Moklev Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 (edited) Armbian 24.2 is broken on Orange PI PC2 (Debian Bookworm CLI) Latest stable community release: https://github.com/armbian/community/releases/download/24.5.0-trunk.123/Armbian_community_24.5.0-trunk.123_Orangepipc2_bookworm_current_6.6.20_minimal.img.xz With update 23.11 -> 24.2 the orange pi pc2 no longer starts. I tried a new sd installation and it too does not appear on the network. Right now I don't have a serial cable to check but it is possible that the network driver is missing or not working. SD, SBC and PSU are 100% working: a revert to 23.11.2 makes it work perfectly. Edited March 5 by Moklev 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giulio Cervera Posted March 5 Share Posted March 5 (edited) same issue after upgrading to latest kernel (not sure if is the 6.6.20, but most probably is) no time to debug now, but the fresh installation stuck after Started systemd-udevd.service guess is a kernel issue edit: i can confirm my installation was broken after installing kernel 6.6.16 reverted to 6.1.77-legacy-sunxi64 and im back Edited March 5 by Giulio Cervera 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718aba Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 Hello, I am new here, so I do not know if I am using the correct topic. I tried to upgrade my orange pi pc2 following the steps above, but no success. The devices tries to boot, but does not get any IP address and no HDMI output. The yellow led of the ethernet port blinks with a constant frequency (ca every 2 secs) and the device does not go any further. I tried installation from the scratch, with the same result, using Rufus and balenaEtcher-Portable-1.18.11 and the following images: Armbian_community_24.5.0-trunk.123_Orangepipc2_jammy_current_6.6.20_gnome_desktop.img Armbian_community_24.5.0-trunk.123_Orangepipc2_bookworm_current_6.6.20_minimal.img Then I tried installing again Armbian_23.02.1_Orangepipc2_bullseye_current_5.15.93.img, using Rufus, without any problems. The device booted and I could log in. The problem is, my network infrastructure relies on 3 (and 1/2) different orange pi devices, so I am afraid, the upgrade could crash my network structure. Last try: jammy desktop (see boot.log and bootstrap.log) Any idea what I am doing wrong? Thanks jammy-boot.log jammy-bootstrap.log 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moklev Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 Yes Giulio, it's probably the kernel... no version after 6.1.x works 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giulio Cervera Posted March 6 Share Posted March 6 @718aba until the kernel issues are sorted it's recommended to use armbian-config to stay on 6.1.x kernel 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moklev Posted March 6 Author Share Posted March 6 @718aba Install the 23.11.2 on sd and block the kernel update in armbian-config, as recommended by Giulio. Configure everything and then make a full compressed backup of the whole SD with usbimager (gitlab). 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718aba Posted March 8 Share Posted March 8 Sorry, for an unknown reason, I could not login anymore. Hope it has been resolved now. Anyway, thank you both Giulio and @Moklev. I will try a 6.1.x kernel. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718aba Posted March 9 Share Posted March 9 Maybe a stupid question... Does anyone know if this is a device specific or a general kernel problem? Meaning, is it secure to upgrade other orange pi devices? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moklev Posted March 10 Author Share Posted March 10 No, it's not 🙂 If you need something stable and safe, don't waste money on these crappy chinese sbc. Buy a LP Intel like a Dell Wise 5070 on ebay (~80/90€ with a Celeron J, 4/8GB RAM and a SSD) and install Debian o CentOS. is rock-solid and requires only 5/8 Watt. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
718aba Posted March 12 Share Posted March 12 Thanks, @Moklev, you are right. I am already replacing my orangepi intranet nodes (piece by piece) with raspberry, using the orangepis mainly for entertainment or fall-back purposes. And I will follow your advise and look for a thin client to run my NAS and a reliable backup server. Anyway, I need to upgrade all. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Giulio Cervera Posted March 28 Share Posted March 28 just tried today build Armbian_community_24.5.0-trunk.306_Orangepipc2_bookworm_current_6.6.23_minimal still broken 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSpam Posted April 6 Share Posted April 6 Just tried Armbian_community_24.5.0-trunk.367_Orangepipc2_bookworm_current_6.6.25_minimal.img and it is still broken. Hangs after finding /dev/ttyS0 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 debug.armbian.de 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSpam Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 I don't think the serial output will help, it boots the kernel and hangs in the linux startup. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werner Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Set verbosity to 7 in armbianEnv.txt 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoSpam Posted April 7 Share Posted April 7 Thanks. With the log level higher, the freeze is on: zram0: detected capacity change from 0 to941376 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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