Volumio not working on Raspberry Pi 4 rev 1.5 board - start4.elf not compatible

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So glad i found this thread…just bought a Pi4/2GB today and way going crazy as it was not going to boot (no HDMI adapter, so could not check)…The 3.194 img above works for me too!

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Just an aditional question to other PI4/2GB v1.5 owners: Do you also experience bad USB behaviour? My USB DAC/Headphone amp (at the moment Qudelix 5k) is full of noise and hissing, almost like playing bad vinyl. Havent had this issues with it when using my old PI2…

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New stable version now available should fix these issues.

Update v3.198

FIXES

  • Fix for resume with remote control
  • Manifest UI CD Ripping
  • Fix for stuttering audio on Primo with shairport
  • Several improvements for Manifest UI
  • Improved auto detection of NAS Drives
  • Latest PI kernel for PI4 1.5 compatibility
  • Hotfix for node exception causing boot loop
  • Fix Bluetooth Playback stopping
  • Fix for CD Ripping change on eject
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Woa, that was fast! Gonna try now. Thanks!

EditofEdit: unfortunately not solved…

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Can you guys please test this image:

https://updates.volumio.org/pi/volumio/3.208/Volumio-3.208-2022-01-28-pi.zip

And report if your PI4 v 1.5 boots and works fine?

Thanks a lot

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No worries, downloading now, will report back.

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Hi - it’s not booting up - it dumps out trace messages and ends with a “Kernel panic - not syncing: System is deadlocked on memory” message.

If there’s anything else you need, let me know.

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Interesting…on my PI it booted without problems…

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I’ll try re-flashing it, to double-check. Did you use balenaEtcher or RPI Imager?

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Please guys make sure you are using PI4 V 1.5

Please also specify what peripherals you have connected to it and the PI version

thanks

Please be very accurate, since we don’t own a V 1.5 (and it’s impossible to get) so we make decisions based on your reports.

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Yes I have a 4 Model B rev1.5 board.

Details are: -

Hardware: BCM2711
Revision: b03115
Model: Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5

I am using an IQaudio DAC+ with RCA cable connected to active speakers. Music is on USB thumb drive.

The build you put on this post earlier (3.194-2022-01-17) worked fine for me, as does the latest official release (3.198). It is just this latest that is not working for me.

I’m going to make sure it’s not the SD card and also try using RPI imager to see if that makes any difference.

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Thanks

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just dd

cat /proc/cpuinfo
Hardware : BCM2711
Revision : b03115
Serial : 1000000077cd598d
Model : Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.5

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No luck from my side, unfortunately. I tried: -

  • flash from new image, balenaEtcher - failed to boot
  • flash from 3.198, balenaEtcher, same SD - booted fine - so no issue with SD card
  • flash from new image, Win32DiskImager, same SD - failed to boot, same error as 1st attempt
  • flash from new image, balenaEtcher, different SD - failed to boot, same errors (just to be sure)
  • flash from new image using dd command on git bash for windows - dd if=[.img file] of=D: bs=4M; sync;sync - failed to boot, same errors
  • re-downloaded zip file, repeated original test, still fails

I can’t capture what the initial error is, scrolls too fast for me to see.

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could you please try with this one?

https://updates.volumio.org/pi/volumio/3.211/Volumio-3.211-2022-01-28-pi.zip

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ok, that works for me. It’s at the login prompt.

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I ran through 1st time setup, played music from local library, TIDAL. All seems fine. System Version displayed in UI in System Settings is 3.211.

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I felt experimental today, enabled test mode and installed the latest beta build. Unfortunately the fix for Rev. 1.5 is not included there…so I have to install again now…

Will the fix be included in future stable releases?

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what version did you install?

the fix is included in the latest beta build

https://updates.volumio.org/pi/volumio/3.226/Volumio-3.226-2022-02-07-pi.zip

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Think it was v3.226 but not sure. The new version that was suggested after enabling the test mode. Also thought that the fix should be enabled in future versions, so I pushed install…

Resulted in the known behaviour: stuck at boot with 4 slow and 4 fast LED blinks. Filesystem on SD card was OK, I tested it before installing v3.211 again.

Maybe I test again in the evening (after doing a backup this time!).