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I cannot get this danged thing into recovery mode. What is the deal? Pressing the button does nothing...

So I went from bricked to not bricked and back tp android. Then I couldn't figure out how to get the danged system to move to Linux and so I found a way back int recovery and tried to just flash the image in the first part of the "Fresh install as the part with the "2 minutes of black and then reboot wasn't happeneing.

Now I am hosed again and getting the pink screen....

I am able to create a boot sd card but then when I go to use it like I did before I just get this:


[ 5.314609@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 117 page data!!
[ 5.314953@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 118 page data!!
[ 5.315296@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 119 page data!!
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[ 5.319154@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 130 page data!!
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[ 5.321975@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 138 page data!!
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[ 5.324776@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 146 page data!!
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[ 5.325834@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 149 page data!!
[ 5.326177@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 150 page data!!
[ 5.326521@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 151 page data!!
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[ 5.327236@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 153 page data!!
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[ 5.329324@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 159 page data!!
[ 5.329681@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 160 page data!!
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[ 5.330386@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 162 page data!!
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[ 5.331444@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 165 page data!!
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[ 5.332131@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 167 page data!!
[ 5.332488@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 168 page data!!
[ 5.332846@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 169 page data!!
[ 5.333188@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 170 page data!!
[ 5.333531@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 171 page data!!
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[ 5.334244@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 173 page data!!
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[ 5.339134@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 187 page data!!
[ 5.339496@1] recover_current_block_mapping invalid page data!!
[ 5.339869@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 189 page data!!
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[ 5.345120@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 204 page data!!
[ 5.345477@1] recover_current_block_mapping unkown 205 page data!!


I cut a lot out. Whats the deal. Any help??

This is the end of the "boot"


