Another strange update on 10 June 2022

muskist

Today I received notification that another update ist available.

I found "Version 3". The previous one was "Version 2". So I tapped "Download and Install".

The device shut down and didn't restart by itself.
Therefore I pushed the POWER button and it booted up.
I found that the update was merely downloaded. Therefore I pressed "Install".

Again the device shut down and didn't restart by itself.
This time however I was unable to boot it up again. I stuck on the "Lenovo" logo.

I booted into Recovery in order to check the file /cache/ubuntu_updater.log. It said that the update version-3.tar.xz was applied which was the intended one (see above).

Then - still in Recovery - out of curiosity I pressed "Mount" with no result at all, "Graphic test" which just showed some installed graphics, and another "... test" (can't remember the name).

I decided to give it one last desperate try and pressed "Power down" which shut down the device.

To my surprise (and joy) after pushing POWER - the device booted.

I have no idea what might have happened. Can anyone make sense of this? @Luksus ?

Has anyone else made an update?

Luksus

@muskist maybe it is something RC-Channel specific? My last updates in devel-channel went well.
Except of booting after the update took place. But then I just disconnected the tablet from any power-source, shut it off with long power press and then started it again - it booted normally.

I will test to switch to RC-channel and see what happens...

Luksus

@luksus said in Another strange update on 10 June 2022:

I will test to switch to RC-channel and see what happens...

I did it and it was a bit strange...:

I switched the update channel in the update-settings
it still displayed the dev channel, but RC version 3 still got downloaded
I hit install & update button
after some time the screen got black before it attempted to restart, so it seemed like lomiri (the desktop environment) crashed
I did a long power button press, until it restarted
the device booted, lomiri desktop loaded and crashed again with black screen, after some seconds it rebooted by itself and the second boot went well -> that occasionally happens for me for some weeks in the devel channel now... also on other devices.
I changed the update channel again in the settings and now RC also was displayed after selecting it
the previous download was still there, so a new download was not necessary
I hit install & update again, now it rebooted to recovery and did the update process
after finishing, the device rebooted itself and it got stuck at boot screen again
I shut it off, booted to recovery and hit the reboot button in the recovery
now the device booted successfully (I don't remember, if it needed another extra-round because of another lomiri-crash-black-screen)

So, that the X605 gets sometimes stuck at the boot screen, I would call it something like "known issue" of this device. But of course it should not happen on every update.

MrT10001

I got that update today on the release channel. Made sure the power lead was not in. Installed and went through fine with no issues.

muskist

@luksus
Kind of similar to what I encountered. Looks like the device is kind of capricious...

L-00790

I like it