I finished setting up my FreedomBox a few days ago. All was working great. Today I decided I did want battery backup after all(had disconnected battery for setup).
Now system will not come back up. Here was the sequence of what I have done and tried so far:
- ssh’d into server and did a “sudo shutdown -h now” to turn off FreedomBox
- disconnected power and ethernet
- reattached battery cable
- reattached ehternet and then power cable
- waited 10 mins, no response, although red light on inside case
- pressed soft on/off button at far left of case for 5 seconds
- no response - ethernet cable lights not on either
- tried another soft on/off cycle, Still no response nor ethernet lights.
Any suggestions? I thought of trying the hard reset button (middle button) but don’t want to do that unless I have to…
EDIT: to add to the above even a hard reset does not work. The only way to get functionality was to remove the battery plug and simply use it on mains power. ???
EDIT #2: after some research it appears this has been a common problem and appears to be some sort of hardware bug? I have not seen any solutions yet? Anyone??