After years of flawless service, my player has finally developed a problem. Here are the givens..

True empeg player
Version 2.00 software
2nd HD added last year
Latest HiJack software

Here is the problem. This morning I get in the car to come to work. Turn it on, it boots. I see the HiJack logo, see the animations, and get the "Loading databases" and other messages. The system gets to the "Loading Visuals" message and then the screen goes dark, as it should. The standby light (is that what it is called?) in the upper right over the volume knob is blinking normally. Then, the system reboots starting at the "Loading Databases" message. It loads all the other modules and blanks after loading the visuals. Small pause and then repeats. Over and over.

No response from any button pressing, and it does the same here at my desk plugged in to the AC adaptor.

I have noticed that the battery icon (low power?) has been active the past few days.. its hot here in Texas and when my car runs the AC it seems to drain the voltage thus activating the battery icon. Has something fried inside?

The drives spin, I can hear them. If a cable had unplugged I would think the player would give me a message saying the drive was not found but I dont get that message.

If it IS something electrical then I am pretty much screwed I figure, not an easy thing to track down, not fix. Any ideas?

Problably worth connecting up the serial port outside of the car and seeing what the boot messages are. Post the boot log once you've got it. You can just capture it from hyperterm.

If possible, post a complete boot log. I suspect that there is some problem (hard drive?) and that a boot log will show what program is crashing. Do you see the same symptoms when on AC power?

I figured that a boot log would be requested.. I can do that, but I need to wait until I get back home. I dont have a serial cable that I can use here at work and I am a computer guy. How sad is that?!

Yes, same symptoms on the AC adaptor, only the pause between boots is shorter.

I suspect my second drive may not be spinning. Its hard to tell without cracking the case but again, that needs to wait until I get home. I just dont have the tools I need here.

Life really sucks without an empeg, ya know?

I am not certain about the second drive spinning... You should be able to start the player in that case, load the config.ini, etc. The only issue would be if the active playlist was going to a file on the bad drive, and you could get past that with a "player -i" (if I remember correctly).

Hmmm... No null modem cable... Hmm...

Boot Log follows:


empeg-car bootstrap v1.00 20000601 (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 2.2.17-rmk5-np17-empeg52-hijack-v355 (root@ibbm) (gcc version 2.95
.3 20010315 (release)) #2 Sat Jan 17 08:49:36 EST 2004
Processor: Intel StrongARM-1100 revision 11
NetWinder Floating Point Emulator V0.94.1 (c) 1998 Corel Computer Corp.
empeg-car player (hardware revision 7, serial number 80000506)
Command line: mem=12m
Calibrating delay loop... 207.67 BogoMIPS
Memory: 10960k/12M available (976k code, 20k reserved, 328k 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)
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'
Found custom animation at offset 0x99380
Tuner: loopback=0, ID=-1
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 d0005100).
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: IBM-DARA-212000, ATA DISK drive
hdb: TOSHIBA MK3017GAP, ATA DISK drive
ide0 at 0x000-0x007,0x038 on irq 6
hda: IBM-DARA-212000, 11513MB w/418kB Cache, CHS=23392/16/63
hdb: TOSHIBA MK3017GAP, 28615MB w/0kB Cache, CHS=58140/16/63
empeg-flash driver initialized
smc chip id/revision 0x3349
smc9194.c:v0.12 03/06/96 by Erik Stahlman (erik@vt.edu)

SMC9194: SMC91C94(r:9) at 0x4008000 IRQ:7 INTF:TP MEM:6144b MAC 00:02:d7:10:01:f
a
Partition check:
hda: hda1 < hda5 hda6 > hda2 hda3 hda4
hdb: hdb1 < hdb5 hdb6 > hdb2 hdb3 hdb4
RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK: Loading 320 blocks [1 disk] into ram disk... done.
EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended
VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
empeg-pump v0.03 (19980601)
Press Ctrl-A to enter pump...VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
change_root: old root has d_count=1
Trying to unmount old root ... okay
Freeing unused kernel memory: 4k initð
empeg-preinit starting...
no /etc/preinit.d
empeg-preinit complete
empeg init 0.8
I see this is a developer image!
Mounting proc
Mounting first music partition
Tried to mount /dev/hda4 as reiserfs but got error 19
Mounting second music partition
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
Press 'q' now to go into development mode. You Have Zero Seconds To Comply...
Starting player
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

