Lasted firmware - boot problem

[sajuuk]

I noticed a problem with the lasted firmware (29/07/12).
You can't boot without hdmi plugged in. The sdcard led will flash 2-3 times and the rpi will just hang there.

Downgrading to 26/07/12 version of the firmware fixes the problem.

[pepedog]

I noticed similar, if hdmi not connected on boot, when connected it doesn't come up
Best to report upstream https://github.com/raspberrypi/firmware/issues?state=open

[skunk]

Hi,

I also have problems with the new firmware -- but also with the current kernel. But I guess it's not the same problems as you describe them: I used the SD-Image 13-06-2012. It boots fine. But after upgrading (pacman -Syu), my raspberry won't boot. With HDMI connected, I can only see some nice colors (as in http://elinux.org/File:Debug-screen.jpg). So I simply copied the files in /boot/ from the archlinuxarm-13-06-2012.img to my SD -- and I can boot again.

Strange thing: When I only update linux-raspberrypi to 3.1.9-33 and use the firmware from archlinuxarm-13-06-2012.img, I get
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'Kernel panic - not syncing: stack-protector: Kernel stack is corrupted in c04ddecc')
And if I only update raspberrypi-firmware to 20120729-1 and use the kernel from archlinuxarm-13-06-2012.img, I get the nice colour stuff.

Has anyone any clue about that?

I would like to try do downgrade the linux-firmware, as described by sajuuk -- but where can I find it (I mean the `outdated' version -- and it's not in /var/cache/pacman)?

[pepedog]

Can I ask you to try this first, install latest kernel and firmware
$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Syy
pacman -S linux-raspberrypi raspberrypi-firmware
sync')
Suggesting sync before reboot, I know reboot is supposed to do this but I have a distrust that it always does actually do that

[skunk]

The _latest_ firmware, from 2012-08-07 solved the problem. (and works fine with linux-raspberrypi 3.1.9-33)