[SOLVED] unable to reach graphical.target

t0m5k1 · 2012-11-01 09:11:48

Hey Archers,
my issue begins with me trying to patch vmware for 3.6.3-1-arch
I tried using vmware & this told me the modules were not present for 3.6.3 so I went to grab latest from AUR (vmware-patch), the comments on there suggested that the ones for 3.5.x still worked but needed to be rebuilt.

so I read these instructions:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/VM … stallation

I noticed that in the finishing up section it gave a warning that if I update the kernel need too issue the following:

vmware-modconfig --console --install-all

so I ran this & tried to run vmplayer
this opened but crashed as soon as i tried to play a VM, I then decided that as I had not used it for some time I would just remove it:

vmware-installer --uninstall-product vmware-player

this finished & so I ran:

pacman -R vmware-patch

all was ok (so I thought) a while later I had to reboot to do something in my win7 install (non volatile) upon completing I rebooted back to arch & now my install refuses to boot & I see:

Failed to start load Kernel Modules [FAILED] see 'systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service' for details

obviously systemd fall's over & offers to enter password or control-D to continue

well the system refuses to go any further & locks up totally (no flashing kbd lights like a panic though!)
the exact same happens when I boot the fallback kernel

I can chroot into it using the old media (CORE 2011.08.19) which is the most recent I have, whilst chrooted in I thought perhaps the old vmware modules did not get removed correctly so I blacklisted them in:

/etc/modprobe.d/vmware.conf

blacklist vmmon
[...]

I have managed to get into the system using the following boot parameter:

systemd.unit=rescue.target

I then ran:

systemctl status systemd-modules-load.service

this provided the default message about the service not starting but no reason why or what caused it to fail

So any advice or way forward would be appreciated as I am totally lost & have googled everything I can think of which may help but this is the first time I have b0rk3d the modules & am lost as to what to do .

heeeelp

Last edited by t0m5k1 (2012-11-01 16:46:48)

t0m5k1 · 2012-11-01 14:46:28

ok so i resolved the above issue & now i get a console login but now the system is failing to pick up my usb keyboard & is refusing to start my nic!!!!

what the hell has happened?

Last edited by t0m5k1 (2012-11-01 14:47:34)

WonderWoofy · 2012-11-01 14:58:30

I am not sure what happened... but the systemd-modules-load.service pulls info from /etc/modules-load.d, /usr/lib/modules-load.d, and /run/modules-load.d. So even though in your /etc you have nothing there indicating it is trying to still modprobe the vbox modules, there are other places it could be finding configs. When you uninstall something, you mentioned simply using -R. This works, but if you want to really remove something, you should use -Rsn as it will then remove unneeded dependencies (-s) as well as any associated config files (-n). Of course the config files need to be package owned, so it will not remove config files you created on your own. For instance, if I were to do pacman -Rsn mkinitcpio, it would remove the linux and example presets, but the linux-ck preset I made myself would still be in place. Even if I edit linux.preset, it is still owned by the package, so it will still be removed.

Maybe go back into a chroot, and rebuild the initramfs. Maybe add the usbinput hook to mkinitcpio.conf. These things should be picked up automatically by udev anyway, but slapping them into your initramfs will ensure they are actually loaded. I guess putting the necessary conf files in (once again) modules-load.d would also work.

t0m5k1 · 2012-11-01 15:11:00

cheers for the response WonderWoofy usb is now working (removed a bunch of devices i don't use constantly)
i have been all over the FS & can no longer find conf files for vmware.

I really have no clue as to what is stopping my eth0 from starting & now i find that because this is not up xorg no longer wants to either as it cant find a screen due to no network (i thought this would use lo!)

cheers for the -Rns tip for package purge

Still we live & learn
EDIT1:
sorry i cannot paste actual log output as i cannot get the info off except for read it & type here!

seems like udev is not finding my nic

systemctl status network.service:

failed
process 450

journalctl _PID=450

Nov 01 19:45:13 b0x ip[450]: cannot find device "eth0"

lspci -v | grep Ethernet

03:00:00 Ethernet controller: Realtek [...] RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit[...] rev(02)

modprobe 8139too && lsmod | grep 8139too

so i cannot even insert the module, is this the correct one?

I am soooo confused as to why removing vmplayer has caused all this

any advice greatly accepted

Last edited by t0m5k1 (2012-11-01 15:54:55)

t0m5k1 · 2012-11-01 16:16:54

it is not a hardware related issue as the exact same nic works with all my livecd's & worked previously to this nightmare occurring

absolutley lost not a clue what to do next, google searches are now just confusing me further
grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

t0m5k1 · 2012-11-01 16:46:18

as a last resort i decided to re-install kernel & all headers
this fixed the issue
how i don't know but all problems gone
bingo

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#1 2012-11-01 09:11:48

[SOLVED] unable to reach graphical.target

#2 2012-11-01 14:46:28

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#3 2012-11-01 14:58:30

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#4 2012-11-01 15:11:00

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#5 2012-11-01 16:16:54

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