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Great stuff, Igor. That did it, thank you very much Regards, Thorsten

Hi, exact the same boot loop here with my M1 and the latest Armbian Focal. I have a little server running here since years currently with Armbian 21.05.6 Bionic (Linux 5.4.88-sunxi). Only problem with it was, that the GUI freezes after about 15 minutes when HTOP is running in a terminal window of the GUI, but the rest of the system was running further. The system always boots well with a keyboard and a rtl-sdr stick plugged to the USB. Now with the latest Armbian Focal I get this boot loop, when at least one USB device is plugged. Armbian only boots if nothing is plugged to the USB. Is it a bootloader problem? Regards, Thorsten

Ok, used sudo locale-gen sudo update-locale LANG=de_DE.UTF-8 Now everything works fine again. But it seems, that armbian-config does something wrong with the locales setting. It shows emty brackets at "Personal -> Locales" although de_DE.UTF-8 is set. Thank you for the valuable hint with the kernel bug. Looking forward to the next version (hopefully running) Regards, Thorsten

Ok, installed the legacy 4.19-84-sunxi kernel and the taskbar reappeared Nevertheless some things are strange. When I try to start the "Terminal Emulator" or "Armbian config" from the menu, nothing happens and syslog gave the following messages: Jan 19 15:39:30 localhost dbus-daemon[1451]: [session uid=1000 pid=1451] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.Terminal' unit='gnome-terminal-server.service' requested by ':1.47' (uid=1000 pid=2102 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-terminal.real ") Jan 19 15:39:30 localhost systemd[1327]: Starting GNOME Terminal Server... Jan 19 15:39:30 localhost gnome-terminal-server[2105]: Non UTF-8 locale (ANSI_X3.4-1968) is not supported! Jan 19 15:39:30 localhost systemd[1327]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=8/n/a Jan 19 15:39:30 localhost systemd[1327]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 19 15:39:30 localhost systemd[1327]: Failed to start GNOME Terminal Server. Jan 19 15:42:16 localhost dbus-daemon[1451]: [session uid=1000 pid=1451] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.Terminal' unit='gnome-terminal-server.service' requested by ':1.55' (uid=1000 pid=2153 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-terminal.real -- sudo armbian-confi") Jan 19 15:42:16 localhost systemd[1327]: Starting GNOME Terminal Server... Jan 19 15:42:16 localhost gnome-terminal-server[2156]: Non UTF-8 locale (ANSI_X3.4-1968) is not supported! Jan 19 15:42:16 localhost systemd[1327]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=8/n/a Jan 19 15:42:16 localhost systemd[1327]: gnome-terminal-server.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'. Jan 19 15:42:16 localhost systemd[1327]: Failed to start GNOME Terminal Server. It seems something is wrong with the locales. I generated de_DE.UTF-8 in armbian-config, but locale shows all other than de_DE.UTF-8...

Hmmm, didn't spot such a warning message neither in dmesg nor in syslog. Can i simply switch to such a kernel through the "Other" menu in armbian-config? -> Yes, I can

Hi Igor, thanks for the efforts. Let me know if you need furher infos/logs...

Hi, yesterday i did as usual an apt-get update/upgrade on my Armbian 19.11.3 (on a good old and always well working Bananapi M1). After that the desktop starts, but without showing the taskbar anymore. It was some kind of invisible, when i clicked the the upper left corner, the menu drops down. Unfortunately nearly nothing starts by clicking. The preferences are shown without any icons. Ok, time for a fresh install. I took the latest stable image Armbian Bionic 19.11.6 and put it on a SD card. System starts in console mode, i did all the setup stuff and installed the desktop. But the fresh installed desktop also started without the taskbar. Same issue as with the predecessor installation. Here ist the diagnostic information: http://ix.io/27OW Any hints? I saw, that with the last apt-get update some desktop stuff (armbian-desktop) has been updated. Maybe some bugs there? Thank you in advance. Regards, Thorsten