hijack: removed menu entry: "Hard Disk Detection"
hijack: removed menu entry: "Serial Port Assignment"
khttpd: listening on port 80
kftpd: listening on port 21
player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00 2003/04/01.
Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Mar 26 2003
Vcb: 0x4054d000
player(21): memory violation at pc=0x02035784, lr=0x0000053d (bad address=0x4217
5f80, code 2)
pc : [<02035784>] lr : [<0000053d>]
sp : be3ffbe4 ip : cccccccd fp : be3ffc0c
r10: 02187f70 r9 : 3333cb90 r8 : 02187f6c
r7 : 0000004c r6 : 021841c0 r5 : 001d1e88 r4 : 01e1f63f
r3 : 42175f78 r2 : 00026173 r1 : 00000b93 r0 : 021752f8
Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<02035718>] from [<020211e0>]
r10 = BE3FFD2C r9 = 00000000 r8 = 00000000 r7 = 02135800
r6 = 02135800 r5 = 02135800 r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<020211a8>] from [<0201fec4>]
r5 = 02187EA0 r4 = 0000004C
Function entered at [<0201fe38>] from [<0201f31c>]
r8 = 021357F4 r7 = 02187EA0 r6 = 02170148 r5 = BE3FFC74
r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<0201f300>] from [<0201e588>]
r5 = 0000004C r4 = 00002905
Function entered at [<0201e4ec>] from [<02003f08>]
r8 = 02187CC8 r7 = BE3FFD2C r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000
r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003eec>] from [<02002c78>]
Function entered at [<02002aac>] from [<020037d0>]
r10 = 02187D60 r9 = BE3FFD2C r8 = BE3FFD30 r7 = BE3FFD2C
r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000 r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003574>] from [<020ad4f0>]
r10 = 020AD438 r9 = 02187CC8 r8 = 00002C0C r7 = 00000080
r6 = 0000000C r5 = 02187CC8 r4 = BE3FFD64
Function entered at [<020ad438>] from [<020b4824>]
r5 = 02187CE0 r4 = BE3FFE40
Function entered at [<020b475c>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<020e8330>] from [<020b45a0>]
r8 = 0215682C r7 = 02156818 r6 = 020AD438 r5 = 00000007
r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<020b44f0>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<00000020>] from [<bffffc3c>]
Function entered at [<0000fff4>] from [<00010000>]
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000fff8
memmap = D032C000, pgd = c0b2c000
*pgd = d038a801, *pmd = d038a801, *pte = 00000000, *ppte = 00000000
Internal error: Oops: 2
CPU: 0
pc : [<c00e24a0>] lr : [<c0019710>]
sp : c062bf44 ip : c062bf00 fp : c062bf90
r10: 00000002 r9 : c0ba70e0 r8 : 0000000c
r7 : 00000000 r6 : 0000fff4 r5 : 00010000 r4 : fffffffc
r3 : 60000013 r2 : c01021e4 r1 : 00000001 r0 : ffffffec
Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Process player (pid: 21, stackpage=c062b000)
Stack:
c062bf20: c0019710 c00e24a0 600000
13
c062bf40: ffffffff c0ba70f8 c0ba66e0 c062a000 c062bfb8 42175f80 c00119c8 000005
3d
c062bf60: 42175f80 00000002 c062bfb8 00000005 42175f80 00000000 00000002 3333cb
90
c062bf80: 02187f70 c062bfb4 c062bf94 c0011f00 c0011778 c010097c 001d1e88 021841
c0
c062bfa0: 0000004c 02187f6c 00000000 c062bfb8 c000a0a8 c0011e28 021752f8 00000b
93
c062bfc0: 00026173 42175f78 01e1f63f 001d1e88 021841c0 0000004c 02187f6c 3333cb
90
c062bfe0: 02187f70 be3ffc0c cccccccd be3ffbe4 0000053d 02035784 20000010 ffffff
ff
Backtrace:
Function entered at [<c001176c>] from [<c0011f00>]
r10 = 02187F70 r9 = 3333CB90 r8 = 00000002 r7 = 00000000
r6 = 42175F80 r5 = 00000005 r4 = C062BFB8
Function entered at [<c0011e1c>] from [<c000a0a8>]
r8 = 02187F6C r7 = 0000004C r6 = 021841C0 r5 = 001D1E88
r4 = C010097C
Code: ebfcdc17 e2440010 (e5961004) e1a035a1 e59f20cc
Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
Abnormal player termination
Player received signal 11
Starting player
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00 2003/04/01.
Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Mar 26 2003
Vcb: 0x4054d000
player(36): memory violation at pc=0x02035784, lr=0x0000053d (bad address=0x4217
5f80, code 2)
pc : [<02035784>] lr : [<0000053d>]
sp : be3ffbe4 ip : cccccccd fp : be3ffc0c
r10: 02187f70 r9 : 3333cb90 r8 : 02187f6c
r7 : 0000004c r6 : 021841c0 r5 : 001d1e88 r4 : 01e1f63f
r3 : 42175f78 r2 : 00026173 r1 : 00000b93 r0 : 021752f8
Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<02035718>] from [<020211e0>]
r10 = BE3FFD2C r9 = 00000000 r8 = 00000000 r7 = 02135800
r6 = 02135800 r5 = 02135800 r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<020211a8>] from [<0201fec4>]
r5 = 02187EA0 r4 = 0000004C
Function entered at [<0201fe38>] from [<0201f31c>]
r8 = 021357F4 r7 = 02187EA0 r6 = 02170148 r5 = BE3FFC74
r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<0201f300>] from [<0201e588>]
r5 = 0000004C r4 = 00002905
Function entered at [<0201e4ec>] from [<02003f08>]
r8 = 02187CC8 r7 = BE3FFD2C r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000
r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003eec>] from [<02002c78>]
Function entered at [<02002aac>] from [<020037d0>]
r10 = 02187D60 r9 = BE3FFD2C r8 = BE3FFD30 r7 = BE3FFD2C
r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000 r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003574>] from [<020ad4f0>]
r10 = 020AD438 r9 = 02187CC8 r8 = 00002C0C r7 = 00000080
r6 = 0000000C r5 = 02187CC8 r4 = BE3FFD64
Function entered at [<020ad438>] from [<020b4824>]
r5 = 02187CE0 r4 = BE3FFE40
Function entered at [<020b475c>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<020e8330>] from [<020b45a0>]
r8 = 0215682C r7 = 02156818 r6 = 020AD438 r5 = 00000007
r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<020b44f0>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<00000020>] from [<bffffc3c>]
Function entered at [<0000fff4>] from [<00010000>]
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000fff8
memmap = D032C000, pgd = c0b2c000
*pgd = d038a801, *pmd = d038a801, *pte = 00000000, *ppte = 00000000
Internal error: Oops: 2
CPU: 0
pc : [<c00e24a0>] lr : [<c0019710>]
sp : c06f9f44 ip : c06f9f00 fp : c06f9f90
r10: 00000002 r9 : c0ba70e0 r8 : 0000000c
r7 : 00000000 r6 : 0000fff4 r5 : 00010000 r4 : fffffffc
r3 : 60000013 r2 : c01021e4 r1 : 00000001 r0 : ffffffec
Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Process player (pid: 36, stackpage=c06f9000)
Stack:
c06f9f20: c0019710 c00e24a0 600000
13
c06f9f40: ffffffff c0ba70f8 c0ba68a0 c06f8000 c06f9fb8 42175f80 c00119c8 000005
3d
c06f9f60: 42175f80 00000002 c06f9fb8 00000005 42175f80 00000000 00000002 3333cb
90
c06f9f80: 02187f70 c06f9fb4 c06f9f94 c0011f00 c0011778 c010097c 001d1e88 021841
c0
c06f9fa0: 0000004c 02187f6c 00000000 c06f9fb8 c000a0a8 c0011e28 021752f8 00000b
93
c06f9fc0: 00026173 42175f78 01e1f63f 001d1e88 021841c0 0000004c 02187f6c 3333cb
90
c06f9fe0: 02187f70 be3ffc0c cccccccd be3ffbe4 0000053d 02035784 20000010 ffffff
ff
Backtrace:
Function entered at [<c001176c>] from [<c0011f00>]
r10 = 02187F70 r9 = 3333CB90 r8 = 00000002 r7 = 00000000
r6 = 42175F80 r5 = 00000005 r4 = C06F9FB8
Function entered at [<c0011e1c>] from [<c000a0a8>]
r8 = 02187F6C r7 = 0000004C r6 = 021841C0 r5 = 001D1E88
r4 = C010097C
Code: ebfcdc17 e2440010 (e5961004) e1a035a1 e59f20cc
Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
