archlinux-pinephone-pro-barebone-20241223 not boots

[jebez1]

On PC I'm on Arch Linux KDE.

My PinePhone Pro has rk2aw on the SPI.

I installed the latest https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/releases/download/20241223/archlinux-pinephone-pro-barebone-20241223.img.xz on a microSD card then booted it.

https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/wiki/Barebone-Image-Quick-Start#from-a-computer not works:
on PC:

sudo dd if=/run/media/a/b06fb07d-9648-4c03-b276-995948f2751a/Arch_Linux_ARM/archlinux-pinephone-barebone-20241223.img of=/dev/sdc bs=1M status=progress conv=fsync
sudo pacman -S openssh
reboot
ssh alarm@10.15.19.82

just a new line...

ip a
ping 10.15.19.82

gave nothing.

[mikeshenson]

When you installed the "archlinux-pinephone-pro-barebone-20241223.img.xz" to the microSD card, did you unzip it before writing it?

You need to enable the sshd on the PinePhonePro after it boots into the operating system.

Here is a video of my whole process. Your process should be exactly the same.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBGVUq3DGK4

[jebez1]

Obviously I unzipped it, I just not specified in my previous post, it boots, there's a black screen with upper left
=>

You need to enable the sshd on the PinePhonePro after it boots into the operating system.

Really?
https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/wiki/SSH
"On the barebone image, this is enabled by default as a way for tinkerers to build their own environment without attaching a keyboard directly to the device."
Indeed I not have a USB-C keyboard...

[mikeshenson]

I have not used the barebone image. If sshd is enabled already, how does the PinePhonePro know how to connect to your wireless? As far as I know, that requires a keyboard. I also think the barebone image assumes you have a USB-C docking-bar.

On a side note, the docking bar has saved me many times in the past.

[jebez1]

Not you saw https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/wiki/Barebone-Image-Quick-Start#from-a-computer ?

PC+USB cable+PinePhone Pro, isn't it?

[mikeshenson]

Wow! Thank you for sharing the wiki link. I did not know you could do that with the barebone image.

[jebez1]

This link is in my 1st post...

Can you tell me if it works for you?

[Danct12]

On your PC, you should disable sshd. This is an SSH server and it's not required for the client to work.

As for USB, it is working for me. My computer sees the following:

[215039.782355] usb 3-1: new high-speed USB device number 3 using xhci_hcd
[215039.910186] usb 3-1: New USB device found, idVendor=1f3a, idProduct=efe8, bcdDevice= 6.15
[215039.910192] usb 3-1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3
[215039.910195] usb 3-1: Product: Arch Linux Mobile
[215039.910197] usb 3-1: Manufacturer: DanctNIX
[215039.910199] usb 3-1: SerialNumber: Arch
[215039.994243] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[215040.002130] rndis_host 3-1:1.0 usb0: register 'rndis_host' at usb-0000:05:00.3-1, RNDIS device, 76:33:1d:8d:25:22
[215040.002166] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[215040.011496] rndis_host 3-1:1.0 enp5s0f3u1: renamed from usb0

Please tell me which Linux/UNIX distribution you're currently running on your PC and show me your kernel messages (or at least check if the device is being detected).

If you're building your own kernel, make sure USB RNDIS support is enabled.

[jebez1]

Please tell me which Linux/UNIX distribution you're currently running on your PC

Why nobody read all my posts? See my 1st post...

Well the issue seems worst:

in fact I start the phone normaly, by a short hold power button, until the LED lights up green, so it should boot the microSD card, but :
instead the U-Boot menu appears
so I click mmc@fe320000.bootdev.part_1, immediatly a black screen with upper left
=>
appears, but I discovered it's the same as U-Boot Console...

So it seems:
the microSD card with archlinux-pinephone-barebone-20241223 not boots
instead it's the U-Boot Console.

So why it not boots?

[Danct12]

Apologies, but it's difficult to read things in midnight.

by a short hold power button, until the LED lights up green, so it should boot the microSD card

rk2aw boot menu (the one you use power button to control) is for booting low level components (such as bootloader from an SD card) and we do not ship a bootloader with the OS so this option is redundant.

so I click mmc@fe320000.bootdev.part_1, immediatly a black screen with upper left "=>"

What if you tap other options like "Power off", "USB access to eMMC", have you tried booting to SailfishOS (mmc@fe330000.bootdev.part_1)? Does it drop to U-Boot console as well?

Since if the boot script fails, you would get verbose information about the script failing but here, we see none of that.

[jebez1]

mmc@fe330000.bootdev.part_1
U-Boot Console
eMMC over USB
SD over USB
Power off

work, on eMMC there's
https://github.com/manjaro-pinephone/plasma-mobile/releases/download/beta14/Manjaro-ARM-plasma-mobile-pinephonepro-beta14.img.xz
(from https://manjaro.org/products/download/arm?device=Pinephone+Pro, since
https://github.com/dreemurrs-embedded/Pine64-Arch/releases/download/20230925/archlinux-pinephone-pro-plasma-20230925.img.xz
is bugged, Wi-Fi & telephone stopped working...).

Manjaro-ARM-plasma-mobile-pinephonepro-beta14 works also on the microSD card, so archlinux-pinephone-pro-barebone-20241223 is bugged? It works for you?

Since if the boot script fails, you would get verbose information about the script failing but here, we see none of that.

How to get verbose information about the script failing?