[artix-general] updates keep blowing away my desktop

Ruben Safir ruben at mrbrklyn.com
Wed Nov 11 15:34:50 CET 2020


artix:[artix]:~/Desktop$ uname -a
Linux artix 5.9.2-artix1-1 #1 SMP PREEMPT Thu, 29 Oct 2020 20:35:04
+0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux


But that is a live version.  I can't boot the mother system

The bottom line problem is why can I not just mount the efi boot
partition, which is 

1      2098kB  317MB   315MB   fat32                 boot, esp

under parted 

or 

  /dev/sda1            4097       618497      614401    300M EFI System

under cfdisk

delete its current contents and everything under /boot

and run basestrap and just have it set the kernel correctly and then run 
grub-install and have it contruct grub correctly?


On Wed, Nov 11, 2020 at 01:49:33PM +0000, Artix wrote:
> I have not seen anything like this, and I have 3 machines and more
> VMs I update several times each week. So it does not seem a generic
> problem, but like more some kind of version mismatch.
> /lib/modules should list only one version normally, and lts if the
> LTS kernel is installed
> What is the output of uname -a ?
> 
> On 2020-11-11 05:04, Ruben Safir via artix-general wrote:
> >On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:09:55PM -0500, Artix wrote:
> >>On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 11:29:48PM -0300, Artix wrote:
> >>>Considering you are the only one experiencing this problem, I can only assume it is either a hardware problem or a config problem that you caused. Check the status of your hard drive to make sure it isn't failing and make sure there is enough space to install/upgrade packages. Also make sure that check space is activated in your pacman config file.
> >>>
> >>>Nobody else in any other of our forums/telegram/irc or anywhere else has these issues, so it is something wrong with your system.
> >>>
> >>That might be true, but in all the times previously that this has
> >>happened, it was eventually found to be a package problem.
> >>
> >>The drive is alright.  It was tested on the HP workstations internal
> >>system check, and a software test.
> >>
> >>I moved the boot parititons to /boot
> >>and deleted everything there to give it a clean install of the boot
> >>partitions and the images.
> >>
> >>basestrap linux is not creating an initramfs
> >>I expect it to make an EFIand ARTIX  subdir under boot.  I don't see it
> >>doing that
> >>
> >More specifically on this:
> >
> >mkinitcpio report
> >error /lib/modules/5.5.3-artix1-1 is not a valid kernel module directory
> >
> >which is bizzarre
> >It has 5.3.13 5.4.74 5.5.10 5.9.1 5.9.6
> >
> >The live version is running kernel 5.5.1
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot
> >>--bootloader-id=grub
> >>
> >>that command is not just hanging
> >>mounts are
> >>/dev/sda2 /mnt/
> >>/dev/sda1 /mnt/boota  <== efi vfat partition
> >>
> >>>⁣Chris Cromer
> >>>Artix Linux Developer
> >>>
> >>>Sent from BlueMail ​
> >>>
> >>>On Nov 10, 2020, 10:16 PM, at 10:16 PM, Ruben Safir via artix-general <artix-general at artixlinux.org> 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
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> >>http://www.coinhangout.com - coins!
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that Brooklyn, like Atlantis, reaches mythological
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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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