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nxe9
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 Posted: Tue Oct 22, 2024 6:51 pm Post subject: Gentoo hangs on "Loading initial ramdisk" |
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Hi, I am asking for help again  .
I'm trying to boot with encrypted root. The vfat parition (/boot) is not encrypted and I have grub as boot loader.
The grub window appears, then the console hangs during startup. They are basically two consoles that overlap.
First console:
| Code: | EFI stub: Loaded initrd from LINUX_EFI_INITRD_MEDIA_GUID device path
EFI stub: Measured initrd data into PCR 9 |
Second console:
| Code: | Loading Linux 6.10.14-gentoo ...
Loading initial ramdisk ... |
This is where it freezes.
Hardware: ThinkPad E14 Ultra 7 155H
Kernel: I first tried 6.6.52, same problem, currently 6.10.14 because in 6.6 the Intel graphics in this processor were probably not stable yet. My live usb is arch 6.10.10.
lspci -nnk output: https://bpa.st/5NVWE
I know there have been a lot of threads on this topic and the problem is often the lack of a framebuffer option in the kernel, which is why the console does not display everything.
| Code: | Device Drivers / Graphics support / Console display driver support
[*] Framebuffer Console support |
| Code: | Device Drivers / Graphics support / Frame buffer Devices
(other options are not active here)
<*> Support for frame buffer device drivers[
[*] VESA...
[*] EFI
<*> Simple framebuffer support
[*] Provide legacy /dev/fb* device |
I'm not sure about the last one " Provide legacy /dev/fb* device". Should it be deactivated? Or maybe the problem is somewhere else?
UPDATE: Same behavior after changing Provide legacy /dev/fb* device to [] (disabled).
UPDATE2: Could this be related to the microcode? https://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-p-8830499.html#8830499
From what I read, grub loads intel-uc.img automatically. But is there also dracut that also does this automatically using the initramfs that I generated with it? I don't know myself... |
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nxe9
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Probably not UKI, unless I'm not fully aware of it and it's happening via the installkernel with the dracut flag behind my back.
I will paste my cheat sheet, which includes almost all the installation steps and is based on the gentoo handbook. It'll probably be easier this way. The listed kernel options are the options that I chose myself.
https://bpa.st/GBXRQ "#" means comment or commands I didn't use. So these lines can be omitted.
Thank you for your help. |
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