[ 11.084231@0] aml_nftl_blk->mbd.tr.name =data
[ 11.084492@1] usb 2-1.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[ 11.084504@1] usb 2-1.1: Product: 802.11n WLAN Adapter
[ 11.084513@1] usb 2-1.1: Manufacturer: Realtek
[ 11.084521@1] usb 2-1.1: SerialNumber: 00e04c000001
[ 11.110619@1] do_prio_gc block:769, type:1
[ 11.114960@0] aml_nftl_init_bounce_buf, use cache here
[ 11.115410@1] prio_garbage_collect cannot find PHY_MAPPING_PAGE e8000000 !!
[ 11.115782@1] Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000d82
[ 11.115794@1] pgd = c0004000
[ 11.115800@1] [00000d82] *pgd=00000000
[ 11.115813@1] Internal error: Oops: 5 [#1] PREEMPT SMP
[ 11.115821@1] Modules linked in:
[ 11.115835@1] CPU: 1 Tainted: G W (3.0.101+ d553999-dirty(20131205.172615))
[ 11.115873@1] PC is at prio_garbage_collect_no_last_page+0xb4/0x1bc
[ 11.115885@1] LR is at prio_garbage_collect_no_last_page+0xb0/0x1bc
[ 11.115897@1] pc : [<c03df578>] lr : [<c03df574>] psr: 80000013
[ 11.115902@1] sp : de83ff18 ip : c0911030 fp : 00000000
[ 11.115910@1] r10: 0000ffff r9 : 09000000 r8 : de83ff2c
[ 11.115918@1] r7 : de816020 r6 : de83ff1c r5 : 00000000 r4 : df815800
[ 11.115927@1] r3 : 00000301 r2 : df816580 r1 : 000006c0 r0 : 00000d80
[ 11.115937@1] Flags: Nzcv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 ISA ARM Segment kernel
[ 11.115947@1] Control: 10c53c7d Table: 8000404a DAC: 00000017
[ 11.115956@1]
[ 11.115959@1] PC: 0xc03df4f8:
[ 11.115964@1] f4f8 ea000005 e5943004 e2855001 e1d321b4 e2422001 e1520005 9a00002e e1d321bc
[ 11.115985@1] f518 e1a01008 e1d7c0b0 e1a00004 e59430d0 e1cd21ba e1cdc1b6 e58d301c e1cd51b4
[ 11.116004@1] f538 e5943574 e58d6020 e12fff33 e1a00006 eb00070e e5dd3004 e20330c0 e35300c0
[ 11.116023@1] f558 e1a09000 1affffe6 e3790001 e1a01000 e1a00004 0affffe2 eb00071a e1d730b0
[ 11.116043@1] f578 e1d020b2 e1520003 1affffdd e1d030b0 e1530005 1affffda e1a01005 e59f00d4
[ 11.116062@1] f598 eb055f7e e1a00004 e1a01009 e59420d0 ebfffee6 e3500000 1a00002c e24aa001
[ 11.116081@1] f5b8 e6ffa07a e35a0000 1affffcd e5943004 e1d321b4 e2422001 e1550002 0a000018
[ 11.116100@1] f5d8 e1d331bc e3a05000 e1d720b0 e1a00004 e1cd51b4 e1a01008 e1cd31ba e1cd21b6
[ 11.116120@1]
[ 11.116123@1] LR: 0xc03df4f4:
[ 11.116127@1] f4f4 e3a05000 ea000005 e5943004 e2855001 e1d321b4 e2422001 e1520005 9a00002e
[ 11.116147@1] f514 e1d321bc e1a01008 e1d7c0b0 e1a00004 e59430d0 e1cd21ba e1cdc1b6 e58d301c
[ 11.116166@1] f534 e1cd51b4 e5943574 e58d6020 e12fff33 e1a00006 eb00070e e5dd3004 e20330c0
[ 11.116185@1] f554 e35300c0 e1a09000 1affffe6 e3790001 e1a01000 e1a00004 0affffe2 eb00071a
[ 11.116204@1] f574 e1d730b0 e1d020b2 e1520003 1affffdd e1d030b0 e1530005 1affffda e1a01005
[ 11.116223@1] f594 e59f00d4 eb055f7e e1a00004 e1a01009 e59420d0 ebfffee6 e3500000 1a00002c
[ 11.116242@1] f5b4 e24aa001 e6ffa07a e35a0000 1affffcd e5943004 e1d321b4 e2422001 e1550002
[ 11.116261@1] f5d4 0a000018 e1d331bc e3a05000 e1d720b0 e1a00004 e1cd51b4 e1a01008 e1cd31ba
[ 11.116281@1]
[ 11.116284@1] SP: 0xde83fe98:
[ 11.116289@1] fe98 60200000 00000000 de83ff2c de84e000 00002000 00200000 00000301 c03de378
[ 11.116308@1] feb8 ffffffff de83ff04 de83ff1c de816020 de83ff2c c0037cac 00000d80 000006c0
[ 11.116327@1] fed8 df816580 00000301 df815800 00000000 de83ff1c de816020 de83ff2c 09000000
[ 11.116346@1] fef8 0000ffff 00000000 c0911030 de83ff18 c03df574 c03df578 80000013 ffffffff
[ 11.116365@1] ff18 00000001 000000f9 80010000 5f6c6d61 6c74666e 03010000 00100000 deffa000
[ 11.116384@1] ff38 de83ff1c c05373b8 df815800 00000301 de816020 00000013 de83ff64 00000000
[ 11.116403@1] ff58 0000ffff c03df918 c1148ee0 000000e8 80010000 5f6c6d61 6c74666e 030100ff
[ 11.116422@1] ff78 00100000 deffa000 de83ff64 c05373b8 df8158f0 df815800 00000000 00000013
[ 11.116441@1]
[ 11.116444@1] IP: 0xc0910fb0:
[ 11.116448@1] 0fb0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116467@1] 0fd0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116485@1] 0ff0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116503@1] 1010 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116522@1] 1030 00000000 00000000 00000000 c091103c c091103c 00000003 00000000 df8220b0
[ 11.116541@1] 1050 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000001 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116559@1] 1070 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116577@1] 1090 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116597@1]
[ 11.116599@1] R2: 0xdf816500:
[ 11.116604@1] 6500 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116622@1] 6520 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116640@1] 6540 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116659@1] 6560 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116677@1] 6580 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116695@1] 65a0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116713@1] 65c0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116731@1] 65e0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116750@1]
