A10 lime not booting of SD Card

[codec]

I wrote the 4 GB Image downloaded from the wiki to an SD-Card, which had been an SD card for A20.
I used Win32DiskImager to write it to the SD Card using a Logilink USB to SD-card writer.
I can see the FAT32 partition on windows. When I try to start the lime with this SD-card nothing really happens. Nothing to bee seen on HDMI screen, Blinking of EThernet interface stops after a second... that's it.
What am I doing wrong??
What can I do to find out what might be wrong??

Thanks in advance

codec

[MBR]

I'm not sure how Win32DiskImager works (I don't have Windows), but if it does the same as commands like dd (so it writes the exact disc image, whole device bit-for-bit), the culprit may be the SD card itself. See, for example, a RPi page about SD card compatibility at http://elinux.org/RPi_SD_cards. Some cards will just work, some won't. Try another one. When I was trying my A13 MICRO for the very first time, I picked the only card which does not work with it (Murphy laws in action :-) ). And some card readers have compatibily issues too, the best ones are those from card manufacturers.

[codec]

Good point, but the SD I used was an "original" Olimex SD which had been used for my A20, thus it should be working on the lime too I suppose.
I just tried a transcend SD with 16GB, same problem.
No signal on HDMI, first the ethernet shows a link and activity then after 5 to 10 seconds no other LED's are lit than the power LED.

Any more suggestions???

Thanks

codec

[Lurch]

Without the boot output from uart0 it's going to be hard to find the problem.
You really need a USB-TTL Usart converter to see what's going on.
Then you can also probably use boot commands.
5-10 seconds before dying might indicate that it's probably getting pretty far along in the boot process.

[LubOlimex]

Hey there,

Test with these two images (I believe you have already tried with the first one, so you might skip that):

1. Debian: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-bAEPML8fwlZWMtZHZCNVNoYTQ/edit?usp=sharing
2. Android: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B-bAEPML8fwlVy02LXYxMmlqUTg/edit?usp=sharing

If the problem persists with both the images it might be a hardware problem. In such case I recommend you to send an e-mail at support@olimex.com.

Best regards,
Lub/OLIMEX

[codec]

Hello,

the system is only booting with no ethernet connected and no HDMI connected.
Here's the log of the boot with ethernet connected and the original olimex power supply no HDMI:

