I will provide any logs for those interested. If I update linux or linux-headers from pacman, I am put into recovery mode and the efi partition fails to mount. As soon as a downgrade back to my cached version that correctly booted, everything works fine. Please point me in the right direction. I have been researching and trying fixes for this problem for several months now.
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Do you get into the recovery mode during the update or does it finish before getting into recovery mode ? In the case of a partly update you will probably break the system. Because you are probably months behind on updates, think your best bet would be to backup all your important data, and do a fresh install if at all possible.
The update does complete and then I enter recovery mode on reboot.
Not saying I can help you here but by giving a bit more information about your system could make it possible for someone to help you out. Please put the output of the following command in the forum.
sudo inxi -SMCGDmsxx --za
How big is your EFI partition?
System:
Kernel: 6.13.6-arch1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
Desktop: i3 v: 4.24 dm: LightDM Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B650M GAMING PLUS WIFI v: x.x
serial: N/A UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F33b date: 02/21/2025
Memory:
System RAM: total: 64 GiB available: 61.92 GiB used: 9.17 GiB (14.8%)
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 4 EC: None
max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR5 size: 16 GiB speed: 3600 MT/s
volts: 1.1 manufacturer: Micron part-no: CP16G60C36U5W.M8D1
Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR5 size: 16 GiB speed: 3600 MT/s
volts: 1.1 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: CP16G60C36U5W.M8D1
Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR5 size: 16 GiB speed: 3600 MT/s
volts: 1.1 manufacturer: Micron part-no: CP16G60C36U5W.M8D1
Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR5 size: 16 GiB speed: 3600 MT/s
volts: 1.1 manufacturer: Crucial part-no: CP16G60C36U5W.M8D1
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 7700X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 4
rev: 2 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 8 MiB L3: 32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4790 min/max: 545/5573 boost: enabled cores: 1: 4790
2: 4790 3: 4790 4: 4790 5: 4790 6: 4790 7: 4790 8: 4790 9: 4790 10: 4790
11: 4790 12: 4790 13: 4790 14: 4790 15: 4790 16: 4790 bogomips: 143721
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 48 [RX 9070/9070 XT]
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: amdgpu v: kernel pcie: speed: 32 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-3,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,Writeback-1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:7550
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Raphael vendor: Gigabyte
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 pcie: speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: none empty: DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, HDMI-A-2, Writeback-2
bus-ID: 12:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164e temp: 33.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 compositor: Picom v: 12.5 driver:
X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x2160 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: DP-3 mapped: DisplayPort-2 pos: bottom-r model: Acer KG273 X1
res: N/A dpi: 82 diag: 686mm (27")
Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary,top-left
model: LG (GoldStar) HDR 4K res: 3840x2160 hz: 60 dpi: 163
diag: 690mm (27.2")
API: EGL v: 1.5 platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi device: 1
drv: radeonsi device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: radeonsi surfaceless:
drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.0.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
gfx1201 ACO DRM 3.61 6.13.6-arch1-1) device-ID: 1002:7550
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.01 TiB used: 990.29 GiB (32.1%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD Plus 250GB A3N
size: 232.89 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: temp: 45.9 C
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P310SSD8
size: 931.51 GiB speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: temp: 44.9 C
ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Inland model: SATA SSD size: 1.86 TiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial:
ID-4: /dev/sdb vendor: SanDisk model: USB 3.2Gen1 size: 14.32 GiB
type: USB rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 serial:
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.8 C mobo: 31.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 34.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 59.0 C mem: 76.0 C
1 GiB
Apologies, I meant free space.
So it is not an issue.
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I will throw this in here too:
System:
Firmware: n/a (n/a)
Firmware Arch: x64
Secure Boot: disabled (setup)
TPM2 Support: yes
Measured UKI: no
Boot into FW: supportedCurrent Boot Loader:
Product: GRUB 2.13
Features: ✗ Boot counting
✗ Menu timeout control
✗ One-shot menu timeout control
✗ Default entry control
✗ One-shot entry control
✗ Support for XBOOTLDR partition
✗ Support for passing random seed to OS
✗ Load drop-in drivers
✗ Support Type #1 sort-key field
✗ Support @saved pseudo-entry
✗ Support Type #1 devicetree field
✗ Enroll SecureBoot keys
✗ Retain SHIM protocols
✗ Menu can be disabled
✗ Multi-Profile UKIs are supported
✓ Boot loader set partition information
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531dbRandom Seed:
System Token: not set
Exists: noAvailable Boot Loaders on ESP:
ESP: /boot/efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531db)
File: └─/EFI/BOOT/bootx64.efiBoot Loaders Listed in EFI Variables:
Title: UEFI OS
ID: 0x0002
Status: active, boot-order
Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531db
File: └─/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFITitle: Windows Boot Manager ID: 0x0000 Status: active, boot-order Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531db File: └─/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efiBoot Loader Entries:
$BOOT: /boot/efi (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531db)
token: endeavouros0 entries, no entry could be determined as default.
