PW2 in strange state

[Phazed]

I posted this over in the Mr. Packages forum, figured I would get a better response here.

I went to install the ScreenSavers Hack on my PW2. Saw the link for the Package installer. Installed the KUAL extension, put the .bin file into /mrpackages and told KUAL to install it. It claimed success, said "restarting UI" and the Kindle rebooted.

It gets ~90% of the way through the reboot and hangs. Sits there for a while, then reboots and hangs again. Repeat.

Plugging in a USB connection to a computer, the Kindle shows up as a drive. After I eject it seems to work normally. So I placed the uninstall file into /mrpackages and used KUAL to do Mr Packages install. Again the reboot and hang.

Deleted the /mrpackages and extensions/MRInstaller folders and did a manual restart.

Same problem.

So, I'm not adding/removing ANYthing at this point until I get this resolved. Would appreciate suggestions on how to proceed. USBNetworking works fine and I am comfortable at the command line. Help?

[Barbara1955]

Kindle Developer's Corner... check or post there.

[HarryT]

Moved to the Kindle dev forum which is where, as Katie says, you'll get help with this.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Phazed

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Deleted the /mrpackages and extensions/MRInstaller folders and did a manual reset.
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Exactly what do you mean by: "manual reset" ?
Like in, what actions did you take to do that, whatever it is.

[HarryT]

I would guess that he means a "hold the power switch in for 30 seconds" reboot.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I would guess that he means a "hold the power switch in for 30 seconds" reboot.

I just wanted to be certain the O.P. did not mean using the "Reset to Factory Defaults" ?feature? .
Which would probably have made the situation worse.

[Phazed]

I did a Home->Menu->Settings->Menu->Restart (not reset)
Sorry, for not being exact.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Phazed

I did a Home->Menu->Settings->Menu->Restart (not reset)
Sorry, for not being exact.

What happens when you either add or remove a single book from /documents?
The same thing (what looks like a 'hang')?

If so, put it on a wall charger to keep it powered and wait, at least a day or two.
It is evidently trying to recover file system errors on the flash memory with bad blocks - a very slow process.

[HarryT]

Originally Posted by Phazed

I did a Home->Menu->Settings->Menu->Restart (not reset)
Sorry, for not being exact.

Yes, that's the same as a "hold the power button in for 30s" restart.

[Phazed]

Loading a book via Calibre works normally.

Note that when the problem occurs, the Kindle hangs for about a minute, then reboots.

I"m suspecting that something got left as a startup script, I'm just not sure where to look.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Phazed

Loading a book via Calibre works normally.

Note that when the problem occurs, the Kindle hangs for about a minute, then reboots.

I"m suspecting that something got left as a startup script, I'm just not sure where to look.

Don't complicate things by using un-neccessary software.

Just use your file manager to copy a book to kindle:/documents -
Do a "safely remove" or "eject" the USB storage -
Re-start -
Connect to pc -
Is the book still in kindle:/documents?
Can you still open the book (on the kindle, not the pc).

[Phazed]

Yes, the book is there and opens normally on the Kindle.

As far as I can tell, once I plug in the Kindle, everything works just fine. The only issue is on boot, which is why I suspect a startup script.

I just did a restart. The "hang" lasts 95 seconds. As long as I plug in the USB connection to the computer during that time, it shows up as a device on the PC. Then, if I eject it, the Kindle works perfectly. The problem occurs exclusively on restart.

Another test and more information. It's a network issue. If I enable Airplane mode and restart, the "hang" lasts about 10 seconds and the Kindle comes up normally. Good to know that I have a work around. While I do have bbb installed for firewalls, there was no problem with anything until attempting to install the screen saver hack.

