Friday, December 11, 2020

[fedora-arm] Re: Logging in after an install

Derek Atkins writes:

> Connect a USB keyabord and HDMI monitor and login via console.

Thanks. I already had a monitor connected, but didn't have a USB keyboard
plugged in. Figured I'd see how it boots first, before rooting around for a
spare keyboard.

It never occured to me that not having a USB keyboard connected at powerup
results in no console.

>
> -derek
>
>
> On Fri, December 11, 2020 7:31 am, Sam Varshavchik wrote:
> > I put it aside for a few months, but I picked up my attempt to get Fedora
> > up
> > and running on a PI 3B.
> >
> > I used arm-image-installer to install the F32 image I prepared:
> >
> > fedora-arm-image-installer
> > --image=Fedora-Workstation-32-1.6.aarch64.raw.xz
> > --media=/dev/sdc --target=rpi3 --resizefs --norootpass
> >
> > The PI boots up until the message, this is the last message that appears
> > on
> > the console:
> >
> > fb0: switching to vc4drmfb from EFI VGA
> >
> > No more messages appear, no console login.
> >
> > But there is apparently a new DHCP assignment on my network. However
> > ssh-ing
> > to that IP address prompts for the root password, and it does not accept
> > an
> > empty password.
> >
> > I suppose I could pull the SD card out, mount it, and copy over an ssh
> > into
> > /root, but what exactly did --norootpass do, and what about not being able
> > to log in through the console? I didn't have a keyboard attached yet, I
> > would think I'd get at least a prompt.
> >
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