No luck installing on my Pixel 2 (walleye)

flohack

Okay caon you please mount /data and see whats the output? Thanks!

agates

@flohack Just went to try and finally got the boot error I mentioned

Will reinstall and try again.

ERROR: Slot Unbootable: Load Error

flohack

@agates Well you might get slot unbootable every 3 unsuccessful boots. Please issue fastboot --set-active=(a or b depending on whats active when you installed)
Unless UT would boot correctly this will bite you from time to time

agates

@flohack Roger that.

Here's what /data looks like.

oot@walleye:/ # mount /data                                                                                                                                                                 
root@walleye:/ # ls -lh /data
total 2.0K
drwx------ 4 root root 4.0K 1972-06-27 23:13 android-data

root@walleye:/ # mount
rootfs on / type rootfs (rw)
tmpfs on /dev type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=1850700k,nr_inodes=462675,mode=755)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,relatime,mode=600)
proc on /proc type proc (rw,relatime,gid=3009,hidepid=2)
sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw,relatime)
selinuxfs on /sys/fs/selinux type selinuxfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /mnt type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,size=1850700k,nr_inodes=462675,mode=755,gid=1000)
none on /acct type cgroup (rw,relatime,cpuacct)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1850700k,nr_inodes=462675)
tmpfs on /storage type tmpfs (rw,relatime,size=1850700k,nr_inodes=462675,mode=050,gid=1028)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,relatime)
none on /config type configfs (rw,relatime)
adb on /dev/usb-ffs/adb type functionfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/block/sda45 on /cache type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,stripe=4096,data=ordered)
/dev/block/sda45 on /data type ext4 (rw,relatime,errors=remount-ro,stripe=4096,data=ordered)

flohack

@agates huh data is empty after installation? I would expect at least a cache.img there. Can you go to cache folder and look for a ubports-updater.log or similar name

agates

@flohack

/cache/ubuntu_updater.log

flohack

@agates Ok so that was with bootstrap option? I can see it does not flash vbmeta and dtbo ppartitions, maybe thats the problem? I will investigate.

Can you please download this: https://ci.ubports.com/job/UBportsCommunityPortsJenkinsCI/job/ubports%252Fcommunity-ports%252Fjenkins-ci%252Fwalleye-taimen/job/main/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/halium_walleye.tar.xz and extract the files vbmeta.img and dtbo.img from the partitions folder?

Then, go to fastboot and do a fastboot flash dtbo dtbo.img and a fastboot flash vbmeta vbmeta.img --disable-verity --disable-verification

Lets try this!

BR Florian

agates

@flohack Yes, this is with bootstrap.

To be safe, I re-ran the installer with bootstrap enabled. Waited for the bootstrap to finish and ran the commands you provided without issue, then continued with the installer after rebooting to recovery.

I'm not seeing a change, however, except now it's update version 181 instead of 179.

/cache/ubuntu_updater.log

flohack

@agates Alright can you also send me the log of the installer? It will be on your host device in the .cache folder maybe

agates

@flohack Here you go

~/.cache/ubports/ubports-installer.log

flohack

Guys,

unfortunately I had to remove Pixel2 (not XL) from the installer as its not clear how to fix it, and I want to prevent bad experience.

I still need someone with a bit of a hacker gene to help me debugging and maybe find out whats wrong.

BR Florian

flohack

I made some progress

The build did not have the kernel config updated for the Pixel 2, I fixed that now and lets see todays build. As it is removed from the installer you would need to flash the kernel manually:

Download https://ci.ubports.com/job/UBportsCommunityPortsJenkinsCI/job/ubports%252Fcommunity-ports%252Fjenkins-ci%252Fwalleye-taimen/job/main/lastSuccessfulBuild/artifact/halium-boot_walleye.img and flash this with fastboot flash boot halium-boot_walleye.img

Good Luck!

agates

@flohack Unfortunately, I'm getting the same behavior (stuck at white google boot logo).

Will try to get logs again to see if there's something new.

flohack

@agates Can you try to connect with either telnet 192.168.2.15 or ssh phablet@10.15.19.82 when its stuck?

agates

@flohack Both fail with network unreachable

flohack

@agates damnit its getting personal. So lets try this:

Can you flash TWRP recovery to boot
Then, run fastboot boot halium-boot_walleye.img and let it get stuck for lets say 5mins
Then, Long-press power to reboot into recovery
finally, when TWRP has booted can you enter adb shell and then try to see if that file exists: /sys/fs/pstore/console_ramoops ?

Thanks!

agates

@flohack Okay so to be clear, I:

Flashed TWRP to the boot partition:
fastboot flash boot twrp-3.3.0-0-walleye.img
Booted into the halium boot image directly:
fastboot boot halium-boot_walleye.img
Waited 10 minutes
Force-rebooted the device, it booted into TWRP
Opened adb shell checking for /sys/fs/pstore/console_ramoops.

Unfortunately that file isn't there... the pstore directory is empty.

Here are the images used with sha256sum:
twrp-3.3.0-0-walleye.img: e7edcfb553b5c9b7ed717b3439c465075ee17b0eb938bafdce511bbea1cc3cd6
halium-boot_walleye.img: ed82425569e229863e58c17e636a2e341374d796520a478598580cbf9878127c

flohack

@agates Alright can you try the same with wiping data partition first? I have a suspicion... Wipe data, and then try telnet 192.168.2.15 again one time, and if this does not come up, try to boot into that recovery again and see for a pstore...

agates

@flohack OK, I flashed TWRP to the boot partition, booted into TWRP, wiped the data partition, then booted into halium-boot_walleye.img directly from fastboot.

Same result, can't telnet, no console_ramoops file.

Wondering if I should start from android again for a clean slate?

flohack

@agates No I dont think Android is the issue. The symptom seems that the kernel does not boot at all. Thats weird somehow. I will continue digging... ^^