From /var/log/messages:

151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <7>[ 662.441508] dr_controller_run: udc enter low power mode
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <6>[ 662.441519] Fsl-usb2-udc: bind to driver g_file_storage
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <4>[ 672.443122] Unloading Atheros ar6003 driver in ar6000_cleanup_module
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <4>[ 672.445473] debug_hdr_ptr: 0x5429a0
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <1>[ 672.610481] Reset Cause readback: 0x2
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <6>[ 673.131912] mmc1: card 0001 removed
151125:090034 powerd[2115]: I def:battinfo:capav=93%, mAh=1297mAh, volt=4121mV, current=161mA, temp=84F, bp=0000mV, lmd=1408mAh, cycl=90, cyct=0:
151125:090034 powerd[2115]: I def:battinfo-misc:caprep=89%, capmix=00%, mAhav=0mAh, mAhmix=0mAh:
151125:090034 powerd[2115]: I lipc:evts:name=battLevelChanged, origin=com.lab126.powerd, fparam=93:Event sent
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === 308868] imx2-wdt imx2-wdt.0: Device shutdown: Expect reboot!
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <0>[ 713.314927] Restarting system.

[knc1]

Originally Posted by Phazed

Yes, the book is there and opens normally on the Kindle.

As far as I can tell, once I plug in the Kindle, everything works just fine. The only issue is on boot, which is why I suspect a startup script.

I just did a restart. The "hang" lasts 95 seconds. As long as I plug in the USB connection to the computer during that time, it shows up as a device on the PC. Then, if I eject it, the Kindle works perfectly. The problem occurs exclusively on restart.

Another test and more information. It's a network issue. If I enable Airplane mode and restart, the "hang" lasts about 10 seconds and the Kindle comes up normally. Good to know that I have a work around. While I do have bbb installed for firewalls, there was no problem with anything until attempting to install the screen saver hack.

From /var/log/messages:

151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <7>[ 662.441508] dr_controller_run: udc enter low power mode
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <6>[ 662.441519] Fsl-usb2-udc: bind to driver g_file_storage
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <4>[ 672.443122] Unloading Atheros ar6003 driver in ar6000_cleanup_module
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <4>[ 672.445473] debug_hdr_ptr: 0x5429a0
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <1>[ 672.610481] Reset Cause readback: 0x2
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <6>[ 673.131912] mmc1: card 0001 removed
151125:090034 powerd[2115]: I def:battinfo:capav=93%, mAh=1297mAh, volt=4121mV, current=161mA, temp=84F, bp=0000mV, lmd=1408mAh, cycl=90, cyct=0:
151125:090034 powerd[2115]: I def:battinfo-misc:caprep=89%, capmix=00%, mAhav=0mAh, mAhmix=0mAh:
151125:090034 powerd[2115]: I lipc:evts:name=battLevelChanged, origin=com.lab126.powerd, fparam=93:Event sent
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === 308868] imx2-wdt imx2-wdt.0: Device shutdown: Expect reboot!
151125:090034 PRINTKBUF: === <0>[ 713.314927] Restarting system.

To fix the start-up delay:

In USB storage mode, add this filename to the root directory of USB storage (alongside the /documents directory):
WIFI_NO_NET_PROBE
That exact spelling, capitalization, no extension no contents.

I may have forgotten to mention the adding of that flag filename in the BBB directions (it was a long time ago).

The interaction of the screensaver changes with the rest of the operation - let NiLuJe handle that one.

PS: You did get the screensaver package from NiLuJe's snapshot thread, didn't you?

[Phazed]

No change in behavior.

Did a touch of /mnt/us/WIFI_NO_NET_PROBE as I did not see that in the instructions for bbb. In airplane mode, I still see a 7-8 second pause at the same "hang" point but everything comes up normally:

ls -l /mnt/us/WIFI_NO_NET_PROBE 
-rwxrwxrwx    1 root     root             0 Nov 25 16:56 /mnt/us/WIFI_NO_NET_PROBE

Disabling airplane mode continues to cause the hang/reboot, only way around it seems to be to connect to a computer during the 90 second pause.

I installed/removed the screen saver hack from this link:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=195474

[knc1]

On this forum's index page, just below the final blue bar, find:
Prefix dropdown list, set to "tools" -
Click the "show threads" button -
Scroll down to the thread of NiLuJe's snapshots, click thread title -
Scroll down to the screensaver hack -
Use that one instead of the old (last August) one.