Hi everyone,
yesterday I updated my system and saw that there was a GRUB update, since there has been issues in the past with GRUB I’ve always been very diligent with checking what modules are getting updated and in particular if I see GRUB in the list I always make sure to run the following commands, as I did yesterday:
sudo grub-install --no-nvram
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
I updated the system, ran the commands, no errors reported and I moved on. Today I restarted and got greeted with a GRUB error:
error: no server is specified
error: no suitable video mode found
Here’s a pic I managed to grab with my phone since I couldn’t find a way to consult the logs.
I’m able to land on the console version of GRUB and boot normally, but following these messages GRUB is unable to launch into graphical mode, where it shows the theme I picked, I’m guessing there’s an issue with my grub config file, but I can’t figure out the problem since until yesterday it was working normally. Here’s my /etc/default/grub
file:
# GRUB boot loader configuration
GRUB_DEFAULT=0
GRUB_TIMEOUT=10
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="EndeavourOS"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="cryptdevice=UUID=2f9f5668-7b60-4b4e-9e93-3df9e311e38b:luks-2f9f5668-7b60-4b4e-9e93-3df9e311e38b:allow-discards root=/dev/mapper/luks-2f9f5668-7b60-4b4e-9e93-3df9e311e38b resume=/dev/mapper/luks-8c9f6a9d-6937-46c2-99d7-704ca94368f5 loglevel=3 nowatchdog nvme_load=YES nvidia-drm.modeset=1 amd_pstate=passive quiet"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""
# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"
# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices
#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
# Set to 'countdown' or 'hidden' to change timeout behavior,
# press ESC key to display menu.
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console
# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console
# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `vbeinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto
# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep
# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true
# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true
# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors. Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only. Entries specified as foreground/background.
#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"
# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/path/to/wallpaper"
GRUB_THEME=/boot/grub/themes/endeavourOS/theme.txt
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/usr/share/endeavouros/splash.png"
# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"
# Uncomment to make GRUB remember the last selection. This requires
# setting 'GRUB_DEFAULT=saved' above.
#GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true
# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu
#GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y
# Probing for other operating systems is disabled for security reasons. Read
# documentation on GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER, if still want to enable this
# functionality install os-prober and uncomment to detect and include other
# operating systems.
#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false
GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y
As you can see from the config file I’m using an encrypted device, the screenshot is taken right after I inputed the decrypt passphrase and right before the GRUB screen where you can pick which Kernel to boot from, the 2 errors appear for a split second and then GRUB launches into console mode (black background with white text and no theme). I tried scavanging for answers, but all I could find were some obscure issues from 2018 which didn’t seem too related to my issue, I also didn’t hear from anyone having issues with GRUB after the most recent couple updates that took place in the last couple of weeks.
Just for good measure I’m gonna post the output on inxi -Fxxx
, this machine is a laptop:
System:
Host: endeavour-laptop Kernel: 6.3.9-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64
compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1 Desktop: GNOME v: 44.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38
wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 44.1 Distro: EndeavourOS base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: SFX14-41G v: V1.04
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LN model: Scala_CAS v: V1.04 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: Insyde v: 1.04 date: 08/06/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 57.0 Wh (100.0%) condition: 57.0/58.8 Wh (97.0%)
volts: 17.5 min: 15.4 model: SMP AP18E7M type: Li-ion serial: 352
status: full
CPU:
Info: 8-core model: AMD Ryzen 7 5700U with Radeon Graphics bits: 64
type: MT MCP smt: enabled arch: Zen 2 rev: 1 cache: L1: 512 KiB L2: 4 MiB
L3: 8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 459 high: 554 min/max: 400/1801 boost: disabled cores:
1: 400 2: 445 3: 475 4: 414 5: 449 6: 470 7: 554 8: 554 9: 484 10: 458
11: 428 12: 442 13: 512 14: 408 15: 456 16: 400 bogomips: 57491
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 535.54.03 arch: Turing pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f9d class-ID: 0302
Device-2: AMD Lucienne vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu
v: kernel arch: GCN-5 pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:164c class-ID: 0300
temp: 43.0 C
Device-3: Quanta HD User Facing driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-3:2 chip-ID: 0408:a094 class-ID: 0e02
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: amdgpu,nvidia
unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa
dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: ChiMei InnoLux 0x14d5 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 158 size: 309x173mm (12.17x6.81") diag: 354mm (13.9")
modes: 1920x1080
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.2 renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (renoir LLVM
15.0.7 DRM 3.52 6.3.9-zen1-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel pcie:
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 04:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 04:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.3.9-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.71 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921 802.11ax PCI Express Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie: speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: d8:f3:bc:80:4b:b1
IF-ID-1: virbr0 state: down mac: 52:54:00:e5:5b:99
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On Wireless_Device driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.1
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 04ca:3802 class-ID: e001
serial: 000000000
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: disabled
rfk-block: hardware: no software: no address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 322.15 GiB (67.5%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: SK Hynix model: HFM512GD3JX016N
size: 476.94 GiB speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
serial: FYA4N036210304B1I fw-rev: 41020C20 temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 467.84 GiB used: 322.15 GiB (68.9%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/dm-0
mapped: luks-2f9f5668-7b60-4b4e-9e93-3df9e311e38b
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 299.4 MiB used: 736 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
ID-3: /home size: 467.84 GiB used: 322.15 GiB (68.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: luks-2f9f5668-7b60-4b4e-9e93-3df9e311e38b
ID-4: /var/log size: 467.84 GiB used: 322.15 GiB (68.9%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/dm-0 mapped: luks-2f9f5668-7b60-4b4e-9e93-3df9e311e38b
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/dm-1 mapped: luks-8c9f6a9d-6937-46c2-99d7-704ca94368f5
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 44.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 377 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Memory: available: 7.1 GiB
used: 2.92 GiB (41.1%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical Compilers:
gcc: 13.1.1 Packages: 1399 pm: pacman pkgs: 1367 pm: flatpak pkgs: 32
Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: terminator inxi: 3.3.27
If anyone can help me find the problem it would be greatly appreciated! Thanks in advance!