[ 11.116753@1] R4: 0xdf815780:
[ 11.116758@1] 5780 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116776@1] 57a0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116794@1] 57c0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116813@1] 57e0 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116831@1] 5800 dec52600 dfa93640 36303331 00613330 05590303 05530000 004ae000 000ab000
[ 11.116850@1] 5820 00000000 de810000 de81ab00 dea00000 deb00000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116869@1] 5840 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116887@1] 5860 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000000 de81ab00 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.116906@1]
[ 11.116909@1] R6: 0xde83fe9c:
[ 11.116913@1] fe9c 00000000 de83ff2c de84e000 00002000 00200000 00000301 c03de378 ffffffff
[ 11.116932@1] febc de83ff04 de83ff1c de816020 de83ff2c c0037cac 00000d80 000006c0 df816580
[ 11.116951@1] fedc 00000301 df815800 00000000 de83ff1c de816020 de83ff2c 09000000 0000ffff
[ 11.116970@1] fefc 00000000 c0911030 de83ff18 c03df574 c03df578 80000013 ffffffff 00000001
[ 11.116989@1] ff1c 000000f9 80010000 5f6c6d61 6c74666e 03010000 00100000 deffa000 de83ff1c
[ 11.117008@1] ff3c c05373b8 df815800 00000301 de816020 00000013 de83ff64 00000000 0000ffff
[ 11.117027@1] ff5c c03df918 c1148ee0 000000e8 80010000 5f6c6d61 6c74666e 030100ff 00100000
[ 11.117046@1] ff7c deffa000 de83ff64 c05373b8 df8158f0 df815800 00000000 00000013 00000000
[ 11.117066@1]
[ 11.117069@1] R7: 0xde815fa0:
[ 11.117073@1] 5fa0 000102fd 00000000 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 de815f80 00000000 00000000
[ 11.117092@1] 5fc0 000102fe 00000000 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 de815fa0 00000000 00000000
[ 11.117111@1] 5fe0 000102ff 00000000 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 de815fc0 00000000 00000000
[ 11.117129@1] 6000 00010300 00000000 ffffffff 00000000 00000000 de815fe0 00000000 00000000
[ 11.117148@1] 6020 00000301 00000003 0180616d de8160a0 de816040 00000000 de816040 df81589c
[ 11.117167@1] 6040 00000302 00000005 0280616d de816020 de816060 00000000 de816060 de816020
[ 11.117186@1] 6060 00000303 00000005 0380616d de816040 de816080 00000000 de816080 de816040
[ 11.117205@1] 6080 00000304 00000007 0480616d de816060 df81587c 00000000 de8160a0 de816060
[ 11.117224@1]
[ 11.117227@1] R8: 0xde83feac:
[ 11.117231@1] feac 00200000 00000301 c03de378 ffffffff de83ff04 de83ff1c de816020 de83ff2c
[ 11.117250@1] fecc c0037cac 00000d80 000006c0 df816580 00000301 df815800 00000000 de83ff1c
[ 11.117269@1] feec de816020 de83ff2c 09000000 0000ffff 00000000 c0911030 de83ff18 c03df574
[ 11.117288@1] ff0c c03df578 80000013 ffffffff 00000001 000000f9 80010000 5f6c6d61 6c74666e
[ 11.117307@1] ff2c 03010000 00100000 deffa000 de83ff1c c05373b8 df815800 00000301 de816020
[ 11.117326@1] ff4c 00000013 de83ff64 00000000 0000ffff c03df918 c1148ee0 000000e8 80010000
[ 11.117345@1] ff6c 5f6c6d61 6c74666e 030100ff 00100000 deffa000 de83ff64 c05373b8 df8158f0
[ 11.117364@1] ff8c df815800 00000000 00000013 00000000 00000000 00000000 c03dff90 dec52600
[ 11.117386@1] Process aml_nftld (pid: 1366, stack limit = 0xde83e2f0)
[ 11.117396@1] Stack: (0xde83ff18 to 0xde840000)
[ 11.117406@1] ff00: 00000001 000000f9
[ 11.117420@1] ff20: 80010000 5f6c6d61 6c74666e 03010000 00100000 deffa000 de83ff1c c05373b8
[ 11.117434@1] ff40: df815800 00000301 de816020 00000013 de83ff64 00000000 0000ffff c03df918
[ 11.117447@1] ff60: c1148ee0 000000e8 80010000 5f6c6d61 6c74666e 030100ff 00100000 deffa000
[ 11.117460@1] ff80: de83ff64 c05373b8 df8158f0 df815800 00000000 00000013 00000000 00000000
[ 11.117474@1] ffa0: 00000000 c03dff90 dec52600 de83e000 c0754080 c03dd578 df833f2c dec52600
[ 11.117486@1] ffc0: c03dd508 c0078358 c0039280 00000000 dec52600 00000000 00000000 00000000
[ 11.117500@1] ffe0: de83ffe0 de83ffe0 df833f2c c00782d8 c0039280 c0039280 08edffff 039dffff
[ 11.117531@1] [<c03df578>] (prio_garbage_collect_no_last_page+0xb4/0x1bc) from [<c03df918>] (prio_garbage_collect+0x298/0x2d4)
[ 11.117552@1] [<c03df918>] (prio_garbage_collect+0x298/0x2d4) from [<c03dff90>] (do_prio_gc+0xb0/0xc8)
[ 11.117570@1] [<c03dff90>] (do_prio_gc+0xb0/0xc8) from [<c03dd578>] (aml_nftl_thread+0x70/0x104)
[ 11.117595@1] [<c03dd578>] (aml_nftl_thread+0x70/0x104) from [<c0078358>] (kthread+0x80/0x88)
[ 11.117626@1] [<c0078358>] (kthread+0x80/0x88) from [<c0039280>] (kernel_thread_exit+0x0/0x8)
[ 11.117642@1] Code: e1a00004 0affffe2 eb00071a e1d730b0 (e1d020b2)
[ 11.117656@1] ---[ end trace 1b75b31a2719ed1d ]---