U-Boot SPL 2014.01-rc1-09130-g4e491b0 (Dec 12 2013 - 15:15:19)<\r><\n>
Board: A10-OLinuXino-Lime<\r><\n>
DRAM: 512 MiB<\r><\n>
CPU: 1008000000Hz, AXI/AHB/APB: 3/2/2<\r><\n>
spl: not an uImage at 1600<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
U-Boot 2014.01-rc1-09130-g4e491b0 (Dec 12 2013 - 15:15:19) Allwinner Technology<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
CPU:   Allwinner A10 (SUN4I)<\r><\n>
Board: A10-OLinuXino-Lime<\r><\n>
I2C:   ready<\r><\n>
DRAM:  512 MiB<\r><\n>
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0<\r><\n>
In:    serial<\r><\n>
Out:   serial<\r><\n>
Err:   serial<\r><\n>
Net:   emac<\r><\n>
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  3 <\b><\b><\b> 2 <\b><\b><\b> 1 <\b><\b><\b> 0 <\r><\n>
reading uEnv.txt<\r><\n>
104 bytes read in 3 ms (33.2 KiB/s)<\r><\n>
Loaded environment from uEnv.txt<\r><\n>
reading boot.scr<\r><\n>
337 bytes read in 3 ms (109.4 KiB/s)<\r><\n>
Jumping to boot.scr<\r><\n>
## Executing script at 44000000<\r><\n>
reading script.bin<\r><\n>
49804 bytes read in 7 ms (6.8 MiB/s)<\r><\n>
reading uImage<\r><\n>
4408744 bytes read in 199 ms (21.1 MiB/s)<\r><\n>
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 48000000 ...<\r><\n>
   Image Name:   Linux-3.4.67+<\r><\n>
   Created:      2013-12-14  13:12:26 UTC<\r><\n>
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)<\r><\n>
   Data Size:    4408680 Bytes = 4.2 MiB<\r><\n>
   Load Address: 40008000<\r><\n>
   Entry Point:  40008000<\r><\n>
   Verifying Checksum ... OK<\r><\n>
   Loading Kernel Image ... OK<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
Starting kernel ...<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
<6>Booting Linux on physical CPU 0<\n><\r><6>Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset<\n><\r><5>Linux version 3.4.67+ (root@debian) (gcc version 4.7.1 (Debian 4.7.1-7) ) #4 PREEMPT Sat Dec 14 15:12:10 EET 2013<\n><\r>CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc082] revision 2 (ARMv7), cr=10c5387d<\n><\r>CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache<\n><\r>Machine: sun4i<\n><\r><6>Memory cut off:<\n><\r><6><9>MALI : 0x5c000000 - 0x5fffffff  (  64 MB)<\n><\r><4>Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x00000000<\n><\r><6>Memory Reserved:<\n><\r><6><9>SYS  : 0x43000000 - 0x4300ffff  (  64 kB)<\n><\r><6><9>VE   : 0x44000000 - 0x48ffffff  (  80 MB)<\n><\r><6><9>LCD  : 0x5a000000 - 0x5affffff  (  16 MB)<\n><\r>Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback<\n><\r><6>sunxi: Allwinner A10 revision C (AW1623/sun4i) detected.<\n><\r><7>On node 0 totalpages: 114688<\n><\r><7>free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0844e88, node_mem_map c0a0d000<\n><\r><7>  Normal zone: 896 pages used for memmap<\n><\r><7>  Normal zone: 0 pages reserved<\n><\r><7>  Normal zone: 113792 pages, LIFO batch:31<\n><\r><7>pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768<c><\n><\r><7>pcpu-alloc: <c>

• <c>0 <c><\n><\r>Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 113792<\n><\r><5>Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 hdmi.audio=EDID:0 disp.screen0_output_mode=1280x720p50 sunxi_g2d_mem_reserve=0 sunxi_fb_mem_reserve=16 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait panic=10<\n><\r><6>PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)<\n><\r><6>Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)<\n><\r><6>Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)<\n><\r><6>Memory: 448MB = 448MB total<\n><\r><5>Memory: 346060k/346060k available, 112692k reserved, 0K highmem<\n><\r><5>Virtual kernel memory layout:<\n><\r>    vector  : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000   (   4 kB)<\n><\r>    fixmap  : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000   ( 896 kB)<\n><\r>    vmalloc : 0xdc800000 - 0xff000000   ( 552 MB)<\n><\r>    lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xdc000000   ( 448 MB)<\n><\r>    pkmap   : 0xbfe00000 - 0xc0000000   (   2 MB)<\n><\r>    modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xbfe00000   (  14 MB)<\n><\r>      .text : 0xc0008000 - 0xc07b67b8   (7866 kB)<\n><\r>      .init : 0xc07b7000 - 0xc07e2000   ( 172 kB)<\n><\r>      .data : 0xc07e2000 - 0xc084fd28   ( 440 kB)<\n><\r>       .bss : 0xc084fd4c - 0xc0a0c0a8   (1777 kB)<\n><\r><6>SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1<\n><\r><6>NR_IRQS:128<\n><\r><6>sched_clock: 32 bits at 24MHz, resolution 41ns, wraps every 178956ms<\n><\r><6>Console: colour dummy device 80x30<\n><\r><6>Calibrating delay loop... <\0>
  
  I've booted with no ethernet connected, which worked. Then I connected the ethernet, and issued dhclient eth0 which was successfull. The system received a lease. Then I tried to connect to it using ssh. The system crashes reproducable during login.
  