The 20cm long USB plug to jack adapter i used seems to cause the problem. After replacing it with a new cable, the interruptions has gone. So no software/kernel problem it seems :-) Thanks for your attention and the efforts with Armbian. Regards, Thorsten (and a Happy New Year by the way :-) )

Will do some further experiments and keep you in the loop. Thanks so far :-)

An external powered USB hub didn't solve the problem. Same problem. The kernel disconnects the USB spontaneously and i don't know why (if there is some EMI, the EMI was there before, so why are the newer kernel so "sensitive"?)... : Dec 28 18:06:36 localhost systemd[1]: Starting RTL-SDR Remote Server... Dec 28 18:06:51 localhost systemd[1]: Started RTL-SDR Remote Server. Dec 28 18:06:51 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: Found 1 device(s): Dec 28 18:06:51 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: 0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001 Dec 28 18:06:51 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM Dec 28 18:06:51 localhost upowerd[1709]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc/1c1c000.usb/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0 Dec 28 18:06:51 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner Dec 28 18:06:52 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: [R82XX] PLL not locked! Dec 28 18:06:52 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: Tuned to 100000000 Hz. Dec 28 18:07:15 localhost systemd[1361]: Starting Timed resync... Dec 28 18:07:15 localhost profile-sync-daemon[18309]: #033[01mchromium resync successful#033[00m Dec 28 18:07:15 localhost systemd[1361]: Started Timed resync. Dec 28 18:15:01 localhost CRON[18359]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 28 18:15:01 localhost CRON[18360]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 28 18:17:01 localhost CRON[18368]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Dec 28 18:25:01 localhost CRON[18381]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 28 18:30:01 localhost CRON[18386]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 28 18:35:01 localhost CRON[18396]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 28 18:45:01 localhost CRON[18404]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 28 18:45:01 localhost CRON[18405]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 28 18:55:02 localhost CRON[18417]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 28 19:00:01 localhost CRON[18421]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 28 19:04:48 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: cb transfer status: 1, canceling... Dec 28 19:04:48 localhost kernel: [431708.199290] usb 2-1.2: USB disconnect, device number 16 Dec 28 19:04:48 localhost upowerd[1709]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc/1c1c000.usb/usb2/2-1/2-1.2/2-1.2:1.0 Dec 28 19:04:48 localhost upowerd[1709]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc/1c1c000.usb/usb2/2-1/2-1.2 Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost kernel: [431708.522435] usb 2-1.2: new high-speed USB device number 17 using ehci-platform Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost kernel: [431708.747052] usb 2-1.2: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2838, bcdDevice= 1.00 Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost kernel: [431708.747069] usb 2-1.2: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost kernel: [431708.747076] usb 2-1.2: Product: RTL2838UHIDIR Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost kernel: [431708.747082] usb 2-1.2: Manufacturer: Realtek Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost kernel: [431708.747091] usb 2-1.2: SerialNumber: 00000001 Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 2, device 17: "/sys/devices/platform/soc/1c1c000.usb/usb2/2-1/2-1.2" Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 2, device: 17 was not an MTP device Dec 28 19:04:49 localhost upowerd[1709]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc/1c1c000.usb/usb2/2-1/2-1.2 Dec 28 19:04:53 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: Signal caught, exiting! Dec 28 19:04:54 localhost rtl_tcp[18303]: Signal caught, exiting! Dec 28 19:05:01 localhost CRON[18453]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 28 19:08:14 localhost systemd[1361]: Starting Timed resync... Dec 28 19:08:15 localhost profile-sync-daemon[18456]: #033[01mchromium resync successful#033[00m Dec 28 19:08:15 localhost systemd[1361]: Started Timed resync. : Regards, Thorsten

Now I try to use another power supply. Maybe the load regulation of the supply I used has gone bad. Tomorrow I will get a powered USB hub as plan C...

