dbox just fainted and wont come round

[phezo]

i was running laky pro on a nokia dbox2 (x2) and tonight the screen went blank and now the box is stuck in a loop. i've tried the latest ifa, and old version of ifa. here is the boot log.

…debug: DDF: Calibrating delay loop... debug: DDF: 67.79 BogoMIPS
debug: BMon V1.0 mID 01
debug: feID 7a gtxID 0b
debug: fpID 5a dsID 01-c3.dd.27.07.00.00-c5
debug: HWrev X5 SWrev 0.81
debug: B/Ex/Fl(MB) 32/00/08
WATCHDOG reset enabled
dbox2:root> debug:
BOOTP/TFTP bootstrap loader (v0.3)
debug:
debug: Transmitting BOOTP request via broadcast
debug: Given up BOOTP/TFTP boot
boot net failed

Flash-FS bootstrap loader (v1.5)

Found Flash-FS superblock version 3.1
Found file /root/platform/nokia-dbox2/kernel/o
debug: Got Block #0032

will verify ELF image, start= 0x800000, size= 154332
verify sig: 262
Branching to 0x40000


U-Boot 1.2.0 (Tuxbox) (Apr 7 2008 - 06:04:09)

CPU: PPC823ZTnnA at 67.200 MHz: 2 kB I-Cache 1 kB D-Cache
*** Warning: CPU Core has Silicon Bugs -- Check the Errata ***
Board: DBOX2, Nokia, BMon V1.0
Watchdog enabled
I2C: ready
DRAM: 32 MB
FLASH: 8 MB
Scanning JFFS2 FS: ......... done.
env: found "console"
env: found "baudrate"
env: found "lcd_inverse"
env: found "lcd_contrast"
FB: ready
LCD: ready
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: SCC ETHERNET

Options:
1: Console on null
2: Console on ttyS0
3: Console on framebuffer
Select option (1-3), other keys to stop autoboot: 0
### FS (jffs2) loading 'vmlinuz' to 0x100000
### FS load complete: 670086 bytes loaded to 0x100000
............................................................... done
Un-Protected 63 sectors
## Booting image at 00100000 ...
Image Name: dbox2
Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip c
Data Size: 670022 Bytes = 654.3 kB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

debug: DDF: Calibrating delay loop... debug: DDF: 67.79 BogoMIPS
debug: WATCHDOG RESET
debug: BMon V1.0 mID 01
debug: feID 7a gtxID 0b
debug: fpID 5a dsID 01-c3.dd.27.07.00.00-c5
debug: HWrev X5 SWrev 0.81
debug: B/Ex/Fl(MB) 32/00/08
WATCHDOG reset enabled
dbox2:root> debug:
BOOTP/TFTP bootstrap loader (v0.3)
debug:
debug: Transmitting BOOTP request
debug: Given up BOOTP/TFTP boot
boot net failed

Flash-FS bootstrap loader (v1.5)

Found Flash-FS superblock version 3.1
Found file /root/platform/nokia-dbox2/kernel/os in Flash-FS
debug: Got Block #0032

will verify ELF image, start= 0x800000, size= 154332
verify sig: 262
Branching to 0x40000


U-Boot 1.2.0 (Tuxbox) (Apr 7 2008 - 06:04:09)

CPU: PPC823ZTnnA at 67.200 MHz: 2 kB I-Cache 1 kB D-Cache
*** Warning: CPU Core has Silicon Bugs -- Check the Errata ***
Board: DBOX2, Nokia, BMon V1.0
Watchdo
I2C: ready
DRAM: 32 MB
FLASH: 8 MB
Scanning JFFS2 FS: ......... done.
env: found "console"
env: found "baudrate"
env: found "lcd_inverse"
env: found "lcd_contrast"
FB: ready
LCD: ready
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Net: SCC ETHERNET

Options:
1: Console on null
2: Console on ttyS0
3: Console on framebuffer
Select option (1-3), other keys to stop autoboot: 0
### FS (jffs2) loading 'vmlinuz' to 0x100000
### FS load complete: 670086 bytes loaded to 0x100000
............................................................... done
Un-Protected 63 sectors
## Booting image at 00100000 ...
Image Name: dbox2
Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
Data Size: 670022 Bytes = 654.3 kB
Load Address: 00000000
Entry Point: 00000000
Verifying Checksum ... OK
Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK

debug: DDF: Calibrating delay loop... debug: DDF: 67.79 BogoMIPS
debug: WATCHDOG RESET
debug: BMon V1.0 mID 01
debug: feID 7a gtxID 0b
debug: fpID 5a dsID 01-c3.dd.27.07.00.00-c5
debug: HWrev X5 SWrev 0.81
debug: B/Ex/Fl(MB) 32/00/08
WATCHDOG reset enabled
dbox2:root> debug:
BOOTP/TFTP bootstrap loader (v0.3)
debug:
debug: Transmitting BOOTP request via broadcast
debug: Given up BOOTP/TFTP boot
boot net failed

