kernel panic

[wlwatkins]

I know this is old so it is more for new users.
I managed to get everything working on an old RPI (yellow jack) but if i leave it running too many times of try to crlt +C I get a kernel panic and need to repare the SD card. Am not sure if it is the fault of the sd card or the program

[Kingdread]

Hey, that certainly sounds odd. I haven't followed the Pi development too closely in the last years, so I don't know if there are any hardware changes that broke floppymusic.

Do you by any chance use one of those models ("yellow jack")?

Raspberry Pi Model B

Raspberry Pi Model A

(More devices available on https://thepihut.com/blogs/raspberry-pi-roundup/raspberry-pi-comparison-table)

I'm not aware of anything special that should trigger kernel panics (other than it overwriting kernel memory by accident) or SD corruption in floppymusic, does the same problem also occur with other applications (especially those that also use GPIO)? Or do you have a spare SD card to try with?

[wlwatkins]

I believe I have the model B. I had it work for now. When it panics I can plug it to my VM and run fsck -y /dev/sdb2 which apparently fixes it til next time.
It must be something to do with the SD card if you say that your code should be doing anything.
I need to change the sd card but I don't have a spare one right now

[Kingdread]

I have an old model B myself and didn't experience such issues back when developing floppymusic. I don't think floppymusic should cause this, but of course, I cannot be 100% sure. Sadly I don't have too much experience with debugging Pis or that kind of hardware, so if you get any new information, it might help me too :)