I changed the IP address range of the wireless via the script the vendor had in root as it conflicted with a wrieless router I had setup.  No longer hangs, but now I can not connect via wireless, and the wired network while not crashing on the Fast Ethernet also does not request an address.  I do not know of a way to get to console at boot time, did not order the JTAG interface so I am SOL..

Just frustrating.  The Shiva plug worked out of the box.

Thans -- Found a Fast Ethernet router -- when connected it did not crash,  and one of the wired network ports is working.  Gigabit switches did not work (linksys).  Trying an update/upgrade..  Thanks for the assistance.  A machine running with a slower network connection is far bettter than a hung/reboot machine and an RMA.

Did see others with the same problem, missed it when searching..

KK

guru plus received, connected via wireless network as an access point.  When connecting wired ethernet, system hangs, will reboot.
Thought it migh be swap space, seems not to be.  Also, the USB thumbdrive mounted in usb0 has a fried directory.  Not sure if the two
issues are related.  Ethernet devices are loaded, indicated in kernel message queue (dmesg).  Checking logs, nothing found so far.

Ideas welcome.

KK

Pardon my lack of asking the right question -- I think I have installed a USB video device on the plug..

usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
drivers/hid/usbhid/hid-core.c: v2.6:USB HID core driver
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 0711:0950 Magic Control Technology Corp.

Kernel rev (old, I know) .. Linux toaster 2.6.22.18 #1 Thu Mar 19 14:46:22 IST 2009 armv5tejl GNU/Linux

Can this device be used as a console device if a mouse/keyboard is added?  Not sure how to proceed..

How did you run the alpha-6 installer?  apt-get ?

I am using heyu -- Not sure what Dan's TCP controller  is -- net based?  -- Could be a bit off topic, will take a look.. Thanks.  Least I
know it is possible.

KK

Only solution I can think of is to download the GNU RXTX library, compile and add it to the OS.  I have used the RXTX library in a java app,
and by-passed the RXTS by the purchase of a MODBUS gateway which allows me to use the internet, and such avoid the hardware
dependency.. 

Am new to debian.  I  have been able to use a Windows terminal session to communicate with the Sheva, have a running
system,  installed gcc along with a few utilities on the Shiva.  Now attempting to use a USB-RS232 converter to communicate with an
external device (X-10) over a serial port.  The USB to RS-232 "dongle" seems to be recognised by the kernel.  Installed
setserial to set/define the comm parameters.  Also defined a getty in events.d at startup.

How do I know what ttyS has been assigned to the USB port?  Pretty sure  ttyS0  is the console port, and would expect ttyS1 to
be the second USB serial port.   I have minicom installed, and should be able to test the port.  No success so far.  Ideas welcome. 

>lsusb
Bus 001 Device 007: ID 067b:2303 Prolific Technology, Inc. PL2303 Serial Port
Bus 001 Device 006: ID 05dc:a701 Lexar Media, Inc. JumpDrive FireFly
Bus 001 Device 005: ID 05dc:a701 Lexar Media, Inc. JumpDrive FireFly
Bus 001 Device 003: ID 0781:5406 SanDisk Corp. Cruzer Micro 1/4GB Flash Drive
Bus 001 Device 002: ID 0451:2046 Texas Instruments, Inc. TUSB2046 Hub
Bus 001 Device 001: ID 0000:0000 

root@toaster:~# setserial -a /dev/ttyS0
/dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 33
        Baud_base: 12500000, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
        closing_wait: 3000
        Flags: spd_normal skip_test

root@toaster:~# setserial -a /dev/ttyS1
/dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x0000, IRQ: 34
        Baud_base: 12500000, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
        closing_wait: 3000
        Flags: spd_normal skip_test

root@toaster:~# ps ax | grep ttyS1
 1283 ttyS1    Ss+    0:00 /sbin/getty 4800 ttyS1
 2289 pts/0    R+     0:00 grep ttyS1

I should be able to set ttyS1 to 4800 baud to communicate with the CMA10 X-10 control device..
Assuming protections are set correctly. 

KK

To add -- Built Apache/2.2.11 (Unix) mod_ssl/2.2.11 OpenSSL/0.9.8g DAV/2 PHP/5.2.10  with a more current
PHP module, needed to add a few librarys required (ssl related).. Should be all the pieces  I need to move my
solar charge controller application with related DB information to the plug.. I expect to run the plug totally off
the grid with solar/battery power, and via X10 manage power switching and lighting/security..

Have the ShivaPlug for almost a week,.  After a few issues with the java runtime libs and learning about open-java and the debian
way of working, my java application is online (testing)  -- a Solar Charge Controller interface, no graphics..  Perl seems fine, installed
gcc , make, bison & flex utilities, dnsmasq for local network management, working OK..  NFS installed, sems fine.

Did a little moving around in /usr/share to move docs out to an installed USB drive to  gain "system" space.  Installed postgres, further testing is needed, all seems fine.  I have added 2G of swap space, not sure its working although I can see no reason for it not to.. A very nice surprise..  The power usage is more like 10 watts than five, I keep it a bit vusy, well within my battery-based environment.. Happy camper -- how my Shiva looks..

Linux debian 2.6.22.18 #1 Thu Mar 19 14:46:22 IST 2009 armv5tejl GNU/Linux
             total       used       free     shared    buffers     cached
Mem:        515636     374264     141372          0      46280     272340
-/+ buffers/cache:      55644     459992
Swap:      1959888          0    1959888

root@toaster:~# df
Filesystem           1K-blocks      Used Available Use% Mounted on
rootfs                  519168    177700    341468  35% /
tmpfs                   257816         0    257816   0% /lib/init/rw
varrun                  257816        88    257728   1% /var/run
varlock                 257816         0    257816   0% /var/lock
udev                    257816        36    257780   1% /dev
tmpfs                   257816         0    257816   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs                   257816     22368    235448   9% /var/cache/apt
/dev/sdb2              1935132     35956   1879516   2% /home
/dev/sdc1              3866116    271352   3555488   8% /usr/local
/dev/sda1              3937220    174504   3722716   5% /tmp
cocoa:/mnt/usd1      384578168 143626104 237044976  38% /mnt/netfs

Not being Debian versed, where is the rootdelay set?  Used to gentoo/redhat, stumbling a bit on Debian.. Still, getting farther on Shivaplug than I thought.. Along those lines, if I use a swap partition on one of the USB drives, how do you point to the partition, as the driver number (sda1, sdb1) may change.. On  ext partiiton, using a disklabel and calling mount -L label <mntpoint> in rc.local works..  Been logging in and setting up swap manually.  Thanks