[arm-allstar] bbb Behavior

[David McGough]

Hi Mark,

I have never tried the small on-board power button, I will. I doubt this 
issue will be hard to resolve, we'll look at fixing for the next firmware 
release.

As for the network issue, I can't seem to duplicate it, thus far.  
Typically, I've got my development BBB (rev B) plugged into an inexpensive
Trendnet switch and I run a static IP as well. If I leave the BBB
disconnected at boot-time and plug in later, it works fine for me in all
the scenarios I've tried thus far. I'll continue to try further to
duplicate this issue.  Does this happen consistently on your BBB?

BTW, I do notice that when booted without Ethernet attached, my BBB 
doesn't flash any static IP via Morse code. And, an "/sbin/ifconfig eth0" 
reports no IP address, either.  But, within about 5 seconds after plugging 
in the network cable, this is corrected.

Thanks for the feedback and testing!

73, David KB4FXC



On Sat, 19 Jul 2014, Mark Herson, N2MH wrote:

> To the Group,
> 
> In a previous message, I mentioned that I had brought up a bbb controlling
> a WX receiver. In the process of making this work, I noticed a couple of
> things that the developers might take a look at (and perhaps for others to
> confirm).
> 
> 1. While the bbb is running, the Power pushbutton does not seem to do
> anything. On stock code, pushing this button while the bbb is running,
> will force the bbb to do a graceful shut down. When running the Allstar
> image, this button seems to do nothing. FWIW, the shutdown command seems
> to work normally from a command line.
> 
> 2. I run a static ip address on the Allstar bbb. If I power up the bbb
> without an ethernet cable connected, it will boot OK and seem to come up.
> However, if I connect the ethernet cable after it has booted, the ethernet
> port never comes alive. This is seen 3 ways: no activity light on the bbb
> ethernet connector, no activity light on the ethernet switch, and an
> inability to access the bbb via ssh. It's almost as if the ethernet port
> goes to sleep and stays that way. I would expect that once the ethernet
> port sees connectivity (incoming DC voltage?), it should wake up and start
> working... The only way to reset this port is to do a shutdown on the bbb.
> And, since you can't ssh in and do a shutdown command, and the power
> button does not work, you have to pull the power plug and shut it down the
> hard way.
> 
> 73, Mark, N2MH
> 
> 
> 
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