Undocumented flash sequence after connecting to network: rapid red, rapid cyan, rapid yellow, repeat

rolandturner · November 8, 2014, 12:39pm

The core resets OK and configuring the network via serial port appears to work, however it then steps into this cycle of ~10s in each colour. This is not described in the troubleshooting page.

Please advise.

kennethlimcp · November 8, 2014, 12:45pm

That sounds like bad keys which is documented in the troubleshooting page you mentioned.

http://docs.spark.io/troubleshooting/#troubleshoot-by-color-flashing-orange-red-yellow

You can fix this using spark keys doctor core_id in DFU mode to repair the keys via Spark-cli

rolandturner · November 8, 2014, 12:50pm

Do you mean Flashing orange (red/yellow)? This is not what I’m seeing.

(Am happy to try the instructions, however I need to upgrade dfu-util to do so, and can’t do that today.)

kennethlimcp · November 8, 2014, 12:52pm

It sounds most likely to be that case.

Is the dfu-util version 0.7 for you? That’s sufficient for the spark core

rolandturner · November 8, 2014, 12:54pm

The instructions require 0.7, I have 0.5 Will update soon and try again.

rolandturner · November 17, 2014, 1:05pm

OK, have worked through the instructions, with no change. Please advise.

$ openssl genrsa -out core.pem 1024
Generating RSA private key, 1024 bit long modulus
.................++++++
..++++++
e is 65537 (0x10001)
$ openssl rsa -in core.pem -pubout -out core_public.pem
writing RSA key
$ openssl rsa -in core.pem -outform DER -out core_private.der
writing RSA key
$ sudo dfu-util-0.8-binaries/linux-i386/dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 1 -s 0x00002000:4096 -v -U old_core_private_key.der
dfu-util 0.8

Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org

Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 1d50:607f
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #1 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuERROR, status = 10
dfuERROR, clearing status
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 1024
DfuSe interface name: "SPI Flash : SST25x"
Memory segment at 0x00000000 512 x 4096 = 2097152 (rew)
   Poll timeout 50 ms
   Poll timeout 0 ms
Upload    [=========================] 100%         4096 bytes
Upload done.
$ ls -lrt
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 4 raz  raz  4096 Sep 13 21:57 dfu-util-0.8-binaries
-rw------- 1 raz  raz   887 Nov 17 20:51 core.pem
-rw------- 1 raz  raz   272 Nov 17 20:51 core_public.pem
-rw------- 1 raz  raz   608 Nov 17 20:51 core_private.der
-rw------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 17 20:53 old_core_private_key.der
$ sudo dfu-util-0.8-binaries/linux-i386/dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 1 -s 0x00002000 -v -D core_private.der
dfu-util 0.8

Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org

dfu-util: Invalid DFU suffix signature
dfu-util: A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 1d50:607f
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #1 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 1024
DfuSe interface name: "SPI Flash : SST25x"
Memory segment at 0x00000000 512 x 4096 = 2097152 (rew)
Downloading to address = 0x00002000, size = 608
Download    [                         ]   0%            0 bytes   Poll timeout 20 ms
   Poll timeout 0 ms
 Download from image offset 00000000 to memory 00002000-0000225f, size 608
   Poll timeout 30 ms
   Poll timeout 0 ms
File downloaded successfully
$ wget https://s3.amazonaws.com/spark-website/cloud_public.der
--2014-11-17 20:55:53--  https://s3.amazonaws.com/spark-website/cloud_public.der
Resolving s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)... 54.231.244.0
Connecting to s3.amazonaws.com (s3.amazonaws.com)|54.231.244.0|:443... connected.
HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 200 OK
Length: 402 [application/x-x509-ca-cert]
Saving to: ‘cloud_public.der’

100%[===========================================================================================================>] 402         --.-K/s   in 0s      

2014-11-17 20:55:54 (1.18 MB/s) - ‘cloud_public.der’ saved [402/402]

$ sudo dfu-util-0.8-binaries/linux-i386/dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 1 -s 0x00001000 -v -D cloud_public.der
dfu-util 0.8

Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org

dfu-util: Invalid DFU suffix signature
dfu-util: A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 1d50:607f
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #1 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 1024
DfuSe interface name: "SPI Flash : SST25x"
Memory segment at 0x00000000 512 x 4096 = 2097152 (rew)
Downloading to address = 0x00001000, size = 402
Download    [                         ]   0%            0 bytes   Poll timeout 20 ms
   Poll timeout 0 ms
 Download from image offset 00000000 to memory 00001000-00001191, size 402
   Poll timeout 30 ms
   Poll timeout 0 ms
File downloaded successfully
$

kennethlimcp · November 17, 2014, 1:07pm

Using this instruction spark keys doctor core_id should resolve it.

