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    RetroPie won't boot after update

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    boot loopupdate broke it
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      chrisburel
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      I did a system update a few days ago, and now my Pi won't boot. It shows the splash screen and then reboots. It does this reboot loop a few times before finally stopping on a screen with text showing service statuses. The bottom few are:

      [FAILED] Failed to start Store Sound Card State.
See 'systemctl' status alsa-store.service' for details.
         Starting Copy rules generated while the root was ro...
         Starting LSB: Switch to ondemand cpu governor (unless shift key is pressed)...
         Starting LSB: Set preliminary keymap...
[  OK  ] Started Copy rules generated while the root was ro.
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Prepare console.
         Starting LSB: Set console font and keymap...
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Switch to ondemand cpu governor (unless shift key was pressed).
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Set preliminary keymap.
[  OK  ] Started LSB: Set console font and keymap.
[  OK  ]  Found device /dev/mmcblk0p1.
         Starting File System Check on /dev/mmcblk0p1...
[    3.647148] systemd-fsck[312]: fsck.fat 3.0.27 (2014-11-12)
[    3.648971] systemd-fsck[312]: /dev/mmcblk0p1: 121 files, 10348/29117 clusters
[  OK  ] Started File System Check on /dev/mmcblk0p1.
[  OK  ] Stopped target Reboot.
[  OK  ] Stopped Reboot.
[  OK  ] Stopped target Shutdown.
[  OK  ] Reached target Final Step.
[  OK  ] Created slice system-ifup.slice.

      Then it does nothing.

      I don't have an SD card reader for my PC, so I'm trying to fix it without another device. I cannot ping retropie, so I don't think it is on the network, and I haven't previously enabled SSH, so remote access doesn't seem possible. I also don't know how to get it to boot to a command line without another device either. What can I do?

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        chrisburel
        last edited by

        Forgot to mention:
        I have a Pi 3 with a CanaKit power supply. It's a Nokia SD card. I'm not sure which version of RetroPie it is currently running, since I can't get it running right now.

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        • herb_fargusH
          herb_fargus administrators @chrisburel
          last edited by

          @chrisburel related post? https://retropie.org.uk/forum/post/12078

          Also possible corrupt sd. I've never used a Nokia sd, haven't had any problems with my sandisk

          If you read the documentation it will answer 99% of your questions: https://retropie.org.uk/docs/

          Also if you want a solution to your problems read this first: https://retropie.org.uk/forum/topic/3/read-this-first

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