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Hiklo n00b
Joined: 17 Feb 2018 Posts: 11
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 4:56 pm Post subject: [SOLVED] Stuck at «Loading Linux» right after grub. |
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Hi!
I have installed gentoo on my other machine and it worked flawlessly, but on this machine when i try to boot from grub, I only get the message: «Loading Linux 4.9.76-gentoo-r1 ...»
I have a relatively new laptop with a Nvidia 970m
The cursor is not blinking, leading me to believe it to be a GPU problem, but I dont know.
I have tried chrooting in and recompiled the kernel with nouveau driver, but to no avail.
Also setting «nomodeset» as a kernel boot parameter, changes nothing (the cursor isn’t even blinking)
I couldn’t find any other person having a similar problem, so you guys are my last hope
Thanks in advance!
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54098 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 5:07 pm Post subject: |
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Hiklo,
Welcome to Gentoo.
Code: | Loading Linux 4.9.76-gentoo-r1 | is a message from grub.
The first message from the kernel is Decompressing Linux ...
Either everything is working normally but you don't have a console output, or its going wrong very early in the boot process.
We need some more information.Post your lspci output, so we can see your hardware.
Use wgetpaste to put your kernel .config file onto a pastebin site and post a link.
Tell how you compile and install your kernel.
Which graphics driver do you expect to use. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
Computer users fall into two groups:-
those that do backups
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Hiklo n00b
Joined: 17 Feb 2018 Posts: 11
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Posted: Sat Feb 17, 2018 9:27 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | Hiklo,
Welcome to Gentoo.
Code: | Loading Linux 4.9.76-gentoo-r1 | is a message from grub.
The first message from the kernel is Decompressing Linux ...
Either everything is working normally but you don't have a console output, or its going wrong very early in the boot process.
We need some more information.Post your lspci output, so we can see your hardware.
Use wgetpaste to put your kernel .config file onto a pastebin site and post a link.
Tell how you compile and install your kernel.
Which graphics driver do you expect to use. |
Thanks for the quick response!!
Here is my lspci output:
http://bpaste.net/show/bb357ac55992
And here is my kernel .config:
http://bpaste.net/show/fdb71b7bd799
When I compile kernel i do:
make clean
make menuconfig
make
make modules_install
make install
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
I would prefer to use the proprietary Nvidia drivers for the better performance. |
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Spidey Apprentice
Joined: 07 Sep 2006 Posts: 269
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 12:07 am Post subject: |
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I'm having the same problem when compiling a monolithic kernel, the only way I could boot was using genkernel. I did remove options agressively from the kernel configuration, so I'm starting to think I've removed the VGA terminal from the config.
Sorry for hijacking the topic, but I'll post my .config here as well after booting to a liveCD (even with genkernel I still have an incomplete install, I don't have Wi-Fi yet). |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
Joined: 05 Jul 2003 Posts: 54098 Location: 56N 3W
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:38 am Post subject: |
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Hiklo,
You will need Code: | # CONFIG_INTEL_MEI is not set | for your Code: | 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) |
or your SATA controller won't work.
You may need one or both
Code: | # CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_ME is not set
# CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_TXE is not set | too.
Your kernel does not have a console configured that you can use. EFI framebuffer might get you started.
The Intel DRM driver is configured but your lspci does not show any Intel Graphics chip, so its either disabled or you don't have one at all.
As you want the binary blob nvidia-drivers, you should use the 80x25 VGA text console.
Its under the Code: | Graphics support
--> Console display driver support | menu. My setup is Code: | ┌────────────────────── Console display driver support ───────────────────────┐
│ Arrow keys navigate the menu. <Enter> selects submenus ---> (or empty │
│ submenus ----). Highlighted letters are hotkeys. Pressing <Y> includes, │
│ <N> excludes, <M> modularizes features. Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for │
│ Help, </> for Search. Legend: [*] built-in [ ] excluded <M> module < > │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ [*] VGA text console │ │
│ │ [*] Enable Scrollback Buffer in System RAM │ │
│ │ (128) Scrollback Buffer Size (in KB) │ │
│ │ [ ] Persistent Scrollback History for each console by default │ │
│ │ (80) Initial number of console screen columns │ │
│ │ (25) Initial number of console screen rows │ │
│ │ [*] Framebuffer Console support │ │
│ │ -*- Map the console to the primary display device │ │
│ │ [ ] Framebuffer Console Rotation
| I don't use it any more as my nVidia card is 9 years old.
