# Boot failure after upgrade **URL:** \ **Category:** Kernel, boot, graphics & hardware\ **Created:** [April 2, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221 "2023-04-02T21:21:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 9:21pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/1 "2023-04-02T21:21:26Z")
Since a few weeks boot sometimes fails after system upgrade with the output: mount: /new\_root: no filesystem type specified. Your are now being dropped into an emergency shell. sh: can’t access tty; job control turned off [rootfs]# Steps to reproduce: 1. Upgrade via pacman -Syu (see upgrade.jpeg) 2. Boot failure (see boot\_failure.jpeg) 3. Reboot in recovery mode 4. Reinstall linux via pacman -S linux (see fix.jpeg) 5. Regular reboot succeeds ![upgrade](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/e/c/ecc6d599602f78e0328f4b428796a8ff9fd1097c.jpeg) ![boot_failure](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/1/1131191ae76c49febf64df0694fe1f50fb298102.jpeg) ![fix](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/1/1/111debee661e67afa00b7478c5ddad815643dfbc.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/dalto/32/5577_2.png) [@dalto](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/dalto)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 9:48pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/2 "2023-04-02T21:48:50Z")
To determine what went wrong, we would need to see the full output for the initial upgrade. Ultimately, it sounds like something went wrong when rebuilding your initramfs. By reinstalling `linux`, you are triggering the initramfs to be rebuilt. ---
**Author:** ![nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:06pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/3 "2023-04-02T22:06:04Z")
Okay, I’ll save the stdout in the future and post it here in case anything goes wrong during reboot. ---
**Author:** ![thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/thefrog/32/114250_2.png) [@thefrog](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/thefrog)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:12pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/4 "2023-04-02T22:12:12Z")
I would try installing the kernel again your picture shows kernel 6.2.8 My update today gave me 6.2.9 ![kernel](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/f/b/fb1c9173c913111071a563dbde034c121c9f74eb.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2023, 10:57pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/5 "2023-04-02T22:57:43Z")
I just upgraded successfully by entering _sudo pacman -Syu | tee pacman\_Syu.log_. stdout: ```auto :: Synchronizing package databases... endeavouros downloading... core downloading... extra downloading... community downloading... multilib downloading... :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Package (7) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size extra/fuse-common 3.14.0-1 3.14.1-1 0,00 MiB 0,00 MiB extra/fuse3 3.14.0-1 3.14.1-1 0,00 MiB 0,12 MiB core/gettext 0.21.1-4 0.21.1-5 0,00 MiB 1,78 MiB core/linux-headers 6.2.8.arch1-1 6.2.9.arch1-1 0,00 MiB 29,22 MiB extra/ndctl 76-1 76.1-1 0,00 MiB 0,35 MiB core/texinfo 7.0.2-2 7.0.3-1 0,01 MiB 1,57 MiB core/linux 6.2.8.arch1-1 6.2.9.arch1-1 -0,10 MiB 173,86 MiB Total Download Size: 206,92 MiB Total Installed Size: 350,19 MiB Net Upgrade Size: -0,09 MiB :: Retrieving packages... linux-6.2.9.arch1-1-x86_64 downloading... linux-headers-6.2.9.arch1-1-x86_64 downloading... gettext-0.21.1-5-x86_64 downloading... texinfo-7.0.3-1-x86_64 downloading... ndctl-76.1-1-x86_64 downloading... fuse3-3.14.1-1-x86_64 downloading... fuse-common-3.14.1-1-x86_64 downloading... checking keyring... checking package integrity... loading package files... checking for file conflicts... :: Running pre-transaction hooks... (1/2) Removing linux initcpios... (2/2) Remove DKMS modules ==> dkms remove --no-depmod tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.1 -k 6.2.8-arch1-1 ==> depmod 6.2.8-arch1-1 :: Processing package changes... upgrading linux... upgrading fuse-common... upgrading fuse3... upgrading gettext... upgrading linux-headers... upgrading ndctl... upgrading texinfo... New optional dependencies for texinfo perl-archive-zip: EPUB file output via texi2any :: Running post-transaction hooks... (1/9) Reloading system manager configuration... (2/9) Reloading device manager configuration... (3/9) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... (4/9) Updating module dependencies... (5/9) Install DKMS modules ==> dkms install --no-depmod tuxedo-keyboard/3.2.1 -k 6.2.9-arch1-1 ==> depmod 6.2.9-arch1-1 (6/9) Updating linux initcpios... ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img ==> Starting build: '6.2.9-arch1-1' -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [autodetect] -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci' -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [keymap] -> Running build hook: [consolefont] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration -> Running build hook: [encrypt] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qat_4xxx' -> Running build hook: [filesystems] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img' ==> Image generation successful ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img ==> Starting build: '6.2.9-arch1-1' -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci' -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [keymap] -> Running build hook: [consolefont] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration -> Running build hook: [encrypt] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qat_4xxx' -> Running build hook: [filesystems] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img' ==> Image generation successful (7/9) Check if user should be informed about rebooting after certain system package upgrades. ==> INFO: Reboot is recommended due to the upgrade of core system package(s). (8/9) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt (9/9) Updating the info directory file... ``` I’ll keep you posted if the problem arises once more. ---
**Author:** ![nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 6:46am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/6 "2023-04-26T06:46:14Z")
Hi already thought the problem was fixed magically because it didn’t happen anymore in a while. But unfortunately it hit me again. I updated my system using _pacman -Syu_: ```auto :: Synchronizing package databases... endeavouros downloading... core downloading... extra downloading... community downloading... multilib downloading... :: Starting full system upgrade... resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Package (12) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size community/audacity 1:3.2.5-2 1:3.3.0-1 2,00 MiB 8,25 MiB extra/babl 0.1.102-1 0.1.104-1 0,00 MiB 0,46 MiB core/cracklib 2.9.8-1 2.9.11-1 0,01 MiB 0,27 MiB core/device-mapper 2.03.20-1 2.03.21-1 0,00 MiB 0,27 MiB extra/firefox 112.0.1-1 112.0.2-1 0,04 MiB 64,99 MiB extra/git 2.40.0-1 2.40.1-1 0,26 MiB 6,65 MiB extra/libadwaita 1:1.3.1-1 1:1.3.2-1 0,01 MiB 0,46 MiB core/libpcap 1.10.3-1 1.10.4-1 0,00 MiB 0,28 MiB core/lvm2 2.03.20-1 2.03.21-1 0,00 MiB 1,79 MiB community/telegram-desktop 4.8.0-1 4.8.1-1 0,00 MiB 30,23 MiB community/twolame 0.4.0-2 0.4.0-3 0,00 MiB 0,08 MiB community/vamp-plugin-sdk 2.10.0-1 2.10.0-2 -0,17 MiB 0,24 MiB Total Download Size: 113,96 MiB Total Installed Size: 414,35 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 2,15 MiB :: Retrieving packages... firefox-112.0.2-1-x86_64 downloading... telegram-desktop-4.8.1-1-x86_64 downloading... audacity-1:3.3.0-1-x86_64 downloading... git-2.40.1-1-x86_64 downloading... lvm2-2.03.21-1-x86_64 downloading... babl-0.1.104-1-x86_64 downloading... libadwaita-1:1.3.2-1-x86_64 downloading... libpcap-1.10.4-1-x86_64 downloading... device-mapper-2.03.21-1-x86_64 downloading... cracklib-2.9.11-1-x86_64 downloading... vamp-plugin-sdk-2.10.0-2-x86_64 downloading... twolame-0.4.0-3-x86_64 downloading... checking keyring... checking package integrity... loading package files... checking for file conflicts... :: Processing package changes... upgrading twolame... upgrading vamp-plugin-sdk... upgrading device-mapper... upgrading libpcap... upgrading audacity... upgrading babl... upgrading cracklib... upgrading firefox... upgrading git... upgrading libadwaita... upgrading lvm2... upgrading telegram-desktop... :: Running post-transaction hooks... (1/9) Creating system user accounts... (2/9) Reloading system manager configuration... (3/9) Reloading device manager configuration... (4/9) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... (5/9) Updating the MIME type database... (6/9) Updating linux initcpios... ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img ==> Starting build: '6.2.12-arch1-1' -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [autodetect] sort: cannot read: '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:05:00.4/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2.2/3-1.2.2:1.3/ep_84/uevent': No such file or directory modprobe: ERROR: missing parameters. See -h. -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [keymap] -> Running build hook: [consolefont] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration -> Running build hook: [encrypt] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qat_4xxx' -> Running build hook: [filesystems] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img' ==> Image generation successful ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img ==> Starting build: '6.2.12-arch1-1' -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci' -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [keymap] -> Running