  

[codec]

I tried the android image you suggested, with ethernet connected it doesn't boot either:

U-Boot SPL 2013.10-rc2-08405-g1b1908c-dirty (Nov 19 2013 - 16:46:29)<\r><\n>
Board: A10-OLinuXino-Lime<\r><\n>
DRAM: 512 MiB<\r><\n>
CPU: 1008000000Hz, AXI/AHB/APB: 3/2/2<\r><\n>
spl: not an uImage at 1600<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
U-Boot 2013.10-rc2-08405-g1b1908c-dirty (Nov 19 2013 - 16:46:29) Allwinner Technology<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
CPU:   Allwinner A10 (SUN4I)<\r><\n>
Board: A10-OLinuXino-Lime<\r><\n>
I2C:   ready<\r><\n>
DRAM:  512 MiB<\r><\n>
MMC:   SUNXI SD/MMC: 0<\r><\n>
*** Warning - bad CRC, using default environment<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
In:    serial<\r><\n>
Out:   serial<\r><\n>
Err:   serial<\r><\n>
Net:   emac<\r><\n>
Hit any key to stop autoboot:  3 <\b><\b><\b> 2 <\b><\b><\b> 1 <\b><\b><\b> 0 <\r><\n>
reading uEnv.txt<\r><\n>
225 bytes read in 3 ms (73.2 KiB/s)<\r><\n>
Loaded environment from uEnv.txt<\r><\n>
reading boot.scr<\r><\n>
** Unable to read file boot.scr **<\r><\n>
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...<\r><\n>
** Unrecognized filesystem type **<\r><\n>
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...<\r><\n>
** Unrecognized filesystem type **<\r><\n>
Failed to mount ext2 filesystem...<\r><\n>
** Unrecognized filesystem type **<\r><\n>
reading script.bin<\r><\n>
49868 bytes read in 6 ms (7.9 MiB/s)<\r><\n>
reading uImage<\r><\n>
4006424 bytes read in 193 ms (19.8 MiB/s)<\r><\n>
## Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 48000000 ...<\r><\n>
   Image Name:   Linux-3.0.8+<\r><\n>
   Created:      2014-02-04  21:26:44 UTC<\r><\n>
   Image Type:   ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)<\r><\n>
   Data Size:    4006360 Bytes = 3.8 MiB<\r><\n>
   Load Address: 40008000<\r><\n>
   Entry Point:  40008000<\r><\n>
   Verifying Checksum ... OK<\r><\n>
   Loading Kernel Image ... OK<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
Starting kernel ...<\r><\n>
<\r><\n>
DRAM: 512<\0>

[codec]

When I disconnect Ethernet and try to boot, with no HDMI, it ends up like this:

U-Boot SPL 2013.10-rc2-08405-g1b1908c-dirty (Nov 19 2013 - 16:46:29)<\r><\n>
Board: A10-OLinuXino-Lime<\r><\n>
DRAM: 512 MiB<\r><\n>
CPU: 1008000000Hz, AXI/AHB/APB: 3/2/2<\r><\n>
spl: not an uImage at 1600<\r><\n>
...
DRAM: 512[    0.000000] Linux version 3.0.8+ (root@bundie) (gcc version 4.5.1 (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010.09-50) ) #9 PREEMPT Tue Feb 4 23:26:30 EET 2014<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc082] revision 2 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7f<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] Machine: sun4i<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] Total Detected Memory: 512MB with 1 banks<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] Ignoring unrecognised tag 0x00000000<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] Memory Reserved(in bytes):<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] <9>LCD: 0x5a000000, 0x02000000<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] <9>SYS: 0x43000000, 0x00010000<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] <9>G2D: 0x58000000, 0x01000000<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] <9>VE : 0x44000000, 0x05000000<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] <9>VE : 0x49000000, 0x01000000<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] On node 0 totalpages: 114688<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c07b5918, node_mem_map c097a000<\r><\n>
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 896 pages used for memmap<\r><\n>
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 0 pages reserved<\r><\n>
[    0.000000]   Normal zone: 113792 pages, LIFO batch:31<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc: s0 r0 d32768 u32768 alloc=1*32768<\r><\n>
[    0.000000] pcpu-alloc:

