Kernel V70

[Mnet]

F.Y.I - Kernel V70 is out on the CNM website

[Sky_Support]

Kernel V70 can support 3G modem as Huawei E220, Huawei E160G & Huawei E169G, it will need the 2 other install package, one is driver-modem-v70, it containse driver for these 3 modems, the other one is ap-MobileConnection-R3-v03(20081128), it contains 3G selection in mobile connection.

[Leven2e]

The latest elonex updated software-image includes these things too.

[bluebells70]

newbie to cnmbook - how do you update the kernel?
I have followed instructions on cnmlifstyle site and put the three file in root of SD card. Have switched on, pressing SHIFT+FN+F1, but still I keep getting V66 and not V70. What am I doing wrong?

[Leven2e]

I don't know myself either.My one keeps showing V64 still...I tried quite a lot times.However apart from this I didn't really have oher problems.

[Mnet]

Me too - I think the upgrade is working, but the screen still shows V66. One of the three files is a start screen with V70 on it - perhaps this file isn't being copied to the right place?

[deltabravo]

Me too - I think the upgrade is working, but the screen still shows V66. One of the three files is a start screen with V70 on it - perhaps this file isn't being copied to the right place?

I think they just have the incorrect file on the website.  I have emailed them to find out

[Mnet]

Looks like they've fixed the problem - just downloaded the files again and the V70 upgrade worked fine.

CNM aren't doing themselves any favours by not responding to e-mails sent to their support dept though - good job this forum exists.

[deltabravo]

I was unable to upgrade to V70, until I reverted back to "System Restore".  Previously I was at V66, and the upgrade would not work.  System now works with the E169 modem.

[duttydea]

Has anyone figured out how to change the BootSplash screen?

[voyager7]

What are the advantages of upgrading to Kernel V70 (other than dongle support) Is it worth upgrading from V66? Will videoonline or any other video playback be any smoother?

[Leven2e]

hi voyager,there is no point to hesitate,the file is about 1M to download,and takes no time to update your kernel/MBR.
So wherever you get the latest kernel (either elonex or CNM),just go for it!     

[oldbloke]

OK.
I have had my OneT+ since it's release in Aug. 2008 and have "tinkered" quite a bit, including "converting" it to a cNm machine at one time.
I now use wicknix excellent 3MX-r3 but.......

Can anyone tell me the current Elonex OneT "loading" screen version (which is produced by uImage I believe)
Mine shows ELX-V07 (although I'm using 3MX-r3) but if I do a recovery using the current Elonex file from their website to try out the latest "official" distro, when I shutdown the screen shows V08 
If I place just the uImage file in the root of my FAT formatted SD card, hold Fn+SHIFT+F1 (I believe this loads the MBR file, uImage, doesn't it?) then all I get are some weird colours onscreen and nothing happens until I release these keys, save for the two rightmost LEDs flashing. This, no matter how long I keep the keys pressed.
It's no big deal, but I am curious as to whether I have changed the uImage (MBR) update procedure, or whether that facility no longer exists. (I see Elonex no longer publish the MBR link, although uImage is always included in the .zip now)

Any thoughts?
Martin

[Unhban]

Re. v70 versus v80.... somewhere in the depths of the forum someone gave a command that could be typed to show the real version of the Linux Kernel (v70 is just an easy number for remembering easily).

Anyone know that command? Then we could publish a little list of the real Linux kernel versions for v64, 66, 70 and 80..... and then by using that command users would know what kernel version they really had on their machines, no matter what the boot-up screen says....

EDIT!: Just did a Google. From the command line type:  uname -r

For v70 mine shows: 2.4.20-celf3

This is confirmed by doing a:  cat /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease

and a bit more info in:  cat /proc/version

Unh.

[oldbloke]

Unh,

Thanks for that info.
I used those commands and my OneT+ with 3MX rc3 loaded shows:-

uname -r gives 2.4.20-celf3
cat /proc/sys/kernel/osrelease gives the same
cat /proc/version gives "Linux version 2.4.20-celf3 (root@localhost) (gcc version 3.3.1) #4 Thu Dec 4 02:24:05 HKT 2008"

Not that that means too much to me 

Martin