I tried it with systemd, but I still never get to a login screen. This time I get no errors, but I left it for over an hour and it never came up (full serial output is below if it helps). I looked for the /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/serial-getty@ttyO2.service file that you mentioned - what I found was a symbolic link at /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/serial-getty@ttyO2.service which is supposed to point to the file /lib/systemd/system/serial-getty@service, but apparently that file doesn’t exist. So maybe that is the source of the problem??
I will also try your other suggestion of just using the new kernel with the existing file system.
Thanks
Jenna
U-Boot 2011.09-dirty (Oct 16 2011 - 09:39:15)
OMAP3630/3730-GP ES1.2, CPU-OPP2, L3-165MHz, Max CPU Clock 1 Ghz
OMAP3 Beagle board + LPDDR/NAND
I2C: ready
DRAM: 512 MiB
WARNING: Caches not enabled
NAND: 0 MiB
MMC: OMAP SD/MMC: 0
*** Warning - readenv() failed, using default environment
In: serial
Out: serial
Err: serial
Beagle xM Rev C
timed out in wait_for_pin: I2C_STAT=0
I2C read: I/O error
Unrecognized expansion board: 0
timed out in wait_for_pin: I2C_STAT=0
I2C read: I/O error
Unrecognized expansion board: 0
Die ID #147800029ff80000015f26ad0f02600d
Net: Net Initialization Skipped
No ethernet found.
Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0
The user button is currently NOT pressed.
SD/MMC found on device 0
reading uEnv.txt
67 bytes read
Loaded environment from uEnv.txt
Importing environment from mmc …
Loading file “/boot/uImage” from mmc device 0:2 (xxa2)
3376276 bytes read
Booting from mmc …
Booting kernel from Legacy Image at 80200000 …
Image Name: Angstrom/3.0.7/beagleboard
Image Type: ARM Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
Data Size: 3376212 Bytes = 3.2 MiB
Load Address: 80008000
Entry Point: 80008000
Verifying Checksum … OK
Loading Kernel Image … OK
OK
Starting kernel …
Uncompressing Linux… done, booting the kernel.
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuset
[ 0.000000] Initializing cgroup subsys cpu
[ 0.000000] Linux version 3.0.7+ (koen@dominion) (gcc version 4.5.4 20110917
(prerelease) (GCC) ) #1 Thu Oct 20 18:01:32 CEST 2011
[ 0.000000] CPU: ARMv7 Processor [413fc082] revision 2 (ARMv7), cr=10c53c7f
[ 0.000000] CPU: VIPT nonaliasing data cache, VIPT aliasing instruction cache
[ 0.000000] Machine: OMAP3 Beagle Board
[ 0.000000] Beagle expansionboard: unknown
[ 0.000000] Beagle second expansionboard: unknown
[ 0.000000] Reserving 12582912 bytes SDRAM for VRAM
[ 0.000000] Memory policy: ECC disabled, Data cache writeback
[ 0.000000] OMAP3630 ES1.2 (l2cache iva sgx neon isp 192mhz_clk )
[ 0.000000] SRAM: Mapped pa 0x40200000 to va 0xfe400000 size: 0x10000
[ 0.000000] Clocking rate (Crystal/Core/MPU): 26.0/332/600 MHz
[ 0.000000] Reprogramming SDRC clock to 332000000 Hz
[ 0.000000] Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on. Total pag
es: 126976
[ 0.000000] Kernel command line: console=ttyO2,115200n8 †ethaddr=4A:1D:13:B
6:6F:16″ mpurate=auto buddy=unknown buddy2=unknown camera=none vram=12M omapfb
.mode=dvi:hd720 mpurate=1000 omapdss.def_disp=dvi root=/dev/mmcblk0p2 ro rootfst
ype=ext3 rootwait
[ 0.000000] PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
[ 0.000000] Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
[ 0.000000] allocated 2097152 bytes of page_cgroup
[ 0.000000] please try ‘cgroup_disable=memory’ option if you don’t want memor
y cgroups
[ 0.000000] Memory: 500MB = 500MB total
[ 0.000000] Memory: 498468k/498468k available, 25820k reserved, 0K highmem
[ 0.000000] Virtual kernel memory layout:
[ 0.000000] vector : 0xffff0000 - 0xffff1000 ( 4 kB)
[ 0.000000] fixmap : 0xfff00000 - 0xfffe0000 ( 896 kB)
[ 0.000000] DMA : 0xffc00000 - 0xffe00000 ( 2 MB)
[ 0.000000] vmalloc : 0xe0800000 - 0xf8000000 ( 376 MB)
[ 0.000000] lowmem : 0xc0000000 - 0xe0000000 ( 512 MB)
[ 0.000000] modules : 0xbf000000 - 0xc0000000 ( 16 MB)
[ 0.000000] .init : 0xc0008000 - 0xc0041000 ( 228 kB)
[ 0.000000] .text : 0xc0041000 - 0xc0643238 (6153 kB)
