nanogui: Thread: Re: [iPAQ] Boot prompt on ipaq... Help needed

On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:45:17AM -0600, Sridharan Subramanian wrote:

[snip]

> Is it a problem in my startup scripts or kernel or microwindows
> compilation?

It's probably your startup scripts.. How are you starting up microwindows?
Are you making sure to background it?  


Alexander

I am running the microwindows in the background (with an &). But I still am
not getting the login root.

Tomasz, I do have getty in my /etc/inittab,:
TO:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttySA0 115200 vt100

My start up script  (under init.d) has the following code (only the start,
stop and status parts shown):

start)
        echo -n "Starting Nano-X:"
        if [ -s /var/run/nanox.pid ] && \
         kill -0 `cat /var/run/nanox.pid` 2>/dev/null ; then
            echo " Nano-X is already running."
 else
     echo " Nano-X"
     irattach /dev/ttyS2
     nano-X -p -e &
     nxkbd &
     nxterm &
     nanowm &
 fi
    ;;

    stop)
        echo -n "Shutting down Nano-X:"
        PID=`cat /var/run/nanox.pid`
        kill $PID
        echo -n " Nano-X"
        echo "."
        EXITCODE=0
        ;;

    status)
        pid=`pidof nano-X`
        if [ "$pid" != "" ] ; then
            echo "Nano-X (pid $pid) is running..."
            EXITCODE=0
        else
            echo "Nano-X is stopped"
            EXITCODE=3
        fi
        ;;

Any advise appreciated.

Thanks.

"Alexander S. Guy" wrote:

> On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:45:17AM -0600, Sridharan Subramanian wrote:
>
> [snip]
>
> > Is it a problem in my startup scripts or kernel or microwindows
> > compilation?
>
> It's probably your startup scripts.. How are you starting up microwindows?
> Are you making sure to background it?
>
> Alexander

Okay, I just figured out what the problem was. But I don't understand why my
solution should work.

I basically removed the line:
 irattach /dev/ttyS2
from my start-up script.

So now it does not load the irda device.

The login prompt appears perfectly.

Can anyone, please explain to me how ttyS2 and ttySA0 interfere????

By the way, I am using the latest kernel from handhelds.org,
microwindows-.89-pre7, bootloader 2.10.5 and latest root and init images.

Thanks,
Sri.

Sridharan Subramanian wrote:

> I am running the microwindows in the background (with an &). But I still am
> not getting the login root.
>
> Tomasz, I do have getty in my /etc/inittab,:
> TO:23:respawn:/sbin/getty -L ttySA0 115200 vt100
>
> My start up script  (under init.d) has the following code (only the start,
> stop and status parts shown):
>
> start)
>         echo -n "Starting Nano-X:"
>         if [ -s /var/run/nanox.pid ] && \
>          kill -0 `cat /var/run/nanox.pid` 2>/dev/null ; then
>             echo " Nano-X is already running."
>  else
>      echo " Nano-X"
>      irattach /dev/ttyS2
>      nano-X -p -e &
>      nxkbd &
>      nxterm &
>      nanowm &
>  fi
>     ;;
>
>     stop)
>         echo -n "Shutting down Nano-X:"
>         PID=`cat /var/run/nanox.pid`
>         kill $PID
>         echo -n " Nano-X"
>         echo "."
>         EXITCODE=0
>         ;;
>
>     status)
>         pid=`pidof nano-X`
>         if [ "$pid" != "" ] ; then
>             echo "Nano-X (pid $pid) is running..."
>             EXITCODE=0
>         else
>             echo "Nano-X is stopped"
>             EXITCODE=3
>         fi
>         ;;
>
> Any advise appreciated.
>
> Thanks.
>
> "Alexander S. Guy" wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:45:17AM -0600, Sridharan Subramanian wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> > > Is it a problem in my startup scripts or kernel or microwindows
> > > compilation?
> >
> > It's probably your startup scripts.. How are you starting up microwindows?
> > Are you making sure to background it?
> >
> > Alexander