[GoFlex Home] killed by pacman

[10fi]

Hello,

I had some hard time with my GoFlex Home running ALARM. Couldn't find it network etc. Seemed to be bricked, but http://archlinuxarm.org/support/reinstallation helped.

After luckly having my device back, I ssh to it and did the basics: fstab, swap and of course:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'pacman -Syu')

And everything was so great (I love when pacman works and I chill out:))...

... until I decided to reboot the device. (using "reboot" command)
Even hard reset couldn't make the dev visable in the network. So I re-did the re-installation and now it is working. Once again, did the fstab, swap and ... well, that's the point - I'm afraid to updated everything with pacman, because it seems to destroy the fragile setup;-)

IMHO this is a bug and I would like to request it removal.

Please see the logs from pacman, just when it made my device go dark:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '[2014-06-14 05:52] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -Syu'
[2014-06-14 05:52] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2014-06-14 05:52] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded libdbus (1.8.2-1 -> 1.8.4-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded dbus (1.8.2-1 -> 1.8.4-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded e2fsprogs (1.42.9-2 -> 1.42.10-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [ALPM] warning: /etc/passwd installed as /etc/passwd.pacnew
[2014-06-14 05:53] [ALPM] warning: /etc/group installed as /etc/group.pacnew
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded filesystem (2013.05-2 -> 2014.06-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded gnupg (2.0.22-2.2 -> 2.0.23-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded gpgme (1.4.3-1 -> 1.5.0-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded grep (2.19-1 -> 2.20-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded libsystemd (212-3 -> 213-9.1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-kirkwood (3.14.4-1 -> 3.14.7-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded perl (5.18.2-2 -> 5.20.0-2)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded openssl (1.0.1.g-1 -> 1.0.1.h-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded pacman-mirrorlist (20140516-1 -> 20140607-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded s-nail (14.6.4-1 -> 14.7-1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Warning: setcap failed, falling back to setuid root on /usr/bin/systemd-detect-virt
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (212-3 -> 213-9.1)
[2014-06-14 05:53] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (212-3 -> 213-9.1)
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I would appreciate any feedback.

[WarheadsSE]

1) always free to re-try ..
2) Make sure you are using linux-kirkwood.

[10fi]

Hi,

Thanks for your interest.

I'm using this:

http://archlinuxarm.org/os/ArchLinuxARM-kirkwood-latest.tar.gz <-- that's linux kirkwood.

I don't see the point of retrying - it looks clearly to me that the issue is with one of the updates, that provided by pacman. Plus, what I've seen on this subforum for ARMv5, is that there are similar problems from other users.

Cheers:)

[WarheadsSE]

Okay, well at this point we know the kernel isn't the issue, since I have many things running this kernel.

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'I')MHO this is a bug and I would like to request it removal.

[10fi]

Would any of these devices be a GoFlex Home or at lease a seagate device? This might be what sources the issue - some conflict between new packages and this particular hardware.

I understand, that the only way to isolate this bug is to:

a) update one package at a time
b) reboot
c) if device is alive, goto a)

until device fails.

Guess that's it for now, I'll let you know if I identify anything that could pin point the reason.

[moonman]

It isn't the device. My gfh is running fine.

[10fi]

How you've got the IP configured? DHCP or static ?

[moonman]

DHCP. Though i have NetworkManager.service running for it's ability to delay network.target until the network is up.

[10fi]

@Moonman:

Could you please tell what's the point for having NetworkManager.service set up like you did?

[WarheadsSE]

As he said, the delay of network.target until a network connection is "up".

And yes, one of these 6 devices is a GoFlex Net