[ 0.000000] .data : 0xc0644000 - 0xc068fa00 ( 303 kB)
[ 0.000000] .bss : 0xc068fa24 - 0xc06c8fb0 ( 230 kB)
[ 0.000000] NR_IRQS:410
[ 0.000000] IRQ: Found an INTC at 0xfa200000 (revision 4.0) with 96 interrupt
s
[ 0.000000] Total of 96 interrupts on 1 active controller
[ 0.000000] OMAP clockevent source: GPTIMER1 at 32768 Hz
[ 0.000000] sched_clock: 32 bits at 32kHz, resolution 30517ns, wraps every 13
1071999ms
[ 0.000000] Console: colour dummy device 80x30
[ 0.000213] Calibrating delay loop… 597.64 BogoMIPS (lpj=2334720)
[ 0.039093] pid_max: default: 32768 minimum: 301
[ 0.039337] Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
[ 0.039794] Initializing cgroup subsys cpuacct
[ 0.039855] Initializing cgroup subsys memory
[ 0.039886] Initializing cgroup subsys devices
[ 0.039916] Initializing cgroup subsys freezer
[ 0.039916] Initializing cgroup subsys blkio
[ 0.039947] Initializing cgroup subsys perf_event
[ 0.040069] CPU: Testing write buffer coherency: ok
[ 0.041290] devtmpfs: initialized
[ 0.043121] omap_hwmod: gpt12_fck: missing clockdomain for gpt12_fck.
[ 0.045501] print_constraints: dummy:
[ 0.045837] NET: Registered protocol family 16
[ 0.046081] GPMC revision 5.0
[ 0.048248] OMAP GPIO hardware version 2.5
[ 0.048522] OMAP GPIO hardware version 2.5
[ 0.048797] OMAP GPIO hardware version 2.5
[ 0.049041] OMAP GPIO hardware version 2.5
[ 0.049346] OMAP GPIO hardware version 2.5
[ 0.049621] OMAP GPIO hardware version 2.5
[ 0.050354] omap_mux_init: Add partition: #1: core, flags: 0
[ 0.051666] OMAP3 Beagle Rev: xM C
[ 0.061462] Found NAND on CS0
[ 0.061492] Registering NAND on CS0
[ 0.062225] Unable to get DVI reset GPIO
[ 0.062347] hw-breakpoint: debug architecture 0x4 unsupported.
[ 0.065826] omap_device: omap-mcbsp.2: alias fck already exists
[ 0.066131] omap_device: omap-mcbsp.3: alias fck already exists
[ 0.067443] ------------[ cut here ]------------
[ 0.067504] WARNING: at arch/arm/mach-omap2/clock.c:476 omap2_clk_switch_mpur
ate_at_boot+0x7c/0xb0()
[ 0.067535] clock: dpll1_ck: unable to set MPU rate to 1000: -22
[ 0.067535] Modules linked in:
[ 0.067596] [] (unwind_backtrace+0x0/0xe0) from [] (warn_
slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64)
[ 0.067626] [] (warn_slowpath_common+0x4c/0x64) from [] (
warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2c/0x3c)
[ 0.067657] [] (warn_slowpath_fmt+0x2c/0x3c) from [] (oma
p2_clk_switch_mpurate_at_boot+0x7c/0xb0)
[ 0.067687] [] (omap2_clk_switch_mpurate_at_boot+0x7c/0xb0) from [<
c0011f00>] (omap3xxx_clk_arch_init+0xc/0x3c)
[ 0.067718] [] (omap3xxx_clk_arch_init+0xc/0x3c) from []
(do_one_initcall+0x90/0x160)
[ 0.067749] [] (do_one_initcall+0x90/0x160) from [] (kern
el_init+0x88/0x130)
[ 0.067779] [] (kernel_init+0x88/0x130) from [] (kernel_t
hread_exit+0x0/0x8)
[ 0.067840] —[ end trace 1b75b31a2719ed1c ]—
[ 0.068054] OMAP DMA hardware revision 5.0
[ 0.078613] bio: create slab at 0
[ 0.080261] SCSI subsystem initialized
[ 0.082092] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
[ 0.082275] usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
[ 0.082611] usbcore: registered new device driver usb
[ 0.083709] omap_i2c omap_i2c.1: bus 1 rev4.0 at 2600 kHz
[ 0.086944] twl4030: PIH (irq 7) chaining IRQs 368…375
[ 0.087005] twl4030: power (irq 373) chaining IRQs 376…383
[ 0.087707] twl4030: gpio (irq 368) chaining IRQs 384…401
[ 0.093078] print_constraints: VUSB1V5: 1500 mV normal standby
[ 0.093688] print_constraints: VUSB1V8: 1800 mV normal standby
[ 0.094390] print_constraints: VUSB3V1: 3100 mV normal standby
[ 0.096801] twl4030_usb twl4030_usb: Initialized TWL4030 USB module
[ 0.097961] print_constraints: VMMC1: 1850 <–> 3150 mV at 3000 mV normal sta
ndby
[ 0.098663] print_constraints: VDAC: 1800 mV normal standby
[ 0.099304] print_constraints: VDVI: 1800 mV normal standby
[ 0.100097] print_constraints: VSIM: 1800 <–> 3000 mV at 1800 mV normal stan
dby
[ 0.100555] omap_i2c omap_i2c.3: bus 3 rev4.0 at 100 kHz
[ 0.101531] Advanced Linux Sound Architecture Driver Version 1.0.24.
[ 0.102355] Bluetooth: Core ver 2.16
[ 0.102478] NET: Registered protocol family 31
[ 0.102508] Bluetooth: HCI device and connection manager initialized
[ 0.102508] Bluetooth: HCI socket layer initialized
[ 0.102539] Bluetooth: L2CAP socket layer initialized
[ 0.102813] Bluetooth: SCO socket layer initialized
[ 0.103240] Switching to clocksource 32k_counter
[ 0.109649] Switched to NOHz mode on CPU #0
[ 0.122833] musb-hdrc: version 6.0, musb-dma, otg (peripheral+host)
[ 0.127197] musb-hdrc musb-hdrc: USB OTG mode controller at fa0ab000 using DM
A, IRQ 92
[ 0.127807] NET: Registered protocol family 2
[ 0.128082] IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
[ 0.128631] TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 131072 bytes
)
[ 0.128997] TCP bind hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes)
[ 0.129211] TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 16384)
[ 0.129211] TCP reno registered
[ 0.129241] UDP hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.129272] UDP-Lite hash table entries: 256 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.129730] NET: Registered protocol family 1
[ 0.130615] RPC: Registered named UNIX socket transport module.
[ 0.130645] RPC: Registered udp transport module.
[ 0.130645] RPC: Registered tcp transport module.
[ 0.130676] RPC: Registered tcp NFSv4.1 backchannel transport module.
[ 0.131958] omap-iommu omap-iommu.0: isp registered
[ 0.148712] VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.2
[ 0.148803] Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
[ 0.149597] squashfs: version 4.0 (2009/01/31) Phillip Lougher
[ 0.150238] nfs4filelayout_init: NFSv4 File Layout Driver Registering…
[ 0.150360] JFFS2 version 2.2. (NAND) (SUMMARY) © 2001-2006 Red Hat, Inc.
[ 0.151275] msgmni has been set to 973
[ 0.154296] Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 2
53)
[ 0.154510] io scheduler noop registered
[ 0.154510] io scheduler deadline registered
[ 0.154663] io scheduler cfq registered (default)
[ 0.212829] OMAP DSS rev 2.0
[ 0.215515] Serial: 8250/16550 driver, 4 ports, IRQ sharing enabled
[ 0.217559] omap_uart.0: ttyO0 at MMIO 0x4806a000 (irq = 72) is a OMAP UART0
[ 0.218078] omap_uart.1: ttyO1 at MMIO 0x4806c000 (irq = 73) is a OMAP UART1
[ 0.218566] omap_uart.2: ttyO2 at MMIO 0x49020000 (irq = 74) is a OMAP UART2
[ 1.054992] console [ttyO2] enabled
[ 1.059478] omap_uart.3: ttyO3 at MMIO 0x49042000 (irq = 80) is a OMAP UART3
[ 1.078155] brd: module loaded
[ 1.086944] loop: module loaded
[ 1.092224] omap2-nand driver initializing
[ 1.097045] No NAND device found.
[ 1.100799] No NAND device found.
