openSUSE and Raspberry Pi 3

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Hi,

I wanted to download the LXQT version of RPI3, but the link does not work. https://en.opensuse.org/HCL:Raspberry_Pi3

Anyway, Google Chrome gives an error message, because the downloaded file might be pontentially harmful. Might worth a check why.

Foolishly I tried to install it at work, and there are only Windows computers here, and no instructions how to use it on Windows. Not really a problem, I just go home and try again.

An another not really problem, that Kernel 4.9 changed the way how GPIO controllers work. Leap 42.2 uses 4.4, so apparently not a problem, but I don’t know what will 42.3 use. (But I can guess. :smiley: ) pi4j hasn’t been updated for a while now, so this API won’t work under the other Kernel. I used Raspbian before, and I had to roll back to 4.4 so I could use GPIO+JAVA+LINUX+PI4J at the same time. I don’t know any other API for Raspberry GPIO under Java. :slight_smile: Anyway, just a note, you probably can’t do anything about it.

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Hi
Looks like it’s been dropped…
http://download.opensuse.org/ports/aarch64/distribution/leap/42.2/appliances/

I always start from JeOS and work from that…

There are iso images and a oss repo for 42.3… kernel is 4.4.

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I guessed poorly. :smiley: I just though about it, since Leaps tended to use (at least the latest two) the latest LTS kernel by their time. But of course, it’s only a problem when using the Pi4J lib. (Or API or whatever it is.)

EDIT: wait a minute, I need the JeOS one. Thanks for catching that one. :smiley:

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I’m trying to run this line, however, I get an error message:

xzcat [image].raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdX iflag=fullblock oflag=direct; sync

dd: failed to open '/dev/sdb1': Permission denied

I closed the PCManFM, but still not working.

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Hi
You need to be root user, sure your device is sdb and not a mmc device? Check with the output from the command lsblk

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sdb 8:16 1 7.4G 0 disk
└─sdb1 8:17 1 7.4G 0 part /run/media/kry/SUSE

kry@kry-suse-mekw:~> sudo xzcat /home/kry/Downloads/openSUSE-Leap42.2-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi3.aarch64-2017.02.02-Build1.40.raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdb1 iflag=fullblock oflag=direct; sync
dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sdb1’: Permission denied
root’s password:
kry@kry-suse-mekw:~>

kry@kry-suse-mekw:~> sudo xzcat /home/kry/Downloads/openSUSE-Leap42.2-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi3.aarch64-2017.02.02-Build1.40.raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdb iflag=fullblock oflag=direct; sync
dd: failed to open ‘/dev/sdb’: Permission denied
kry@kry-suse-mekw:~>

Still not working. :frowning: Not with sdb or sdb1.

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Hi
Not set to read only? Unmount the device as well, I don’t know about sudo never use it, always use ‘su -’ the command works for me last time I wrote one (16GB micro sd card)…


xzcat SLES-12-SP2-ARM-X11-raspberrypi3_aarch64.aarch64-2016.10.04-GM.raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdb iflag=fullblock oflag=direct
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It’s not read only, and gives the same message when unmounted.

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Hi
OK, lets try cleaning the device then, so switch to root user via su - (not sudo)


wipefs -a /dev/sdb1
wipfes -a /dev/sdb
partprobe

Then unplug/plug the device back in and again as root user (not sudo) try the command.

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Since this has turned into a help thread, moving to Install/Boot/Login

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Hi
Moved and re-opened.

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kry@kry-suse-mekw:~> sudo su -
root's password:
kry-suse-mekw:~ # lsblk
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT
sda      8:0    0 465.8G  0 disk 
|-sda1   8:1    0   195M  0 part /boot
|-sda2   8:2    0     8G  0 part [SWAP]
|-sda3   8:3    0    40G  0 part /
`-sda4   8:4    0 417.6G  0 part /home
sdb      8:16   1   7.4G  0 disk 
`-sdb1   8:17   1   7.4G  0 part /run/media/kry/SUSE
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom  
kry-suse-mekw:~ # wipefs -a /dev/sdb
wipefs: error: /dev/sdb: probing initialization failed: Device or resource busy
kry-suse-mekw:~ # wipefs -a /dev/sdb1
wipefs: error: /dev/sdb1: probing initialization failed: Device or resource busy

Still not working. I tried closing everything that might use this one, but the problem still persist.

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Hi
It needs to be unmounted… so as root user;


umount /dev/sdb1
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It’s loading a lot, so I guess it’s working, thanks a lot.

It has come to an end, and I’m unable to mount the SD card anymore. But will try if it works with the Pi tomorrow.

kry-suse-mekw:~ # xzcat /home/kry/Downloads/openSUSE-Leap42.2-ARM-JeOS-raspberrypi3.aarch64-2017.02.02-Build1.40.raw.xz | dd bs=4M of=/dev/sdb1 iflag=fullblock oflag=direct; sync
375+1 records in
375+1 records out
1576009728 bytes (1.6 GB, 1.5 GiB) copied, 380.425 s, 4.1 MB/s
kry-suse-mekw:~ #
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I put it in my phone, and now it says “Damaged SD card.”

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Hi
Yes, because there are no partitions on it anymore… you can create a new partition with fdisk, or tell the phone to do it…

Do you want o put an image on it, or use in your phone?

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Nothing really. I want to use it in the RPi, but it’s easier to move my SD cards in my phone instead in my pocket. :slight_smile: But it will work in the Pi, right?

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Ok, so I put it in into the Pi, but it shows no reaction. The power led is lit, but the others are not even blinking. This Pi works fine with Raspbian. So I still think it’s the SD card, or something with the image? There is an another thread here, but that one at least managed to reach the GRUB. (Plus, he uses X11, and I use JeOS.)

Or wipefs completly annihilates the FS underneath? I just thought it resets it. But then why didn’t xzcat send any message, when it copied the image to the card?

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On Tue 16 May 2017 10:16:01 AM CDT, Kry wrote:

Ok, so I put it in into the Pi, but it shows no reaction. The power led
is lit, but the others are not even blinking. This Pi works fine with
Raspbian. So I still think it’s the SD card, or something with the
image? There is an another thread here, but that one at least managed to
reach the GRUB. (Plus, he uses X11, and I use JeOS.)

Or wipefs completly annihilates the FS underneath? I just thought it
resets it. But then why didn’t xzcat send any message, when it copied
the image to the card?

Hi
Yes, wipefs cleand out all info, use fdisk and create a new partition
on it, then format to say fat and see if it works ok…

Because xzcat is piped through dd, so no output from dd… you can use
the kill command to see where it’s at…


kill -USR1 <pid of dd command>

You did check the md5 sum on the image?

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Hi, Malcolm,
Sorry I’m late to this or I might have helped. “sudo do-something | do-something-else” has root privs only for the first command. If you start with a decompressed .raw file, then “sudo dd …” works. But when I’m doing several steps, I find it easiest to just “su -” and then do the tasks, as you suggested. (And yes, I understand the dangers, so I exit back to my account as soon as I’m done. Did my first “su; cd /; rm *” in about 1988 on an AT&T 3B2 box. Took a LONG time to rebuild that thing!).

David