Raspberry Pi B stuck during boot?

[René Ladan]

2016-08-07 22:27 GMT+02:00 Tim Kientzle <tim at kientzle.com>:
>
>> On Aug 7, 2016, at 3:04 PM, René Ladan <rene at FreeBSD.org> wrote:
>>
>> On 07-08-16 13:57, Bernd Walter wrote:
>>> On Sun, Aug 07, 2016 at 12:09:08PM +0200, René Ladan wrote:
>>>> On 06-08-16 16:23, Bernd Walter wrote:
>>>>> On Sat, Aug 06, 2016 at 03:06:20PM +0200, René Ladan wrote:
>>>>>> Hi,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With recent versions of 11 (alpha3 and beta3) my raspberry b gets stuck
>>>>>> near the end of the boot. I checked the SD card and updated it to 11-beta3
>>>>>> using these commands (if I remember correctly, but nothing unusual):
>>>>>>
>>>>>> % make buildworld TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armv6
>>>>>> % make buildkernel KERNCONF=RPI-B TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armv6
>>>>>> # make installworld TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armv6 DESTDIR=/mnt
>>>>>> # make installkernel TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armv6 DESTDIR=/mnt
>>>>>> KERNCONF=RPI-B
>>>>>> # make delete-old TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armv6 DESTDIR=/mnt
>>>>>> # make delete-old-libs TARGET=arm TARGET_ARCH=armv6 DESTDIR=/mnt
>>>>>> # mergemaster -A armv6 -D /mnt -p
>>>>>> # mergemaster -A armv6 -D /mnt -U -i
>>>>>>
>>>>>> See https://rene-ladan.nl/IMG_20160804_193031.jpg for a phone picture of
>>>>>> the TV screen where it gets stuck.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Any ideas if what could be wrong?
>>>>> It might be hanging in single user mode prompt on serial console.
>>>>>
>>>> So if I would disable serial console in /etc/ttys it should be fine?
>>> No - that is just for the login prompt after the OS has been booted into
>>> multiuser mode.
>>> Unfortunately I have no idea where the loader on an RPi gets that
>>> information from, since so far I've always used serial consoles.
>>> The kernel itself can do double output, but the rc-scripts, including
>>> the single user mode prompt, are limited to one.
>>> It would be easiest if you have the option to wire up the serial console.
>> Yeah, I'll see if I can construct something using the GPIO pins.
>>
>> I also tried adding autoboot_delay=-1 to /boot/loader.conf and pulling
>> my DCF77 receiver from the GPIO pins (ground, +3.3V, signal wire) but
>> that didn't help either.
>>
>> So with USB power, HDMI cable to TV, and a USB keyboard it hangs
>
> Anyone doing “interesting” work with RPi should have at least one of these on hand:
>
>    http://adafru.it/954
>
Guess I was lucky enough until now to not need one. I ordered one, it
should arrive tomorrow.

René
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