[ 1.105865] usbcore: registered new interface driver catc
[ 1.111633] catc: v2.8:CATC EL1210A NetMate USB Ethernet driver
[ 1.117980] usbcore: registered new interface driver kaweth
[ 1.123870] pegasus: v0.6.14 (2006/09/27), Pegasus/Pegasus II USB Ethernet dr
iver
[ 1.131896] usbcore: registered new interface driver pegasus
[ 1.137878] rtl8150: v0.6.2 (2004/08/27):rtl8150 based usb-ethernet driver
[ 1.145233] usbcore: registered new interface driver rtl8150
[ 1.151306] usbcore: registered new interface driver asix
[ 1.157073] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_ether
[ 1.163330] usbcore: registered new interface driver dm9601
[ 1.169372] usbcore: registered new interface driver smsc95xx
[ 1.175537] usbcore: registered new interface driver gl620a
[ 1.181488] usbcore: registered new interface driver net1080
[ 1.187561] usbcore: registered new interface driver plusb
[ 1.193511] usbcore: registered new interface driver rndis_host
[ 1.199890] usbcore: registered new interface driver cdc_subset
[ 1.206268] usbcore: registered new interface driver zaurus
[ 1.212249] usbcore: registered new interface driver MOSCHIP usb-ethernet dri
ver
[ 1.220672] ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 ‘Enhanced’ Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
[ 1.227722] _regulator_get: ehci-omap.0 supply hsusb0 not found, using dummy
regulator
[ 1.236175] _regulator_get: ehci-omap.0 supply hsusb1 not found, using dummy
regulator
[ 3.259613] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: OMAP-EHCI Host Controller
[ 3.266082] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus numbe
r 1
[ 3.274108] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: irq 77, io mem 0x48064800
[ 3.290924] ehci-omap ehci-omap.0: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
[ 3.297119] usb usb1: New USB device found, idVendor=1d6b, idProduct=0002
[ 3.304321] usb usb1: New USB device strings: Mfr=3, Product=2, SerialNumber=
1
[ 3.311950] usb usb1: Product: OMAP-EHCI Host Controller
[ 3.317565] usb usb1: Manufacturer: Linux 3.0.7+ ehci_hcd
[ 3.323272] usb usb1: SerialNumber: ehci-omap.0
[ 3.328948] hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.333007] hub 1-0:1.0: 3 ports detected
[ 3.369171] Initializing USB Mass Storage driver…
[ 3.374511] usbcore: registered new interface driver usb-storage
[ 3.380889] USB Mass Storage support registered.
[ 3.386657] mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
[ 3.393188] input: gpio-keys as /devices/platform/gpio-keys/input/input0
[ 3.402191] input: twl4030_pwrbutton as /devices/platform/omap/omap_i2c.1/i2c
-1/1-0049/twl4030_pwrbutton/input/input1
[ 3.414276] i2c /dev entries driver
[ 3.418762] Linux media interface: v0.10
[ 3.423004] Linux video capture interface: v2.00
[ 3.428314] vpfe_init
[ 3.431671] OMAP Watchdog Timer Rev 0x31: initial timeout 60 sec
[ 3.438140] Bluetooth: HCI UART driver ver 2.2
[ 3.442871] Bluetooth: HCI H4 protocol initialized
[ 3.447937] Bluetooth: HCI BCSP protocol initialized
[ 3.453155] Bluetooth: HCILL protocol initialized
[ 3.458129] Bluetooth: HCIATH3K protocol initialized
[ 3.463378] Bluetooth: Generic Bluetooth USB driver ver 0.6
[ 3.469421] usbcore: registered new interface driver btusb
[ 3.475341] cpuidle: using governor ladder
[ 3.479705] cpuidle: using governor menu
[ 3.487030] omap_hsmmc: probe of omap_hsmmc.1 failed with error -16
[ 3.497955] usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
[ 3.503906] usbhid: USB HID core driver
[ 3.508697] usbcore: registered new interface driver snd-usb-audio
[ 3.516693] OMAP3 Beagle/Devkit8000 SoC init
[ 3.614471] asoc: twl4030-hifi <-> omap-mcbsp-dai.1 mapping ok
[ 3.624908] ALSA device list:
[ 3.628143] #0: omap3beagle
[ 3.631256] oprofile: hardware counters not available
[ 3.636596] oprofile: using timer interrupt.
[ 3.641357] TCP cubic registered
[ 3.644836] NET: Registered protocol family 17
[ 3.649566] NET: Registered protocol family 15
[ 3.654327] lib80211: common routines for IEEE802.11 drivers
[ 3.660339] Registering the dns_resolver key type
[ 3.665374] VFP support v0.3: implementor 41 architecture 3 part 30 variant c
rev 3
[ 3.673492] ThumbEE CPU extension supported.
