Hey everyone... well, this is the error I'm getting when I try booting. The whole system hangs at the boot logo and everything after the "init(1): memory violation..." repeats itself a bazliion times. I'm running a fresh copy of the b2.11 developer version on a Mk2a unit, no hijack installed. Any ideas what this means and how to fix it? Man, it sucks not having music in my car!

empeg-car bootstrap v1.02 20001106 (hugo@empeg.com)
If there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now,
or forever hold their peace...it seems not. Let fly the Penguins of Linux!

e000 v1.04
Copying kernel...
Calling linux kernel...
Uncompressing Linux..................................... done, booting the kerne
l.
Linux version 2.2.14-rmk5-np17-empeg50 (mac@aphex.internal.empeg.com) (gcc versi
on 2.95.3 20010315 (release)) #7 Fri Feb 8 18:45:38 GMT 2002
Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp.
empeg-car player (hardware revision 9, serial number 10102100)
Command line: mem=16m
Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 15024k/16M available (964k code, 20k reserved, 372k data, 4k init)
Dentry hash table entries: 2048 (order 2, 16k)
Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order 4, 64k)
Page cache hash table entries: 4096 (order 2, 16k)
POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX
Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2
Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039
NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0
IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP
TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 16384 bhash 16384)
IrDA (tm) Protocols for Linux-2.2 (Dag Brattli)
Linux-IrDA: IrCOMM protocol ( revision:Tue May 18 03:11:39 1999 )
ircomm_tty: virtual tty driver for IrCOMM ( revision:Wed May 26 00:49:11 1999 )
Starting kswapd v 1.5
SA1100 serial driver version 4.27 with no serial options enabled
ttyS00 at 0xf8010000 (irq = 15) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS01 at 0xf8050000 (irq = 17) is a SA1100 UART
ttyS02 at 0xf8030000 (irq = 16) is a SA1100 UART
Signature is 67706d65 'empg'
Scheduling custom logo.
empeg display initialised.
empeg dsp audio initialised
empeg dsp mixer initialised
empeg dsp initialised
empeg audio-in initialised, CS4231A revision a0
empeg remote control/panel button initialised.
empeg usb initialised, PDIUSBD12 id 1012
empeg state support initialised 0089/88c1 (save to d0005d00).
empeg RDS driver initialised
empeg power-pic driver initialised (first boot)
RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 4096K size
empeg single channel IDE
Probing primary interface...
hda: TOSHIBA MK2018GAS, ATA DISK drive
hda: TOSHIBA MK2018GAS, ATA DISK drive
hda: TOSHIBA MK2018GAS, ATA DISK drive
hda: TOSHIBA MK2018GAS, ATA DISK drive
hda: TOSHIBA MK2018GAS, ATA DISK drive

init(1): memory violation at pc=0x9a000008, lr=0x02007bd8 (bad address=0x9a00000
8, code 2)
pc : [<9a000008>] lr : [<02007bd8>]
sp : bffffef4 ip : bfffff18 fp : bfffff14
r10: 02000194 r9 : 00000000 r8 : 00000001
r7 : bfffff74 r6 : 02035928 r5 : bfffff7c r4 : 02035920
r3 : 02035928 r2 : bfffff7c r1 : bfffff74 r0 : 00000001
Flags: Nzcv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: C0FA517D Table: C0FA517D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<02007b98>] from [<02007b50>]
r8 = 0202EBE0 r7 = 00000000 r6 = BFFFFF74 r5 = 00000001
r4 = BFFFFF7C
Function entered at [<02007aec>] from [<02007b80>]
r6 = 020000C0 r5 = BFFFFF74 r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<02007b70>] from [<02001004>]
Function entered at [<02000f60>] from [<02000104>]
r10 = 00000000 r8 = 00000000 r7 = 00000000 r6 = 00000000
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000
init(1): memory violation at pc=0x9a000008, lr=0x02007bd8 (bad address=0x9a00000
8, code 2)
pc : [<9a000008>] lr : [<02007bd8>]
sp : bffffef4 ip : bfffff18 fp : bfffff14
r10: 02000194 r9 : 00000000 r8 : 00000001
r7 : bfffff74 r6 : 02035928 r5 : bfffff7c r4 : 02035920
r3 : 02035928 r2 : bfffff7c r1 : bfffff74 r0 : 00000001
Flags: Nzcv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: C0FA517D Table: C0FA517D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<02007b98>] from [<02007b50>]
r8 = 0202EBE0 r7 = 00000000 r6 = BFFFFF74 r5 = 00000001
r4 = BFFFFF7C
Function entered at [<02007aec>] from [<02007b80>]
r6 = 020000C0 r5 = BFFFFF74 r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<02007b70>] from [<02001004>]
Function entered at [<02000f60>] from [<02000104>]
r10 = 00000000 r8 = 00000000 r7 = 00000000 r6 = 00000000
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000