• 0 <\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 113792<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,115200 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 rootwait loglevel=8 panic=10 root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 loglevel=8 rootwait console=ttyS0,115200 rw init=/init mac_addr=00:AE:99:A3:E4:AF<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Memory: 448MB = 448MB total<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Memory: 313884k/313884k available, 144868k reserved, 0K highmem<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]     vector  : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000   (   4 kB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]     fixmap  : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000   ( 896 kB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]     DMA     : 0xffc00000 - 0xffe00000   (   2 MB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]     vmalloc : 0xdc800000 - 0xf0000000   ( 312 MB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]     lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xdc000000   ( 448 MB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]     pkmap   : 0xbfe00000 - 0xc0000000   (   2 MB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]     modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xbfe00000   (  14 MB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]       .init : 0xc0008000 - 0xc002f000   ( 156 kB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]       .text : 0xc002f000 - 0xc076e664   (7422 kB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]       .data : 0xc0770000 - 0xc07c0130   ( 321 kB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000]        .bss : 0xc07c0154 - 0xc0979cb8   (1767 kB)<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] SLUB: Genslabs=11, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=1, Nodes=1<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] NR_IRQS:96 nr_irqs:96 96<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] timer0: Periodic Mode<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] sw_timer_init,line:397<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] sched_clock: 32 bits at 24MHz, resolution 41ns, wraps every 178956ms<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] aw_clksrc_init, line:338<\r><\n>
  [    0.000000] Console: colour dummy device 80x30<\r><\n>
  [    0.000101] Calibrating delay loop... 1001.88 BogoMIPS (lpj=5009408)<\r><\n>
  [    0.040021] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301<\r><\n>
  [    0.040157] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512<\r><\n>
  [    0.040463] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok<\r><\n>
  [    0.040666] hw perfevents: enabled with ARMv7 Cortex-A8 PMU driver, 5 counters available<\r><\n>
  [    0.041154] devtmpfs: initialized<\r><\n>
  [    0.042501] print_constraints: dummy: <\r><\n>
  [    0.042645] NET: Registered protocol family 16<\r><\n>
  [    0.043237] hw-breakpoint: debug architecture 0x4 unsupported.<\r><\n>
  [    0.043721] try to parse apb frequency from script faild!<\r><\n>
  [    0.043804] SOFTWINNER DMA Driver, (c) 2003-2004,2006 Simtec Electronics<\r><\n>
  [    0.043870] Initialize DMAC OK<\r><\n>
  [    0.048779] bio: create slab <bio-0> at 0<\r><\n>
  [    0.049387] SCSI subsystem initialized<\r><\n>
  [    0.049599] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs<\r><\n>
  [    0.049677] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub<\r><\n>
  [    0.049827] usbcore: registered new device driver usb<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] NET: Registered protocol family 31<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] cfg80211: Calling CRDA to update world regulatory domain<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Init eGon pin module V2.0<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Switching to clocksource aw 64bits couter<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] FS-Cache: Loaded<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] CacheFiles: Loaded<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] [usb_manager]: CONFIG_USB_SW_SUN4I_USB0_OTG<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] [sw_hcd0]: usb host driver initialize........<\r><\n>
  [    0.050000] [sw_hcd0]: open_usb_clock<\r><\n>
  [    0.066699] [sw_hcd0]: host_init_state = 1<\r><\n>
  [    0.066708] [sw_hcd0]: platform is usb host<\r><\n>
  [    0.066778] [sw_hcd0]: sw_hcd_init_controller: sw_hcd_host0: USB Host mode controller at f1c13000 using PIO, IRQ 38<\r><\n>
  [    0.066805] sw_hcd_host0 sw_hcd_host0: sw_hcd host driver<\r><\n>
