After latest update (15/07/2019) Rpi2 hangs on boot

[phovos]

Hello,

As stated above my system hangs on boot.

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cmdline.txt
config.txt

Please note that except for /boot, rest of partitions are on an USB hard drive that uses LVM.

Any help would be appreciated.

[ufo6000]

me too, these were the changes:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', '
Root : /
Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf
DB Path : /var/lib/pacman/
Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Hook Dirs : /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/ /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Log File : /var/log/pacman.log
GPG Dir : /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
Targets : None
:: Synchronizing package databases...
downloading core.db...
downloading extra.db...
downloading community.db...
downloading alarm.db...
downloading aur.db...
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Package (21) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size

core/btrfs-progs 5.1.1-1 5.2-1 0,06 MiB 0,65 MiB
core/bzip2 1.0.7-2 1.0.8-2 0,00 MiB 0,05 MiB
core/e2fsprogs 1.45.2-1 1.45.3-1 0,00 MiB 1,01 MiB
extra/ffmpeg 1:4.1.3-1 1:4.1.4-1 -0,05 MiB 7,65 MiB
alarm/firmware-raspberrypi 5-1 6-1 0,00 MiB 0,54 MiB
core/gnupg 2.2.16-1 2.2.17-2 0,00 MiB 1,88 MiB
extra/lcms2 2.9-1 2.9-2 0,00 MiB 0,15 MiB
extra/libice 1.0.9-2 1.0.10-1 0,00 MiB 0,07 MiB
extra/libpciaccess 0.15-1 0.16-1 0,00 MiB 0,02 MiB
extra/libvpx 1.8.0-1 1.8.1-1 0,05 MiB 0,75 MiB
extra/libwebp 1.0.2-1 1.0.3-1 0,00 MiB 0,24 MiB
core/linux-firmware 20190628.70e4394-1 20190712.d52556e-1 0,87 MiB 80,53 MiB
core/linux-raspberrypi 4.19.57-1 4.19.58-1 0,39 MiB 26,26 MiB
extra/msmtp 1.8.4-1 1.8.5-1 0,01 MiB 0,31 MiB
extra/msmtp-mta 1.8.4-1 1.8.5-1 0,00 MiB 0,00 MiB
extra/noto-fonts 20190111-1 20190111-2 0,00 MiB 17,84 MiB
alarm/raspberrypi-bootloader 20190709-1 20190715-1 0,00 MiB 4,77 MiB
alarm/raspberrypi-bootloader-x 20190709-1 20190715-1 0,00 MiB 1,75 MiB
alarm/raspberrypi-firmware 20190626-1 20190715-1 0,00 MiB 1,41 MiB
core/sqlite 3.28.0-1 3.29.0-1 0,03 MiB 1,06 MiB
extra/x265 3.0-1 3.1.1-1 0,02 MiB 0,45 MiB

Total Download Size: 147,38 MiB
Total Installed Size: 658,29 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 1,38 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
downloading e2fsprogs-1.45.3-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading btrfs-progs-5.2-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading bzip2-1.0.8-2-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading sqlite-3.29.0-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading gnupg-2.2.17-2-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading linux-firmware-20190712.d52556e-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading linux-raspberrypi-4.19.58-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libvpx-1.8.1-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libwebp-1.0.3-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading x265-3.1.1-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libpciaccess-0.16-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading libice-1.0.10-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading lcms2-2.9-2-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading ffmpeg-1:4.1.4-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading msmtp-1.8.5-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading msmtp-mta-1.8.5-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading noto-fonts-20190111-2-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading firmware-raspberrypi-6-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading raspberrypi-bootloader-20190715-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading raspberrypi-bootloader-x-20190715-1-any.pkg.tar.xz...
downloading raspberrypi-firmware-20190715-1-armv7h.pkg.tar.xz...
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
checking available disk space...
:: Processing package changes...
upgrading e2fsprogs...
upgrading btrfs-progs...
upgrading bzip2...
upgrading libvpx...
upgrading libwebp...
upgrading x265...
upgrading libpciaccess...
upgrading libice...
upgrading lcms2...
upgrading ffmpeg...
upgrading firmware-raspberrypi...
upgrading sqlite...
upgrading gnupg...
upgrading linux-firmware...
upgrading linux-raspberrypi...
upgrading msmtp...
upgrading msmtp-mta...
upgrading noto-fonts...
upgrading raspberrypi-bootloader...
upgrading raspberrypi-bootloader-x...
upgrading raspberrypi-firmware...
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/9) Updating linux-raspberrypi module dependencies...
(2/9) Updating linux-raspberrypi initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux-raspberrypi.preset: 'default'
-> -k 4.19.58-1-ARCH -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: 4.19.58-1-ARCH
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Image generation successful
(3/9) Updating fontconfig cache...
(4/9) Reloading system manager configuration...
(5/9) Creating temporary files...
(6/9) Reloading device manager configuration...
(7/9) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(8/9) Updating the info directory file...
(9/9) Updating X fontdir indices...
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reverting back to the previous btrfs snapshoot incl. /boot restore solved my problem.
So no HW issue here, mine is a 3b+ with the rpi2 arch os.

Thanks for BTRFS snapshots !!!

[phovos]

Thanks for the reply!

Unfortunately I neglected to keep regular backups of /boot and I can't even locate the last one.

I guess I will have to wait a while for this to be resolved, install on a new SD while migrating old config and cmdline there and if everything works properly finally copy the /boot partition to my original installation. And of course make it so never to neglect taking proper backups again of every partition.

Unless one has a better idea of course.

[ufo6000]

Well, I've never tried on a rpi, but the general way would be:

- prepare a working image on another sdcard
- boot from this one
- mount/chroot into your hdd
- rollback the suspicious packages one by one, start with kernel, btrfs, firmware
- if you don't clean-up you find the old package versions in /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
- don't forget to put the matching boot files to your 1st sdcard
- try to reboot from it
- loop over all suspicious packages ...

[phovos]

That's useful thanks.

I'll keep you posted.

[mruczek]

Thanks ufo6000, with your tips I was able to fix this issue.

I had to use this slightly older image: https://web.archive.org/web/20190425225 ... est.tar.gz
The newest one just gives an error when I tried to chroot.

After following the steps in the installation guide, I booted from the new sdcard and mounted both my HDD and original sd-card (with a USB adapter). Then I installed arch-install-scripts to get arch-chroot working, and downgraded the following packages:

firmware-raspberrypi
linux-firmware
linux-raspberrypi
raspberrypi-bootloader
raspberrypi-bootloader-x
raspberrypi-firmware

Not sure which one was causing the problem , but now everything works like it did before the update. Thanks again!

[davep]

This is also being discussed on the RPi Linux Github site:

https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux/issues/3087

[lategoodbye]

AFAIK the downstream dwc_otg driver isn't aware about CONFIG_HIGHMEM=y, so the fastest workaround would be a separate config for the Raspberry Pi 4 and rollback config for Rpi 2.

[phovos]

I had some time today to deal with this issue.

There was a workaround on the link that davep provided. Edited config.txt and added:

$this->bbcode_second_pass_code('', 'gpu_mem=256')

Then I just downgraded to "linux-raspberrypi-4.19.57-1" and reverted to previous settings.

Thanks to everyone that contributed.

[ufo6000]

Thank for the infos phovos,

since I can live with gpu_mem=256 for the moment,
I set this in the config txt and upgraded my rpi3+ to all newest available packages