- Status Unconfirmed
- Percent Complete
- Task Type Bugs
- Category Applications
- Assigned To No-one
- Operating System Sansa e200
- Severity Low
- Priority Very Low
- Reported Version Daily build (which?)
- Due in Version Version 3.1
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FS#7515 - Radio disappears from menu!
Over the past month? the radio menu has been disappearing. When I reinstall the menu comes back and the radio works and the debug screen shows the radio.
When it re-initializes the DB, the radio disappears and the debug screen said that there's is no hardware.
If I manually deleted the DB files, the radio comes back…
A few other people on anythingbutipod forum have mentioned the same issue.
Still an issue August 1, 2007: r14133-070801
ok - let me take back that it's still an issue in today's build.. I need to test some more and then
either confirm or request that this bug report be closed.
I tested the other bug reports again before reporting that they're still an issue.. For some reason,
I forgot to test this one today and tested it afterwards.
It was definately in the official build the past few weeks.
Note, it doesn't consistantly disappear upon first database initialization. I have yet to find a pattern.
ok - after another couple of DB refreshes and reboots, the FM Radio menu is gone again.
Again, I'm not really sure what's triggering this issue.
So:
Still an issue August 1, 2007: r14133-070801 is true!
Mine done it yesterday after some Themes tryout, it disapeared and needed to reinstall RockBox.
Just tried this on my dads sansa (mine doesnt have radio), and couldnt reproduce it..
when it disappears, does the fm debug screen show the radio hardware?
That's weird because once the radio is detected the first time, the "present" flag should be permanently set for the session.
When it disappears, it is listed as hardware not available, in the debug radio hardware screen.
Over time, the radio just comes and goes, even with the same build, without reinstallation. (I do have auto database initialization, and I
add new files every day, so if it does have
anything to do with that, that could be why mine comes and goes)
sonus more like a dodgey hardware connection than anything else…
Not, to me. it sounds like a bug. In working with threading something came up that makes me suspect hidden stack overflows. I haven't yet checked if shutting down the database affects this (it was on with auto update). Way off topic to describe in detail here but stack usage was found on a stack that shouldn't have yet been used at all. One key thing I want straight here is: does the radio present status ever change within the same rockbox session or only after a restart? I also haven't determined if that really matters to this bug but I think database would be most demanding of stack while updating something.
Yah, I"m not sure when the present status changes… at this point it's on again off again and I don't use the radio much… I never remember what I did or didn't do prior to the status change.
There are a number of us on the Anything But Ipod forum who have the same issue. It started a few months ago already.
I have a Sandisk Sansa e250 and this is occurring with me also every the database is updated.
is this still occuring?
Yes. Usually when i add files and the database is reloaded.
I thought I'd add that I didn't have Auto-Update enabled, and FM Radio just totally disappeared on my Sansa e250 as well after the first boot. It could have been that I initialized and updated the Database manually, but it won't come back. On my device, it's not that auto-update is causing problems. Mine has never been turned on.
Is it possible that the original firmware version could have anything to do with this? It seems odd to me that duplicate hardware with duplicate versions of Rockbox could be producing different outcomes. I have never experienced this bug on my e200 using v1.02.18A.
Well, we could post the OF versions we're using.
I am using OF version 01.02.18J
I guess this has probably been tried, but what about setting FM_CLK_DELAY to 2?
I have no idea how to set that FM_CLK_DELAY thing. I'm assuming it's a line in the source.
I am now using OF version 01.02.18A on my e250, and it's still doing the same thing. After screwing around with trying to get newer versions of the firmware installed, reinstalling the bootloader, etc, I was able to see the FM Radio option on the main menu. When I rebooted, the option was gone.
As of right now, I still have to boot into the OF to get Radio. It's workable, but not optimal. Is there anything else I can provide to the knowledgeable people on this task? I can take my device apart….give model numbers, serial numbers, printed chip designations… lol. I'm not much of a programmer, but I can provide any information I have.
Just a quick bump to remind people that this is still occurring. FM Tuner is available when I first install it, but when I turn it off and back on again, the Tuner is gone, and never comes back, from what I can tell.
Is there any further information I can provide to help anyone?
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