TL;DR: got a new Cubox-M, got Debian booting but the advertised user/password of “debian/debian” is rejected – has the user/password perhaps been changed without updating the documentation? 99.999% sure I’m not mis-typing (many attempts + reboots + re-flash the microSD card several times, no change).
More detail:
just received a Cubox-M (i.mx8M-plus) and followed the SolidRun Cubox-M quickstart guide here, using the recommended Debian image per instructions in the guide:
$ wget https://solid-run-images.sos-de-fra-1.exo.io/IMX8/imx8mp_build/build_date_20240617-rev_87b97f9/imx8mp-sdhc-debian-87b97f9.img.xz
$ xz -dc imx8mp-sdhc-debian-87b97f9.img.xz | dd of=/dev/sdX bs=4k conv=fdatasync
The Cubox-M boots up and I get a login prompt on the serial port and on the HDMI/keyboard side. When entering debian/debian for the user/password, it always fails.
I can build my own Yocto image or figure out the workaround of adding init=/usr/bin/sh to the kernel boot line via u-boot, but if someone knows the new, correct user and password I’d appreciate it.
Thanks,
Rich
OK, I was able to force my way in and create a root password.
FWIW, there doesn’t appear to be any users at all (aside from root) so something is wrong with this image. The /home directory is completely empty, no debian user as expected.
This was a change in recent CI builds. root/root should work. If there are future changes we will include them in the README.md for the build.
OK, I could swear that I tried root/root but maybe not. In any case, doing the old trick of adding init=/usr/bin/sh to the kernel command line did the trick
okay I will double check with the devs building the images. At one point they were discussing changing it back to debian/debian. glad you got in and have a working system.
great! thanks for the response. If you can point me to the right place to file an issue in the future, I’d be happy to do that as I work more with the board. If posting on the forum here is good enough, I’ll do that. Thanks
posting in the forum is fine, or you can email support@solid-run.com for more formal issues. Generally we try to treat both inquiries with the same priority