[oe] fso-console-image problems

[Martin Jansa]

On Fri, Dec 02, 2011 at 04:20:53PM +0000, Mr Dash Four wrote:
> Thanks again, JaMa,
> 
> 
> >> Interesting, but thankfully that doesn't apply to me, right?
> >>     
> >
> > No if you decide to stuck with old OE-classic.. but would be great to
> > get htcdream well supported with oe-core..
> >   
> Once I get my phone up and running I'll give it a go - I've been 
> following the discussion about oe-classic/oe-core with interest, so I am 
> willing to help out if I can.

Great!

> >> The phone, as far as I know, is not connected anywhere - I don't have a 
> >> working wifi/gsm etc - fastboot uses the usb link to transfer (and boot) 
> >> the image. Is it possible to, somehow, use usb to connect to the phone 
> >> this way (if so, how)? As you probably have gathered by now, I am a n00b 
> >> when it comes to this smartphone/embedded devices business, so would 
> >> need a bit of help with it. What is "vts" and "chvt"?
> >>     
> >
> > Well I was expecting that setting usbnet (g_ether kernel module) is easy
> > on htcdream as it's easy on other devices and that you can load it on
> > boot and check that usb0 is set to auto.
> >   
> Ah, right, in other words connecting the device (my phone) via usb *is* 
> possible, right? If so, I presume this "usb0" interface acts in a 
> similar fashion as my "eth0" for example (ifconfig, route etc can be 
> applied to it), right? Quite a revelation to me this! How do I get it 
> connected on the "host" side (on my PC on which the usb is used) - do I 
> see a similar adapter on it as well? How does that work then?

Every usb networking howto will help you with this :).

> > vt - virtual terminal
> > chvt - change foreground virtual terminal
> >
> > as sometimes Xserver is started on different vt then where getty is
> > enabled, but depends on config and I'm not familiar with htcdream ..
> >   
> Noted, thanks!
> 
> >> I was thinking (that was plan B) to specify runlevel 3, not 5, thus 
> >> forcing a console log in (provided there is one!) - don't know if this 
> >> works on smartphones though! I already discovered that "nomodeset" isn't 
> >> working, sadly!
> >>     
> >
> > you need to have getty enabled in inittab ie:
> > t1:2345:respawn:/sbin/getty 38400 tty1
> >   
> I'll check that at first opportunity - is it possible that *might* be 
> the reason I am not getting anywhere with my console-image rootfs? I 
> haven't checked the inittab there ... will do that when I get home tonight!
> 
> >> This is what I can't figure out - how can I get connectivity on this 
> >> phone if none of my wifi/gms is up and running?
> >>     
> >
> > usbnet is usually easiest
> >   
> So, I presume this usbnet is a point-to-point adapted, is it? Do I have 
> to set up special routing (i.e. with route add etc) for it? Do I have to 
> give it an ip address from the net I am on my host PC or is this different?

usualy you use IPs from private range and if you want to access internet
from your phone you just setup masquerade in your iptables on PC.

Cheers,

-- 
Martin 'JaMa' Jansa     jabber: Martin.Jansa at gmail.com
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