This may not be the fix but it might get some debug messages. _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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bunder Bodhisattva
Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 5934
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:16 am Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | You will need Code: | # CONFIG_INTEL_MEI is not set | for your Code: | 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) |
or your SATA controller won't work. |
You sure about that neddy? Up until late 2017 early 2018 I always left the IME modules turned off, and I never had problems with SATA. Did you perhaps mean CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD ? |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 11:46 am Post subject: |
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bunder,
Not 100%. However, there are some Intel chipsets that the the communications controller working.
Sunrise Point certainly does.
I'm just trying to head off other problems one we get a console.
Why do you leave MEI off? _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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Hiklo n00b
Joined: 17 Feb 2018 Posts: 11
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:16 pm Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | Hiklo,
You will need Code: | # CONFIG_INTEL_MEI is not set | for your Code: | 00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 8 Series/C220 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04) |
or your SATA controller won't work.
You may need one or both
Code: | # CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_ME is not set
# CONFIG_INTEL_MEI_TXE is not set | too.
Your kernel does not have a console configured that you can use. EFI framebuffer might get you started.
The Intel DRM driver is configured but your lspci does not show any Intel Graphics chip, so its either disabled or you don't have one at all.
As you want the binary blob nvidia-drivers, you should use the 80x25 VGA text console.
Its under the Code: | Graphics support
--> Console display driver support | menu. My setup is Code: | ┌────────────────────── Console display driver support ───────────────────────┐
│ Arrow keys navigate the menu. <Enter> selects submenus ---> (or empty │
│ submenus ----). Highlighted letters are hotkeys. Pressing <Y> includes, │
│ <N> excludes, <M> modularizes features. Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for │
│ Help, </> for Search. Legend: [*] built-in [ ] excluded <M> module < > │
│ ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │
│ │ [*] VGA text console │ │
│ │ [*] Enable Scrollback Buffer in System RAM │ │
│ │ (128) Scrollback Buffer Size (in KB) │ │
│ │ [ ] Persistent Scrollback History for each console by default │ │
│ │ (80) Initial number of console screen columns │ │
│ │ (25) Initial number of console screen rows │ │
│ │ [*] Framebuffer Console support │ │
│ │ -*- Map the console to the primary display device │ │
│ │ [ ] Framebuffer Console Rotation
| I don't use it any more as my nVidia card is 9 years old.
This may not be the fix but it might get some debug messages. |
Things are better now!
I set INTEL_MEI and both INTEL_MEI_ME and INTEL_MEI_TXE
I have never seen my intel graphics chip been detected, not even in windows or all previous installs of linux, and have never had any problem with it so I suppose it is not there/deactivated.
I had to enable VT (tty support) to be able to enter the console display settings in the kernel.
And after i copied what you had and rebooted everything worked! (Well kind of)
There are still a couple problems. The text is slow to print on screen. Not unbearably slow but noticeably slower than on my other machine. I also encountered some hiccups while booting. «hid-generic [...] usb_submit_urb(ctrl) failed: -1» took about 15 seconds, and systemd couldnt mount my home folder (dev-sdb1.device) and my boot dir (dev-sda2.device) and I had to wait 1.5 minutes for it to continue booting into emergency mode. I had to manually mount /dev/sdb1 and /dev/sda2.
Systemd made it so i couldnt do anything when I tried to start NetworkManager. (Not frozen screen, the cursor still blinks), but that is probably because I tried to start it in emergency mode.
Sorry for late response, has been a busy day! |
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NeddySeagoon Administrator
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 8:51 pm Post subject: |
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Hiklo,
Now you have a console, you should start a new thread for your new problem(s). _________________ Regards,
NeddySeagoon
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Hiklo n00b
Joined: 17 Feb 2018 Posts: 11
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Posted: Sun Feb 18, 2018 10:13 pm Post subject: |
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Thanks for the help, Neddy! Ill mark this as solved! |
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bunder Bodhisattva
Joined: 10 Apr 2004 Posts: 5934
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Posted: Mon Feb 19, 2018 1:46 am Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: | Why do you leave MEI off? |
I was under the (wrong) impression that not configuring it in the BIOS and not adding the modules would prevent it from working. Sadly you need the modules to run the SA-00086 tests. |
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SameRomero n00b
Joined: 27 Feb 2022 Posts: 2
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Posted: Fri Mar 04, 2022 4:27 am Post subject: |
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NeddySeagoon wrote: |
Why do you leave MEI off? |
I'm like,
>presses H
>"oh an intel bloatware"
>left it turned off |
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ikcikoR n00b
Joined: 27 Mar 2022 Posts: 8
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Posted: Thu Oct 27, 2022 5:44 pm Post subject: |
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SameRomero wrote: | NeddySeagoon wrote: |
Why do you leave MEI off? |
I'm like,
>presses H
>"oh an intel bloatware"
>left it turned off |
Almost, intel spyware _________________ No, I don't know what I'm doing, why? |
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