Unfortunately after 3 hours the kernel disonnected the USB again: Dec 21 13:37:01 localhost blueman-mechanism: loading Ppp Dec 21 13:37:01 localhost blueman-mechanism: loading Rfcomm Dec 21 13:37:01 localhost blueman-mechanism: loading RfKill Dec 21 13:37:02 localhost dbus-daemon[1379]: [session uid=1000 pid=1379] Activating via systemd: service name='org.gnome.Terminal' unit='gnome-terminal-server.service' requested by ':1.41' (uid=1000 pid=1959 comm="/usr/bin/gnome-terminal.real ") Dec 21 13:37:02 localhost systemd[1344]: Starting GNOME Terminal Server... Dec 21 13:37:04 localhost dbus-daemon[1379]: [session uid=1000 pid=1379] Successfully activated service 'org.gnome.Terminal' Dec 21 13:37:04 localhost systemd[1344]: Started GNOME Terminal Server. Dec 21 13:37:31 localhost blueman-mechanism: Exiting Dec 21 13:45:01 localhost CRON[1989]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 13:45:01 localhost CRON[1990]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 13:50:57 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Cleanup of Temporary Directories... Dec 21 13:50:57 localhost systemd[1]: Started Cleanup of Temporary Directories. Dec 21 13:55:01 localhost CRON[2007]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 14:00:01 localhost CRON[2013]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 14:05:01 localhost CRON[2022]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 14:15:01 localhost CRON[2030]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 14:15:01 localhost CRON[2031]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 14:17:01 localhost CRON[2040]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Dec 21 14:25:01 localhost CRON[2051]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 14:30:01 localhost CRON[2057]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 14:35:01 localhost CRON[2066]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 14:36:57 localhost systemd[1344]: Starting Timed resync... Dec 21 14:36:58 localhost profile-sync-daemon[2069]: #033[01mchromium resync successful#033[00m Dec 21 14:36:59 localhost systemd[1344]: Started Timed resync. Dec 21 14:45:01 localhost CRON[2119]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 14:45:01 localhost CRON[2120]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 14:55:01 localhost CRON[2134]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 15:00:01 localhost CRON[2139]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 15:05:01 localhost CRON[2148]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 15:15:01 localhost CRON[2156]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 15:15:01 localhost CRON[2157]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 15:17:01 localhost CRON[2167]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Dec 21 15:25:01 localhost CRON[2177]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 15:30:01 localhost CRON[2182]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 15:35:01 localhost CRON[2191]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 15:37:57 localhost systemd[1344]: Starting Timed resync... Dec 21 15:37:57 localhost profile-sync-daemon[2195]: #033[01mchromium resync successful#033[00m Dec 21 15:37:57 localhost systemd[1344]: Started Timed resync. Dec 21 15:43:57 localhost systemd[1]: Starting Message of the Day... Dec 21 15:43:57 localhost systemd[1]: Started Message of the Day. Dec 21 15:45:01 localhost CRON[2243]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 15:45:01 localhost CRON[2244]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 15:55:01 localhost CRON[2257]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 16:00:01 localhost CRON[2262]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 16:05:01 localhost CRON[2271]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 16:15:01 localhost CRON[2279]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 16:15:01 localhost CRON[2280]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 16:17:01 localhost CRON[2290]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Dec 21 16:21:42 localhost kernel: [ 9950.759541] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 2 Dec 21 16:21:42 localhost rtl_tcp[1731]: cb transfer status: 5, canceling... Dec 21 16:21:42 localhost rtl_tcp[1731]: message repeated 14 times: [ cb transfer status: 5, canceling...] Dec 21 16:21:42 localhost upowerd[1677]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc/1c14000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 Dec 21 16:21:42 localhost upowerd[1677]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc/1c14000.usb/usb1/1-1 Dec 21 16:21:47 localhost rtl_tcp[1731]: Signal caught, exiting! Dec 21 16:21:47 localhost rtl_tcp[1731]: Signal caught, exiting! Dec 21 16:25:01 localhost CRON[2312]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 16:30:01 localhost CRON[2318]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 16:35:01 localhost CRON[2327]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1)

Switching to 19.11.4.354 with Kernel 5.4.2 worked, system up and running. I am curious, what will happen with the USB :-) Thank you very much so far...

