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wdt

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Registered: 2020-01-18

Posts: 7

pinebookpro, boot failure SOLVED

This fairly serious, I just spent 2-3 hours to narrow it down
So, I thought I had broke it, the power button did nothing, removed q4os SD, still nothing
For some reason, I tried holding power 15 sec, nothing, thought try longer (and 20+ is right)
Then a short push and started right up, hmm, hmm
Put q4os back in, reboot, same senario (dead power button, hold 20+s, then works (q4os out))
Tried with nothing in SD slot, worked OK, tried with debian bullseye, worked OK,
tried with manjaro, worked OK (reboot worked, after shutdown restarts normally)
Checked 1st 16M, diff and cmp they vary quite a bit,
downloaded a stock mrfixit and updated, 1st 16 match (aside from mbr) (with emmc)
So q4os has some problem with uboot? or ibdloader?
I never did get q4os booted

Last edited by wdt (2020-02-11 23:35)

q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

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Re: pinebookpro, boot failure SOLVED

We are not able to reproduce the issue, the current Q4OS for PinebookPro image boots just fine here.

- What Q4OS image did you use, please provide exact procedure to create the bootable SD card ?
- Please specify the SD card parameters, type.

wdt

Member

Registered: 2020-01-18

Posts: 7

Re: pinebookpro, boot failure SOLVED

OK, tried again, booted to lightDM (login screen), reboot with q4os card in SD slot
Shutdown, a brief flash of red at end, nothing, push power , nothing,
remove card, push power, nothing......hold power 20-25 sec, release, push power, boots
q4os-2.7-pinebookpro.r5.zip,,, etcher,,,, has booted in past, maybe 10 times
Samsung EVO 64 (not +, plus, select)

q4osteam

Q4OS Team

Registered: 2015-12-06

Posts: 4,501

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Re: pinebookpro, boot failure SOLVED

q4os-2.7-pinebookpro.r5.zip

Where did you download the image from ? Did you check MD5 ?
4b2642c52ace914eb5576749cc3e8a25  q4os-2.7-pinebookpro.r5.zip

wdt

Member

Registered: 2020-01-18

Posts: 7

Re: pinebookpro, boot failure SOLVED

Sorry,,SOLVED,, my screw-up, as usual.  Wrong uSD card
Did fsck, then examined card -- oops
Identical card hiding under papers, I wish there was a good way to mark them
Everything I have tried so far either rubs off or risk gumming up SD slot

wove

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From: Minnesota

Registered: 2019-12-31

Posts: 67

Re: pinebookpro, boot failure SOLVED

I have not had any of the difficulty with the Q4OS image that you mention. It was the first image I downloaded and that initial download and SD card creation with Etcher is the one that I still use.

I beleive I recognize your user name from the Pinebook forums, so I assume you have updated to the latest bootloader.

When using Q4OS the default when you press the power button is to suspend the Pinebook Pro. If you need to hard quit Q4OS you need to hold the powerbutton for ~15+ seconds, after which it will boot normally with a second tap. Which is close to the behavior you mention in your first post.

I think you will find Q4OS a very nice OS and worth the patience to get it working well. I am personally looking forward to a battery/power monitor for the system so I can use it full time as my only OS.

bill