Dietpi first run setup failed

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 1:29am

I formatted my sd card new for fresh install of dietpi with the newest version, and when i booted up my pi, i keep keep getting the " [failed] Unknown install state/First run setup failed " error message. When I click “ok” to retry the setup, it loops back to the same error message. And when i reformat the SD card, and put the image back on, same thing.

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 10:39am

did you already tried to download a new image from dietpi.com? As well do you have another SD card to try?

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 12:15pm

Yes I did, and still he same

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 1:18pm

can you share following 2 log files

/var/tmp/dietpi/logs/dietpi-firstboot.log
/var/tmp/dietpi/logs/dietpi-firstrun-setup.log

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 1:47pm

How do I do that? I’ve never done that before

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 2:51pm

pls try following

cp /var/tmp/dietpi/logs/dietpi-firstboot.log /boot/
cp /var/tmp/dietpi/logs/dietpi-firstrun-setup.log /boot/

they are now copied to the FAT partition on your SD card. Remove your SD card and connect it to a computer. You can copy these files to the forum post. Easiest would be, if you are going to upload them as attachment.

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 3:08pm

Here’s the first boot log, can’t cp the other file path
dietpi-firstboot.log (5.35 KB)

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 3:28pm

looks like your SD card is to small

[FAILED] DietPi-Set_swapfile | Free space check: path=/var/ | available=86 MiB | required=1144 MiB
[FAILED] DietPi-Set_swapfile | Insufficient free space for desired swap files size

what size your SD card has?

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 3:29pm

32gb

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 3:49pm

that should be enough. Maybe something went wrong on the initial resize. Pls can you share

cat /var/tmp/dietpi/logs/fs_partition_resize.log

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 4:01pm

This is what I get

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 4:10pm

hmm that looks fine and there is no

dietpi-firstrun-setup.log

inside /var/tmp/dietpi/logs?

can you share

lsblk -o name,fstype,label,size,ro,type,mountpoint,partuuid,uuid

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 4:16pm

Wont let me see that log file, saying there is no such directory

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 4:19pm

ls -la /var/tmp/dietpi/logs

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 4:21pm

This?

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 4:23pm

before trying to repeat the first run. can you post lsblk -o name,fstype,label,size,ro,type,mountpoint,partuuid,uuid

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 4:26pm

Here

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 4:32pm

ok let’s try to re-run the initial boot

systemctl enable dietpi-firstboot.service
reboot

pls have a look to error messages on screen

menacing_jon · March 1, 2021, 4:43pm

Did that, and still brought me to the same error

Joulinar · March 1, 2021, 4:46pm

can you share that error?