[fedora-arm] Raspberry PI image?

Guy Streeter streeter at redhat.com
Mon May 21 17:31:35 UTC 2012


On 05/20/2012 05:47 PM, Sanne Grinovero wrote:
> Hello,
> I just tried out both the X and the non-X enabled version of the
> images on a Raspberry Pi;
> it seems to boot but I could not get a console login (when connecting
> a monitor to it), even waiting for a long time. The file descriptions
> mention "serial console", they don't mean RS-232 right? I don't have
> an adaptor.
> 
> In doubt about the serial console, I then downloaded the X enabled
> version, but it seems to get stuck at boot, the terminal showing the
> same line as the non-X image:
> 
> smsc95xx v.1.0.4
> smsc95xx 1-1.1:1.0: eth0 register ...
> then some usb hub lines dumping details of my usb keyboard, then nothing more.
> 
> I've tried both:
> 
> http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/arm-nightlies/vault/f17arm-latest-arm-rpi-mmcblk0.img.xz
> http://scotland.proximity.on.ca/arm-nightlies/vault/f17arm-latest-arm-rpi+xfce-mmcblk0.img.xz
> 
> I can't try SSH as my dhcp server didn't receive any request from it;
> it looks like eth0 wasn't started.
> 
> Any suggestion?
> 
> TIA,
> Sanne
> 

My experience with the nightly images is that they take a really long time the
first boot. I think it's resizing the filesystem or something.
--Guy



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