UPDATED (June 2021): 17-distro multi-boot image for Pinephone (incl. 3GiB variant)
The latest multi-distro image was working great on my SD card until recently. For unknown reasons, multi-distro now always boots to Arch Linux ARM 2021-06-02 (terminal only) when I power it up with the power button. The only way I can access the multi-distro menu and boot something else is by unplugging and re-plugging the USB power cable or wall wort power supply. When I toggle power in this manner, I get the usual multi-distro menu with the Arch Linux ARM  2021-06-02 menu selection highlighted but the text is green, instead of white like the other OS selections. I don't remember it being green in the past but I don't recall the previous color with high confidence.

Does anyone know what caused this change in multi-distro behavior and how it might be corrected, other than re-flashing my SD card with the multi-distro image?

Also, it is a bit of a problem to have Arch Linux ARM 2021-06-02 as the default highlighted selection in multi-boot, because it's too easy to unintentionally boot it by accidentally pressing the single power button instead of pressing rocker button to highlight the desired selection. (It often happens to me when I'm trying to remove the back cover on the phone.) I'd prefer a windowed Linux selection as the default highlighted selection or maybe "Power-off." (Actually, I'd most prefer the default highlighted selection to be the eMMC boot, but perhaps not everyone has an OS installed on their eMMC). Given the Arch terminal CLI only, it is necessary to either power off the phone with the power button (hold it down) or hook up a USB keyboard to logon and "sudo poweroff" or "sudo reboot" to cleanly shut down Arch.
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RE: UPDATED (June 2021): 17-distro multi-boot image for Pinephone (incl. 3GiB variant) - by calinb - 06-10-2021, 04:02 PM

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