  [    0.066822] sw_hcd_host0 sw_hcd_host0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1<\r><\n>
  [    0.067387] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found<\r><\n>
  [    0.067412] hub 1-0:1.0: 1 port detected<\r><\n>
  [    0.067439] wrn: hcd is not enable, need not start hcd<\r><\n>
  [    0.067697] [sw_hcd0]: sw_usb_host0_disable start<\r><\n>
  [    0.067711] -------sw_hcd0_soft_disconnect---------<\r><\n>
  [    0.067723] [sw_hcd_host0]: Set USB Power OFF<\r><\n>
  [    0.067733] wrn: hcd is not enable, need not stop hcd<\r><\n>
  [    0.067765] [sw_hcd0]: close_usb_clock<\r><\n>
  [    0.067805] [sw_hcd0]: sw_usb_host0_disable end<\r><\n>
  [    0.067850] [sw_udc]: udc_init: version 20080411<\r><\n>
  [    0.068241] NET: Registered protocol family 2<\r><\n>
  [    0.068362] IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.068636] TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.068910] TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.069094] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)<\r><\n>
  [    0.069105] TCP reno registered<\r><\n>
  [    0.069116] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.069134] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.069309] NET: Registered protocol family 1<\r><\n>
  [    0.069637] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.<\r><\n>
  [    0.069650] RPC: Registered udp transport module.<\r><\n>
  [    0.069660] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.<\r><\n>
  [    0.069668] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.<\r><\n>
  [    0.069888] PMU: registered new PMU device of type 0<\r><\n>
  [    0.069939] [pm]aw_pm_init!<\r><\n>
  [    0.078152] ashmem: initialized<\r><\n>
  [    0.084043] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2<\r><\n>
  [    0.084229] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)<\r><\n>
  [    0.087524] NTFS driver 2.1.30 [Flags: R/W].<\r><\n>
  [    0.087996] fuse init (API version 7.16)<\r><\n>
  [    0.088650] msgmni has been set to 613<\r><\n>
  [    0.089109] cryptomgr_test used greatest stack depth: 6712 bytes left<\r><\n>
  [    0.089530] cryptomgr_test used greatest stack depth: 6480 bytes left<\r><\n>
  [    0.091740] cryptomgr_test used greatest stack depth: 6388 bytes left<\r><\n>
  [    0.092750] cryptomgr_test used greatest stack depth: 6312 bytes left<\r><\n>
  [    0.093246] alg: No test for stdrng (krng)<\r><\n>
  [    0.093493] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 253)<\r><\n>
  [    0.093509] io scheduler noop registered<\r><\n>
  [    0.093518] io scheduler deadline registered<\r><\n>
  [    0.093602] io scheduler cfq registered (default)<\r><\n>
  [    0.094277] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 8 ports, IRQ sharing disabled<\r><\n>
  [    0.095540] serial8250.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x1c28000 (irq = 1) is a U6_16550A<\r><\n>
  [    0.759031] console [ttyS0] enabled<\r><\n>
  [    0.763285] sunxi-uart.0: ttyS0 at MMIO 0x1c28000 (irq = 1) is a U6_16550A<\r><\n>
  [    0.770593] sunxi-uart.4: ttyS1 at MMIO 0x1c29000 (irq = 17) is a U6_16550A<\r><\n>
  [    0.778109] G2D: drv_g2d_init<\r><\n>
  [    0.781144] G2D: g2dmem: g2d_start=58000000, g2d_size=1000000<\r><\n>
  [    0.786888] G2D: head:d8000000,tail:d9000000<\r><\n>
  [    0.791221] G2D: Module initialized.major:251<\r><\n>
  [    0.796181] brd: module loaded<\r><\n>
  [    0.801404] loop: module loaded<\r><\n>
  [    0.804889] PPP generic driver version 2.4.2<\r><\n>
  [    0.809337] PPP Deflate Compression module registered<\r><\n>
  [    0.814434] PPP BSD Compression module registered<\r><\n>
  [    0.820377] PPP MPPE Compression module registered<\r><\n>
  [    0.825172] NET: Registered protocol family 24<\r><\n>
  [    0.829651] PPTP driver version 0.8.5<\r><\n>
  [    0.833687] tun: Universal TUN/TAP device driver, 1.6<\r><\n>
  [    0.838735] tun: (C) 1999-2004 Max Krasnyansky <maxk@qualcomm.com><\r><\n>
  [    0.845272] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether<\r><\n>
  [    0.851266] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_eem<\r><\n>
  [    0.856972] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_subset<\r><\n>
  [    0.862956] wemac Ethernet Driver, V1.00 in file:drivers/net/sun4i/sun4i_wemac.c<\r><\n>
  [    0.870581] can't get information emac_power gpio<\r><\n>
  [    0.875306] [EMAC] ahb clk enable <\r><\n>
  [    0.878706] [EMAC] ahb gate clk: 0x24140 <\r><\n>
  [    0.892809] wemac wemac.0: PHY SETUP, reg 0 value: 1000<\r><\n>
  [    0.899032] wemac wemac.0: resetting device<\r><\n>
  [    0.903962] release temp resource<\r><\n>
  ....
  
