Due to a potential problem with VMware Workstation not working with the 6.9 kernel (see https://github.com/mkubecek/vmware-host-modules/issues/239), I installed the LTS kernel. When I rebooted, my system did not see any of the USB devices: keyboard, mouse, SSDs. And since this system is installed on a USB-attached SSD, it did not boot. I don’t think I’ve ever seen this before.
Here are my relevant configs/system info:
/boot/grub/grub.cfg
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
set default="${next_entry}"
set next_entry=
save_env next_entry
set boot_once=true
else
set default="0"
fi
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
}
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
}
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root bdd04bd5-f872-4915-ab50-3d3429048bbf
if loadfont /@/usr/share/grub/ter-u18n.pf2 ; then
set gfxmode=1920x1080x32
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root bdd04bd5-f872-4915-ab50-3d3429048bbf
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/@/boot/grub/themes/darkmatter/ter-u16n.pf2
loadfont ($root)/@/boot/grub/themes/darkmatter/ter-u18n.pf2
loadfont ($root)/@/boot/grub/themes/darkmatter/ter-u20n.pf2
loadfont ($root)/@/boot/grub/themes/darkmatter/ter-u22n.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/@/boot/grub/themes/darkmatter/theme.txt
export theme
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
set timeout_style=menu
set timeout=5
# Fallback normal timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
else
set timeout=5
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'EndeavourOS Linux, with Linux linux' --class endeavouros --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-linux-advanced-bdd04bd5-f872-4915-ab50-3d3429048bbf' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root bdd04bd5-f872-4915-ab50-3d3429048bbf
echo 'Loading Linux linux ...'
linux /@/boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=bdd04bd5-f872-4915-ab50-3d3429048bbf rw rootflags=subvol=@ nowatchdog nvme_load=YES nvidia-drm.modeset=1 loglevel=3 iommu=pt split_lock_detect=off
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /@/boot/intel-ucode.img /@/boot/initramfs-linux.img
}
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
insmod bli
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
# Microsoft Windows installations
menuentry 'Windows 11 Systems [Gaming, Hyper-V Testing]' --class windows11 {
search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root 4643-8EA0
echo 'Loading Windows 11 Bootmanager ...'
chainloader (${root})/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi
}
# maintenance setups
# NOTE: need to add one for memtest86+
menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' --class settings {
fwsetup
}
menuentry '' {
true
}
# other virtual machine hosts
menuentry 'VMHOST-VBOX [vmlinux-linux]' --class virtualbox {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 183c5c34-6d51-418a-b3a1-db1bda7a8f89
echo 'Loading VMHOST-VBOX ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=183c5c34-6d51-418a-b3a1-db1bda7a8f89 rw nowatchdog nvme_load=YES nvidia-drm.modeset=1 loglevel=3 iommu=pt split_lock_detect=off
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
}
menuentry 'VMHOST-VMWARE [vmlinux-linux]' --class vmware-workstation {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e946d336-6234-4f63-b0e9-535905679ad0
echo 'Loading VMHOST-VMWARE ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=UUID=e946d336-6234-4f63-b0e9-535905679ad0 rw nowatchdog nvme_load=YES nvidia-drm.modeset=1 loglevel=3 iommu=pt split_lock_detect=off
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
}
menuentry 'VMHOST-VMWARE [vmlinux-linux-lts]' --class vmware-workstation {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_gpt
insmod btrfs
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root e946d336-6234-4f63-b0e9-535905679ad0
echo 'Loading VMHOST-VMWARE ...'
linux /boot/vmlinuz-linux-lts root=UUID=e946d336-6234-4f63-b0e9-535905679ad0 rw nowatchdog nvme_load=YES nvidia-drm.modeset=1 loglevel=3 iommu=pt split_lock_detect=off
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-linux.img
}
menuentry '' {
true
}
# tested successfully on 2024-04-28
menuentry 'Clonezilla 3.1.2-22 [Live]' --class clonezilla {
search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root 30d3cf12-d8c7-4722-91a5-97c8797e7fe2
set isofile='/iso-images/clonezilla-live-3.1.2-22-amd64.iso'
loopback loop (${root})${isofile}
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz boot=live union=overlay username=user config components quiet noswap edd=on nomodeset enforcing=0 locales=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-layouts=NONE ocs_live_run="ocs-live-general" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_batch="no" ip= net.ifnames=0 splash vga=795 i915.blacklist=yes radeonhd.blacklist=yes nouveau.blacklist=no vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1 toram=filesystem.squashfs findiso=${isofile}
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}
# tested successfully on 2024-04-28
menuentry 'Clonezilla 3.1.2-22 [Autoclone - EndeavourOS/Windows 11]' --class clonezilla {
search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root 30d3cf12-d8c7-4722-91a5-97c8797e7fe2
set isofile='/iso-images/clonezilla-live-3.1.2-22-amd64.iso'
loopback loop (${root})${isofile}
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz boot=live union=overlay username=user config components quiet noswap edd=on nomodeset enforcing=0 locales=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-layouts=NONE ocs_prerun="mount UUID=f8720762-7adf-415b-8641-840da5b958be -o subvol=/,noatime,compress=zstd /mnt" ocs_prerun1="mount --bind /mnt/images/eos-win /home/partimag/" ocs_live_run="ocs-sr -q2 -j2 -z0 -sfsck -senc -p poweroff --batch savedisk autoname-eos-win-year-month-day PTUUID=906A029C-D1F2-43A1-A6ED-3030A0197559" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_batch="yes" ip= net.ifnames=0 splash vga=795 i915.blacklist=yes radeonhd.blacklist=yes nouveau.blacklist=no vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1 toram=filesystem.squashfs findiso=${isofile}
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}
menuentry 'Clonezilla 3.1.2-22 [Autoclone - Virtual Machine Hosts]' --class clonezilla {
search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root 30d3cf12-d8c7-4722-91a5-97c8797e7fe2
set isofile='/iso-images/clonezilla-live-3.1.2-22-amd64.iso'
loopback loop (${root})${isofile}