Flash-FS bootstrap loader (v1.5)

Found Flash-FS superblock version 3.1
Found file /root/platform/nokia-dbox2/kernel/os in Flash-FS
debug: Got Block #0032

will verify ELF image, start= 0x800000, size= 154332
verify sig: 262
Branching to 0x40000


U-Boot 1.2.0 (Tuxbox) (Apr 7 2008 - 06:04:09)

CPU: PPC823ZTnnA at 67.200 MHz: 2 kB I-Cache 1 kB D-Cache
*** Warning: CPU Core has Silicon Bugs -- Check the Errata ***
Board: DBOX2, Nokia, BMon V1.0
Watchdog enabled
I2C: ready
DRAM: 32 MB
FLASH: 8 MB
Scanning JFFS2 FS: .......\

 

[Fergalsworld]

Try the portable version of IFA

 

[phezo]

i tried the portable ifa, still no joy. anyone got any ideas.

 

[die5el]

I know this may sound stupid have you changed the batteries in the remote control ? the batteries may be flat my dreambox done the same

 

[phezo]

the box won't boot up mate, it hooks into ifa for about 20 seconds then goes into a continious reboot loop. does any know what chips could be responsible for this and i could swap them out with another nokia box i have that is fooked.

 

[Fergalsworld]

Use both crossover and nullmodem cable
set your networkcard to 10baseT_halfduplex give it a static ip of 192.168.1.201 and subnet 255.255.255.0
disable antivirus,firewalls and any other network cards including wireless
turn box on start the flash process then turn box off then on again

 

[phezo]

tried what you said with the static ip, firewall, switching it off and on. still no joy. i tried it on my laptop also, still no joy.

 

[Fergalsworld]

Did you set your networkcard to 10baseT_halfduplex aswell

 

[phezo]

yes mate, i always use 10base half duplex. i reckon the box is seriously fooked. how would it hook into ifa then reboot. i've never seen a box do that before. the problem was always hooking into ifa in the first place.

 

[a_sagad]

Hi mate, I had the same issue with my Nokia, best thing is to restore the image with a fresh bootloader, by using just the null modem cable and the process should take around half an hour, but it did the trick for me.

Hope this helps (i'm trying to think of what the software was called)

 

[cloudnineuk54]

try this mate,follow the tut word for word dot to dot,may take a few attempts but works 100% use xp though

4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download u-boot.mot


4shared.com - online file sharing and storage - download How To Flash A Dbox2 Using Serial Cable Only.rtf

 

[phezo]

how do u open a mot file

 

[Fergalsworld]

You dont open the u-boot mot file read the guide, also the last command you type in
cp.l the l is a lowercase letter L not a 1 one

 

[cloudnineuk54]

You dont open the u-boot mot file read the guide, also the last command you type in
cp.l the l is a lowercase letter L not a 1 one

now i know youve used this method lol,many peeps make a mistake on that

 

[Fergalsworld]

now i know youve used this method lol,many peeps make a mistake on that

I have never had to use it m8 but as you say nearly everyone makes that mistake
which is a pisser as it takes about 30 mins to get to that point and they wonder why it wont go any further lol

 

[phezo]

i've give it a go tonight. tried to sort a yellow screen of death ps3 at the moment.

 

[PaphosAL]

I have never had to use it m8 but as you say nearly everyone makes that mistake
which is a pisser as it takes about 30 mins to get to that point and they wonder why it wont go any further lol

I'm not gonna tell you how long it took me to get my old head around creating linux SymLinks for that very same reason, Fergal...

In -sf (I as in I'm stupid) instead of ln -sf (l as in Al is a lost cause, LOL!)

Cheers- AL

 

[phezo]

followed the instructions to the letter. everything went smoothly. until i rebooted the box. still doing the same thing. i'm sooo dissapointed, i really thought that was going to work. i thought i was on a roll after fixing my mates yellow screen of death ps3.

 

[phezo]

anyone konw of common ics to change for this sort of problem.