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2011-11-22
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As for my preferences, I would love to have recovery console possible before backupmenu
Good news!
Maemo Community can modify & redistribute shell script /sbin/preinit for open source community projects. See Quim Gil post: https://bugs.maemo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=12228#c9
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2011-11-22
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2011-11-22
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2011-11-22
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@Estel and @Mentalist Traceur,
FWIW, my goal is to re-work (hack) /sbin/preinit so that it loads fbcon first thing and then displays a menu (before doing anything else).
Cool. Now I can package my /sbin/preinit boot shell as is without recoding /sbin/preinit.
Although at this point I feel like I should eventually finish up my open source /sbin/preinit recode/clone as a matter of principle, whenever I get around to it.
Also, because the more pieces of Maemo 5 have open source counterparts, the happier I am because maybe, just maybe, someone will pick it up some day and slap it on some newer hardware. (Yeah, yeah, MeeGo/Taizen-or-whatever-Intel's-calling-their-thing and all that, but I feel Maemo 5 is better for a number of reasons and that's a discussion for another thread anyway.)
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2011-11-22
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I'm going to fix /sbin/preinit - it has some bugs. And I will create general solution for loading additional modules and more functions usefull for bootmenu.
I think we do not need 3 other implementation of /sbin/preinit
I want to integrate /sbin/preinit into my getbootstate repository, see:
http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=73792
Then we will have open source version of origin Maemo package getbootstate
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2011-11-22
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2011-11-22
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The rational is I have seen some odd behaviour. After a reboot from the command line 'reboot' the system switches off (ancient KP bug). This is cool however on restarting the system, it always starts up then immediately shuts down (no I have not had a chance to notice the startup mode (act-dead/user/etc)).
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2011-11-22
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I do have one question...how the f* do I rmmod fbcon? The only way I can remove it is by using a forced removal which leads to reboot (I think DSME gets crashed and stops tickling teh watchdog).
How do I remove it safely?
The rational is I have seen some odd behaviour. After a reboot from the command line 'reboot' the system switches off (ancient KP bug). This is cool however on restarting the system, it always starts up then immediately shuts down (no I have not had a chance to notice the startup mode (act-dead/user/etc)).
I can set Xorg to remove the fbcon module (it is no longer needed anymore) with 'xsession.shutdown' scripts. This may help.
Also how do I switch to the fbcon terminal 'ala ctrl+alt+F1 on meh debian box?
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2011-11-22
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If you want to rmmod fbcon, you need first deattach console from framebuffer device.
ctrl+alt+fX can be switched by command: $ chvt X
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Basically, explit and others have said everything. I'm using multiboot, so I've put it after line 9. In any case, You need to modprobe it very early..
@reinob
Honestly, I have absolutely no idea what is causing this. I wonder how it is implemented in backupmenu, cause using recorvery console from there, doesn't result in date reset (at least for me). You could compare sources, I suppose.
Keep in mind, that currently recorvery console in backupmenu is kinda broken - it works, but after typing Your login and hitting enter, You're back in backupmenu. This happen only while using busybox-power (kudos vi_, for finding this), which I suppose most power users (and up) got installed.
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As for my preferences, I would love to have recovery console possible before backupmenu - may be useful, in such 0,00001% of cases, where both maemo and backupmenu could got screwed, but initial boot not but this date and time issue is bugging me. In this thread, one can find posts by RobbieThe1st - kinda "documenting" his efforts, to include recovery console in backupmenu (it was based on Mentalist Traceur work), so maybe some hints could be get from his posts. Unfortunately, AFAIK hes absent on TMO now.
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