Systemd bootup stops after kernel selection - no output on screen

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Hi I just updated my 2 laptops. Both current & lts kernels. I use systemd boot.

After the update and a reboot the boot process stops with no output.
I can select a kernel and then boot stops where I’d expect to enter my decryption password.

Only fallback kernels work.

I did a
sudo mkinitcpio -P
as well as a
´sudo reinstall-kernels´

Both did not help.

Any Ideas? Can’t provide any output. Kernel images in /efi/… look good in regard of size.

EDIT - just found this one here.

Will keep track of that thread instead…

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If the fallback images work, it means there is something missing from your boot image.

Can you share the output from inxi -Fxxxz and sudo reinstall-kernels

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inxi

reinstall-kernels

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I had the same problem. Noticed I had updated mkinitcpio to 36 something. Reverted it to 35.2.1 and reinstalled kernel. Profit \o/

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Thanks, I had the same problem this helped me

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Helped here, too.
Will wait for version 36.0.1 then :wink:

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@kuki @grymphen are you both using systemd-boot or are you using grub?

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I’m using systemd-boot

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I also use systemd-boot

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:thinking:

I wonder if something changed in mkinitcpio 36 that requires changes in kernel-install-mkinitcpio

I will look at it tonight after work.

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Maybe the similar issue:

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After some investigation this looks like an issue with mkinitcpio to me.

I have opened an upstream bug report and we will see what they say:

EDIT: After further looking I don’t think this is an issue with mkinitcpio.

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Comment by Toolybird (Toolybird) - Friday, 02 June 2023, 01:44 GMT

mkinitcpio now lives in the Arch GitLab instance [1] and all mkinitcpio issues need to be filed there. Please resubmit your issue there. Thanks :slight_smile:

[1] https://gitlab.archlinux.org/archlinux/mkinitcpio/mkinitcpio

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I saw that. Posting an issue at Arch’s gitlab requires an account in their account system which I don’t have. I will create one when I have some time.

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I migrated the issue to Arch’s gitlab:

I also updated kernel-install-mkinitcpio with a temporary fix until it is fixed upstream.

It is worth noting that if you upgrade mkinitcpio and kernel-install-mkinitcpio at the same time, you will need to run sudo reinstall-kernels afterwords because of the order the hooks run.

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I updaed with yay right now - sudo reinstall-kernels after that. Works again after a reboot. Thanks!

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I just pushed a new version of kernel-install-mkinitcpio that has been brought in alignment with latest versions of systemd and mkinitcpio. I also removed the temporary patch.

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