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#1 2020-07-22 12:27:42

TheSaint
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[Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

Hello forum,
these days I moved my installation to a new machine.
On the way to get the system back as before, I stumble to some problem. Trying to get the way it was, I prepare the same set up, but the boot loader behaves strangely.

$ bootctl status
System:
     Firmware: UEFI 2.70 (Acer Inc. 5.12)
  Secure Boot: disabled
   Setup Mode: user

Current Boot Loader:
      Product: systemd-boot 245.6-8-arch
     Features: ✓ Boot counting
               ✓ Menu timeout control
               ✓ One-shot menu timeout control
               ✓ Default entry control
               ✓ One-shot entry control
               ✓ Support for XBOOTLDR partition
               ✓ Support for passing random seed to OS
               ✓ Boot loader sets ESP partition information
          ESP: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/6177b945-cc2d-4a95-9593-4d009cf6edda
         File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi

Random Seed:
 Passed to OS: yes
 System Token: set
       Exists: yes

Available Boot Loaders on ESP:
          ESP: /boot (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/6177b945-cc2d-4a95-9593-4d009cf6edda)
         File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi (systemd-boot 245.6-8-arch)
         File: └─/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI (systemd-boot 245.6-8-arch)

Boot Loaders Listed in EFI Variables:
        Title: Linux Boot Manager
           ID: 0x0000
       Status: active, boot-order
    Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/6177b945-cc2d-4a95-9593-4d009cf6edda
         File: └─/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi

        Title: Windows Boot Manager
           ID: 0x0001
       Status: inactive, boot-order
    Partition: /dev/disk/by-partuuid/6177b945-cc2d-4a95-9593-4d009cf6edda
         File: └─/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi

Boot Loader Entries:
        $BOOT: /boot (/dev/disk/by-partuuid/6177b945-cc2d-4a95-9593-4d009cf6edda)

Default Boot Loader Entry:
        title: UEFI Shell x86_64 v2
           id: ShellV2.conf
       source: /boot/loader/entries/ShellV2.conf

$ sudo blkid
/dev/nvme0n1p1: LABEL_FATBOOT="BOOT" LABEL="BOOT" UUID="F312-1401" BLOCK_SIZE="512" TYPE="vfat" PARTLABEL="EFI system partition" PARTUUID="6177b945-cc2d-4a95-9593-4d009cf6edda"
/dev/nvme0n1p2: LABEL="Linux" UUID="386aa18f-b93a-43f8-b71f-6ab05ebe7ac8" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="Root" PARTUUID="e370476e-1a6b-438d-a204-36d5bb7f703b"
/dev/nvme0n1p3: LABEL="HomeNew" UUID="97b773c6-5a56-4483-9c1e-ce1fa437786e" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTLABEL="hm" PARTUUID="0e423ef9-51b6-4387-a001-96a641613116"
/dev/sda1: LABEL="Data" BLOCK_SIZE="512" UUID="8C16883716882474" TYPE="ntfs" PARTUUID="6d1c789d-01"

$ cat /boot/loader/
entries/     loader.conf  random-seed  
myself@AcerXC886-~> cat /boot/loader/loader.conf 
timeout 1
default arch

$ tree /boot
/boot
├── boot.scr
├── EFI
│   ├── BOOT
│   │   └── BOOTX64.EFI
│   └── systemd
│       └── systemd-bootx64.efi
├── initramfs-linux.img
├── intel-ucode.img
├── loader
│   ├── entries
│   │   ├── arch.conf
│   │   ├── archOld.conf
│   │   └── ShellV2.conf
│   ├── loader.conf
│   └── random-seed
├── shellx64_v2.efi
├── syslinux
│   └── syslinux.cfg
└── vmlinuz-linux

As you may see, everything is expected to boot on the arch option, but then it falls on the EFI shell, bothering every time to care to switch the correct one.

EDIT

I made the mistake that the loader.conf must specify the entire file name, suffix included.

