OpenHABian first startup gets stuck

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Hi, I’ve problem installing openHabian on Raspberry Pi.
here the installation.log with error message on node.js installation and “cloning myself”.

Even waiting hours the installation progress doesn’t go on.
I can access with SSH (even if i can see only the installation log) and I can also access through Web.

I already cleared the SD, put the image on again and re-installed all again.
Same result.

What’s wrong? How can I fix it?

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Every 2.0s: cat /boot/first-boot.log Tue Jul 11 09:02:22 2017

2017-04-10_09:58:51_UTC [openHABian] Starting the openHABian initial setup. This might take a few minutes.
2017-04-10_09:58:51_UTC [openHABian] If you see this message more than once, something went wrong!
2017-04-10_09:58:52_UTC [openHABian] Storing configuration… OK
2017-04-10_09:58:52_UTC [openHABian] Changing default username and password… OK
2017-04-10_09:58:53_UTC [openHABian] Setting up Wifi connection… SKIPPED
2017-04-10_09:58:53_UTC [openHABian] Ensuring network connectivity… OK
2017-04-10_09:58:53_UTC [openHABian] Waiting for dpkg/apt to get ready… OK
2017-07-10_20:48:01_UTC [openHABian] Updating repositories and upgrading installed packages… OK
2017-07-10_20:58:18_UTC [openHABian] Installing git package… OK
2017-07-10_20:59:02_UTC [openHABian] Cloning myself… OK
2017-07-10_20:59:06_UTC [openHABian] Executing 'openhabian-setup.sh unattended’
2017-07-10_20:59:06_UTC [openHABian] Checking for root privileges… OK
2017-07-10_20:59:06_UTC [openHABian] Loading configuration file ‘/etc/openhabian.conf’… OK
2017-07-10_20:59:06_UTC [openHABian] Setting timezone based on IP geolocation… OK
2017-07-11_01:00:19_+04 [openHABian] Setting locale based on openhabian.conf… OK
2017-07-11_01:00:45_+04 [openHABian] Setting hostname of the base system… OK
2017-07-11_01:00:45_+04 [openHABian] Setting the GPU memory split down to 16MB for headless system… OK
2017-07-11_01:00:45_+04 [openHABian] Installing basic can’t-be-wrong packages (screen, vim, …)… OK
2017-07-11_01:04:00_+04 [openHABian] Installing additional needed packages… OK
2017-07-11_01:04:20_+04 [openHABian] Installing additional bluetooth packages… OK
2017-07-11_01:05:10_+04 [openHABian] Adding slightly tuned bash config files to system… OK
2017-07-11_01:05:10_+04 [openHABian] Adding slightly tuned vim config file to system… OK
2017-07-11_01:05:10_+04 [openHABian] Downloading and setting up FireMotD… OK
2017-07-11_01:05:47_+04 [openHABian] Installing etckeeper (git based /etc backup)… OK
2017-07-11_01:06:33_+04 [openHABian] Installing Zulu Embedded OpenJDK… OK
2017-07-11_01:10:37_+04 [openHABian] Installing openHAB 2.1 (stable)… OK
2017-07-11_01:13:19_+04 [openHABian] Adding openHAB syntax to vim editor… OK
2017-07-11_01:13:20_+04 [openHABian] Adding openHAB syntax to nano editor… OK
2017-07-11_01:13:20_+04 [openHABian] Preparing openHAB folder mounts under /srv/… OK
2017-07-11_01:13:20_+04 [openHABian] Applying file permissions recommendations… OK
2017-07-11_01:13:24_+04 [openHABian] Applying miscellaneous system settings… OK
2017-07-11_01:13:24_+04 [openHABian] Setting up Samba network shares… OK
2017-07-11_01:16:09_+04 [openHABian] Installing Node.js (prerequisite for other packages)… FAILED (nodejs preparations)
2017-07-11_01:16:10_+04 [openHABian] Initial setup exiting with an error.
2017-07-11_07:17:11_+04 [openHABian] Starting the openHABian initial setup. This might take a few minutes.
2017-07-11_07:17:11_+04 [openHABian] If you see this message more than once, something went wrong!
2017-07-11_07:17:11_+04 [openHABian] Storing configuration… OK
2017-07-11_07:17:11_+04 [openHABian] Changing default username and password… SKIPPED
2017-07-11_07:17:11_+04 [openHABian] Setting up Wifi connection… SKIPPED
2017-07-11_07:17:11_+04 [openHABian] Ensuring network connectivity… OK
2017-07-11_07:17:12_+04 [openHABian] Waiting for dpkg/apt to get ready… OK
2017-07-11_08:17:53_+04 [openHABian] Updating repositories and upgrading installed packages… OK
2017-07-11_08:18:38_+04 [openHABian] Installing git package… OK
2017-07-11_08:18:40_+04 [openHABian] Cloning myself… FAILED
2017-07-11_08:18:44_+04 [openHABian] Initial setup exiting with an error.

2

I burned the image on SD using Win32DiskImager instead of Etcher.

All worked perfectly

3

Your choice of tool shouldn’t make a difference as long as it flashes successfully. Anyhow I suppose this is related to some other factor like a non responding server during the first try.

Glad you got it working! Enjoy!

4

Hello Thom,
I thought the same but I’ve tried 2 times with Etcher and despite the process was error-free, the installation on RPi was not succeeding.
Indeed with Win32DiskImager went through at the first tentative.

5

I’m getting is similar error:

Every 2.0s: cat /boot/first-boot.log Mon Aug 28 02:43:28 2017

2017-04-10_09:59:14_UTC [openHABian] Starting the openHABian initial setup. This might take a few minutes.
2017-04-10_09:59:14_UTC [openHABian] If you see this message more than once, something went wrong!
2017-04-10_09:59:14_UTC [openHABian] Storing configuration… OK
2017-04-10_09:59:14_UTC [openHABian] Changing default username and password… OK
2017-04-10_09:59:17_UTC [openHABian] Setting up Wifi connection… OK
2017-04-10_09:59:17_UTC [openHABian] Ensuring network connectivity… OK
2017-04-10_09:59:25_UTC [openHABian] Waiting for dpkg/apt to get ready… OK
2017-08-28_02:24:54_UTC [openHABian] Updating repositories and upgrading installed packages… FAILED
2017-08-28_02:31:15_UTC [openHABian] Initial setup exiting with an error.

6

I have a similar problem…
On every boot this initial setup routine seems to be running… It won’t finish it just stops…
If I interrupt with CTR-C I normally can use the shell and I can access the OH web interface via networkf.

regards, Dave

7

Dave, what’s your question?
Could you please post the last lines of your file /boot/first-boot.log?

8

thanks, already solved this by simply reinstalling openhabian… :wink: