[SOLVED] A start job is running for /deu/disk/by-uuid/... / no limit)

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 17:49:37

Recently, I was trying to fix not being able to hybrid sleep by changing kernel parameters in my /etc/default/grub, and realized that in the past I had modified the boot config in GRUB customizer to not say "Loading Linux linux..." and "Loading initial ramdisk..."

So, I opened GRUB customizer and copied the new kernel options into the "linux" command, starting at "quiet splash"

Then, I rebooted, and the boot got stuck at this start job:

https://i.imgur.com/D9mh5u9.jpeg

By the way, the uuid in the error is my my root partition's uuid

Naturally, I thought that it was an issue with GRUB (which it still could be), so i chrooted in, and removed "/boot/EFI" and "/boot/grub".

Then, I re-installed GRUB by following https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#GRUB_removal and https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#Installation

This made no difference, it got stuck in the same part of the boot.

Could it be possible that this issue is not related to GRUB?

Also, I tried CTRL+ALT+DELETE at the error, and it just retried the boot.

Last edited by liaminventions (2023-08-29 20:15:28)

Docbroke · 2023-08-27 18:10:26

Reinstalling grub will not change kernel command-line you have defined in /etc/default/grub or /boot/grub/grub.cfg ( the later one should not be edited manually)

Please post your /etc/default/grub

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 18:21:44

Here's my current /etc/default/grub:

# GRUB boot loader configuration

GRUB_DEFAULT="saved"
#GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT="0"
GRUB_HIDDEN_TIMEOUT_QUIET="true"
GRUB_TIMEOUT="0"
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Arch"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash loglevel=3 pci=nomsi clocksource=acpi_pm systemd.show_status=auto rd.udev.log_level=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1 resume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/133e9ba8-6e42-407b-a15a-38a8efb75cc6 resume_offset=25622528 ibt=off"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rootfstype=ext4"

# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"

# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices
#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK="y"

# Set to 'countdown' or 'hidden' to change timeout behavior,
# press ESC key to display menu.
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE="hidden"

# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT="console"

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT="console"

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command `videoinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE="auto"

# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX="keep"

# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID="true"

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY="true"

# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors.  Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only.  Entries specified as foreground/background.
#GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-blue/black"
#GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="light-cyan/blue"

# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/path/to/wallpaper"
#GRUB_THEME="/path/to/gfxtheme"

# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

# Uncomment to make GRUB remember the last selection. This requires
# setting 'GRUB_DEFAULT=saved' above.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT="true"

# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu
GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU="y"

# Probing for other operating systems is disabled for security reasons. Read
# documentation on GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER, if still want to enable this
# functionality install os-prober and uncomment to detect and include other
# operating systems.
#GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER="false"

also, i had to chroot and put it on a usb stick, since i can't boot

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 18:24:20

by the way, i uninstalled grub-customizer, and it made no difference.

Docbroke · 2023-08-27 18:30:48

Your /etc/default/grub contains your old edits made using grub-customizer, it is in the line starting with "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="

Try removing edits you made followed by recreating grub config using
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 18:36:59

Your /etc/default/grub contains your old edits made using grub-customizer, it is in the line starting with "GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="

I added those edits, it wasn't generated by grub-customizer

Try removing edits you made followed by recreating grub config using
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

I already did that

seth · 2023-08-27 18:56:24

This is way past grub, post the output of "lsblk -f" and cat "/mnt/etc/fstab" (assuming you're booting the iso)
Do not chroot, transcribe or post pictures; mount your root partition to /mnt (maybe first fsck it?) and then run

(lsblk -f; cat /mnt/etc/fstab) | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 19:12:32

lsblk -f

NAME        FSTYPE   FSVER LABEL       UUID                                 FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0       squashfs 4.0                                                          0   100% /run/archiso/airootfs
sda                                                                                        
└─sda1      exfat    1.0   clip backup C8A1-8114                             284.9M   100% /run/media
nvme0n1                                                                                    
├─nvme0n1p1 vfat     FAT32             A4B7-0BEA                                           
└─nvme0n1p2 ext4     1.0               133e9ba8-6e42-407b-a15a-38a8efb75cc6    3.6G    93% /mnt

"clip backup" was used to save the output of commands

cat "/mnt/etc/fstab"

# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=133e9ba8-6e42-407b-a15a-38a8efb75cc6	/         	ext4      	rw,relatime	0 1

# /dev/nvme0n1p1
UUID=A4B7-0BEA      	/boot     	vfat      	rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro	0 2

# /swapfile
/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

Do not chroot, transcribe or post pictures; mount your root partition to /mnt (maybe first fsck it?) and then run
(lsblk -f; cat /mnt/etc/fstab) | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io

ran it.

Last edited by liaminventions (2023-08-27 19:13:39)

seth · 2023-08-27 19:18:47

This would have gotten you a link w/ the above output, but whatever.

Did you fsck /dev/nvme0n1p1 ?
Which kernel is this (NOT! the iso kerne)? 6.4.11 ?
=> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288095

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_ … leshooting

One last thing that sticks out: the drive is almost full, see whether there redundant stuff in eg. /mnt/var/cache

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 19:31:53

This would have gotten you a link w/ the above output, but whatever.