Last edited by TheSaint (2020-07-23 04:58:08)

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#2 2020-07-22 12:32:59

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

IIRC, there was a change, that now requires the user to set the default entry including the .conf extension:

default arch.conf

Okay, strike that. I just tested it and the behaviour is definitely weird:

$ cat /boot/loader/loader.conf 
timeout 3
default digital-signage
$ bootctl list
Boot Loader Entries:
        title: Digital Signage
           id: digital-signage.conf
       source: /boot/loader/entries/digital-signage.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-lts
       initrd: /amd-ucode.img
               /intel-ucode.img
               /initramfs-linux-lts.img
      options: init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd root=LABEL=root rw

        title: Configuration Mode
           id: hidsl-cfg.conf
       source: /boot/loader/entries/hidsl-cfg.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-lts
       initrd: /amd-ucode.img
               /intel-ucode.img
               /initramfs-linux-lts.img
      options: init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd root=LABEL=root rw systemd.unit=hidslcfg.target

        title: Maintenance (default)
           id: maintenance.conf
       source: /boot/loader/entries/maintenance.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-lts
       initrd: /amd-ucode.img
               /intel-ucode.img
               /initramfs-linux-lts.img
      options: init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd root=LABEL=root rw systemd.unit=multi-user.target

→ Boots into digital-signage per default, whereas

$ cat /boot/loader/loader.conf 
timeout 3
default digital-signage.conf
$ bootctl list
Boot Loader Entries:
        title: Digital Signage (default)
           id: digital-signage.conf
       source: /boot/loader/entries/digital-signage.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-lts
       initrd: /amd-ucode.img
               /intel-ucode.img
               /initramfs-linux-lts.img
      options: init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd root=LABEL=root rw

        title: Configuration Mode
           id: hidsl-cfg.conf
       source: /boot/loader/entries/hidsl-cfg.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-lts
       initrd: /amd-ucode.img
               /intel-ucode.img
               /initramfs-linux-lts.img
      options: init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd root=LABEL=root rw systemd.unit=hidslcfg.target

        title: Maintenance
           id: maintenance.conf
       source: /boot/loader/entries/maintenance.conf
        linux: /vmlinuz-linux-lts
       initrd: /amd-ucode.img
               /intel-ucode.img
               /initramfs-linux-lts.img
      options: init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd root=LABEL=root rw systemd.unit=multi-user.target

→ Boots into maintenance.

I am confused.

See also: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=244611

Aaaand... It's a bug: https://github.com/systemd/systemd/issues/7727
See below.

Last edited by schard (2020-07-23 09:33:29)

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#3 2020-07-22 16:01:47

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

schard wrote:

Looks quiet old, strange they haven't fixed yet.
Should I rather opt to a EFIstub?

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#4 2020-07-22 16:21:04

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

I think that it might be a regression. That's why I necro bumped the thread. For the time being I just ignore the faulty output of bootctl.

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#5 2020-07-22 17:32:23

Raynman
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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

TheSaint wrote:

As you may see, everything is expected to boot on the arch option

What do you mean? The status output shows the EFI shell as Default Boot Loader Entry.

@schard: any chance your installed (to ESP) bootloader is outdated? Did you run `bootctl update`?

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#6 2020-07-22 18:17:59

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

@Raynman: Problem is, that bootctl status show EFI shell as default. Arch.conf should be default as requested in loader.conf

I remember, that I was solving this problem some time ago by playing with efibootmgr...

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#7 2020-07-22 21:40:36

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

I specifically quoted "everything is expected to boot on the arch option", because the output shows that bootctl expects systemd-boot to use ShellV2.conf as the default (and OP confirms that bootctl's expectation is correct). If TheSaint also saw this, then "everything" actually refers only to a single thing (the line with "default" in loader.conf), which seems a little strange.

Anyway, I'll repeat that it should be "arch.conf" and not "arch".

In schard's case, bootctl's expectation turns out to be wrong. That indicates that bootctl and systemd-boot interpret things differently. This could be a bug or a version mismatch.

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#8 2020-07-23 04:52:21

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

Raynman wrote:

Anyway, I'll repeat that it should be "arch.conf" and not "arch".

Raynman, Thank you.
I checked it out, that I made such mistake assuming that was not necessary the suffix.
At the least I obviated by using the Efistub. After all I'm willing to boot quickly on the GUI. Occasionally I might enter the BIOS and change the boot order, in case of particular maintenance.

Last edited by TheSaint (2020-07-23 04:59:18)

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#9 2020-07-23 09:34:08

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

@Raynman: Thank you. The cause was indeed, that I never ran 

bootctl update

*facepalm*

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#10 2020-07-28 11:30:49

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Re: [Solved] Systemd-boot incorrect order

@schard
I did such command but I couldn't have the result. Perhaps the wrong setting took the precedence.

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