[Bug 2137611] Re: pi refuses to use new firmware every boot

[George Vatsis]

rpi-eeprom-update seemed to be the trick; unfortunately, I lost my terminal
output, but it did fix my issue and let me boot to an updated kernel.

On Fri, May 1, 2026 at 11:40 AM Dave Jones <2137611 at bugs.launchpad.net>
wrote:

> I suspect, given this is a Pi 4, that this is another duplicate of LP:
> #2130734 -- the base EEPROM requirement is now added as a quirk in
> ubuntu-release-upgrader, and documented in both release notes and the
> hw-support docs. If that's the case, please let me know and I can mark
> this as a duplicate.
>
> Otherwise, if this is still an issue, please try running "rpi-eeprom-
> update" and attaching the output here so we can verify this is something
> else.
>
> ** Changed in: flash-kernel (Ubuntu)
>        Status: New => Incomplete
>
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> Title:
>   pi refuses to use new firmware every boot
>
> Status in flash-kernel package in Ubuntu:
>   Incomplete
>
> Bug description:
>   Every boot no matter what I try I get
>
>   New boot assets in /boot/firmware/new failed. Fallen back to known good
>   state. Use piboot-try --reset-new to re-test boot assets. If you are able
>   to determine the boot failure is due to a bug, please file an issue:
>   ubuntu-bug flash-kernel
>
>
>   this is on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2 on Ubuntu 25.10 aarch64
>
>   ProblemType: Bug
>   DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
>   Package: flash-kernel 3.109ubuntu6.1
>   ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-1003.3-raspi 6.17.0-rc7
>   Uname: Linux 6.17.0-1003-raspi aarch64
>   ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
>   Architecture: arm64
>   CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
>   CloudArchitecture: aarch64
>   CloudID: nocloud
>   CloudName: unknown
>   CloudPlatform: nocloud
>   CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
>   Date: Tue Jan  6 22:18:32 2026
>   ImageMediaBuild: 20251007.1
>   ProcEnviron:
>    LANG=C.UTF-8
>    PATH=(custom, no user)
>    SHELL=/bin/bash
>    TERM=xterm-256color
>    XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
>   SourcePackage: flash-kernel
>   UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)
>
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Title:
  pi refuses to use new firmware every boot

Status in flash-kernel package in Ubuntu:
  Incomplete

Bug description:
  Every boot no matter what I try I get

  New boot assets in /boot/firmware/new failed. Fallen back to known good
  state. Use piboot-try --reset-new to re-test boot assets. If you are able
  to determine the boot failure is due to a bug, please file an issue:
  ubuntu-bug flash-kernel

  
  this is on Raspberry Pi 4 Model B Rev 1.2 on Ubuntu 25.10 aarch64

  ProblemType: Bug
  DistroRelease: Ubuntu 25.10
  Package: flash-kernel 3.109ubuntu6.1
  ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 6.17.0-1003.3-raspi 6.17.0-rc7
  Uname: Linux 6.17.0-1003-raspi aarch64
  ApportVersion: 2.33.1-0ubuntu3
  Architecture: arm64
  CasperMD5CheckResult: unknown
  CloudArchitecture: aarch64
  CloudID: nocloud
  CloudName: unknown
  CloudPlatform: nocloud
  CloudSubPlatform: config-disk (/dev/mmcblk0p1)
  Date: Tue Jan  6 22:18:32 2026
  ImageMediaBuild: 20251007.1
  ProcEnviron:
   LANG=C.UTF-8
   PATH=(custom, no user)
   SHELL=/bin/bash
   TERM=xterm-256color
   XDG_RUNTIME_DIR=<set>
  SourcePackage: flash-kernel
  UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install)

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