After updating the Odroid U3 to kernel 4.1-rc2 (see separate post) I encountered more SELinux / Fedora 22 issues.. This time, SELinux tried to enable itself in ‘targeted’ mode on reboot, despite being ‘disabled’ in the config file.. …. [ OK ] Started Tell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Data. [ OK ] Started Preprocess NFS configuration. … Continue reading →
I updated the CuBox-i4-Pro (Fedora 22) to Kernel 4.1-rc2, but the (re)boot process was very sluggish, with several key commands failing: ….. systemd[1]: Unit dbus.service entered failed state ….. [FAILED] Failed to start Login Service. ….. [FAILED] Failed to start Modem Manager. ….. [FAILED] Failed to start Avahi mDNS/DNS-SD Stack. ….. [FAILED] Failed to start Network Manager. … Continue reading →
Updated the CuBox-i4Pro to kernel 4.1-rc1 from kernel.org.. Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.1.0-rc1 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ………. # uname -a Linux rgcubox 4.1.0-rc1 #1 SMP Sun Apr 26 23:15:50 EDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux I did try to do the same with the DreamPlug, but for some reason it would not boot… More … Continue reading →
Finally managed to get the Raspberry Pi2 (armv7) to boot Kernel 4.0, by re-creating the kernel config from scratch, with # make bcm2709_defconfig Fedora release 21 (Twenty One) Kernel 4.0.0-v7 on an armv7l (ttyAMA0) ………… ]# uname -a Linux rgpi2 4.0.0-v7 #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Apr 15 17:12:00 PDT 2015 armv7l armv7l armv7l GNU/Linux The ‘classic’ Pi … Continue reading →
Tried updating the Raspberry Pi-s (Classic model B and Pi2) to Kernel 4.0, from https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-4.0.y, and my first attempt was – it seems – too soon, as the Classic Pi (armv6) failed to boot at all, and the Pi2 (armv7) only booted as far as: …………. bcm2708_dma: DMA manager at f3007000 bcm2708_gpio: bcm2708_gpio_probe 80625490 vc-mem: phys_addr:0x00000000 mem_base=0x3dc00000 … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug and CuBox-i4Pro to kernel 4.0 from kernel.org: Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.0.0 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ……… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0 #1 Sun Apr 12 22:53:28 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.0.0 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……… ]# uname -a Linux rgcubox 4.0.0 … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug and CuBox-i4Pro to Kernel 4.0-rc6 from kernel.org https://www.kernel.org/ Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.0.0-rc6 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) ……… # uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0-rc6 #1 Sun Mar 29 22:11:02 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux Fedora release 22 (Twenty Two) Kernel 4.0.0-rc6 on an armv7l (ttymxc0) ……. # uname -a Linux rgcubox … Continue reading →
Thanks are due to Marcus Roeder, who pointed out an error in my DreamPlug kernel compile workflow (http://rglinuxtech.com/?p=1354).. The make LOADADDR.. command was incorrect, and would result in less system memory being available.. The correct command is: make LOADADDR=000008000 uImage – and this will result in all the memory being available: # free total used free shared … Continue reading →
After trials with earlier versions, the Pi and Pi2 updated to Kernel 3.19.3 without too much effort.. Source from here: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/tree/rpi-3.19.y Pi: Pidora release 2014 (Raspberry Pi Fedora Remix) Kernel 3.19.3 on an armv6l (ttyAMA0) …….. ]# uname -a Linux rgpi 3.19.3 #1 PREEMPT Fri Mar 27 23:55:44 PDT 2015 armv6l armv6l armv6l GNU/Linux Pi2: Fedora release … Continue reading →
Updated the DreamPlug to Kernel 4.0-rc5, using the standard source from kernel.org, without any problems.. Fedora release 18 (Spherical Cow) Kernel 4.0.0-rc5 on an armv5tel (ttyS0) …… ]$ uname -a Linux rgdreamplug 4.0.0-rc5 #1 Mon Mar 23 10:47:21 PDT 2015 armv5tel armv5tel armv5tel GNU/Linux In case it might be useful, I have put a copy of the … Continue reading →