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| author | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2012-07-17 19:42:04 +0200 |
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| committer | Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com> | 2012-07-17 19:42:04 +0200 |
| commit | c6580011f12e6ca8f7eb87af11d4e9d6def4316f (patch) | |
| tree | 461613aebda672ca6c04898ef50a5250b0ebb2e3 /docs/manual | |
| parent | 2e03375d317c369c1f676b090f5bb10efa52ecec (diff) | |
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doc: Add FAQ entries from the old HTML-only documentation
Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
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diff --git a/docs/manual/faq.txt b/docs/manual/faq.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000..575d019e9 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/manual/faq.txt @@ -0,0 +1,38 @@ +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. diff --git a/docs/manual/manual.txt b/docs/manual/manual.txt index 732b50cbc..de4b5949b 100644 --- a/docs/manual/manual.txt +++ b/docs/manual/manual.txt @@ -31,4 +31,6 @@ include::download-location.txt[] include::adding-packages.txt[] +include::faq.txt[] + include::appendix.txt[] |