linux (loop)/live/vmlinuz boot=live union=overlay username=user config components quiet noswap edd=on nomodeset enforcing=0 locales=en_US.UTF-8 keyboard-layouts=NONE ocs_prerun="mount UUID=f8720762-7adf-415b-8641-840da5b958be -o subvol=/,noatime,compress=zstd /mnt" ocs_prerun1="mount --bind /mnt/images/vm-hosts /home/partimag/" ocs_live_run="ocs-sr -q2 -j2 -z0 -sfsck -senc -p poweroff --batch savedisk autoname-vm-hosts-year-month-day PTUUID=3F2A18F9-F724-4FDF-9ECE-F24807867BCA" ocs_live_extra_param="" ocs_live_batch="yes" ip= net.ifnames=0 splash vga=795 i915.blacklist=yes radeonhd.blacklist=yes nouveau.blacklist=no vmwgfx.enable_fbdev=1 toram=filesystem.squashfs findiso=${isofile}
initrd (loop)/live/initrd.img
}
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
inxi -Faz
System:
Kernel: 6.8.9-arch1-2 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux
root=UUID=bdd04bd5-f872-4915-ab50-3d3429048bbf rw rootflags=subvol=@
nowatchdog nvme_load=YES nvidia-drm.modeset=1 loglevel=3 iommu=pt
split_lock_detect=off
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.0.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.41 wm: Muffin v: 6.0.1 tools:
avail: cinnamon-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: EndeavourOS
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B760M-A AX v: Rev 1.xx
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1641 date: 02/21/2024
CPU:
Info: model: 13th Gen Intel Core i5-13400F bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Raptor Lake gen: core 13 level: v3 note: check built: 2022+
process: Intel 7 (10nm) family: 6 model-id: 0xBF (191) stepping: 2
microcode: 0x34
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 10 mt: 6 tpc: 2 st: 4 threads: 16 smt: enabled
cache: L1: 864 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB, 4x64 KiB
L2: 9.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 20 MiB desc: 1x20 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 high: 801 min/max: 800/4600:3300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800
5: 800 6: 800 7: 801 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 13: 800 14: 800
15: 800 16: 800 bogomips: 79888
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB:
conditional; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA AD107 [GeForce RTX 4060] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
v: 550.78 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-04) arch: Lovelace code: AD1xx
process: TSMC n4 (5nm) built: 2022+ pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-3,HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1,DP-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2882 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.6 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 81 s-size: 1204x343mm (47.40x13.50")
s-diag: 1252mm (49.29")
Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DP-4 note: disabled pos: primary,right
model: Acer XF270H B serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144
dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled pos: left
model: Acer XF270H B serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 144
dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 2
drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
inactive: wayland,device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 550.78
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Raptor Lake High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7a50 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ZOTAC driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:22be
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.8.9-arch1-2 status: kernel-api
tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.0.6 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel
pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 5000 bus-ID: 05:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8852BE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
vendor: AzureWave driver: rtw89_8852be v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b852
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, nfsd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: IMC Networks Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:10
chip-ID: 13d3:3571 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3 lmp-v: 12
status: discoverable: no pairing: no
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:467f rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.8 TiB used: 1.05 TiB (15.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD Blue SN580 1TB size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 281010WD temp: 33.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 480GB
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 1.02 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD40EZRZ-00GXCB0 size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3002 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.1
spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.02
scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 329.5 GiB size: 329.5 GiB (100.00%)
used: 58.47 GiB (17.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 2 GiB size: 1.99 GiB (99.61%)
used: 27.4 MiB (1.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 329.5 GiB size: 329.5 GiB (100.00%)
used: 58.47 GiB (17.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 329.5 GiB size: 329.5 GiB (100.00%)
used: 58.47 GiB (17.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 10 (default 60) cache-pressure: 50 (default 100)
zswap: yes compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 32 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /.swap/swapfile
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 32.0 C mobo: 30.0 C gpu: nvidia temp: 31 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 926 fan-2: 856 fan-3: 968 fan-4: 944 gpu: nvidia
fan: 34%
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB note: est. available: 31.13 GiB used: 2.31 GiB (7.4%)
Processes: 436 Power: uptime: 8m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 12.41 GiB services: csd-power,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: 1781 pm: nix-default pkgs: 87 pm: nix-sys pkgs: 0 pm: nix-usr
pkgs: 452 libs: 141 pm: pacman pkgs: 1242 libs: 304 tools: pacseek,yay
Compilers: gcc: 14.1.1 Shell: fish v: 3.7.1 default: Bash v: 5.2.26
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.34
I’ve tested my main EOS system with the LTS kernel and it works fine (installed on NVMe device).