Re: Uther issues... very few signs of life...

[Eric Rucker <bhtooefr@gmail.com>]

On Feb 15, 4:53 am, roughana <andrew.roug...@writeme.com> wrote:
> On Feb 15, 12:26 pm, Eric Rucker <bhtoo...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Contiki couldn't get an IP address. And, if I gave it a static IP, it
> > couldn't do anything.
>
> > I've tried the card in slot 2 (Your Card), 3 (Built-In Text Display),
> > 5 (Your Card), and 7 (Your Card).
>
> You don't explicitly say and sometimes the completely obvious can be
> overlooked, so I'll ask.
> Did you setup the Uther slot with the Contiki setup program each time
> you changed slots?
> It won't work unless the slot is configured correctly. I ran into that
> myself.
>
> Regards,
> Andrew

Once I gave up on ADTPro, I used Contiki for everything.

I am aware of Marinetti, and even have a floppy with Marinetti
installed, but Contiki boots much more quickly than an install of
Marinetti that's been crammed onto an 800k floppy, especially
considering the roundabout way I had to get into the System 6.0.1
launcher so I could get into the control panels (start a Contiki app
from BASIC.SYSTEM, then exit it.) If I had a hard drive (or some form
of CompactFlash/IDE controller - I'll be getting one, and either a 4MB
or 8MB RAM card, soon,) I'd be using Marinetti for this. ;)

I did make sure that I changed the slot on Contiki's configuration,
every time I changed it.

I did some further testing, and noted that the only time the activity
light was blinking during a DHCP request was when it was plugged into
my router, and for a home network with only one user... let's just say
there's a lot of traffic. (A server, two laptops, and now the GS, at
any one time.)

However, I decided to push down on all the ICs on the Uther, to make
sure they were fully seated. One of them was NOT fully seated. I put
the card back in and tried again, with it plugged into the ThinkPad (I
knew it wouldn't successfully get an IP address this way, but I was
just watching for DHCP requests...)

As soon as I turned the GS on, the card link light came on, turned
off, came back on, and then the activity light went nuts. The ThinkPad
got several DHCP request packets from a Wistron MAC address. However,
Contiki still wasn't sending any packets.

I turned off the system, removed the card, and tried another slot, and
then it was back to how it was behaving before.

Glenn, I think I'll take you up on that offer. I'll send you an e-mail
with the IM names I normally use.

Thanks,
Eric Rucker