Linux Installer & DDing Rasp 2 Image

[cship]

(28th Feb, 2015 10:44 PM)f1vefour Wrote:  It has to be a local issue (I dd'd the latest Pi2 image yesterday), start with the simple. What are you using as a power supply, how many amps?

Do you have anything plugged into USB, how large is your SD? Do you have a SD reader you can use instead of USB, I had an issue with dd'ing to a USB microsd adapter previously.

I'm using this 2.5 amp UL listed power supply from canakit.
http://www.canakit.com/raspberry-pi-adapter-power-supply-2-5a.html

The only thing I have plugged into a USB port is a logitech unifying receiver for a k400r keyboard. I'm not sure what the power draw is but it can't be much.
http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Wireless-Keyboard-Touchpad-Transceiver/dp/B008QS7TRK

I'm using this 8 gb samsung class 6 sd card because a moderator over at the raspberry pi forums recommended it.
http://www.amazon.com/Samsung-Class-Adapter-MB-MS08DA-AM/dp/B00IVPU6GO

I used the built in sd card reader on my laptop to zero and dd the XBian image without a SD to USB adapter.

I had only ever run XBian on my B+ and everything worked great. I was able to get a pi 2 the day they went on sale from a local store. While XBian was getting the image together for the pi 2, I unfortunately had to use other htpc distros. OSMC installed and ran for a few days but it was buggy and started crashing after a few updates, it's alpha so I didn't expect much. I really didn't like their new default skin either. Openelec installs without any issues and runs smooth for weeks with the exact same sd card and logitech unifying receiver. However, I can't install any other applications without compiling and gathering all of the dependencies myself. Also all of the htpc processes seem to be run by root, which I don't like

XBian did boot and ran but seemed to break after I updated it and hit reboot.

(28th Feb, 2015 10:57 PM)rikardo1979 Wrote:  definitely local issue. I have experienced the same on my Ubuntu machine and I was trying to blame XBian and it was my local problem.
when I used XBian installer all was just fine, flashed on first attempt and booted straight. no problems at all

@cship
this is an opensource project, so feel free to contribute. Every help is more than welcome
I am sure you know the way to our github

Well, maybe the issue is that I'm not using the official ubuntu installer. I'll wipe the sd card and use the official installer. The thing is, XBian did boot and ran kodi. Only when I updated it and hit reboot did I get stuck in the never ending init loop.

The dreaded put up or shut up Time permitting, I'll write a shell script installer instead of just bitching about the lack of a shell script installer.