Ubuntu
linux-raspi2 package

Ubuntu 16.04 unable to boot on Raspberry Pi 3

Bug #1597813 reported by Cerin
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This bug affects 3 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
linux-raspi2 (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Undecided
Unassigned
livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu)
Invalid
Undecided
Unassigned

Bug Description

I'm trying to run the Ubuntu 16.04 ARM image, published at https://wiki.ubuntu.com/ARM/RaspberryPi/RaspberryPi3, but during boot, it will routinely give me one of two errors:

    "fixing recursive fault but reboot is needed"

    "null pointer exception"

Either message is fatal and requires me to manually power-cycle the Pi to continue. Often, the error will reoccur, but after 3 or 4 cycles it will usually boot successfully.

To rule out hardware problems, I've tested two different Pi3, as well as several SD cards, doing write checks on the SD cards to ensure there are no faults. These errors have occurred on many different combinations of Pi3s and cards, implying it's a software issue.

Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Revision history for this message
Oliver Grawert (ogra) wrote :

definitely not an issue with the image build system, moving it to the kernel(though these are completely unsupported community images, i'm not sure they use the properly maintained kernel from the archive in which case you should contact the image author instead)

Changed in linux-raspi2 (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
Changed in livecd-rootfs (Ubuntu):
status: Confirmed → Invalid
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