build hook: [consolefont] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration -> Running build hook: [encrypt] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qat_4xxx' -> Running build hook: [filesystems] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img' ==> Image generation successful (7/9) Updating icon theme caches... (8/9) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt (9/9) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache... ``` After the restart I saw the mount error stated in my first post again. It was something like this: ```auto mount: /new_root: no filesystem type specified. Your are now being dropped into an emergency shell. sh: can’t access tty; job control turned off [rootfs]# ``` So I restarted using old initramfs and reinstalled the kernel using _pacman -S linux_: ```auto $ sudo pacman -S linux warning: linux-6.2.12.arch1-1 is up to date -- reinstalling resolving dependencies... looking for conflicting packages... Package (1) Old Version New Version Net Change core/linux 6.2.12.arch1-1 6.2.12.arch1-1 0,00 MiB Total Installed Size: 174,24 MiB Net Upgrade Size: 0,00 MiB :: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] (1/1) checking keys in keyring [------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking package integrity [------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) loading package files [------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100% (1/1) checking for file conflicts [------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100% :: Processing package changes... (1/1) reinstalling linux [------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------] 100% :: Running post-transaction hooks... (1/5) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate... (2/5) Updating module dependencies... (3/5) Updating linux initcpios... ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img ==> Starting build: '6.2.12-arch1-1' -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [autodetect] -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci' -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [keymap] -> Running build hook: [consolefont] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration -> Running build hook: [encrypt] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qat_4xxx' -> Running build hook: [filesystems] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux.img' ==> Image generation successful ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback' -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img ==> Starting build: '6.2.12-arch1-1' -> Running build hook: [base] -> Running build hook: [udev] -> Running build hook: [modconf] -> Running build hook: [block] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'aic94xx' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'bfa' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qed' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla2xxx' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qla1280' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'wd719x' ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'xhci_pci' -> Running build hook: [keyboard] -> Running build hook: [keymap] -> Running build hook: [consolefont] ==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration -> Running build hook: [encrypt] ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: 'qat_4xxx' -> Running build hook: [filesystems] ==> Generating module dependencies ==> Creating zstd-compressed initcpio image: '/boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img' ==> Image generation successful (4/5) Check if user should be informed about rebooting after certain system package upgrades. (5/5) Checking which packages need to be rebuilt ``` This fixed the problem once again. There is an error in the first log which might be the root of the problem: ```auto sort: cannot read: '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:05:00.4/usb3/3-1/3-1.2/3-1.2.2/3-1.2.2:1.3/ep_84/uevent': No such file or directory modprobe: ERROR: missing parameters. See -h. ``` ---
**Author:** ![nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:27am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/7 "2023-04-26T08:27:23Z")
I found a similar [bug report](https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/77780). I’m using a docking station as well. ---
**Author:** ![nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/n/53a042/32.png) [@nevermind](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/nevermind)\ **Post date:** [April 26, 2023, 8:50am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-failure-after-upgrade/39221/8 "2023-04-26T08:50:22Z")
I commented the issue in the [archlinux forum](https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio/-/issues/177) in the mkinitcpio section.