I’ve also gone through this after updating to no avail:
sudo dracut --force --regenerate-all
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Can you also post the contents of
efibootmgr
BootCurrent: 0002
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0000,0003
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(1,GPT,6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531db,0x1000,0x200000)/\EFI\Microsoft\Boot\bootmgfw.efi57494e444f5753000100000088000000780000004200430044004f0042004a004500430054003d007b00390064006500610038003600320063002d0035006300640064002d0034006500370030002d0061006300630031002d006600330032006200330034003400640034003700390035007d00000000000100000010000000040000007fff0400
Boot0002* UEFI OS HD(1,GPT,6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531db,0x1000,0x200000)/\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI0000424f
Boot0003* UEFI: USB SanDisk 3.2Gen11.00, Partition 1 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x2,0x1)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/Pci(0xc,0x0)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/USB(8,0)/HD(1,GPT,34bf027a-8001-4b93-8243-1f9d3dce7de7,0x800,0x2f5000)0000424f
Did you update Windows just before this all happened (if you still can remember this) , because there have been a number of users inhere that got there linux EFI bootloader whiped out by Windows.
I’ve also seen a lot of BIOS updates as culprits too this last week.
sudo parted -l
sudo blkid
cat /etc/fstab
Use ``` before and after the text you post to format.
I did not. The windows install is on a separate drive and it was created well after the issues started.
No BIOS updates since I got the system.
sudo parted -l
Model: ATA Inland SATA SSD (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 2048GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: loop
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Flags
1 0.00B 2048GB 2048GB ext4
Model: USB SanDisk 3.2Gen1 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 15.4GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 1589MB 1588MB fat32 Tails boot, hidden, legacy_boot, esp, no_automount
Model: SanDisk SSD Plus 250GB A3N (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 250GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2097kB 1076MB 1074MB fat32 EFI boot, esp
2 1076MB 241GB 240GB ext4 endeavouros
3 241GB 250GB 9449MB linux-swap(v1) swap
Model: CT1000P310SSD8 (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme1n1: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 17.8MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres, no_automount
2 17.8MB 1000GB 1000GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata, no_automount
3 1000GB 1000GB 673MB ntfs hidden, diag, no_automount
sudo blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p1: UUID="4B97-6925" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI" PARTUUID="6ba4da0c-7a4f-4d09-9bb8-c3b3892531db"
/dev/nvme0n1p2: LABEL="endeavouros" UUID="db2e2257-5270-45c0-b29e-d7071bafe0d6" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="endeavouros" PARTUUID="c4b405d8-a5c9-4b27-99e0-86cc36410f9c"
/dev/nvme0n1p3: LABEL="swap" UUID="e84fc287-8913-4879-b566-3af13cdca73a" TYPE="swap" PARTUUID="f55ada40-a28e-4f41-badd-c40af9fcf6fb"
/dev/nvme1n1p2: BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="42A07459A07454FF" TYPE="ntfs" PARTLABEL="Basic data partition" PARTUUID="218bc0f5-e7ca-447e-81f2-76acc2d510e1"
/dev/nvme1n1p3: BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="6268619668616A2D" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="0ec22727-5247-4f13-a7d9-d8ddea6fec5f"
/dev/sda: UUID="59010661-a9de-45e0-a749-54a1845645ec" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4"
/dev/sdb1: LABEL_FATBOOT="Tails" LABEL="TAILS" UUID="A690-20D2" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="Tails" PARTUUID="34bf027a-8001-4b93-8243-1f9d3dce7de7"
/dev/nvme1n1p1: PARTLABEL="Microsoft reserved partition" PARTUUID="137742c6-917a-4f8c-98f0-03d7c68ca8a5"
cat /etc/fstab
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=4B97-6925 /boot/efi vfat fmask=0137,dmask=0027 0 2
UUID=db2e2257-5270-45c0-b29e-d7071bafe0d6 / ext4 noatime 0 1
UUID=e84fc287-8913-4879-b566-3af13cdca73a swap swap defaults 0 0
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs noatime,mode=1777 0 0
UUID=59010661-a9de-45e0-a749-54a1845645ec /mnt/storage ext4 defaults,noatime,errors=remount-ro,nofail,rw,users,exec 0 0
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