Ubuntu 19.10 on RaspberryPi 4 hangs on first boot

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Burned ubuntu-19.10-preinstalled-server-arm64+raspi3.img.xz. First boot on RaspberryPi 4 looked ok until it hung after

[ OK ] Reached target Cloud-init target.

Power cycled, and boot ended with

Ubuntu 19.10 ubuntu tty
Ubuntu login: [  23.431015] cloud-init…
[...] cloud-init…

Then no response to keyboard input, in USB2 or 3 port. The same procedure worked fine (successful login, etc) on first boot with a RaspberryPi 3.

askubuntu.com/questions/1182369/… worked for me. Had to ssh via wired. — HJS, Nov 2, 2019 at 13:32

leggazoid · Accepted Answer · 2019-11-03 12:20:33Z

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Set total_mem=3072 in /boot/firmware/usercfg.txt (If you mount the sd card in another computer, the usercfg.txt is on the small vfat partition.)

answered Nov 3, 2019 at 12:20

leggazoid

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It’s /volumes/system-boot/usercfg.txt, not /boot/firmware/usercfg.txt, on my mac. Added total_mem=3072 and it works. (This is a new setting, not overriding one in config.txt.) Many thanks!
– Chris Haynes
Nov 3, 2019 at 16:36

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