restart loop without error

sdetweil

@efevee interesting… new behavior…

how did you install? manually or one of the install scripts?

efevee

Official RPi script, however some time ago (two or three MM versions ago)
From “strange” tweaks I only have only log2ram to extend SD card life:

Filesystem     1K-blocks    Used Available Use% Mounted on
/dev/root       14812720 6866740   7281424  49% /
devtmpfs          342320       0    342320   0% /dev
tmpfs             473904       0    473904   0% /dev/shm
tmpfs             473904    6576    467328   2% /run
tmpfs               5120       4      5116   1% /run/lock
tmpfs             473904       0    473904   0% /sys/fs/cgroup
log2ram            40960     328     40632   1% /var/log
tmpfs              30720       0     30720   0% /home/pi/.pm2/logs
tmpfs              51200       4     51196   1% /tmp
/dev/mmcblk0p1     42137   22855     19282  55% /boot
tmpfs              51200       4     51196   1% /var/hdd.log
tmpfs              94780       0     94780   0% /run/user/1000
tmpfs              94780       0     94780   0% /run/user/0

sdetweil

@efevee said in restart loop without error:

/dev/root 14812720 6866740 7281424 49% /

card is not full…

after the git pull, did u do npm install? and for any modules that have a package.json, do the same in each such module folder (the update script mentioned below does this all for you)

are u willing to try to update to the latest ? (2.9.0) with the new update script
see here https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10859/new-update-upgrade-script-ready-for-testing

because u have already attempted update, u will need to add force as a parameter on the end of the url
(just like the example with apply)

efevee

@sdetweil said in restart loop without error:

after the git pull, did u do npm install? and for any modules that have a package.json, do the same in each such module folder (the update script mentioned below does this all for you)

I did…

are u willing to try to update to the latest ? (2.9.0) with the new update script
see here https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10859/new-update-upgrade-script-ready-for-testing

Renamed folder and tried fresh install with another script mentioned on forum but it hanged with “apt-get update” when running as pi user

because u have already attempted update, u will need to add force as a parameter on the end of the url
(just like the example with apply)

Now upgrading to Buster, however have RPi image two weeks before this behaviour started (haven’t done anything inbetween). When buster fails to fix this issue will reimage sd card and either wait till the issue happens again or will force update to refresh MM as you suggest.

sdetweil

@efevee said in restart loop without error:

Renamed folder and tried fresh install with another script mentioned on forum but it hanged with “apt-get update” when running as pi user

was that my new update script?

https://forum.magicmirror.builders/topic/10171/anyone-want-to-try-updated-installer

sometimes the apt-get update takes a while, there is a apt-get upgrade right behind it to actually update the files…
apt-get update just updates the list of potential updates

efevee

Yes.
Was suprised process takes so long especially I have it all upgraded recently:

install starting  - Sun Dec 29 12:57:18 CET 2019
installing on armv7l processor system
the os is Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.11 (stretch) Release: 9.11 Codename: stretch
^[[96mUpdating packages ...^[[90m
Get:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease [15.0 kB] Get:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease [25.4 kB] Get:3$
apt-get update  completed ok
install starting  - Sun Dec 29 13:23:04 CET 2019
installing on armv7l processor system
the os is Distributor ID: Raspbian Description: Raspbian GNU/Linux 9.11 (stretch) Release: 9.11 Codename: stretch
^[[96mUpdating packages ...^[[90m
Hit:1 http://raspbian.raspberrypi.org/raspbian stretch InRelease Get:2 http://archive.raspberrypi.org/debian stretch InRelease [25.4 kB] Hit:3 https://d$
apt-get update  completed ok

sdetweil

@efevee said in restart loop without error:

stretch

stretch is pretty old now… lots of updates

efevee

C’mon… Buster is only for a few months… :)
Nevertheless upgrade at 6%, will let you know how it looks like after it finishes.

sdetweil

@efevee ok, thx…

efevee

Upgraded to buster, took ages, but seems OK, already had two restarts to check if works constantly. Made sd card dump just in case…

pi@magicpi:~ $ pm2 status
┌─────┬────────┬─────────────┬─────────┬─────────┬──────────┬────────┬──────┬───────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┬──────────┐
│ id  │ name   │ namespace   │ version │ mode    │ pid      │ uptime │ ↺    │ status    │ cpu      │ mem      │ user     │ watching │
├─────┼────────┼─────────────┼─────────┼─────────┼──────────┼────────┼──────┼───────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┼──────────┤
│ 1   │ mm     │ N/A         │ N/A     │ fork    │ 1541     │ 15h    │ 89   │ online    │ 0%       │ 1.4mb    │ pi       │ disabled │
│ 0   │ pir    │ N/A         │ N/A     │ fork    │ 1515     │ 15h    │ 0    │ online    │ 0%       │ 1.5mb    │ pi       │ disabled │
└─────┴────────┴─────────────┴─────────┴─────────┴──────────┴────────┴──────┴───────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┴──────────┘

wonder for how long will it work…