[Solved?] Thickie is unbootable | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:09 PM

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Knew I should not have done that!

So I've installed all the latest arch updates on Thickie a few days ago. After doing that, I immediately rebooted and everything seemed fine. But after that, the rate of successful to unsuccessful boots has been rapidly decreasing, and for the last 30 or so attempts Thickie cant even finish loading the kernel.

Things I've tried:

remove the resume parameter (the one that is responsible for hibernation)
remove splash so plymouth does not attempt to show the fancy logo
increase kernel verbosity with ignore_loglevel

This is what its stuck at. The fan also spins up considerably whenever its stuck. Successful boot attempts in arch are seemingly random.

I can confirm this is NOT hardware, since my Debian USB boots fine every time. Probably something to do with the 6.10 kernel, for all i know.

Needs fixing ASAP. This is my main computer (and also the only one with a screen)

digital sapphire Aug 16, 2024, 1:18 PM

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WHAT

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Rip thickie

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No more gravity ig

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Can you log the systemd output to a file

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:19 PM

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no

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i cant boot

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:19 PM

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Uhhh idk
Archiso usb, arch-chroot /mnt, yay -S downgrade, downgrade linux

digital sapphire Aug 16, 2024, 1:20 PM

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Boot a Debian USB and try booting it using systemd-boot

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:21 PM

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gray stump Uhhh idk Archiso usb, arch-chroot /mnt, yay -S downgrade, downgrade linux

actually, installing linux-lts and trying to boot that is a good idea

digital sapphire Aug 16, 2024, 1:21 PM

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junior trail actually, installing linux-lts and trying to boot *that* is a good idea

Ye I use lts

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:21 PM

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mkinitcpio -P ?? Idk

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I always just use the latest linux kernel cuz its the latest

digital sapphire Aug 16, 2024, 1:22 PM

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Normal kernel messes w my backlight

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I use 6.44lts

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:22 PM

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Systemd boot shows an arch option and an arch fallback option

digital sapphire Aug 16, 2024, 1:22 PM

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6.6.44*

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:23 PM

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Hopefully this inspired you to try something

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:24 PM

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gray stump Systemd boot shows an arch option and an arch fallback option

i did try fallback, it failed

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i also have my own kernel, which is based on 5.15, just laying down there

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it also failed

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:26 PM

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You use coreboot? :3

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:26 PM

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yep

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:26 PM

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Oh pft its a lenovo laptop of course

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Uh can you update that too?

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:26 PM

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not before i boot

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i need to boot first to update it

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:27 PM

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Oh I thought it was like flashing a usb and going into the bios

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:27 PM

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no, its flashing the chip directly, either from inside the booted system or from a different computer with a programmer tool

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i have a programmer tool, but to use it i need to disassemble the ENTIRE laptop and im not in the mood for that currently

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oh, another update is out

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i'll run a Syu while we're at it

gray stump Aug 16, 2024, 1:31 PM

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Nice

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I always try to update every friday nwn

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 1:42 PM

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it booted on 6.10.5 on second attempt

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clueless

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im just gonna keep linux-lts around for some time now

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not going to update coreboot until i figure out how to extract its config from the rom. i did leave it in there, and i need it back

forest cape Aug 16, 2024, 5:28 PM

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junior trail Knew I should not have done that! So I've installed all the latest arch update...

probably a regression in the usb stack

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causing the kernel to just catastrophically fail without a panic even

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 5:49 PM

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forest cape probably a regression in the usb stack

happened with no usb devices connected, this time it was just my usb mouse and a 2.4ghz tv remote receiver

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then again, like half of my laptop is internally usb

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say, the modem

forest cape Aug 16, 2024, 5:50 PM

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you do know the usb stack needs to get initialized regardless of what is or isn't connected

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 5:50 PM

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true

forest cape Aug 16, 2024, 5:50 PM

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so you can get usb support at all

junior trail Aug 16, 2024, 5:50 PM

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well it seems to work fine after updating the kernel for the second time so

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[Solved?] Thickie is unbootable

#[Solved?] Thickie is unbootable