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Yes, I know. I'd even swear I never installed it, but here I'am. Only user on this PC, looks like I fucked this up Thank you for your guidance!

Ty @Werner, I did as you recommended. First I flashed armbian cinnamon to an unused old SD Card. Booted it, chrooted into my nvme and checked apt-mark showmanual. Nothing to be found, no hint of anything related to *6.12.12*. BUT apt-mark showauto did show "linux-image-6.12.12+bpo-arm64-16k" and "linux-image-arm64-16k". Strange... I "apt-get autoremove linux-image-6.12.12+bpo-arm64-16k --purge" and it removed both packets and also "wireguard*". I use wireguard on a daily basis and know it just works in modern kernels... but maybe back in the past, late at night I messed up and confused SSH connection and konsole by mistake? No idea. I thought to be fine, restarted from nvme and same error as in inital thread *sigh*. So back to sd, rebooted into the freshly made SD card, chrooted into the nvme and had a look into /boot on the nvme. There was still a file located uInitrd-6.12.12... I removed it and decided to also regenerate initramfs for good. checked uname -r in chroot konsole and issued this afterwards: "update-initramfs -c -k 6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx" The command proceeded generated the entry in /boot and also updated uInitrd-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx after this I exited chroot, shutdown the system, removed SD card aaaaand: Went to the forum to say a big THANK YOU 😃 It took hours to feel at home in this installation and I wasn't really happy about the thought of having to rebuild it. Keep up the good work!

Hi @ all, long time reader, but never managed to register. Now it is time... as I'm not able to solve this myself, kindly asking for help. I'm stuck, my Orangepi 5 plus stops boot at this: Loading, please wait... Starting systemd-udevd version 252.36-1~deb12u1 Begin: Loading essential drivers ... done. Begin: Running /scripts/init-premount ... (initramfs) What happened before? Last year I bought the Orangepi 5 plus (8GB) and went ahead, testing everything out - having incredible fun with this little box. But with a way to old/slow sd card which finally failed two or three months ago. I went ahead and wrote the Armbian based Cinnamon (Kernel 6.1 incl. MESA/VPU) to a new SD Card. Everything was working flawless, but still ... SD Card. Therefore I bought a 1TB nvme, installed it and used armbian-install to install the bootloader on MTD Flash. Afterwards I got everything working from nvme. Amazing results, it just worked after armbian-install was finished. I shut down the system, removed SD card and used the nvme install from now on for weeks on a daily basis. Several apt-get dist-upgrades no problem at all. The last one done Sunday, if I remember correctly. Until today. I had some spare time and decided to apt-get update and apt-get dist-upgrade again. The commands finished without any error and new updates were done. But now -I wanted to reboot the device- reboot stalled. I see a black screen with above mentioned white text. So, something must have gone wrong I think. The Orangepi boots fine when I insert the SD Card again, also the nvme is there and can be mounted. Seemingly all data is still there. But how to proceed? I'm at a loss. Can anything be done on my side to solve this? Or is a reinstall to be done? The apt history logfile on the nvme (/var/logs/apt/history.log) contains both upgrades I mentioned and reads: Start-Date: 2025-04-01 16:15:10 Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade Requested-By: edited (1000) Upgrade: armbian-config:arm64 (25.5.0-trunk.286.0324.065110, 25.5.0-trunk.325.0401.114753), tzdata:arm64 (2025a-0+deb12u1, 2025b-0+deb12u1), firefox-nightly:arm64 (138.0a1~20250324091950, 139.0a1~20250401094015), ghostscript-x:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6, 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7), libgs10-common:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6, 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7), libgs10:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6, 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7), ghostscript:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6, 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7), linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx:arm64 (25.2.3, 25.2.3), libgs-common:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6, 10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) End-Date: 2025-04-01 16:15:46 Start-Date: 2025-04-02 09:42:43 Commandline: apt-get dist-upgrade Requested-By: edited (1000) Upgrade: linux-image-vendor-rk35xx:arm64 (25.2.3, 25.2.3), firefox-nightly:arm64 (139.0a1~20250401094015, 139.0a1~20250401212749), linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx:arm64 (25.2.3, 25.2.3), armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor:arm64 (25.2.2, 25.2.3) End-Date: 2025-04-02 09:44:34 term.log in this directory shows nothing unusual, too. As far as my limited knowledge reaches ofc: Log started: 2025-04-01 16:15:10 (Reading database ... 218528 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../0-tzdata_2025b-0+deb12u1_all.deb ... Unpacking tzdata (2025b-0+deb12u1) over (2025a-0+deb12u1) ... Preparing to unpack .../1-armbian-config_25.5.0-trunk.325.0401.114753_all.deb ... Unpacking armbian-config (25.5.0-trunk.325.0401.114753) over (25.5.0-trunk.286.0324.065110) ... Preparing to unpack .../2-firefox-nightly_139.0a1~20250401094015_arm64.deb ... Unpacking firefox-nightly (139.0a1~20250401094015) over (138.0a1~20250324091950) ... Preparing to unpack .../3-ghostscript-x_10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7_arm64.deb ... Unpacking ghostscript-x:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) over (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../4-ghostscript_10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7_arm64.deb ... Unpacking ghostscript (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) over (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../5-libgs10_10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7_arm64.deb ... Unpacking libgs10:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) over (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../6-libgs10-common_10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7_all.deb ... Unpacking libgs10-common (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) over (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../7-libgs-common_10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7_all.deb ... Unpacking libgs-common (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) over (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u6) ... Preparing to unpack .../8-linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx_25.2.3_arm64.deb ... Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'prerm' starting. Cleaning directory /usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx ... Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'prerm' finishing. Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'preinst' starting. Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'preinst' finishing. Unpacking linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx (25.2.3) over (25.2.3) ... Setting up libgs-common (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) ... Setting up linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx (25.2.3) ... Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postinst' starting. Configuring kernel-headers (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx) - please wait ... HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/confdata.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/expr.o LEX scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c YACC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.[ch] HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/menu.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/preprocess.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/symbol.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/util.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf # # configuration written to .config # Compiling kernel-headers scripts (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx) using 8 CPUs - please wait ... SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd HOSTCC scripts/dtc/flattree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/fstree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/data.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/livetree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/treesource.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/srcpos.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/checks.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/util.o LEX scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c YACC scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.tab.[ch] HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_wip.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_strerror.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_empty_tree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/fdtoverlay.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.tab.o HOSTLD scripts/dtc/fdtoverlay HOSTLD scripts/dtc/dtc HOSTCC scripts/kallsyms HOSTCC scripts/sorttable HOSTCC scripts/resource_tool HOSTCC scripts/asn1_compiler HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o YACC scripts/genksyms/parse.tab.[ch] HOSTCC scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp HOSTCC scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders LEX scripts/genksyms/lex.lex.c HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/parse.tab.o HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/lex.lex.o HOSTLD scripts/genksyms/genksyms Compiling kernel-headers scripts/mod (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx) using 8 CPUs - please wait ... CC scripts/mod/empty.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig CC scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s UPD scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.h MKELF scripts/mod/elfconfig.h HOSTCC scripts/mod/modpost.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/file2alias.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/sumversion.o HOSTLD scripts/mod/modpost MODPOST scripts/mod/Module.symvers Done compiling kernel-headers (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx). Done compiling kernel-headers tools (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx). Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postinst' finishing. Setting up tzdata (2025b-0+deb12u1) ... Current default time zone: 'Europe/Berlin' Local time is now: Tue Apr 1 16:15:44 CEST 2025. Universal Time is now: Tue Apr 1 14:15:44 UTC 2025. Run 'dpkg-reconfigure tzdata' if you wish to change it. Setting up armbian-config (25.5.0-trunk.325.0401.114753) ... Setting up firefox-nightly (139.0a1~20250401094015) ... Setting up libgs10-common (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) ... Setting up libgs10:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) ... Setting up ghostscript (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) ... Setting up ghostscript-x:arm64 (10.0.0~dfsg-11+deb12u7) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ... Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for libc-bin (2.36-9+deb12u10) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... Log ended: 2025-04-01 16:15:46 Log started: 2025-04-02 09:42:43 (Reading database ... 218527 files and directories currently installed.) Preparing to unpack .../armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor_25.2.3_arm64.deb ... Armbian 'armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor' for '1-PCe1b9-V4064-H2670-B1e5d-R756d': 'preinst' starting. Armbian 'armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor' for '1-PCe1b9-V4064-H2670-B1e5d-R756d': 'preinst' finishing. Unpacking armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor (25.2.3) over (25.2.2) ... Armbian 'armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor' for '1-PC7d0b-Vcff1-H2670-B6e44-R89c9': 'postrm' starting. Armbian 'armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor' for '1-PC7d0b-Vcff1-H2670-B6e44-R89c9': 'postrm' finishing. Preparing to unpack .../firefox-nightly_139.0a1~20250401212749_arm64.deb ... Unpacking firefox-nightly (139.0a1~20250401212749) over (139.0a1~20250401094015) ... Preparing to unpack .../linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx_25.2.3_arm64.deb ... Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'prerm' starting. Cleaning directory /usr/src/linux-headers-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx ... Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'prerm' finishing. Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'preinst' starting. Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'preinst' finishing. Unpacking linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx (25.2.3) over (25.2.3) ... Preparing to unpack .../linux-image-vendor-rk35xx_25.2.3_arm64.deb ... Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'prerm' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'prerm' finishing. Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'preinst' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'preinst' finishing. Unpacking linux-image-vendor-rk35xx (25.2.3) over (25.2.3) ... Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postrm' starting. Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postrm' finishing. Setting up linux-image-vendor-rk35xx (25.2.3) ... Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postinst' starting. dkms: running auto installation service for kernel 6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx. dkms: autoinstall for kernel: 6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx. update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx update-initramfs: Armbian: Converting to u-boot format: /boot/uInitrd-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx Image Name: uInitrd Created: Wed Apr 2 09:43:11 2025 Image Type: AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 17096044 Bytes = 16695.36 KiB = 16.30 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 update-initramfs: Armbian: Symlinking /boot/uInitrd-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx to /boot/uInitrd '/boot/uInitrd' -> 'uInitrd-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx' update-initramfs: Armbian: done. Armbian: update last-installed kernel symlink to 'Image'... '/boot/Image' -> 'vmlinuz-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx' Armbian: Debian compat: linux-update-symlinks install 6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx boot/vmlinuz-6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx Armbian 'linux-image-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postinst' finishing. Setting up linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx (25.2.3) ... Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postinst' starting. Configuring kernel-headers (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx) - please wait ... HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/confdata.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/expr.o LEX scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.c YACC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.[ch] HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/lexer.lex.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/menu.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/parser.tab.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/preprocess.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/symbol.o HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/util.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf # # configuration written to .config # Compiling kernel-headers scripts (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx) using 8 CPUs - please wait ... SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/flattree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/fstree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/data.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/livetree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/srcpos.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/treesource.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/checks.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/util.o LEX scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.c YACC scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.tab.[ch] HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_ro.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_wip.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_sw.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_rw.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_strerror.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_empty_tree.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_addresses.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/libfdt/fdt_overlay.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/fdtoverlay.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc-lexer.lex.o HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc-parser.tab.o HOSTLD scripts/dtc/fdtoverlay HOSTLD scripts/dtc/dtc HOSTCC scripts/kallsyms HOSTCC scripts/resource_tool HOSTCC scripts/sorttable HOSTCC scripts/asn1_compiler HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o YACC scripts/genksyms/parse.tab.[ch] HOSTCC scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders HOSTCC scripts/selinux/mdp/mdp LEX scripts/genksyms/lex.lex.c HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/parse.tab.o HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/lex.lex.o HOSTLD scripts/genksyms/genksyms Compiling kernel-headers scripts/mod (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx) using 8 CPUs - please wait ... CC scripts/mod/empty.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/mk_elfconfig CC scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s UPD scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.h MKELF scripts/mod/elfconfig.h HOSTCC scripts/mod/modpost.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/sumversion.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/file2alias.o HOSTLD scripts/mod/modpost MODPOST scripts/mod/Module.symvers Done compiling kernel-headers (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx). Done compiling kernel-headers tools (6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx). Armbian 'linux-headers-vendor-rk35xx' for '6.1.99-vendor-rk35xx': 'postinst' finishing. Setting up armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor (25.2.3) ... Armbian 'armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor' for '1-PCe1b9-V4064-H2670-B1e5d-R756d': 'postinst' starting. Armbian 'armbian-bsp-cli-orangepi5-plus-vendor' for '1-PCe1b9-V4064-H2670-B1e5d-R756d': 'postinst' finishing. Setting up firefox-nightly (139.0a1~20250401212749) ... Processing triggers for initramfs-tools (0.142+deb12u1) ... update-initramfs: Generating /boot/initrd.img-6.12.12+bpo-arm64-16k W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8126a-3.fw for module r8169 W: Possible missing firmware /lib/firmware/rtl_nic/rtl8126a-2.fw for module r8169 update-initramfs: Armbian: Converting to u-boot format: /boot/uInitrd-6.12.12+bpo-arm64-16k Image Name: uInitrd Created: Wed Apr 2 09:44:31 2025 Image Type: AArch64 Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed) Data Size: 57076607 Bytes = 55738.87 KiB = 54.43 MiB Load Address: 00000000 Entry Point: 00000000 update-initramfs: Armbian: Symlinking /boot/uInitrd-6.12.12+bpo-arm64-16k to /boot/uInitrd '/boot/uInitrd' -> 'uInitrd-6.12.12+bpo-arm64-16k' update-initramfs: Armbian: done. Processing triggers for hicolor-icon-theme (0.17-2) ... Processing triggers for man-db (2.11.2-2) ... Processing triggers for mailcap (3.70+nmu1) ... Processing triggers for desktop-file-utils (0.26-1) ... Log ended: 2025-04-02 09:44:34 Any tips how to resolve this and boot from the nvme again? I know initramfs exists and I can wrap my mind arround it what it does, but in the last years never had to solve anything regarding it. I do not know where to look or start debugging