  [    1.581044] ==register_early_suspend =<\r><\n>
  [    1.585370] sunxi RTC version 0.1 <\r><\n>
  [    1.588910] sunxi-rtc sunxi-rtc: sunxi_rtc_probe tmp_data = 380239881<\r><\n>
  [    1.595458] sunxi-rtc sunxi-rtc: sunxi_rtc_gettime<\r><\n>
  [    1.600274] sunxi-rtc sunxi-rtc: read time 2010-1-1 0:9:59<\r><\n>
  [    1.605984] using rtc device, rtc, for alarms<\r><\n>
  [    1.610224] sunxi-rtc sunxi-rtc: rtc core: registered rtc as rtc0<\r><\n>
  [    1.616539] i2c /dev entries driver<\r><\n>
  [    1.620170] !!! base_Addr = 0xdc912c00 <\r><\n>
  [    1.624016] config i2c gpio with gpio_config api <\r><\n>
  [    1.628752] twi0, apb clock = 24000000 <\r><\n>
  [    1.633943] axp_mfd 0-0034: AXP (CHIP ID: 0x41) detected<\r><\n>
  [    1.640396] I2C: i2c-0: AW16XX I2C adapter<\r><\n>
  [    1.644493] **********start************<\r><\n>
  [    1.648325] 0x40 <\r><\n>
  [    1.650272] 0xf8 <\r><\n>
  [    1.652196] 0x28 <\r><\n>
  [    1.654119] 0x0 <\r><\n>
  [    1.655955] 0x0 <\r><\n>
  [    1.657791] **********end************<\r><\n>
  [    1.661518] !!! base_Addr = 0xdc914000 <\r><\n>
  [    1.665397] twi1, apb clock = 24000000 <\r><\n>
  [    1.669446] I2C: i2c-1: AW16XX I2C adapter<\r><\n>
  [    1.673569] **********start************<\r><\n>
  [    1.677401] 0x40 <\r><\n>
  [    1.679324] 0xf8 <\r><\n>
  [    1.681264] 0x59 <\r><\n>
  [    1.683187] 0x0 <\r><\n>
  [    1.685024] 0x0 <\r><\n>
  [    1.686859] **********end************<\r><\n>
  [    1.690576] !!! base_Addr = 0xdc916400 <\r><\n>
  [    1.694443] twi2, apb clock = 24000000 <\r><\n>
  [    1.698454] I2C: i2c-2: AW16XX I2C adapter<\r><\n>
  [    1.702572] **********start************<\r><\n>
  [    1.706404] 0x40 <\r><\n>
  [    1.708327] 0xf8 <\r><\n>
  [    1.710267] 0x59 <\r><\n>
  [    1.712190] 0x0 <\r><\n>
  [    1.714027] 0x0 <\r><\n>
  [    1.715863] **********end************<\r><\n>
  ....
  
