| 15 Jun 2023 |
 Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | server output: https://thermalpaste.technogothic.net/p/lBoLIA.txt | 18:07:51 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | Gstarting device mapper and LVM...
mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /...
mount: mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /mnt-root failed: Invalid argument
[ 38.487202] starfive-dwmac 16030000.ethernet end0: Link is Down
| 18:07:55 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | a few minutes later it says
[ 218.085919] nfs: server 192.168.2.1 not responding, still trying
[ 279.525845] nfs: server 192.168.2.1 not responding, timed out
| 18:08:00 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | (originally asked it in #nix:nixos.org | 18:08:16 |
 raitobezarius | how are you netbooting it at all? | 18:30:33 |
| raitobezarius | from a nfs export only? | 18:30:43 |
| raitobezarius | hmm I didn't try this type of netbooting, like I netbooted via TFTP and it was ~OK grade IIRC | 18:31:02 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | i have /boot on a small sd card | 18:32:38 |
| raitobezarius |
mount: mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /mnt-root failed: Invalid argument
invalid argument looks like to me that you maybe don't have the right kernel modules to perform the mount?
| 18:32:58 |
| raitobezarius | you probably want to enable all debug options for boot | 18:33:13 |
| raitobezarius | like tracing etc | 18:33:15 |
| raitobezarius | boot1debugmounts, etc. | 18:33:18 |
| raitobezarius | (documented in nixos manual) | 18:33:21 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | it should be present, nfs is in supportedFilesystems, and nfs4 is in availableKernelModules. also the server is contacted for a few files (/, /etc, /etc/NIXOS_LUSTRATE) | 18:34:59 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | it just stops after that | 18:35:21 |
| raitobezarius | are you able to have proper internet with the current kernel module? | 18:35:55 |
| raitobezarius |
[ 38.487202] starfive-dwmac 16030000.ethernet end0: Link is Down
| 18:35:57 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | i am building the same kernel as here: https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2 | 18:36:41 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | and i know that the natively compiled build works | 18:36:57 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | * and i know that the natively compiled build on that repo | 18:37:11 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | * i am building the same kernel code and config as here: https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2 | 18:44:54 |
|  aciceri joined the room. | 18:49:03 |
 misuzu | In reply to @lotte:chir.rs
Gstarting device mapper and LVM...
mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /...
mount: mounting 192.168.2.1:/export/vf2 on /mnt-root failed: Invalid argument
[ 38.487202] starfive-dwmac 16030000.ethernet end0: Link is Down
boot.initrd.network.flushBeforeStage2 = false;? | 19:28:02 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | i can try that | 19:29:17 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | ohhhh | 19:29:39 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | that makes sense | 19:29:41 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | yup that was it! | 19:55:02 |
| Lotte (it/its)/Cinny (she/her) θΔ& | thank you very much | 19:55:06 |
| 16 Jun 2023 |
 Alex | misuzu I've been trying to boot your NixOS VF2 configuration (https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2) on my rev1.3b board, but it doesn't seem to be working (continuous red LED, no green LED). I've also tried the pre-built native image you've published, but that didn't help.
I don't have any way of connecting serial to debug it, so I thought I'd ask you a few questions that'll help me figure out what's going wrong:
- I flashed the latest firmware using the manufacturer's pre-compiled Debian image, could that be the cause? (The Debian image still boots.)
- Should I expect ethernet or HDMI out to work with your image? (I'm hoping to get the Linux console on HDMI.)
- Do the on-board LEDs blink when the system successfully boots, similarly to the Debian image?
- The GPIO switches on the board are currently set to boot from SD, since that worked for the Debian image; should they be set to something else?
| 11:10:18 |
| misuzu | In reply to @alex:tunstall.xyz
misuzu I've been trying to boot your NixOS VF2 configuration (https://github.com/misuzu/nixos-vf2) on my rev1.3b board, but it doesn't seem to be working (continuous red LED, no green LED). I've also tried the pre-built native image you've published, but that didn't help.
I don't have any way of connecting serial to debug it, so I thought I'd ask you a few questions that'll help me figure out what's going wrong:
- I flashed the latest firmware using the manufacturer's pre-compiled Debian image, could that be the cause? (The Debian image still boots.)
- Should I expect ethernet or HDMI out to work with your image? (I'm hoping to get the Linux console on HDMI.)
- Do the on-board LEDs blink when the system successfully boots, similarly to the Debian image?
- The GPIO switches on the board are currently set to boot from SD, since that worked for the Debian image; should they be set to something else?
1 vendor firmware should work
2 ethernet should work, didn't test hdmi
3 red led should be on
4 there's no firmware in the image, boot switch should be set to boot from spi | 11:14:49 |
