrades, etc

[Oleg]

Dear Felix,

Unfortunately I don't know what firmware version you've got. What does
"/etc/issue" say?

Which way is currently recommended to update the firmware?
>
Prod353 is quite reliable.

 After that I tried using Prod353, but it seems that the instructions at
> http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Prod353 are out of date - the
> commands provided seem to be in the wrong directory, and even after
> running ./install_elphel the files "etraxfsboot" and "cmdline" are not
> to be found where they are supposed to be.
>

Yes, that page is outdated a little and also is missing some information.
I'll update it.

"etraxfsboot" and "cmdline" - for these files you need to install CRIS gcc
compiler - see instructions<http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Elphel_Software_Kit_for_Ubuntu#Installation_of_GCC_Compiler_kit_for_Axis_ETRAX_processor>
Then configure NFS<http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Elphel_Software_Kit_for_Ubuntu#Configure_your_NFS_server>and
build the firmware. If you have any errors or missing packages please
check Elphel Software Kit for
Ubuntu<http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Elphel_Software_Kit_for_Ubuntu>

After that Prod353 should be installed without a problem.

Oleg


On 31 March 2010 01:50, Felix Schill <felix.schill at anu.edu.au> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I have an Elphel 353 which was bought a year or two ago. The camera
> works through the web interface, but not with mplayer (connection refused).
> I am trying to update the firmware and start testing it. I spend quite
> some time reading the wiki and everything I could find but I'm having no
> success. My questions:
>
> - Which way is currently recommended to update the firmware?
>
> - Where can I find the LiveDVD 2.0 ? I only found the tar package on
> SourceForge. I followed the instructions in the README provided, trying
> to compile it with  the KNOPPIX_V4.0.2CD-2005-09-23-EN.iso image as
> recommended, but it produces errors. I tried patching whatever I could
> guess from the error messages but it keeps running into more errors.
> The current error I get is:
> [...]
>
> + test -n 'UCSRC5/new/*'
> + test -L 'UCSRC5/new/*' -o -e 'UCSRC5/new/*'
> + insmod cloop
> + true
> + test -e SRC/KNOPPIX/KNOPPIX5
> + continue
> + read verison j
> ./livecd-make: line 204: UCSRC/new/etc/knoppix-version: No such file or
> directory
> WAS ERRORS! See report in livecd-make.log
>
>
> Isn't there a complete image somewhere, like for version 1.5? The
> concept of a LiveDVD is great but not if you have to struggle to build
> it yourself.
> I also tried the version 1.5 (the iso image from SourceForge). It loads
> the kernel but then bails claiming that it can't find the Knoppix file
> system. I'm running a Dell Optiplex on Ubuntu 9.04. Maybe it doesn't
> recognise my CD-ROM?
>
> After that I tried using Prod353, but it seems that the instructions at
> http://wiki.elphel.com/index.php?title=Prod353  are  out of date - the
> commands provided seem to be in the wrong directory, and even after
> running ./install_elphel the files "etraxfsboot" and "cmdline" are not
> to be found where they are supposed to be.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Felix
>
>
>
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