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EndeavourOS only booting from initramfs after update. Could use some help figuring out why (leminal.space)
submitted 10 months ago by to c/techsupport@lemmy.world
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I am running EndeavourOS on my X200S that has Libreboot. I have one drive that is encrypted. A while ago I had issues with my system not booting at all and had to switch to the Linux LTS kernel. I ran sudo pacman -Syu recently and after rebooting I've consistently had this issue.

So far I've tried:

  • Reinstalling the linux-lts and linux-lts-headers packages and running mkinitcpio -P. This seems like the typical fix for only being able to boot in intramfs.

  • Switching GRUB to loglevel 7 and when trying to boot normally it seems to get stuck on "timed out waiting for device /dev/disk/UUID/the UUID of EndeavourOS". The messages afterwards are about dependencies failing like /sysroot and United Root File System. From what I could find online this seemed like an issue with my drives being mounted so I tried regenerating fstab with genfstab -U -p / >> /etc/root.

Does anyone have an idea of where things went wrong?

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[–] 1 point 10 months ago* (1 child)

Arch recently moved legacy Nvidia support to the AUR. That might have left you with a broken install.

You would probably have an easier time with a mainstream distro like kubuntu LTS. They tend to be better suited for older equipment.

It can be challenging to fix the bootloader once it dumps you into this situation. On a UEFI secure boot installation the EFI shim is responsible for allowing the modules to load each time there's a change.

If you have a legacy MBR installation the Nvidia modules might just need to be reinstalled. This was a common issue when updating the kernel.

Edit: switching it to the Nouveau drivers might get you back into the OS. Would need to tweak your environment from a working one with a live environment potentially.

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  • [–] [S] 1 point 10 months ago

    When I run inxi -G I get the following output

    Graphics:

    Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel

    Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.21 driver: X: loaded: modesetting dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1: N/A 2: 1366x768~60Hz

    API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: crocus,swrast platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device

    API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.3.3-arch1.1 renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)

    Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings

    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr

    It seems like I am using the laptops integrated graphics. I don't think it has any nvidia graphics.

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