New install hangs at "...." [SOLVED]

[Progman3K]

Following the handbook, I've installed a
Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4670 CPU @ 3.40GHz

Profile:
default/linux/amd64/23.0/desktop/plasma/systemd (stable)

/etc/portage/make.conf
COMMON_FLAGS="-march=haswell -mabm -maes -mrtm --param=l1-cache-line-size=64 --param=l1-cache-size=32 --param=l2-cache-size=6144 -O2 -pipe"
CFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
CXXFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FCFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
FFLAGS="${COMMON_FLAGS}"
ACCEPT_LICENSE="*"
LC_MESSAGES=C.utf8
CPU_FLAGS_X86="aes avx avx2 f16c fma3 mmx mmxext pclmul popcnt rdrand sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3"
VIDEO_CARDS="nouveau"
USE="grub"

Contents of /etc/fstab

/dev/sda1 /efi vfat defaults 0 2
/dev/sda3 / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/sda2 none swap sw 0 0


sys-kernel/gentoo-sources-6.6.30:6.6.30::gentoo

Kernel .config
https://pastebin.com/fiQaVdyd

Both grub and installkernel are installed:

sys-boot/grub-2.12-r4:2/2.12-r4::gentoo USE="fonts nls sdl themes truetype" GRUB_PLATFORMS="efi-64 pc"
sys-kernel/installkernel-28::gentoo USE="grub systemd"

I installed grub with the following command:
grub-install --efi-directory=/efi
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

ls -la /boot/
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 77312 May 19 18:23 amd-uc.img
drwxr-xr-x 6 root root 4096 May 20 03:09 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 12366848 May 20 03:05 kernel-6.6.30-gentoo


ls -la /boot/grub/
total 52
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 19:55 fonts
-rw------- 1 root root 5396 May 20 03:09 grub.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1024 May 19 19:55 grubenv
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 19:55 locale
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 19 19:55 themes
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 12288 May 19 19:55 x86_64-efi


ls -la /efi/
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 May 19 19:55 EFI

(chroot) livecd /usr/src/linux # ls -la /efi/EFI/
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 May 19 19:55 gentoo

(chroot) livecd /usr/src/linux # ls -la /efi/EFI/gentoo/
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 143360 May 19 19:55 grubx64.efi


Here's the output produced when I build the kernel:

[keen4e]

It seems that you have the variable KERNEL_INSTALL_INITRD_GENERATOR=none
Yet grub-mkconfig found an image /boot/amd-uc.img

Where did this image come from? Is it even related to your installation?

[Progman3K]

I think the first iterations of booting with the livecd and chrooting, making a kernel, etc, I had that variable turned on, but I eventually turned it off.

I'm used to configuring kernels so anything necessary for booting is built-in, and anything that could be needed later is built as a module.

So that's probably where it comes from.

I tried intercepting the boot, editing the grub command, and deleting the line after the kernel directive, the line that appears to direct the boot to load the the initrd file.

But that doesn't seem to change anything

[pietinger]

I can see you have configured your kernel yourself ... and you miss this option: # CONFIG_DRM_FBDEV_EMULATION is not set

Without this your kernel starts invisible (so you would be able to login blindly) and you have no output on console ... we had many problems like this

See also here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Tutorials/Manual_Configuring_Kernel_Version_6.6#Part_3_-_Must_Haves
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[Progman3K]

Thank you very kindly, pietinger!

You are correct, I had omitted the option you noted, and consequently I did not realize that the system was indeed booting, but I could not see any output!

Now, I can continue fixing other problems!

Thank you again, pietinger, and thank you to keen4e, also.

[pietinger]

[Progman3K]

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