Abnormal player termination
Player received signal 11
Starting player
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00 2003/04/01.
Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Mar 26 2003
Vcb: 0x4054d000
player(51): memory violation at pc=0x02035784, lr=0x0000053d (bad address=0x4217
5f80, code 2)
pc : [<02035784>] lr : [<0000053d>]
sp : be3ffbe4 ip : cccccccd fp : be3ffc0c
r10: 02187f70 r9 : 3333cb90 r8 : 02187f6c
r7 : 0000004c r6 : 021841c0 r5 : 001d1e88 r4 : 01e1f63f
r3 : 42175f78 r2 : 00026173 r1 : 00000b93 r0 : 021752f8
Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<02035718>] from [<020211e0>]
r10 = BE3FFD2C r9 = 00000000 r8 = 00000000 r7 = 02135800
r6 = 02135800 r5 = 02135800 r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<020211a8>] from [<0201fec4>]
r5 = 02187EA0 r4 = 0000004C
Function entered at [<0201fe38>] from [<0201f31c>]
r8 = 021357F4 r7 = 02187EA0 r6 = 02170148 r5 = BE3FFC74
r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<0201f300>] from [<0201e588>]
r5 = 0000004C r4 = 00002905
Function entered at [<0201e4ec>] from [<02003f08>]
r8 = 02187CC8 r7 = BE3FFD2C r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000
r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003eec>] from [<02002c78>]
Function entered at [<02002aac>] from [<020037d0>]
r10 = 02187D60 r9 = BE3FFD2C r8 = BE3FFD30 r7 = BE3FFD2C
r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000 r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003574>] from [<020ad4f0>]
r10 = 020AD438 r9 = 02187CC8 r8 = 00002C0C r7 = 00000080
r6 = 0000000C r5 = 02187CC8 r4 = BE3FFD64
Function entered at [<020ad438>] from [<020b4824>]
r5 = 02187CE0 r4 = BE3FFE40
Function entered at [<020b475c>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<020e8330>] from [<020b45a0>]
r8 = 0215682C r7 = 02156818 r6 = 020AD438 r5 = 00000007
r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<020b44f0>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<00000020>] from [<bffffc3c>]
Function entered at [<0000fff4>] from [<00010000>]
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000fff8
memmap = D032C000, pgd = c0b2c000
*pgd = d038a801, *pmd = d038a801, *pte = 00000000, *ppte = 00000000
Internal error: Oops: 2
CPU: 0
pc : [<c00e24a0>] lr : [<c0019710>]
sp : c0669f44 ip : c0669f00 fp : c0669f90
r10: 00000002 r9 : c0ba70e0 r8 : 0000000c
r7 : 00000000 r6 : 0000fff4 r5 : 00010000 r4 : fffffffc
r3 : 60000013 r2 : c01021e4 r1 : 00000001 r0 : ffffffec
Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Process player (pid: 51, stackpage=c0669000)
Stack:
c0669f20: c0019710 c00e24a0 600000
13
c0669f40: ffffffff c0ba70f8 c0ba63a0 c0668000 c0669fb8 42175f80 c00119c8 000005
3d
c0669f60: 42175f80 00000002 c0669fb8 00000005 42175f80 00000000 00000002 3333cb
90
c0669f80: 02187f70 c0669fb4 c0669f94 c0011f00 c0011778 c010097c 001d1e88 021841
c0
c0669fa0: 0000004c 02187f6c 00000000 c0669fb8 c000a0a8 c0011e28 021752f8 00000b
93
c0669fc0: 00026173 42175f78 01e1f63f 001d1e88 021841c0 0000004c 02187f6c 3333cb
90
c0669fe0: 02187f70 be3ffc0c cccccccd be3ffbe4 0000053d 02035784 20000010 ffffff
ff
Backtrace:
Function entered at [<c001176c>] from [<c0011f00>]
r10 = 02187F70 r9 = 3333CB90 r8 = 00000002 r7 = 00000000
r6 = 42175F80 r5 = 00000005 r4 = C0669FB8
Function entered at [<c0011e1c>] from [<c000a0a8>]
r8 = 02187F6C r7 = 0000004C r6 = 021841C0 r5 = 001D1E88
r4 = C010097C
Code: ebfcdc17 e2440010 (e5961004) e1a035a1 e59f20cc
Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
Abnormal player termination
Player received signal 11