Just a pink screen. And I get the same output even if the sd card is empty. Without the sd card I just get the No boot media detected or whatever that message is.

bluemeane:

If you tried to update with just the Geniatech Linux/XBMC image from Android, it won't work. The XDA Linux/XBMC would be the image file you'd want to use. It was designed to use the Android SPI.

If you can get back to Android, you should try that.

tinker

(2014-02-12, 07:55)tinker Wrote: [ -> ]bluemeane:

If you tried to update with just the Geniatech Linux/XBMC image from Android, it won't work. The XDA Linux/XBMC would be the image file you'd want to use. It was designed to use the Android SPI.

If you can get back to Android, you should try that.

tinker

I went from Android to Geniatech Linux, very simple install.

danwooller:

I believe the poster I responded to tried to install Geniatech Linux/XBMC by updating the .img file alone from Android instead of make a boot SD card as per instructions in the fist post of this thread.

tinker

(2014-02-12, 16:45)tinker Wrote: [ -> ]danwooller:

I believe the poster I responded to tried to install Geniatech Linux/XBMC by updating the .img file alone from Android instead of make a boot SD card as per instructions in the fist post of this thread.

tinker

Correct. I will do that when I get back to Linux. But I am not sure how to do that.I think i am screwed at this point

(2014-02-12, 16:45)tinker Wrote: [ -> ]danwooller:

I believe the poster I responded to tried to install Geniatech Linux/XBMC by updating the .img file alone from Android instead of make a boot SD card as per instructions in the fist post of this thread.

tinker

Ah, I understand. Can't help with that, just did it with the card on two devices, and apart from some stutter on 1080p it's great.

