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 Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 5:21 am Post subject: [Solved] Grub not booting into install. |
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I was installing Gentoo following the AMD64 handbook. When I rebooted grub came up with the Gentoo option, so I hit enter. it showed the regular boot process until I got this:
| Code: | | EFI stub: Loaded initrd from LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path |
If it's of any information I'm using manual kernel configuration, and my system uses uefi.
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moepikd
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:05 am Post subject: |
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I'll try the install without the initramfs then.
As for why I needed it I read through the handbook and saw it didn't say "optional" so decided to do it just in case. I built the initramfs using dracut, as described in the handbook. And I'm positive I didn't miss anything in my kernel, as I did extensive research on each option in the config, but I'll make sure to double check because maybe I missed something. Also don't worry, I know how to chroot back into my system.
Thank you for your help. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 11:35 am Post subject: |
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| moepikd wrote: | | Thank you for your help. |
You are very Welcome ! 
If everything works for you, you could edit your first post and add a [Solved] in the title. (If not we will help you.)
Have fun with Gentoo ! 
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moepikd
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 12:36 pm Post subject: |
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| pietinger wrote: | | moepikd wrote: | | Thank you for your help. |
You are very Welcome !
If everything works for you, you could edit your first post and add a [Solved] in the title. (If not we will help you.)
Have fun with Gentoo ! |
It hasn't worked yet. I removed the initramfs and it didn't work, although the error message was gone, I got another one basically saying the initramfs was missing. I built the initramfs again this time I tried installkernel to build it, but it didn't work and the boot process freezes now at:
| Code: | | loading linux <kernel> |
I reconfigured my kernel, and still it wouldn't go past loading the kernel. I'd post my .config file but I am rather inexperienced and don't know how to, or what search term to use to research a method of posting it. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 2:59 pm Post subject: |
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| moepikd wrote: | | I'd post my .config file but I am rather inexperienced and don't know how to, or what search term to use to research a method of posting it. |
In the installed environment (which you can get into using the same chroot steps that let you rebuild your kernel), emerge app-text/wgetpaste, then use wgetpaste to upload your kernel configuration to a pastebin site. Post here the link that wgetpaste prints for you. |
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moepikd
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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I think enabled all the options for framebuffer devices and consoles that applied to me and I still get the freeze. Maybe I'll try to completely reconfigure my kernel tomorrow when I'm not as tired, as it's 1am here.
I also don't know if this is of importance but when it does freeze there are these couple of pixels that are both red and blue, the blue ones seem to be dotted, where as the red ones are in a small line. They also are on the exact same row of pixels where the cursor underneath the "loading linux" text. I'd say this is some sort of graphical glitch, if it's needed I have an NVIDIA 1050 TI GPU. |
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| Posted: Sun Apr 14, 2024 3:47 pm Post subject: |
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| Hu wrote: | | moepikd wrote: | | I'd post my .config file but I am rather inexperienced and don't know how to, or what search term to use to research a method of posting it. |
In the installed environment (which you can get into using the same chroot steps that let you rebuild your kernel), emerge app-text/wgetpaste, then use wgetpaste to upload your kernel configuration to a pastebin site. Post here the link that wgetpaste prints for you. |
Thank you for telling me. My kernel .config file can be found here: https://dpaste.com/E5QK8NS9Y
But if it's a bad configuration it was mostly configured late at night (12 am to 4 am) whilst I was really tired so that would probably explain it. |
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I guess you have overlooked an important setting because you have been so tired ... 
In my article (chapter 3) AND in: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau#Kernel you will find:
| Code: | | [*] Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver |
but you have: # CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION is not set
BTW: Please disable this: CONFIG_DRM_GMA500=y
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| Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2024 1:18 am Post subject: |
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| pietinger wrote: | I guess you have overlooked an important setting because you have been so tired ...
In my article (chapter 3) AND in: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Nouveau#Kernel you will find:
| Code: | | [*] Enable legacy fbdev support for your modesetting driver |
but you have: # CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION is not set
BTW: Please disable this: CONFIG_DRM_GMA500=y |
I'll try this out. I'll change the title to have [solved] in it if it works. Thanks for helping. |
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