[ 3.683227] sr_init: No PMIC hook to init smartreflex
[ 3.688812] smartreflex smartreflex.0: omap_sr_probe: SmartReflex driver init
ialized
[ 3.697357] smartreflex smartreflex.1: omap_sr_probe: SmartReflex driver init
ialized
[ 3.705749] SmartReflex Class3 initialized
[ 3.715454] clock: disabling unused clocks to save power
[ 3.722259] registered taskstats version 1
[ 3.736419] usb 1-2: new high speed USB device number 2 using ehci-omap
[ 3.778198] Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 160x45
[ 3.815673] regulator_init_complete: VDAC: incomplete constraints, leaving on
[ 3.823944] drivers/rtc/hctosys.c: unable to open rtc device (rtc0)
[ 3.830932] omap_vout omap_vout: Buffer Size = 3686400
[ 3.837707] omap_vout omap_vout: : registered and initialized video device 0
[ 3.846191] Waiting for root device /dev/mmcblk0p2…
[ 3.901519] usb 1-2: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=9514
[ 3.908691] usb 1-2: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=0
[ 3.917419] hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
[ 3.921508] mmc0: host does not support reading read-only switch. assuming wr
ite-enable.
[ 3.930206] hub 1-2:1.0: 5 ports detected
[ 3.934661] mmc0: new SDHC card at address 1234
[ 3.940612] mmcblk0: mmc0:1234 SA04G 3.67 GiB
[ 3.948822] mmcblk0: p1 p2
[ 3.961547] EXT3-fs: barriers not enabled
[ 3.968780] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
[ 3.974700] EXT3-fs (mmcblk0p2): mounted filesystem with writeback data mode
[ 3.982238] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly on device 179:2.
[ 3.995513] devtmpfs: mounted
[ 3.998779] Freeing init memory: 228K
[ 4.236724] usb 1-2.1: new high speed USB device number 3 using ehci-omap
[ 4.362518] usb 1-2.1: New USB device found, idVendor=0424, idProduct=ec00
[ 4.369842] usb 1-2.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber
=0
[ 4.381317] smsc95xx v1.0.4
[ 4.430938] systemd[1]: Failed to mount /proc: No such file or directory
[ 4.472106] smsc95xx 1-2.1:1.0: eth0: register ‘smsc95xx’ at usb-ehci-omap.0-
2.1, smsc95xx USB 2.0 Ethernet, 2e:10:5c:19:5f:01
[ 4.564819] usb 1-2.4: new full speed USB device number 4 using ehci-omap
[ 4.691680] usb 1-2.4: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=1002
[ 4.698974] usb 1-2.4: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber
=0
[ 4.706756] usb 1-2.4: Product: Dell USB Keyboard Hub
[ 4.712066] usb 1-2.4: Manufacturer: Dell
[ 4.718750] hub 1-2.4:1.0: USB hub found
[ 4.723327] hub 1-2.4:1.0: 3 ports detected
[ 4.814941] usb 1-2.5: new low speed USB device number 5 using ehci-omap
[ 4.945922] usb 1-2.5: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=c002
[ 4.953247] usb 1-2.5: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber
=0
[ 4.961029] usb 1-2.5: Product: USB-PS/2 Mouse M-BA47
[ 4.966369] usb 1-2.5: Manufacturer: Logitech
[ 4.978912] input: Logitech USB-PS/2 Mouse M-BA47 as /devices/platform/usbhs-
omap.0/ehci-omap.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.5/1-2.5:1.0/input/input2
[ 4.992492] generic-usb 0003:046D:C002.0001: input: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Logi
tech USB-PS/2 Mouse M-BA47] on usb-ehci-omap.0-2.5/input0
[ 5.088287] usb 1-2.4.1: new full speed USB device number 6 using ehci-omap
[ 5.215209] usb 1-2.4.1: New USB device found, idVendor=413c, idProduct=2002
[ 5.222717] usb 1-2.4.1: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumb
er=0
[ 5.230651] usb 1-2.4.1: Product: Dell USB Keyboard Hub
[ 5.236206] usb 1-2.4.1: Manufacturer: Dell
[ 5.246337] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub as /devices/platform/usbhs-omap
.0/ehci-omap.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.4/1-2.4.1/1-2.4.1:1.0/input/input3
[ 5.260192] generic-usb 0003:413C:2002.0002: input: USB HID v1.10 Keyboard [D
ell Dell USB Keyboard Hub] on usb-ehci-omap.0-2.4.1/input0
[ 5.281555] input: Dell Dell USB Keyboard Hub as /devices/platform/usbhs-omap
.0/ehci-omap.0/usb1/1-2/1-2.4/1-2.4.1/1-2.4.1:1.1/input/input4
[ 5.295440] generic-usb 0003:413C:2002.0003: input: USB HID v1.10 Device [Del
l Dell USB Keyboard Hub] on usb-ehci-omap.0-2.4.1/input1
5