Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Gentoo Forums
Quick Search: in
Gentoo Fresh Install Stuck at Loading initial ramdisk
View unanswered posts
View posts from last 24 hours

 
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Installing Gentoo
View previous topic :: View next topic  
Author Message
zimy
n00b
n00b


Joined: 17 Jun 2024
Posts: 6

PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 10:11 am    Post subject: Gentoo Fresh Install Stuck at Loading initial ramdisk Reply with quote

Hi, I have installed Gentoo on 2 of my laptops and everything is fine. Now I have new laptop Dell XPS 9340, after fresh installation when I tried to boot it up it stuck at Loading initial ramdisk. I have read bunch of comments about framebuffer and I've enabled it in the kernel and still it stuck at the Loading initial ramdisk...
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
pietinger
Moderator
Moderator


Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 5104
Location: Bavaria

PostPosted: Thu Aug 01, 2024 3:34 pm    Post subject: Re: Gentoo Fresh Install Stuck at Loading initial ramdisk Reply with quote

zimy wrote:
[...] I have read bunch of comments about framebuffer and I've enabled it in the kernel and still it stuck at the Loading initial ramdisk...

Maybe you are missing console support ... ?

See more here: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Tutorials/Manual_Configuring_Kernel_Version_6.6#Part_3_-_Must_Haves

If you have all these enabled we would need more informations ... at least your .config and all these 3: https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Overview_of_System_Information
_________________
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
zimy
n00b
n00b


Joined: 17 Jun 2024
Posts: 6

PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2024 3:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Nope, console support was enabled. This is my .config file.

https://pastebin.com/dTS5VZhZ
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
pietinger
Moderator
Moderator


Joined: 17 Oct 2006
Posts: 5104
Location: Bavaria

PostPosted: Fri Aug 02, 2024 6:54 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

zimy wrote:
Nope, console support was enabled. [...]

but no FB device ->
Code:
# CONFIG_FB_VESA is not set
# CONFIG_FB_EFI is not set

Have you read my link ?

I strongly recommend configuring a completely new kernel again, because:
Code:
# CONFIG_X86_INTEL_LPSS is not set

# CONFIG_X86_X2APIC is not set

CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_DEFAULT_GOV_USERSPACE=y

# CONFIG_HOTPLUG_PCI_PCIE is not set

CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="i915/kbl_dmc_ver1_04.bin"

CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS=y
CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_XZ=y
CONFIG_FW_LOADER_COMPRESS_ZSTD=y

# CONFIG_MFD_INTEL_LPSS_ACPI is not set
# CONFIG_MFD_INTEL_LPSS_PCI is not set

You can find the reasons for my recommendation in these two articles (read them in full):
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Tutorials/Manual_kernel_configuration
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger/Tutorials/Manual_Configuring_Kernel_Version_6.6
_________________
https://wiki.gentoo.org/wiki/User:Pietinger
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
zimy
n00b
n00b


Joined: 17 Jun 2024
Posts: 6

PostPosted: Sat Aug 03, 2024 7:43 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Redo the installation with genkernel to create full .config file, and still not working.

EDIT: Nevermind, I think I need to use the latest kernel, as I have a much later hardware Core Ultra 7 (Meteor Lake) and Intel Arc graphic
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
fspnet
n00b
n00b


Joined: 07 Jul 2017
Posts: 14

PostPosted: Thu Aug 08, 2024 6:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

kernel build must be cleaned: make clean make mrproper and make allnoconfig<- then configure the WHOLE kernel<-
https://pastebin.com/sqSENtXt <- theres just one in general thats supposed to work
make defconfig might work <- but still the kernel requires configuring <-
i just made mine all modules to see if itll load only using modesetting/kms for graphics adaptor<-
this way when it detects something im assuming itll load what which module for what...

OR boot live install media and make localmodconfig *thats the one
Back to top
View user's profile Send private message
Display posts from previous:   
Reply to topic    Gentoo Forums Forum Index Installing Gentoo All times are GMT
Page 1 of 1

 
Jump to:  
You cannot post new topics in this forum
You cannot reply to topics in this forum
You cannot edit your posts in this forum
You cannot delete your posts in this forum
You cannot vote in polls in this forum