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| author | Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com> | 2012-11-11 03:14:50 +0000 |
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| committer | Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk> | 2012-11-15 23:59:48 +0100 |
| commit | cc02514f954e8280c010044320790caed698174a (patch) | |
| tree | a06b6f5e5179adf6527f67512bf63a7d7916e728 /docs/manual/faq.txt | |
| parent | b0cdae65f7e062ccfa00790fe6c4419b4c143b36 (diff) | |
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manual: faq.txt: rework and update
Also rename faq.txt -> faq-troubleshooting.txt
Signed-off-by: Samuel Martin <s.martin49@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Korsgaard <jacmet@sunsite.dk>
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diff --git a/docs/manual/faq.txt b/docs/manual/faq.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 97a754bbf..000000000 --- a/docs/manual/faq.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -Frequently Asked Questions -========================== - -The boot hangs after 'Starting network...' ------------------------------------------- - -If the boot process seems to hand after the following messages -(messages not necessarily exactly similar, depending on the list of -packages selected): - ------------------------- -Freeing init memory: 3972K -Initializing random number generator... done. -Starting network... -Starting dropbear sshd: generating rsa key... generating dsa key... OK ------------------------- - -then it means that your system is running, but didn't start a shell on -the serial console. In order to have the system start a shell on your -serial console, you have to go in the Buildroot configuration, +System -configuration+, and modify +Port to run a getty (login prompt) on+ and -+Baudrate to use+ as appropriate. This will automatically tune the -+/etc/inittab+ file of the generated system so that a shell starts on -the correct serial port. - -module-init-tools fails to build with 'cannot find -lc' -------------------------------------------------------- - -If the build of +module-init-tools+ for the host fails with: - ------------------------- -/usr/bin/ld: cannot find -lc ------------------------- - -then probably you are running a Fedora (or similar) distribution, and -you should install the +glibc-static+ package. This is because the -+module-init-tools+ build process wants to link statically against the -C library. - -How to add package from github ------------------------------- - -If the package has no release version, or its version cannot be -identified using tag, then the sha1 of the particular commit should be -used to identify the version (the first 7 characters of the sha1 are -enough): - ------------------------- -FOO_VERSION = 1234567 -FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/<branch> ------------------------- - -If the package version matches a tag, then this tag should be used to -identify the version: - ------------------------- -FOO_VERSION = v1.0 -FOO_SITE = http://github.com/<user>/<package>/tarball/$(FOO_VERSION) ------------------------- |