ZaknafeinFeb 2
Lucie / minute
PSA: there's a problem with the `gdm` package (gnome display/login manager) on MNT Pocket/Reform, or on Debian unstable for that matter, please don't upgrade the package right now https://community.mnt.re/t/attention-when-upgrading-only-black-screen-with-cursor-instead-of-gdm/4150
Attention when upgrading: only black screen with cursor instead of gdm

Hi, when upgrading to the latest packages from Debian unstable and rebooting, you will only see a black screen with a cursor on the upper left corner instead of gdm coming up with the login prompt. I was unable to track down the problem so far. Help is welcome. But you should probably hold off on upgrading your system until this is fixed. Update 1: Pressing ctrl+alt+F5 (or F2, F3, F4, …) gets you to a textual login prompt. You can start sway from there or continue working on the text termina...

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Show threadferviJan 18

@mntmn Maybe it would be worth making some kind of mini-distro for the computer?

I'm just wondering, because you can make all kinds of “remixes,” and they'll be less prone to failure.

Unfortunately, I can't afford your computer, but I'd think about it :)

Show threadLucie / minuteJan 18

@fervi there is a debian stable distro already, curated by @josch

but also several people are using ports of their fav distros

Show threadferviJan 18

@mntmn @josch

Cool :)

I'll ask you this “privately.” I found out about your laptop by accident while looking for equipment with European processors. I see that, unfortunately, the processor (SoC) is Chinese. Were there or are there plans to replace it with, for example, Freescale, or is that more problematic?

Will Bitcoin payments be available someday? :P

Show threadLucie / minuteJan 18
@fervi @josch there is mnt pocket reform with nxp imx8mplus, available at mouser and crowd supply.
Show threadLucie / minuteJan 18
@fervi @josch we have no plans to accept bitcoin. but we accept EUR.
Show threadjoschJan 18
@mntmn We don't know what package the culprit is yet maybe it's not gdm. All we do know is that gdm doesn't come up as expected and the system logs (at least the ones I've looked at) are inconclusive (but there are suspicious error messages). I'm currently bisecting Debian unstable to find out when it broke and am testing this on LS1028A. It helps to have the RK3588 with 16 GB of RAM for repeatedly building the system images quickly in a tmpfs. (8 min vs. 33 min)
Show threadLéo CollombJan 18
@josch @mntmn thanks for looking into it!
Show threadEberhard WolffJan 18
@josch @mntmn Thank you for all the hard work for this system!
Show threadjoschJan 18
@mntmn For those reading this thread now, the problem has been identified to be the recent binNMU of libmozjs-140-0. Downgrading to version 140.6.0-1 of that package makes it work again. Bug report here: https://bugs.debian.org/1125927 I verified the workaround on LS1028A and @cararemixed verified it on RK3588.
#1125927 - symbol lookup error on arm64 after recent binNMUs: undefined symbol: __aarch64_ldadd4_acq_rel, version mozjs_140 - Debian Bug report logs

Show threadLéo CollombJan 19
@josch @mntmn @cararemixed
Just updated my pocket reform RK3588 and it works again. Thanks!
Show threadduckJan 19
@mntmn Too late :-/
Show threadLucie / minuteJan 19
@duck if you still have shell access to the machine, try `apt update` and `apt install libmozjs-140-0` again, it should be fixed now!
Show threadduckJan 19
@mntmn yep, thanks, just an apt update & upgrade solved it. Somehow it didn't know about version 140.6.0-1 as suggested in joschs post.