[Freedombox-discuss] HELP! The dist-upgrade bricked my FreedomBox and new images don't boot.

[A. F. Cano]

> On Wed, Sep 10, 2025 at 08:14:38PM -0700, Sunil Mohan Adapa wrote:
> >...
> > New Images not working
> > ----------------------
> > 
> > Regarding new images not booting on apu2 and apu1d4, please note that the
> > newer images for amd64 require UEFI for booting. I don't know if the APUs
> > support UEFI booting. They likely do. Reach the BIOS of the machine (connect
> > to a monitor and keyboard, start the machine, and press the BIOS key which is
> > F1, F8, F10, F12 or DEL keys usually), then find the booting options and

Tried this on the apu2.  Since it only has 2 USB ports and one has to be
used for the SD card (via a USB to SD adapter) since the internal slot
doesn't boot, I had to use a USB HUB where I plugged a keyboard and a
USB to DVI adapter and to that a monitor.

The monitor never displays anything and never gets out of sleep mode.
The keyboard has no effect no matter what combination of keys I hit.

Is there anything I have to do that I haven't done?

Using a bootable Debian USB stick does the same thing.  The LED on it
blinks but nothing else happens.

I suspect the apu2's BIOS is not smart enough to detect the monitor and
keyboard.  If anyone knows to the contrary, please let me know.

Thanks.

Augustine