Starting player
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00 2003/04/01.
Prolux 4 empeg car - 2.1434 Mar 26 2003
Vcb: 0x4054d000
player(66): memory violation at pc=0x02035784, lr=0x0000053d (bad address=0x4217
5f80, code 2)
pc : [<02035784>] lr : [<0000053d>]
sp : be3ffbe4 ip : cccccccd fp : be3ffc0c
r10: 02187f70 r9 : 3333cb90 r8 : 02187f6c
r7 : 0000004c r6 : 021841c0 r5 : 001d1e88 r4 : 01e1f63f
r3 : 42175f78 r2 : 00026173 r1 : 00000b93 r0 : 021752f8
Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<02035718>] from [<020211e0>]
r10 = BE3FFD2C r9 = 00000000 r8 = 00000000 r7 = 02135800
r6 = 02135800 r5 = 02135800 r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<020211a8>] from [<0201fec4>]
r5 = 02187EA0 r4 = 0000004C
Function entered at [<0201fe38>] from [<0201f31c>]
r8 = 021357F4 r7 = 02187EA0 r6 = 02170148 r5 = BE3FFC74
r4 = 02187EA0
Function entered at [<0201f300>] from [<0201e588>]
r5 = 0000004C r4 = 00002905
Function entered at [<0201e4ec>] from [<02003f08>]
r8 = 02187CC8 r7 = BE3FFD2C r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000
r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003eec>] from [<02002c78>]
Function entered at [<02002aac>] from [<020037d0>]
r10 = 02187D60 r9 = BE3FFD2C r8 = BE3FFD30 r7 = BE3FFD2C
r6 = 02187CC8 r5 = 00000000 r4 = BE3FFD2C
Function entered at [<02003574>] from [<020ad4f0>]
r10 = 020AD438 r9 = 02187CC8 r8 = 00002C0C r7 = 00000080
r6 = 0000000C r5 = 02187CC8 r4 = BE3FFD64
Function entered at [<020ad438>] from [<020b4824>]
r5 = 02187CE0 r4 = BE3FFE40
Function entered at [<020b475c>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<020e8330>] from [<020b45a0>]
r8 = 0215682C r7 = 02156818 r6 = 020AD438 r5 = 00000007
r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<020b44f0>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<00000020>] from [<bffffc3c>]
Function entered at [<0000fff4>] from [<00010000>]
Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 0000fff8
memmap = D032C000, pgd = c0b2c000
*pgd = d038a801, *pmd = d038a801, *pte = 00000000, *ppte = 00000000
Internal error: Oops: 2
CPU: 0
pc : [<c00e24a0>] lr : [<c0019710>]
sp : c0621f44 ip : c0621f00 fp : c0621f90
r10: 00000002 r9 : c0ba70e0 r8 : 0000000c
r7 : 00000000 r6 : 0000fff4 r5 : 00010000 r4 : fffffffc
r3 : 60000013 r2 : c01021e4 r1 : 00000001 r0 : ffffffec
Flags: nZCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode SVC_32 Segment user
Control: D032D17D Table: D032D17D DAC: 00000015
Process player (pid: 66, stackpage=c0621000)
Stack:
c0621f20: c0019710 c00e24a0 600000
13
c0621f40: ffffffff c0ba70f8 c0ba65e0 c0620000 c0621fb8 42175f80 c00119c8 000005
3d
c0621f60: 42175f80 00000002 c0621fb8 00000005 42175f80 00000000 00000002 3333cb
90
c0621f80: 02187f70 c0621fb4 c0621f94 c0011f00 c0011778 c010097c 001d1e88 021841
c0
c0621fa0: 0000004c 02187f6c 00000000 c0621fb8 c000a0a8 c0011e28 021752f8 00000b
93
c0621fc0: 00026173 42175f78 01e1f63f 001d1e88 021841c0 0000004c 02187f6c 3333cb
90
c0621fe0: 02187f70 be3ffc0c cccccccd be3ffbe4 0000053d 02035784 20000010 ffffff
ff
Backtrace:
Function entered at [<c001176c>] from [<c0011f00>]
r10 = 02187F70 r9 = 3333CB90 r8 = 00000002 r7 = 00000000
r6 = 42175F80 r5 = 00000005 r4 = C0621FB8
Function entered at [<c0011e1c>] from [<c000a0a8>]
r8 = 02187F6C r7 = 0000004C r6 = 021841C0 r5 = 001D1E88
r4 = C010097C
Code: ebfcdc17 e2440010 (e5961004) e1a035a1 e59f20cc
Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
Abnormal player termination
Player received signal 11
Starting player
Hijack: intercepting config.ini