Thanks for that hint. Gave it a try but got a warning message: Test install failed. Can't change firmware Check /tmpswitch_kernel.log which says: linux-image-current-sunxi=19.11.3 linux-dtb-current-sunxi=19.11.3 linux-u-boot-bananapi-current Will a reboot brick my installation?

Here again a current syslog since starting the server. At 12:38 the kernel disconnected USB and then the rtl_tcp server breaks... Dec 21 11:43:38 localhost systemd[1]: Starting RTL-SDR Remote Server... Dec 21 11:43:53 localhost systemd[1]: Started RTL-SDR Remote Server. Dec 21 11:43:53 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: Found 1 device(s): Dec 21 11:43:53 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: 0: Realtek, RTL2838UHIDIR, SN: 00000001 Dec 21 11:43:53 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: Using device 0: Generic RTL2832U OEM Dec 21 11:43:53 localhost upowerd[1660]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc@1c00000/1c14000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 Dec 21 11:43:54 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: Found Rafael Micro R820T tuner Dec 21 11:43:54 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: [R82XX] PLL not locked! Dec 21 11:43:54 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: Tuned to 100000000 Hz. Dec 21 11:45:01 localhost CRON[17953]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 11:45:01 localhost CRON[17959]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 11:55:01 localhost CRON[18420]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 12:00:01 localhost CRON[18423]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 12:05:01 localhost CRON[18433]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 12:15:01 localhost CRON[18446]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 12:15:01 localhost CRON[18448]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 12:17:01 localhost CRON[18457]: (root) CMD ( cd / && run-parts --report /etc/cron.hourly) Dec 21 12:23:44 localhost systemd[1339]: Starting Timed resync... Dec 21 12:23:45 localhost profile-sync-daemon[18469]: #033[01mchromium resync successful#033[00m Dec 21 12:23:45 localhost systemd[1339]: Started Timed resync. Dec 21 12:25:01 localhost CRON[18512]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 12:30:01 localhost CRON[18517]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 12:35:01 localhost CRON[18527]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 12:38:51 localhost kernel: [334025.667430] usb 1-1: USB disconnect, device number 11 Dec 21 12:38:51 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: cb transfer status: 5, canceling... Dec 21 12:38:51 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: message repeated 14 times: [ cb transfer status: 5, canceling...] Dec 21 12:38:51 localhost upowerd[1660]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc@1c00000/1c14000.usb/usb1/1-1/1-1:1.0 Dec 21 12:38:51 localhost upowerd[1660]: unhandled action 'unbind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc@1c00000/1c14000.usb/usb1/1-1 Dec 21 12:38:56 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: Signal caught, exiting! Dec 21 12:38:57 localhost rtl_tcp[17943]: Signal caught, exiting! Dec 21 12:45:01 localhost CRON[18544]: (root) CMD (/usr/lib/armbian/armbian-truncate-logs) Dec 21 12:45:01 localhost CRON[18545]: (root) CMD (command -v debian-sa1 > /dev/null && debian-sa1 1 1) Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost kernel: [334521.748478] usb 1-1: new high-speed USB device number 12 using ehci-platform Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost kernel: [334521.918542] usb 1-1: New USB device found, idVendor=0bda, idProduct=2838, bcdDevice= 1.00 Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost kernel: [334521.918610] usb 1-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost kernel: [334521.918651] usb 1-1: Product: RTL2838UHIDIR Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost kernel: [334521.918692] usb 1-1: Manufacturer: Realtek Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost kernel: [334521.918729] usb 1-1: SerialNumber: 00000001 Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost mtp-probe: checking bus 1, device 12: "/sys/devices/platform/soc@1c00000/1c14000.usb/usb1/1-1" Dec 21 12:47:07 localhost mtp-probe: bus: 1, device: 12 was not an MTP device Dec 21 12:47:08 localhost upowerd[1660]: unhandled action 'bind' on /sys/devices/platform/soc@1c00000/1c14000.usb/usb1/1-1