  [    3.418950] mmcblk0: mmc0:0007 SD04G 3.70 GiB <\r><\n>
  [    3.431215]  mmcblk0: p1 p2 p3 p4 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 p10 ><\r><\n>
  [    3.512559] EXT3-fs (mmcblk0p2): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (240)<\r><\n>
  [    3.523509] EXT2-fs (mmcblk0p2): error: couldn't mount because of unsupported optional features (244)<\r><\n>
  [    4.259692] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended<\r><\n>
  [    4.273000] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): recovery complete<\r><\n>
  [    4.283307] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: (null)<\r><\n>
  [    4.291475] VFS: Mounted root (ext4 filesystem) on device 179:2.<\r><\n>
  [    4.298806] devtmpfs: mounted<\r><\n>
  [    4.301868] Freeing init memory: 156K<\r><\n>
  [    4.396627] init: width = 800<\r><\n>
  [    4.399625] init: height = 480<\r><\n>
  [    4.402828] init: s.st_size = 1536000<\r><\n>
  
  ...
  
  [    4.805181] init: processing action 0x31328 (fs)<\r><\n>
  [    4.814943] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): barriers disabled<\r><\n>
  [    4.850133] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended<\r><\n>
  [    4.862141] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): recovery complete<\r><\n>
  [    4.869732] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p3): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: barrier=0<\r><\n>
  [    4.878166] init: command 'mount' r=0<\r><\n>
  [    4.881911] init: command 'wait' r=0<\r><\n>
  [    4.890565] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p5): barriers disabled<\r><\n>
  [    5.027799] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p5): recovery complete<\r><\n>
  [    5.038124] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: barrier=0<\r><\n>
  [    5.046676] init: command 'mount' r=0<\r><\n>
  [    5.050538] init: command 'setupfs' r=0<\r><\n>
  [    5.054392] init: do_umount: /data <\r><\n>
  [    5.070126] init: command 'umount' r=0<\r><\n>
  [    5.174604] e2fsck used greatest stack depth: 5672 bytes left<\r><\n>
  [    5.181001] init: command 'exec' r=0<\r><\n>
  [    5.265664] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p5): barriers disabled<\r><\n>
  [    5.278482] EXT4-fs (mmcblk0p5): mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Opts: barrier=0,journal_checksum,noauto_da_alloc<\r><\n>
  [    5.290137] init: command 'exec' r=0<\r><\n>
  
  ....
  
  
  [   24.494410] UMP<2>: New session opened<\r><\n>
  [   25.075763] netd used greatest stack depth: 5416 bytes left<\r><\n>
  [   29.374149] UMP<2>: New session opened<\r><\n>
  [   29.976518] UMP<2>: New session opened<\r><\n>
  [   30.504976] init: processing action 0x2e4d8 (property:sys.boot_completed=1)<\r><\n>
  [   30.526727] init: starting 'preinstall'<\r><\n>
  [   30.559699] init: command 'start' r=0<\r><\n>
  [   30.612702] init: service 'bootanim' is being killed<\r><\n>
  [   30.615243] UMP<2>: Session closed<\r><\n>
  [   30.633882] init: waitpid returned pid 133, status = 00000009<\r><\n>
  [   30.639728] init: process 'bootanim', pid 133 exited<\r><\n>
  [   30.720995] init: waitpid returned pid 451, status = 00000000<\r><\n>
  [   30.730884] init: process 'preinstall', pid 451 exited<\r><\n>
  
  
  What else can I do? Is the board defect or is this "normal" behaviour??
  
  Thanks in advance
  
  codec

[codec]

Well... I figured out what was going wrong myself. 

The power supply I ordered from Olimex was to weak. I've now added some power to the board with an USB cable connected to the OTG USB port, now it is booting and working fine.
As it was an original powersupply from Olimex, I tested this close before sending the board back....

Thanks for your thoughts

codec

[otyugh]

You took the 6V instead of 12V power supply ?
Or is that the "chinese version" that is deficient ?