-- end of boot log --------

That was three of four 'reboots' worth. I do see some memory error type messages that I am not real fond of.. if I remember, is not the memory surface mounted on this puppy? Not easy to replace, like a simm or dimm would have been. This is becoming a big suck!

Hmmm... This is not that bad, from the look of it. Boot the player, but as soon as you start loading the player application, hit "q" to drop out to shell. Another option would be a "control-c". Then, try running the player application with "player -i". I suspect a corrupt file or playlist.

Hmm.. I guess I am an idiot today. Now I cant get Hyperterm to display ANYTHING for me. I have 115200-8-N-1-None set. Those are correct, are they not? I could swear thats what I used to get the boot log..

That sounds correct. Is it recognizing the player in car mode (switching to the other serial port and speed)? Perhaps a physical disconnect / reconnect to the serial port?

No, the player is not booting in car mode.. and I switched COM ports thinking a physical reconnect was in order. No go.

Its as if echo ro something in hyperterm is turned off. I was banging on the keyboard at one point and I got the reboots to stop.. as if the player responded to the letter 'Q' to enter the shell. But without a hyperterm display I cant do much so I unplugged and started over.

I know you said that you did not have a cable previously. Assuming you found one, could the cable be a problem / loose connection? If hyperterm is the problem, did a reboot of your machine help? (I know, you should not have to do that, but...)

OK.. good news.

I dropped to the shell and ran 'player -i' as you suggested and I am back to a complete boot. I just tried it out in the car and it works. I have to do a few little tweeks on some settings it seems but at least my ride home will not be silent!

I owe you guys many beers big time for the help!

Just out of curiosity, what exactly does the 'player -i' command do anyways?

Cool!

player -i starts the player application with a blank playlist. If you have a corrupted file playing, it is a precaution to let you restart ignoring the presets.

