Igor Posted September 19, 2020 Posted September 19, 2020 1 hour ago, hhalibo said: I confirm the bug: After UPGRADE, REBOOT, NOTHING RUN! Odd. Then it must be related only to this board. We have many RK3399 boards and all (Nanopi 4, Rockpi 4, Orangepi 4,...) that we tested, were successfully updated. We don't have this particular board in our test rig since we only have the one from the pre-production which is usually broken at something.
piter75 Posted September 19, 2020 Posted September 19, 2020 11 hours ago, hhalibo said: I confirm the bug: After UPGRADE, REBOOT, NOTHING RUN! What is your setup? What board revision is it? What image did you use before upgrading? Do you boot it with SD or eMMC? If eMMC - what are the markings on your module? That is odd indeed. I just tested fresh install of v20.05.4 (kernel 5.4.46 / focal / cli) from https://archive.armbian.com/rockpro64/archive/ with my unit (v2.1). I then upgraded it to v20.08.2 (kernel 5.8.6) and it boots fine. The issue obviously affects only some specific hardware configurations.
hhalibo Posted September 20, 2020 Posted September 20, 2020 It is a TV-box, CPU is the Amlogic S905D, 2G RAM, 8GB disk
Werner Posted September 20, 2020 Posted September 20, 2020 14 minutes ago, hhalibo said: It is a TV-box, CPU is the Amlogic S905D, 2G RAM, 8GB disk You know that Amlogic is a completely different board family than Rockchip? Besides that I assume your tvbox has no official armbian support and therefore will not receive any. Try here: https://forum.armbian.com/forum/24-tv-boxes/
MEMEs Posted November 3, 2020 Posted November 3, 2020 I think im experiencing this exact same problem. I was running armbian Ubuntu in my RockPi 4b on a 128 gb emmc module. I logged in over ssh and got the message ‘kernel updated please reboot’ I rebooted and nothing. Not even a flashing red light. No video output. Unfortunatley im unable to make big changes to the board now, my house is being renovated and i cant reach my computer stuff. Is there maybe a way i can select an old kernel without booting in the system ? Maybe mounting the emmc on a computer and manually editing the grub file ? I’m very sad Last complete system backup using dd was in april.
MEMEs Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 Hi there, I’ve reflashed my armbian board and ran an upgrade, boot failed to boot again. I will skip upgrading the kernel until this is fixed. I was wondering, is there a way i can update to kernel version 5.7.14 ? Ive checked armbian config, but the kernel selection module is empty. thank you.
piter75 Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 12 minutes ago, MEMEs said: I’ve reflashed my armbian board and ran an upgrade, boot failed to boot again. I will skip upgrading the kernel until this is fixed. What image exactly did you use as the starting point?
MEMEs Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 The image was from 2 april 2020, so it was the latest kernel version from that date. I’m reflashing now, ill post the kernel version after i can access my system again.
piter75 Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, MEMEs said: The image was from 2 april 2020, so it was the latest kernel version from that date. Image name would be the most precise coordinate ;-)
MEMEs Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 Its my own backup image of the EMMc module using dd. It’s a Ubuntu beaver image with all my software and configurations on it. So since its my own tailored image i don’t think its useful to paste the name here Does disableing kernel upgrade even fix the problem? Or does it for example stop the update of uboot? I was hoping the following would fix my issues: sudo apt-mark hold linux-image-generic linux-headers-generic
piter75 Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 7 minutes ago, MEMEs said: Its my own backup image of the EMMc module using dd. I was asking for an initial image that you started your installation with. Please post armbianmonitor -u results of your running system. Can you also post a serial console output after upgrading the system? Preferably with verbosity=7 in /etc/armbianEnv.txt set before the upgrade. 10 minutes ago, MEMEs said: Does disableing kernel upgrade even fix the problem? Or does it for example stop the update of uboot? u-boot is not "flashed" automatically
MEMEs Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 I am willing to help i’m however a mechanical engineer not a computer science professional. Problem is, if i run an upgrade after the flashing is complete my rockpi 4b will perform an upgrade but when i reboot the system crashes. I wont even see a booting output over hdmi. I just plug in the power and nothing. So will i be able to even log the error ? I can of course remove the emmc module and mount it and grab an errors file, is that what you are pointing towards me doing ? If so, can you make a complete noob proof description? I’m happy to help you all out here on the forum.
piter75 Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 10 minutes ago, MEMEs said: I wont even see a booting output over hdmi. 11 minutes ago, MEMEs said: If so, can you make a complete noob proof description? I’m happy to help you all out here on the forum. Well, without serial console it's difficult to debug the issue as it may happen before the kernel is loaded. Try to gather your current system info with armbianmonitor -u and paste the resulting link here.
MEMEs Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 So i will no do the following, correct ? After reflash: sudo nano /etc/armbianEnv.txt --> set verbority to 7 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade armbianmonitor -u --> Garther results sudo reboot (and then it crashes) That’s it ? But then the log crash info isn’t logged ? How do i log the serial output ? I do have an USB to TTL converter. (sorry for the noobish question, im trying my best)
piter75 Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 6 minutes ago, MEMEs said: So i will no do the following, correct ? Below sequence would do the trick: armbianmonitor -u --> Garther results from working system sudo nano /etc/armbianEnv.txt --> set verbority to 7 sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade sudo reboot (and then it crashes) gather the logs from serial console at this point 5 minutes ago, MEMEs said: How do i log the serial output ? I do have an USB to TTL converter. https://wiki.radxa.com/Rockpi4/dev/serial-console The USB TTL converter you use must support 1.5mbps
MEMEs Posted November 16, 2020 Posted November 16, 2020 Okay lets do this thing. I found 2 candidates. The red one sais: EFTDI 1730-C E5339001 FT232RL the black one sais: SILLABS CP2102 DCL00X 1612+ Ill try the black one
piter75 Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 On 11/16/2020 at 1:01 PM, MEMEs said: Too bad, 1.5 MBPS not supported CP2102 does not support it but FT232RL should, IIRC.
MEMEs Posted November 17, 2020 Posted November 17, 2020 2 hours ago, piter75 said: CP2102 does not support it but FT232RL should, IIRC. Hmm thats weird according to windows drivers it doesnt. Then ill try anyway when i have time I also borrowed a fancy one from the electrical engineering faculty. Ill pick it up thursday.
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