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Author SHA1 Message Date
Caleb Connolly
57744b984e
postmarketos-initramfs: export logs on boot failure (MR 4646)
Currently, when postmarketOS fails to boot up, retrieving any
information necessary to root cause the issue is non-trivial, requiring
building a custom initramfs with debug-shell enabled and then manually
copying out data.

Let's improve the situation by exporting logs automatically on boot
failure. This is safer than just exposing a root shell but still
provides a whole lot of useful info that should make duplicating and
triaging issues much easier for developers.

This commit implements the functionality and includes some generally
useful data. We then generate a README and expose files for each command/log
as well as an archive that can be easily attached to a GitLab issue.

To help with triaging, also record the version of the postmarketos-initramfs
package and hash the init.sh and init_functions.sh files.

For testing purposes, you can trigger the log recovery mode on-time by
creating an empty file named ".pmos_export_logs" in the /boot partition.

Signed-off-by: Caleb Connolly <caleb@connolly.tech>
2024-01-05 17:29:45 +00:00
Mayeul Cantan
e885f6a725 Add a maximum-attention hook to help with debugging boot issues (#1238)
The hook flashes every LED it can find, as well as the vibration motor.
More paths are probably necessary to support more devices and kernels.
2018-02-22 22:10:19 +00:00