Freedombox Debian installation

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#1

I am trying to reinstall Freedombox with Debian Raspberry Pi image.

Freedombox installation instructions are from here:
https://wiki.debian.org/FreedomBox/Hardware/Debian

What happens is that installing Freedombox doesn’t work to the end.

The box closes off for all contact after reboot and no configuration process is started.

Now I have somehow established contact to Raspberry Pi with ssh.

Is there a way to get the configuration process started?

Contactig the server with http://192.168.x.x didn’t give anything.

#2

blob, did you try to run the installation command again from within a ssh console (as an administrative user, like sudo)?

#3

I guess I did it either as root or by sudo.

If you have a foolproof way of getting it done I’ll be glad to hear.

I will try again with better luck.

I downloaded Raspberry Pi Debian image from here: Tested images

got the Freedombox 19 version installed on it.

Rebooted and was shut out from the box, could not configure anything.

Got in with ssh later but I don’t know what to do with the installation that is on the card.

#4

I had good luck with an old Freedombox backup. It upgraded from version 20.8 to version 21.3.

I did apt full-upgrade on command line.

The problems may have to do with some weird network behaviour.

Not seeking to reinstall at the moment. Thanks anyway.

#5

Hi blob. I’m not familiar with your hardware, but let me give you some of the hangups I’ve had on Debian installations on PC.

  • you should comment out your wifi & ethernet interfaces in /etc/network/interfaces so Freedombox NetworkManager may control these. ( Net install, then apt-get install -y freedombox, then comment the interfaces out, then reboot and configure freedombox )
  • when you have multiple interfaces Freedombox wants to use the first interface detected by the kernel as the primary interface ( to internet ). This is not the same as the first interface in name order. My eth1 is picked up first by the kernel first, not eth0. I’ve had a PCI ethernet card be primary before the onboard ethernet.
  • Make sure you do not configure Bind if you are using Freedombox as your router ( internal network connection is type “Shared” )
  • also, check for duplicate IP :slight_smile: just happened to me tonight when I was trying to set up a new installation.