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#12817 - 03/08/2000 11:31 Garbage screen after upgrade
tfabris
carpal tunnel

Registered: 20/12/1999
Posts: 31565
Loc: Seattle, WA
This happened on the last couple of betas, and although I mentioned it off-handedly elsewere, I never posted it as an actual "bug". I just saw it when I upgraded to RC1, so I guess it's time to bring it up:

- Mark1 unit was running 12d-gaptest2, and it had a custom bootup logo installed.
- Unit was playing tunes while plugged into COM1, showing the Rorshach visual.
- I ran the RC1 upgrade.
- The upgrade worked flawlessly, even though I didn't unplug the unit or even stop it from playing tunes.
- At the end of the upgrade, it soft-booted as it always does.
- After the soft-boot, it resumed playing tunes. However the screen was semi-random garbage graphics. The left of the screen had a squished version of the Rorshach visual running, the right side seemed to be a direct view of some system RAM.
- A full reboot (unlpug/replug) made the garbage graphics go away.

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#12818 - 04/08/2000 05:40 Re: Garbage screen after upgrade [Re: tfabris]
Derek
addict

Registered: 16/08/1999
Posts: 453
Loc: NRW, Germany
I had the same "garbage" screen after upgrading my mk1 from Beta 12C to RC1 (both were developer versions). I don't have a custom logo, and I did unplug my empeg while upgrading.

(list 6284, S/N 00299, 4 gig blue)
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#12819 - 04/08/2000 06:16 Re: Garbage screen after upgrade [Re: tfabris]
schofiel
carpal tunnel

Registered: 25/06/1999
Posts: 2993
Loc: Wareham, Dorset, UK
Hugo has remarked elsewhere that this is a consequence of the boot speed of the new software and will always re-occur without a power down.

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#12820 - 04/08/2000 10:42 Re: Garbage screen after upgrade [Re: schofiel]
altman
carpal tunnel

Registered: 19/05/1999
Posts: 3457
Loc: Palo Alto, CA
The boot speed was something to do with the brightness level of the display. I've not worked out why the display goes haywire after a soft reboot, as I didn't change anything...

It'll get investigated when I've finished trying to find components you can actually buy for the next batch of empegs :)

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#12821 - 08/08/2000 07:50 Re: Garbage screen after upgrade [Re: Derek]
Derek
addict

Registered: 16/08/1999
Posts: 453
Loc: NRW, Germany
Upgraded from v1rc1 to v1 release a day or so ago and got the garbage screen again after reboot ... Upgraded my mk2 this morning when it arrived - no problems there.

(list 6284, S/N 00299, 4 gig blue)
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