I think that ix.io is blocked by my router, the command gave no output

Which kernel is this (NOT! the iso kerne)? 6.4.11 ?

It's running "linux-zen 6.4.12.zen1-1", though I also have "linux 6.4.12.arch1-1" installed

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Solid_ … leshooting

thanks, i'll take a look at it once i can boot my pc

One last thing that sticks out: the drive is almost full, see whether there redundant stuff in eg. /mnt/var/cache

I know, it's full because it has a lot of files and software on it, soon I'll probably back up to my nextcloud server.

also I have a 12gb swapfile

Did you fsck /dev/nvme0n1p1 ?

I'll try that now

Last edited by liaminventions (2023-08-27 19:41:36)

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 19:36:25

fsck /dev/nvme0n1p2 returned

/dev/nvme0n1p2: clean, 2253522/15597568 files, 58315131/62383360 blocks

seth · 2023-08-27 19:46:50

i'll take a look at it once i can boot my pc

If this precludes the nvme from showing up, you cannot postpone it…
Add

nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0 iommu=soft

to the kernel parameters.

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 19:58:46

added + updated grub, but it still gets stuck

new error though!

https://i.imgur.com/OqA9Jkq.jpg

but it won't let me get into the root account in emergency mode, probably because the root account is password protected

also, it seem weird that every entry in systemd is duplicated...

Last edited by liaminventions (2023-08-27 20:10:16)

seth · 2023-08-27 20:03:01

from the iso mount the boot partiton and check "lsinitcpio /mnt/boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img | grep nvme", the modules might be missing
Post your mkinitcpio.conf

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 20:09:11

from the iso mount the boot partiton and check "lsinitcpio /mnt/boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img | grep nvme", the modules might be missing

returned

usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-zen1-1-zen/kernel/drivers/nvme/                             
usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-zen1-1-zen/kernel/drivers/nvme/common/                      
usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-zen1-1-zen/kernel/drivers/nvme/common/nvme-common.ko        
usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-zen1-1-zen/kernel/drivers/nvme/host/                        
usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-zen1-1-zen/kernel/drivers/nvme/host/nvme-core.ko            
usr/lib/modules/6.4.12-zen1-1-zen/kernel/drivers/nvme/host/nvme.ko

Post your mkinitcpio.conf

MODULES=(i915)
BINARIES=()
FILES=()
HOOKS=(base systemd plymouth autodetect keyboard sd-vconsole modconf block filesystems resume fsck)

seth · 2023-08-27 20:19:12

Unlock the initramfs root, https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 1#p2113821 so we can take a look at the booted system.

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 20:34:37

ok, I'm in the emergency shell

seth · 2023-08-27 20:37:29

uname -a; cat /proc/cmdline; lsblk -f; lsmod | grep nvme

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 20:53:33

Linux archlinux 6.4.12-zen1-1-zen #1 ZEN SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Thu, 24 Aug
2023 00:37:46 +0000 x86_64 GNU/Linux

BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=133e9ba8-6e42-407b-a15a-38a8efb75cc6
rw rootfstype=ext4 quiet splash loglevel=3 pci=nomsi clocksource=acpi_pm
systend.show_status=auto rd.udev.log_level=3 vt-global_cursor_default=0
i8042.nopnp=1 i8042.dumbkbd=1 ibt=off nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=0
iommu=softresume=/dev/disk/by-uuid/133e9ba8-6e42-407—a15a-38a8efb75cc6
resume_offset=25622528

sh: lsblk: not found

I think there may be a space missing between iommu=soft and resume, ill go fix that in the grub config

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 20:57:32

that didn't fix it

also, now the start job has no limit again, so i can't get into the recovery shell anymore

Last edited by liaminventions (2023-08-27 20:58:14)

seth · 2023-08-27 21:09:01

The mistake killed the resume parameter, why aren't you using "resume=UUID=133e9ba8-6e42-407—a15a-38a8efb75cc6" btw?
And test to remove that (and the offset) altogether.

liaminventions · 2023-08-27 21:27:46

Without resume and resume offset it still has the issue, but at least the time limit is back.

However, for some reason I can't unlock the root account now

seth · 2023-08-28 06:16:50

Did you somehow rebuild the initramfs?
While at it, also add the lsblk binary.

liaminventions · 2023-08-28 13:39:23

Did you somehow rebuild the initramfs?

I did, but I copied /usr/lib/initcpio/install/systemd to /etc/initcpio/install and removed the * at line 144 it before rebuilding

While at it, also add the lsblk binary.

added it to mkinitcpio.conf.

still can't unlock the root account, is there anything else that keeps it locked other then the /etc/initcpio/install/systemd script?

by the way, I rebuild the initrd with mkinitcpio -P

Last edited by liaminventions (2023-08-28 14:00:40)

seth · 2023-08-28 14:18:39

The crucial part is etc/shadow and whether that still has 'root::::::::'
You could lsinitpio -x the image and look at the file

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