Re: [opensuse-arm] How to upgrade kernel on Raspberry Pi

[Freek de Kruijf]

Op zondag 6 september 2015 12:58:55 schreef Olav Reinert:
> I tried to upgrade to the new layout by installing a fresh 13.2 image:
> 
>  rryPi/images/openSUSE-13.2-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi.armv6l-1.12.1-Build36.9.raw.
> xz>
> 
> Unfortunately, that image won't boot properly. It gets as far as the
> "Starting kernel ...", then it seems to hang.

You probably should use the Tumbleweed image on:
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/ARM:/Factory:/Contrib:/RaspberryPi:/upstream/images/

The ones on 
http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/ARM:/Factory:/Contrib:/RaspberryPi/images/
 
never worked.

The newest image is Build338.1. I did not test this image. The latest I tested 
was Build336.3, but that one has a distorted 3rd partition (ext4). Running 
fsck on that partition after moving the image on the SD card shows errors. The 
latest which was usable was Build 330.10 from Aug 6. A zypper up brings it in 
line with the latest repositories. This is what I am using now. All the 
problems I had with YaST are fixed now. I am still struggling with a Bluetooth 
device and/or Wi-Fi. When I have a few % packet loss, because of the distance 
on the Wi-Fi connection, curl does not deliver me a proper file. Curl is used 
by zypper and zypper shows wrong check sums. curl does not report an error, 
but the check sum is wrong.

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Re: [opensuse-arm] How to upgrade kernel on Raspberry Pi

[Olav Reinert]

On Friday 04 September 2015 23.11:20 Freek de Kruijf wrote:
> Op vrijdag 4 september 2015 22:33:02 schreef Olav Reinert:
> > The fix was to copy the files from /boot to the boot partition that are
> > already present in both locations. Now my Pi boots to the new kernel,
> > and removing the old one didn't cause any issues. Not idea if this is
> > the canonical procedure, but it works.
> > 
> > Tumbleweed on a Pi - smashing!
> 
> I don't think you are fully using Tumbleweed. Tumbleweed uses kernel-4.1.6.

You're right - the kernel on my RPi way behind Tumbleweed.

> What repositories are you using?
> I have:
> http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/ARM:/Factory:/Contrib:/Rasp
> berryPi/standard/ and
> http://download.opensuse.org/ports/armv6hl/tumbleweed/repo/oss/

I'm using the same repositories.

> The kernel I am using comes from the last repo, the one you use comes from
> the first repo.

Correct.

> Installing a new kernel lately 4.1.6 from 4.1.4 went without the trick you
> needed.
> Most likely the post processing in the rpm for the kernel you use does not
> include the copy to /boot.

I tried to install kernel-default-4.1.6-3.1.armv6hl, and to make the same 
manual correction as above. That didn't boot at all, it didn't even get past 
the rainbow square.

> The /boot on my RPi is on the second partition (ext3).

My RPi has only two partitions. Probably because it was zypper dup'ed from 
13.1. I noticed that my RPi2 (also on Tumbleweed) has an extra partition for 
the low-level bootstrap stuff, then a /boot partition, and finally the root 
partition. I guess the kernel upgrade didn't work because the newer kernels 
expect this partition layout for the update to work properly.


I tried to upgrade to the new layout by installing a fresh 13.2 image:



Unfortunately, that image won't boot properly. It gets as far as the "Starting 
kernel ...", then it seems to hang.

\Olav

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Re: [opensuse-arm] Tests of latest images for RPi1

[Freek de Kruijf]

Op dinsdag 1 september 2015 22:31:43 schreef Freek de Kruijf:
> Build336.2 from
> repositories/devel:/ARM:/Factory:/Contrib:/RaspberryPi:/upstream/ boots, the
> SD is partitioned and the resulting system boots. However the Ethernet
> connection does not become active. The lights stay off. I could not find a
> method to list the journal on the SD partition on a system where the SD is
> mounted.

Finally found the method to analyze the journal on the SD card. I mount the SD 
card on my desktop and use the command "journalct --file //system.journal
You can use other options to select specific information in the journal.

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