[iyonix-support] Re: First go at 5.18. Not a roaring success.
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- Date: Wed, 25 Apr 2012 21:38:16 +0200
In message <0e90168652.dougjwebb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Doug Webb <doug.j.webb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>In message <91460f8652.root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> root <root@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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>> Unfortunately I could not do a Delete power on to clear CMOS. The
>> keyboard is detected early in the boot sequence (the 'keyboard not
>> present message' is not displayed) but holding the delete key down at
>> the start of the boot sequence does not seem to have any affect. I had
>> to connect the Iyonix hard drive to a spare USB caddy and then to my BB
>> and change the name of !Boot to interrupt the boot sequence before I
>> could get to a working desktop. I then reflashed to 5.16 immediately.
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>OK , so if it now boots OK and you got to the desktop in 5.18 then it
>looks like either something in the boot sequence doesn't like 5.18 or
>you may have some modules disabled in 5.16.
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>5.18 altered the numbering of the modules so do a "unplug" check at
>the command line on 5.16 and see what is unplugged, reflash and re
>initialise the modules prior to a reboot.
Nothing is/was unplugged. I checked that after finding other posts about
5.18 problems.
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>One other suggestion is stop the autoload of any programmes at startup
>via configure and also have you got !HID running as some people had
>stated that causes issues on 5.18 if autoloaded unless it set to load
>modules after the desktop.
HID is running on this machine, I seem to remember that Samba might be a
problem too.
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>Failing that a clean !Boot from the ROOL site might help as a number
>of hard disc components have been updated.
It had better be worth it ;)
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>> The Iyonix has three graphics cards and is running Geminus 1.34. I load
>> about fifteen programs/utilities on start up. Any suggestions as to how
>> I can get past this problem with 5.18?
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>> Pop in a new clean !Boot. Finding some way to reset the CMOS RAM? Was
>> there not a command line command that does this? fx something?
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>Risky..
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Hmm. I remember using an fx command when I had a corrupted CMOS RAM
that a delete power on would not cure. The email from Bernard V looks
like it contains the relevent command.
Cheers
Stan
--
Stan Williams &
Damae Jannette Jongkind
The only Iyonix in Buskerud?
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