[artix-general] updates keep blowing away my desktop

Ruben Safir ruben at mrbrklyn.com
Wed Nov 11 05:44:13 CET 2020


On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 09:30:22PM -0500, Artix wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 06:05:18PM -0800, Artix wrote:
> > This really depends how your bootloader is set up. 
> 
> The way the docs read this has nothing to do with the boot loader but it
> has to do with the EFI specification


What makes initramfs ?  Because that is not currently being made


> 
> If you put the EFI anywhere else, you have to drag the kernel images
> around, as you describe.
> 
> 
> > I still have my EFI
> > partition on /boot/efi. The only difference is if your bootloader
> > requires the kernel/initramfs to be on the EFI partition, they must be
> > manually copied (or done automatically using pacman hooks).
> > 
> > For example, I use EFISTUB to boot (so no bootloader), 
> 
> of course there is.  For one the UEFI shell is a boot loader, and it is
> true if you set it up correctly you don't need a secondary loader 
> 
> meaqnwhile grub-install is now hanging....
> 
> 
> 
> > meaning I have to
> > manually move the images to /boot/efi when updating (although now I use
> > sbupdate to automate that).
> > 
> > It's been a while since I last used GRUB, but IIRC, you have to instruct
> > GRUB where the EFI partition is and where the kernels are when
> > installing GRUB, e.g:
> > # grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --boot-directory=/boot
> > 
> > On 20/11/10 08:51PM, Ruben Safir via artix-general wrote:
> > > One thing I've noticed from the docs is that to GPT disks... and this
> > > NEEDS to be in the instructions... it USED to say to put the EFI
> > > partition under /boot/efi
> > > 
> > > It now insitist that won't work anymore (and maybe that is why it will
> > > not reboot?)  and the boot partition needs to be either moved to /boot
> > > or to /efi
> > > 
> > > This is a vital change.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > 
> > > On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 08:16:07PM -0500, Artix wrote:
> > > > I've been using artix now for YEARS since it nearly started and I've
> > > > gooten pretty good at pulling it apart, but the stabilty of late has
> > > > been non-existent.  With every upgrade now I have to hold my breath in
> > > > the hope it goes smoothly.  WHen the kernel is being updated, the entire
> > > > system goes toast.  For the last three times that I've updated the
> > > > kernel, it not only hangs the box, but it ends up with a zero size file
> > > > for vmlinux or whatever it is called this week.
> > > > 
> > > > What is going on?
> > > > 
> > > > And it just will not shutdown smoothly.  I can walk away after running
> > > > shutdown -r now and it is still hanging after haveg and then you pull
> > > > the plug and it won't reboot.
> > > > 
> > > > And then there is something going on with gnome or gtk that it is
> > > > hanging up firefox and thunderbird.  Thunderbird and fireforx stop
> > > > taking inputs from the mouse and wiggle it and it responds.  I don't
> > > > even know what that is.
> > > > 
> > > > I've wasted three hours tonight trying to put together my workstation.
> > > > 
> > > > I know you guys are volunteers and working hard, but this is completely
> > > > self destructive.  This system has been practically rock solid for
> > > > nearly 5 years, and now it is coming apart at the seems.
> > > > 
> > > > Ruben
> > > > 
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> > > that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
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> > > DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
> > > http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> > > http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive 
> > > http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
> > > http://www.brooklyn-living.com 
> > > 
> > > Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, 
> > > but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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> So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
> that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
> proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
> http://www.mrbrklyn.com 
> 
> DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
> http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
> http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive 
> http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
> http://www.brooklyn-living.com 
> 
> Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, 
> but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013
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So many immigrant groups have swept through our town
that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
proportions in the mind of the world - RI Safir 1998
http://www.mrbrklyn.com 

DRM is THEFT - We are the STAKEHOLDERS - RI Safir 2002
http://www.nylxs.com - Leadership Development in Free Software
http://www2.mrbrklyn.com/resources - Unpublished Archive 
http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
http://www.brooklyn-living.com 

Being so tracked is for FARM ANIMALS and extermination camps, 
but incompatible with living as a free human being. -RI Safir 2013



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