(2014-02-12, 18:27)danwooller Wrote: [ -> ]Ah, I understand. Can't help with that, just did it with the card on two devices, and apart from some stutter on 1080p it's great.

Dan:

Which devices and which Linux? I have an ATV520 running Geniatech Linux/XBMC. I only use 720p resolution, so I don't know whether 1080p pushes the hardware too close to the limit.

tinker

(2014-02-12, 19:33)tinker Wrote: [ -> ]

(2014-02-12, 18:27)danwooller Wrote: [ -> ]Ah, I understand. Can't help with that, just did it with the card on two devices, and apart from some stutter on 1080p it's great.

Dan:

Which devices and which Linux? I have an ATV520 running Geniatech Linux/XBMC. I only use 720p resolution, so I don't know whether 1080p pushes the hardware too close to the limit.

tinker

ATV1200 and the second method on the front page, copy files to the card, restart with switch, wait ten seconds, release and leave the box for 5 mins while it did it's thing.

It was that good that I bought another (cheap clone) on eBay and replaced the pc in the living room.

Does anyone have any ideas to help with my issue?

Could anyone confirm that this box works with the two imges from the first post in this thread ?

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/wholesale...13750.html

(2014-02-13, 22:30)privado Wrote: [ -> ]Could anyone confirm that this box works with the two imges from the first post in this thread ?

http://www.aliexpress.com/item/wholesale...13750.html

"AML8726-MX Cortex-A9" - Yes it should. Good price too. Note: The seller says contact for best price

Folks:

Some good news. I seem to have found a work-around that'll allow at least some modding of Linux/XBMC.

Mostly, I wanted to do mods to the default skin, Confluence, but it was in the read only area of the file system. I noticed that a new skin would install in writable area on 'root/.xbmc/', but I didn't want to have to change from the default skin.

So, what I did was I downloaded the latest version of Confluence from GitHub and installed from the System/Addons it as a .zip file:

https://github.com/uNiversaI/skin.conflu...v2.1.5.zip

Now, Confluence resides in:


The screen went black when I installed it from a .zip file under 'System/Addons' but pressing the 'Back' key brought it back to normal.

To test whether it was active or not, I used Putty to 'cd' to the Sound folder. I then used the 'mv' command to rename two sound files. These are the one that bracket every error message XBMC throws at you: Bink... Bonk! So, instead of being .wav files, I changed the extensions to .off.

My Sound folder looks like this now:


The '.off' files are ignored by the skin as non-existent and I don't have to hear those annoying error sounds. I do like the click and select sounds though, otherwise I would have just shut the sounds off altogether.

It's not much, but at least any skin related mods can be done now.

tinker

Folks:

Here's another Confluence mod based on the post above. This is an accessibility mod that I really needed because I don't have very good eyesight. But since, by the My Gica's very nature, most of us are watching our screens from further away, I thought others might find it handy.

What I did was to take the thumbnail focus image, the blue border that wraps around thumbnails everywhere, and altered it to be a lot more visible. I then replaced it for the original image.

Here's a screenshot of the end result:



Here's the altered .png file:

http://justatinker.com/XBMC/folder-focus.png (right-click (or equivalent) to download.))

I used Putty and the 'mv' command to insert the file where it belongs but you could just use the File Manager in XBMC if you like.

First, copy the folder-focus.png to an SD card or USD stick and insert it into the My Gica. Log in with Putty and type 'cd /' to get to the root directory. Then enter:

mv media/usb2/folder-focus.png root/.xbmc/addons/skin.confluence-2.1.5/media/folder-focus.png

The 'usb#' may be different depending on where you put the .png file.

Now, everywhere in XBMC that has thumbnails will be highlighted as above, making it much easier to navigate.

It's just another simple mod that makes life easier (at least for me), but it shows the possibilities now that the skin is accessible in a writable area.

tinker