That’s no BIOS. That’s systemd.
It uses Linux? That’s actually nice to see (but do you really need a full blown OS to show a logo?)
The thing that gets me is that they seem to have a separate machine for each display
Every one of them is running a crypominer
👀 *could be running a cryptominer
Probably there for “easily changing out logos of different flavor instead of using paper/plastic printout”
Sure but there’s a different machine for each display.
One crashed. The others didn’t.
Im very much a ‘hell, lets take it apart right here and figure out what’s going on’ kinda girl, but this is a sign that i never want to see the inside of that machine.
Depending on how much is linked up between them its entirely possible each machine is basically independent from each other and simply sharing the same casing. The advantage of this would be that even if one machine goes out or is having issues the other ones hopefully aren’t. I watch enough Bringus to know that shit under the hood for these commercial machines are fucking weird.
They might also monitor the temperature and amount of slurpee left so they can notify employees to refill it
The computer controls the whole machine the logo part is a bonus. It also changes to like a do not use when Its not frozen or out of order.
So working on ad machines before a lot of them connect to an external ftp site to pull down the latest version of the logo. Things like this you don’t care if it’s secure or not
Until it displays porn
I mean it would take a dns hijacking to do that and if some has control of your network work like that then you have bigger problems then using FTP
Then they get to watch porn while filling out their slurpee. Win win to me.
Probably installed as a unit, computer with monitor. Perhaps a modifed version of a Linux OS?
In 2025 we boot a whole Linux system to display a logo.
Does it run Wayland? :P
I’ve never seen one of these, but I assume it performs other functions - surely monitoring sensors, probably reporting that data, maybe allowing triggering maintenance functions, etc.
That said, processing and storage is so cheap on this scale that it’s probably better (and cheaper) to go with a tried and true, widely supported system, than it is to optimize with custom hardware/firmware.
I’ve seen a very similar print out when installing/loading Arch for the first time.
I meant the machine itself! The print out is your typical systemd boot, though they’re usually covered by a distro splash but it can be disabled.
a whole linux system isn’t even all that crazy. if it runs doom it can probably also run linux so probably everything from a potato to a dog’s left testicle can run linux.
Kind of discriminatory, what about the right??
The right potato will work just fine.
still windows
We’re not excluding that, it’s between the left testicle and the potato
Dog’s right testicles are running Java
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I feel like that isn’t that far fetched, considering this machine probably has some sort of Internet connectivity so you can update the labels remotely and do other remote maintenance/monitoring tasks.
Wouldn’t be surprised if they ran animated splash.
Hell, wouldn’t be surprised if they started pushing ads through the screens.
Next time take a better picture so we can tell you how to fix it.
Or at least how to run DOOM on it.
Oh. Easily. But you cant affordenough slushie to finish a level.
The flash memory the OS is stored on is borked.
Filesystem check shows dependency errors attempting to check ext4 fs on /dev/mmcblk0p2. Assuming ext4 and fsck are installed (it should be if this isn’t a mega-custom ultra stripped down private distribution) this shouldn’t be possible.
Further down networking fails to initialize leading to a bunch of fails before it succeeds and reaches its target, only to be stopped by the dependency errors again.
This implies every drink and its display is handled by its own computer running linux. Potentially mtndew has a different IP than coca cola.
Internet of Slurp
I wonder if there is a refill cartridge with the flavour in it that the OS reads from to always display the right logo. Or maybe a touchscreen that the workers use to change it manually.
Is it just me who feels that having one processing unit per display is a waste?
I mean, I get it why they did it (it’s way easier to just have one SBC per-display, both on the hardware and the software sides), but if designing such a system I would still try to come up with a single board solution if only because waste gets on my nerves.
My local gas station now has screens on the pump. Not the big unit, but the part you put in your gastank. It shows shitty ads. Also in the Netherlands you can’t lock the gas pump, so you have to manually press it to get more fuel, so you are almost forced to watch shitty ads.
It’s exactly like this https://www.team-bhp.com/news/ads-fuel-dispenser-nozzle-havent-seen-anything
We’ve gone from SunnyD to SystemD.
…I’m sorry
Not a blue screen… that’s maybe a kernel panic but can’t read it myself.
Nooo don’t! It’s snow crash 😱
Ba ma zu na la amu pa go lu ne me a ba du?
Blue Slurpee Of Death
Lol I think people are missing the BSOD reference
It’s not the bios and they’ll never get a bsod. It’s a damn systemd unit.
didn’t systemd add a bsod equivalent some months ago? iirc optional default off so nobody will ever see it?
IDK but it’s strange if true, because I’d say that a BSOD is more like a kernel panic? Obviously, I’m not an expert.
I think the idea was a visually easier to use for beginners info screen to help with diagnosing the issue but I never read too much into it
This is why we can’t have raspberry pi
https://www.fbdfrozen.com/hubfs/24-M4MF-0001_03.pdf
Doesn’t look identical but it’s probably similar.
How often do they change flavors that they need a full blown computer to show the logo, probably downloading it from a remote server, compared to just a backlighted sheet with a printed image?
Have you heard of this fantastic thing called advertising?
Oh yeah baby crash my bootloader!💕 Pump me full of bloatware and make my integers overflow🥵 I want you to leave my USB port dysfunctional for days and my ram displaced come on baby do it make me BSOD!!!😮💨🥵💕💦💦
I hate to break ot to you, but this is a linux drink. All that will you’ll get is a kernel panic
This is better than the Bill Gates and Steve Jobs skit I watched the other day. Love it! 😂
Thank you, I had fun writing it
Superhero origin story. What powers gained?
They became Freakazoid