Seems like you only updated the server public key but the yellow/red flash is actually a problem with the core key

rolandturner · November 17, 2014, 1:10pm

I don’t understand, are you saying that “dfu-util-0.8-binaries/linux-i386/dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 1 -s 0x00002000 -v -D core_private.der” doesn’t update the core key?

rolandturner · November 17, 2014, 1:11pm

Also, repeating, I don’t have the yellow/red flash symptom.

kennethlimcp · November 17, 2014, 1:14pm

Maybe someone else has to jump in on comment on this. My best guess is core keys issue since your other cores connected fine.

The command "dfu-util-0.8-binaries/linux-i386/dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 1 -s 0x00002000 -v -D core_private.der"

only flashes the private key on the core FLASH but does not send the public key to the cloud.

Using spark keys doctor core_id or spark keys send will upload the copy of the public key belonging to the core to the cloud

rolandturner · November 17, 2014, 1:24pm

OK, have used the “spark keys doctor core_id” command, it looks as though it may have failed to upload.

# ./node_modules/spark-cli/bin/spark.js keys doctor core_id
running dfu-util -l
FOUND DFU DEVICE 1d50:607f
running openssl genrsa -out core_id_new.pem 1024
running openssl rsa -in core_id_new.pem -pubout -out core_id_new.pub.pem
running openssl rsa -in core_id_new.pem -outform DER -out core_id_new.der
New Key Created!
running dfu-util -l
FOUND DFU DEVICE 1d50:607f
running dfu-util -l
FOUND DFU DEVICE 1d50:607f
running dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 1 -s 0x00002000:1024 -U pre_core_id_new.der
running openssl rsa -in pre_core_id_new.der -inform DER -pubout -out pre_core_id_new.pub.pem
Saved!
checking file  core_id_new.der
spawning dfu-util -d 1d50:607f -a 1 -i 0 -s 0x00002000:leave -D core_id_new.der
dfu-util 0.8

Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
Copyright 2010-2014 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
Please report bugs to dfu-util@lists.gnumonks.org

dfu-util: Invalid DFU suffix signature
dfu-util: A valid DFU suffix will be required in a future dfu-util release!!!
Opening DFU capable USB device...
ID 1d50:607f
Run-time device DFU version 011a
Claiming USB DFU Interface...
Setting Alternate Setting #1 ...
Determining device status: state = dfuIDLE, status = 0
dfuIDLE, continuing
DFU mode device DFU version 011a
Device returned transfer size 1024
DfuSe interface name: "SPI Flash : SST25x"
Downloading to address = 0x00002000, size = 608
Download    [=========================] 100%          608 bytes
Download done.
File downloaded successfully
Transitioning to dfuMANIFEST state
Saved!
attempting to add a new public key for core core_id
submitPublicKey got error:  Permission Denied
Okay!  New keys in place, your core should restart.
#

kennethlimcp · November 17, 2014, 1:26pm

Opps.

You actually need to use your core id. spark keys doctor XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Placing the core in Listening mode and typing i on the serial terminal @ 9600 will give you the core id!

rolandturner · November 17, 2014, 1:27pm

Yup, realised that after I posted. It now appears to be working, many thanks!

rolandturner · November 17, 2014, 1:35pm

(In fact 2 cores had the same symptom, both are now working.)

Dave · November 17, 2014, 5:34pm

Hey All,

Glad you were able to resolve this, thanks!

Thanks,
David

rblott · January 26, 2015, 6:40pm

I have this rapid flashing orange, red, cyan …repeating. I figured it was a core keys problem because I have been moving the core from cloud to local and back.

Anyway, I tried the spark keys doctor (coreID). command and was a bit surprised to get the following (which I find intelligible):

I get something similar if I try to load the cloud_public.der file.

Can anyone help. I’m pretty sure it’s not the dfu or SSL because I just successfully set up new keys on another core and then switched it back to the public cloud. It just seems to be this one.

Thanks,
R

Dave · January 26, 2015, 8:57pm

Hi @rblott,

The CLI is trying to load “cloud_public.der”, which I’m guessing is not a private RSA key pair, but the server key, I’m guessing you want:

spark keys server cloud_public.de

It looks like earlier, the CLI was trying to convert the backup key it copied from your core into other formats, but it was corrupt. If you run:

spark keys load 53ff<fill in the rest here>_new.der,

and then spark keys send 53ff<fill in the rest here> filename.pub.pem you should be set.

Thanks,
David

rblott · January 26, 2015, 9:35pm

Thanks, Dave. Tried the first command and got this (tried as you recommended, then with --force):

rblott · January 27, 2015, 3:43pm

anyone have any idea what I need to do to restore order to this poor core?

kennethlimcp · January 27, 2015, 3:44pm

@rblott,

Can you use spark keys doctor core_id instead ?

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