Did I brick my pogoplug v3?

[SPA941]

reboot it, front LED started flashing for less than 20 second
then:
front LED: static green
RJ45 LED:flashing

no dhcp request (I have wireshark setup)
no IP
no ssh.


Any one can kindly tell what's going on? and how to fix it?

Thank!

[WarheadsSE]

Check the rootfs for the presence of /usr/lib/firmware/gmac_copro_firmware

[SPA941]

Thanks for your reply:-)

I unplugged the drive and mounted to my fedora box. I found gmac_copro_firmware is not in /usr/lib/firmware, it is located in /lib/firmware instead.

[SPA941]

BTW, it's a fresh install from http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM ... est.tar.gz.

[WarheadsSE]

Well it looks like something is horking bootup. Do you happen to have a 3.3v serial?

[SPA941]

I don't have it.

I think probably the pogo is not stable. I switched usb port and it boots up as usual. Because it is a fresh install, and there should be no reason not to boot up unless there is a hardware related problem. As long as I don't reboot it, it will run smoothly. So I configured almost everything on my Fedora box, and attached the hard drive to the black pogo, and it boots up. then login, install samba, configure it, start it. I won't do any update from now on. no reboot either.

Thank you very much for your help:-)

[WarheadsSE]

There is honestly something wrong with the bootup. Something that is causing problems with that network. Otherwise, it seems to be starting up fine if it is making it to a solid green front indicator.

[SPA941]

You are right, and I believe so. The problem that I have happens randomly. There is another issue that I had couple of weeks ago. I had a pink pogo plugged in a CISCO 2950 or 3550 Switch, same thing happened, static green light after about 10 seconds of blinking, but no dhcp request, no IP, no ssh, rj45 LED blinking. If I plugged it back to my tp-link switch, it works fine.