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Ever since I am using Arch Linux, I have been annoyed by the spinner/loader that is displayed as soon as the system starts.
It's always in the center of the screen, and it remains visible until you boot into Arch. I can also make it disappear by clearing the NVRAM on the MacBook, but it's back again after a second reboot.
I have never had this problem with other distros like Fedora or Ubuntu.
Yesterday I did a clean install of Arch + Gnome using "archinstall", hoping the problem would have been solved. But sadly it's still there.
I checked the systemd-boot settings and entries, but I could not discover any strange settings.
I have attached a GIF with a short video of the spinner. Hopefully somebody with a Mac sees this, and can help me solve the issue.
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Have you tried modifying time=0 in the $esp/loader/loader.conf file to turn off the display menu? more info
timeout 0
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Have you tried modifying time=0 in the $esp/loader/loader.conf file to turn off the display menu? more info
timeout 0
I just tried that, and even though the menu is gone the spinner is still there for 2-3 seconds.
I am fairly certain the spinner is from the MacBook UEFI, which now displays because some strange default setting in Arch.
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Try this kernel parameter:
bgrt_disable=1
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Try this kernel parameter:
bgrt_disable=1
Thanks for the suggestion. I added the parameter to the Arch configuration under "/boot/loader/entries", and cleared the Mac NVRAM (just to make site is had no leftover settings from before).
Sadly it made no difference, after a second reboot (after clearing the NVRAM) the spinner was back .
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Does Plymouth make it go away? I presume Fedora & Ubuntu use that.
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That might be worth a shot, I will try and let you know.
Just tried it, short answer: It did not work.
Long answer: I installed Plymouth, added quiet and splash to the kernel parameters, added the mkinitcpio hook. Finally I set the theme to "spinner" using "plymouth-set-default-theme -R spinner" (which also runs mkinitcpio).
Now when it boots, it first shows the Mac UEFI Spinner for 2-3 seconds and then Plymouth starts.
Last edited by Saeverix (2024-03-30 22:06:42)
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Anyone else with a MacBook who solved this? Or anyone else with some things we can try?
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