Amiberry AutoStarts then Dies and Won't Start Again

Troubleshooting
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Creating a bug report/issue

Amiberry is set to launch at startup, it does and it works but then quickly closes and then I’m presented with the pi login prompt.

After logging in and trying to launch with systemctl status amiberry – it just hangs.

Required Information

  • DietPi version
    G_DIETPI_VERSION_CORE=8
    G_DIETPI_VERSION_SUB=16
    G_DIETPI_VERSION_RC=2
    G_GITBRANCH=‘master’
    G_GITOWNER=‘MichaIng’
    G_LIVE_PATCH_STATUS[0]=‘not applicable’

  • Distro version | buster 1

  • Kernel version | Linux pimiga 5.10.103-v7l+ #1529 SMP Tue Mar 8 12:24:00 GMT 2022 armv7l GNU/Linux

  • Architecture | armhf

  • SBC model | RPi 400 (armv7l)

  • Power supply used | 20W 5V/3A

  • SD card used | SanDisk 64GB ultra

Additional Information (if applicable)

  • Software title | Amiberry
  • Was the software title installed freshly or updated/migrated?

Updated. Was working previously.

  • Can this issue be replicated on a fresh installation of DietPi? Unknown

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  • Bug report ID | 79e60f02-e0b2-4322-938c-08a461971d89

Steps to reproduce

  1. Power on device.

Expected behaviour

  • Amiberry loads and works.

Actual behaviour

  • Amiberry is set to launch at startup, it does and it works but then quickly closes and then I’m presented with the pi login prompt.

After logging in and trying to launch with systemctl status amiberry – it just hangs.

journalctl -u amiberry
-- Logs begin at Tue 2023-04-18 16:04:03 AEST, end at Tue 2023-04-18 16:23:03 AEST. --
Apr 18 16:04:05 pimiga systemd[1]: Starting Amiberry Amiga Emulator (DietPi)...
Apr 18 16:04:05 pimiga systemd[1]: Started Amiberry Amiga Emulator (DietPi).
Apr 18 16:04:24 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: Main process exited, code=killed, status=1/HUP
Apr 18 16:05:55 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: State 'stop-post' timed out. Terminating.
Apr 18 16:05:55 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: Control process exited, code=killed, status=15/TERM
Apr 18 16:05:55 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Apr 18 16:05:55 pimiga systemd[1]: Stopped Amiberry Amiga Emulator (DietPi).
Apr 18 16:05:55 pimiga systemd[1]: Starting Amiberry Amiga Emulator (DietPi)...
Apr 18 16:07:25 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: Start-pre operation timed out. Terminating.
Apr 18 16:07:25 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: Control process exited, code=killed, status=15/TERM
Apr 18 16:08:55 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: State 'stop-post' timed out. Terminating.
Apr 18 16:08:55 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: Control process exited, code=killed, status=15/TERM
Apr 18 16:08:55 pimiga systemd[1]: amiberry.service: Failed with result 'timeout'.
Apr 18 16:08:55 pimiga systemd[1]: Failed to start Amiberry Amiga Emulator (DietPi).
2

Hi @sikosis I’m in your exact situation. Have you solved the issue? Would you mind sharing your experience?

I appreciate any help you can provide.

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Somehow this topic got no attention.
Do you have the exact same issue?

Can you share the output of:

journalctl -u amiberry

Maybe we can gain more info from the logs.