New uConsole – immediately shuts down during boot (Rex's image)

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Edit: the issue was customized settings (Wifi/etc) using Raspberry Pi Imager, causing the boot to fail. Flash the SD image without custom settings.

Hi everyone,

I just got my uConsole (~4 months after ordering) and have assembled it with a CM5. I’ve flashed Rex’s image (ClockworkPi-Bookworm-6.12.34.img) and have the following issue: I turn it on, after a few seconds, the screen comes up with the Clockwork splash screen, the activity text on the bottom left of the boot screen says “systemd-tmpfiles-setup.service” then almost immediately “plymouth-poweroff.service” then the screen goes black and the power LED goes out. The same happens with both batteries only, USB-C power only, or both. The same happens with both a SanDisk 32GB µSD card that is known to work reliably in another Pi 5 device, as well as with a new SanDisk High Endurance 128GB card. I have the HackerGadgets AIO/SDR board installed if that makes a difference. The first boot, after re-imaging the SD card, takes a little longer (I guess resizing the partition and so forth) before the screen comes on, but after that first boot the total time from power button press, screen on, messages as above, then screen off and power off is only about 11 seconds. The CM5 is new from the Pi retail store in Cambridge, UK this week so I presume it has the latest firmware. Nothing gets warm to the touch (I haven’t installed the back cover plate yet) and all the connectors and so forth seem to be well seated. Any ideas?

Thanks,
hugov

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have you flashed new eeprom firnware for large sdcards?

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No, which is why I also tried using a smaller SD card (the 32GB one – chosen since that was the size Rex recommended in that thread). In any case, I don’t think it’s the same issue as in the post you linked, as the system does boot, the internal display comes on, it just immediately initiates a shutdown before completing booting into a desktop environment. I don’t get any “SD Card not found” messages and the internal display seems to be working correctly.

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the first boot should boot the reboot, it’s resizing the sd. it should reboot though, did you apply any custom settings when flashing the sd card? (wifi, user, host)

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Yeah I set my Wifi credentials and user/pass while flashing (using Raspberry Pi Imager). Will try again without those.

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That will cause the image to fail when expanding the storage. Try it without the custom settings and let me know if it works.

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Thanks very much, that worked.

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Just resizing disk and doing other stuff

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@hugov

Those two lines at the top that you took the time to edit after your initial post solves SO MUCH hassle.

We’re all used to going into the RPI Imager and loading our own settings to make things quicker after initial boot-up.

I didn’t realized that I was creating issues as a result of this setup.

Thank you!

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1) system startup
1) system startup720×808 183 KB

5) machine shutdown
5) machine shutdown720×752 178 KB

4) machine power-off request
4) machine power-off request720×759 42.5 KB

3) desktop parrot os
3) desktop parrot os720×681 49.3 KB

2) password request
2) password request720×728 64.2 KB

Hi Rex, sorry to bother you. In the photos I’ve attached, you can see what happened to me as soon as I started up the uConsole with the Lexar 633x 64GB micro SD card. As soon as I start up the machine, the OS only runs for a few seconds before shutting down, even though I haven’t made any changes to the settings, including the Wi-Fi settings. I simply downloaded your image, unzipped it, and used Rufus to put the image on the SD card. Then I inserted the card into its slot and started the machine… then I don’t know what could have happened.

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it should restart once after fresh installation and first boot.

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okay, everything’s sorted

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on first boot, the device boots, resizes the file system to fill the sd, then reboots.

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