Greetings!

Have you tried to reflash with a fresh kernel? You might want to download a new copy - perhaps your local copy is corrupt. Another possibility would be to run a memory test.

Well, I was having the problem with my previous version of the software, so I downloaded a new copy (this time the developer version of b2.11) and reinstalled it... problem didn't go away.

How do I do a memory test?

Greetings!

Do a control-T on boot.

Tony, I was doing a few casual searches in the FAQ, but I didn't see the boot up diagnostics there. Is this something that you would like to add?

everything looks fine when I do a memory check. Any other ideas??


empeg-car bootstrap v1.02 20001106 (hugo@empeg.com)
If there is anyone present who wants to upgrade the flash, let them speak now,
or forever hold their peace...
0000 empeg-car (issue9) board test version 0.05 <hugo@empeg.com>
0100 ram test starting
0110 testing ic 1 (0-15mb, low word)
0120 testing ic 2 (0-15mb, high word)
01f0 ram test done
0200 ide detect
0210 command issued
0220 drive id TOSHIBA MK2018GAS
02f0 ide ok
0300 dsp/i2c test
03f0 dsp/i2c ok
0400 temperature detect
0410 temperature is 32
04f0 temperature ok
0500 usb detect
0510 usb rev 1012
05f0 usb ok
0600 ethernet detect
0610 ethernet rev 334b
06f0 ethernet ok
0700 cs4231 detect
0710 cs4231 rev a0
07f0 cs4231 ok
00f0 tests complete

Tony, I was doing a few casual searches in the FAQ, but I didn't see the boot up diagnostics there.

It's part of the section about how to use Hyperterminal.

My suspicion as to the problem on this player: It might have something to do with IDE because the memory error happens at "probing primary interface".

It also might be a bad ".upgrade" file that was corrupted during download.

hmm.. I have tried using two different versions of the .upgrade (both the consumer and developer image of b2.11), and the both had the same problem. So I don't think it's too likely that both got corrupted in the same manner during download. I also installed a fresh copy of Emplode, so I doubt it had a problem either. I needed to change the location of the IDE ribbon a while back to get rid of the "no hard drive" error. I could definitely see how a bad IDE cable would be possible, as it's already established that I got one of the dodgy ones. I'll ask support if they'll send me a new cable. As an alternative to having them send me one, are these common components that I could pick up at a computer store, or are we talking about custom components? Before I give up and order a new cable, are there any other sources of this error that you can think of? I'd hate to wait for a few weeks to get one and have it not solve the problem!

Thanks again for all your help, guys

-James

Are you running a single or double drive unit? Have you tried swapping the (single drive only) connector or double check the jumper (double drive only)? Also, check the alignment of the cable (no chaotic evil jokes, please), make certain it is seated correctly on the connectors.

I'm running a single drive.. I already swapped the connector when I got the "no HDD found" error. The cable appears to be seated correctly on the pins. I think I may just need to get a new cable!