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elmar283
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PostPosted: Sun Aug 05, 2018 11:18 am    Post subject: [SOLVED] os-prober and grub failes Reply with quote

When I run 'grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg' I get an error:
Code:

errornix /usr/src/linux # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Aanmaken van GRUB-configuratiebestand...
Linux-image gevonden: /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.52-gentoo
Linux-image gevonden: /boot/vmlinuz-4.14.52-gentoo.old
Linux-image gevonden: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.95-gentoo
Linux-image gevonden: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.95-gentoo.old
Linux-image gevonden: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.76-gentoo-r1
Linux-image gevonden: /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.76-gentoo-r1.old
  /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: Bestand of map bestaat niet
  WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to internal scanning.
voltooid


[Bestand of map bestaat niet] means 'file or folder does not excists'.

What can I do to solve this? What I want is that my MacOS is also bootle from Grub. Now I'll have to hit 'Alt' during boottime to boot MacOs.

Here are some config files of my system:
http://www.elmarotter.eu/bestanden/boxmodel/index.php?dir=Gentoo/grub


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 12:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Suggest scrapping grub and using refind and efi stub kernel
https://www.rodsbooks.com/refind/installing.html#osx
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/EFI_stub_kernel
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PostPosted: Mon Aug 06, 2018 1:21 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Hi.

Similar topic here might be somehow interesting.

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PostPosted: Sun Aug 12, 2018 3:23 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I now use Refind. I installed it from portage.
I used:
1. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Refind;
2. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/EFI_stub_kernel;
3. https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/Efibootmgr
for installing it.

Now I can boot from Refind on my Gentoo Linux and MacOS.
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 27, 2018 6:20 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This problem with Grub2 and os-prober not finding other operating systems seems to need a solution. Grub2 works fine on other distributions, i.e. Linux Mint, MX Linux, and so on. On my three Gentoo systems, Grub2 with os-prober does not find anything on any other partition. I get the same errors that elmar283 gets, except in English.
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PostPosted: Sat Dec 29, 2018 2:44 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

This morning os-prober worked with Grub2, possibly because of the December 1 Grub2 update. This was the output:
Code:
bethel # grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found linux image: /boot/kernel-4.9.140-gentoo
Found initrd image: /boot/early_ucode.cpio
Found linux image: /boot/kernel-4.4.164
Found initrd image: /boot/early_ucode.cpio
  /run/lvm/lvmetad.socket: connect failed: No such file or directory
  WARNING: Failed to connect to lvmetad. Falling back to internal scanning.
Found Gentoo/Linux on /dev/sdb1
done


The first section is grub finding the kernels on my main boot partition, the section that begins with /run/lvm... is os-prober trying to use lvm, failing and falling back to internal scanning where it found by installed backup on /dev/sdb1.

I don't know what the lvm stuff is about. I don't see that on other distros, specifically Mint or MX.

In order to get rid of the warnings about lvmetad, I had to edit /etc/lvm/lvm.conf and insert:
Code:
use_lvmetad = 0


My problem is solved. Does this work for you?
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PostPosted: Mon Dec 31, 2018 4:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

If this is inside a chroot its normal and expected behavior. Since lvm isnt running. I think it would so the same thing while booted into the system if lvm wasn't running. Do you use lvm or raid? If not is grub built with device-mapper support? Use "emerge -info grub" without the quotes to check. If you dont use lvm or raid and grub is built with device-mapper support simply disabling it i would assume would get rid of this error...maybe not. I use lvm and raid (mdadm) so i always have it enabled and running...only get that error in chroot though. Could also enable lvm2 to autostart at boot. Either rc-update add lvm boot && openrc to enable and start it (if you use openrc) or systemd enable lvm2 && systemctl start lvm2 (if you use systemd). That might solve it as well. Its not technically and error or a problem. It's just letting you know that lvm isnt running. It still creates a correct grub.cfg. i cant help with your mac issue though. Sorry about that
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