Thats good to know. So when I get home I can probably add some music and do a clean sync and I should be good to go then..

For the record, I had to close Hyperterm and restart it to fix the display hyperterm problem. I didnt reboot my computer or anything, but I did switch serial ports.

I am just happy to be back!

At this stage, you should also be able to stop and restart your player without any issue. If you happen to remember the name of the song or playlist that last played / it locked up on, that would be a good thing to check. You might want to verify that the file is not damaged.

A word on robustness...
That problem with reboots reminded me of Spirit Mars rover at the beginning of its mission
Let's hope the new v.3 player doesn't have this flaw.

As a matter of fact I do remember the song that is invalid, so removing it wont be a problem.

I read the link that was referenced but guess I missed that part in my haste. Trying to debug my player while at work is probably not the smartest thing to do.. it was hard to devote 100% of my attention to it. But no matter now, its fixed.

It seems to be doing pretty much the same thing. Obviously something is corrupt. Here is my boot log now, notice its different..



hda: lost interrupt
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

hijack: removed menu entry: "Hard Disk Detection"
hijack: removed menu entry: "Serial Port Assignment"
khttpd: listening on port 80
kftpd: listening on port 21
Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only
Abnormal player termination
Player received SIGINT, user interruption
Switching to shell-player loop
Starting bash.
Shell exit
Starting player
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00 2003/04/01.
player -ihdb: lost interrupt
Restored terminal settings
Remounting first music partition read-only
Remounting second music partition read-only

hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
Abnormal player termination
Player received SIGINT, user interruption
Switching to shell-player loop
Starting bash.
empeg:/empeg/bin# player -i
Hijack: intercepting config.ini

player.cpp : 385:empeg-car 2.00 2003/04/01.
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
hdb: lost interrupt
hda: lost interrupt
player(31): memory violation at pc=0x0206c554, lr=0x0207d528 (bad address=0x0000
0004, code 0)
pc : [<0206c554>] lr : [<0207d528>]
sp : bdfffc84 ip : 00000002 fp : bdfffc90
r10: 02153280 r9 : 02153280 r8 : 00000010
r7 : 0211447c r6 : 00000003 r5 : 02114494 r4 : 00000001
r3 : 0214dff4 r2 : 0214e008 r1 : 00000001 r0 : 021942a0
Flags: nzCv IRQs on FIQs on Mode USER_32 Segment user
Control: D005917D Table: D005917D DAC: 00000015
Function entered at [<0207d510>] from [<0206427c>]
Function entered at [<02064248>] from [<0206431c>]
r10 = BDFFFD34 r8 = 02153280 r7 = BDFFFD30 r6 = 02153280
r5 = BDFFFD34 r4 = 02153280
Function entered at [<02064300>] from [<02064b88>]
r4 = BFFFFCF4
Function entered at [<02064b10>] from [<02064828>]
r10 = BDFFFD34 r9 = 02153280 r8 = 02113AF8 r7 = BDFFFD30
r6 = 02153280 r5 = BDFFFD34 r4 = BDFFFD30
Function entered at [<020646e0>] from [<020ad4b0>]
r10 = 020AD438 r8 = 0000340E r7 = 00000080 r6 = 0000000E
r5 = 02153280 r4 = 0214DE90
Function entered at [<020ad438>] from [<020b4824>]
r5 = 02153298 r4 = BDFFFE40
Function entered at [<020b475c>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<020e8330>] from [<020b45a0>]
r8 = 0215684C r7 = 02156838 r6 = 020AD438 r5 = 00000007
r4 = 00000001
Function entered at [<020b44f0>] from [<020e9bbc>]
r5 = 00000000 r4 = 00000000
Function entered at [<00000074>] from [<00000000>]
Segmentation fault
empeg:/empeg/bin#


I have tried restarting using the 'player -i' command.. but it doesnt seem to want to help this time. Any other ideas?

Check your IDE cable and header. Lost interrupts can be caused by a problem there.

Could be the usual trouble.