[solved] Kernel 3.12.6-1 Doesn't want to leave my machine!

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 08:19:18

I'm currently using 3.12.6-1 and when I try to update to (3.12.7-1 , 3.12.9-1) or even fall back to (3.12.5-1), the screen hangs before the starting of the login manager and the screen starts blinking.
And when I go to tty2 it tells me in the top of the screen that I'm using 3.12.6-1 (that's after the update !).

Any explaination ?
Thank you!

Last edited by Walid_wah (2014-02-13 07:58:51)

jasonwryan · 2014-02-12 08:24:28

Mount your /boot and -Syyu...

Not a Kernel or Hardware issue, moving to NC.

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 08:44:13

It's already mounted, and I did the update using pacman -Syyu but it didn't work!

jasonwryan · 2014-02-12 08:56:51

Paste the output of these commands:

mount
pacman -Q linux
uname -r
pacman -Syyu

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 09:16:07

mount :

proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
dev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=4027188k,nr_inodes=1006797,mode=755)
run on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
/dev/mapper/vg_arch-lv_root on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=35,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg_arch-lv_home on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
fusectl on /sys/fs/fuse/connections type fusectl (rw,relatime)
gvfsd-fuse on /run/user/1001/gvfs type fuse.gvfsd-fuse (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1001,group_id=1001)

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pacman -Q linux

linux 3.12.6-1

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uname -r

3.12.6-1-ARCH

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pacman -Syyu

Packages (1): linux-3.12.9-2

Total Installed Size:   66.31 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -2.60 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]

---------------------------------------
That was before the update, now after pressing Y and updating, the result :

mount :

proc on /proc type proc (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
sys on /sys type sysfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
dev on /dev type devtmpfs (rw,nosuid,relatime,size=4027188k,nr_inodes=1006797,mode=755)
run on /run type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,mode=755)
/dev/mapper/vg_arch-lv_root on / type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
securityfs on /sys/kernel/security type securityfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev)
devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,nosuid,noexec,relatime,gid=5,mode=620,ptmxmode=000)
tmpfs on /sys/fs/cgroup type tmpfs (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,mode=755)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/systemd type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,xattr,release_agent=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd-cgroups-agent,name=systemd)
pstore on /sys/fs/pstore type pstore (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpuset type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuset)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/cpu,cpuacct type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,cpuacct,cpu)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/memory type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,memory)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/devices type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,devices)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/freezer type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,freezer)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/net_cls type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,net_cls)
cgroup on /sys/fs/cgroup/blkio type cgroup (rw,nosuid,nodev,noexec,relatime,blkio)
systemd-1 on /proc/sys/fs/binfmt_misc type autofs (rw,relatime,fd=35,pgrp=1,timeout=300,minproto=5,maxproto=5,direct)
mqueue on /dev/mqueue type mqueue (rw,relatime)
debugfs on /sys/kernel/debug type debugfs (rw,relatime)
hugetlbfs on /dev/hugepages type hugetlbfs (rw,relatime)
tmpfs on /tmp type tmpfs (rw)
configfs on /sys/kernel/config type configfs (rw,relatime)
/dev/sda1 on /boot type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)
/dev/mapper/vg_arch-lv_home on /home type ext4 (rw,relatime,data=ordered)

---------------------------------------
pacman -Q linux

linux 3.12.9-2

---------------------------------------
uname -r

3.12.6-1-ARCH

---------------------------------------
pacman -Syyu

:: Starting full system upgrade...
 there is nothing to do

Last edited by Walid_wah (2014-02-12 09:25:37)

tomk · 2014-02-12 09:23:44

You didn't post the pacman -Syyu output.

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 09:27:36

I did but sorry I forgot to write "pacman -Syyu" before the last code block

tomk · 2014-02-12 09:32:25

No... you posted the output before the "Proceed with installation?" question. That's of no use at all.

Post the output of 'pacman -S linux' please - the entire output.

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 09:41:51

Ah sorry, here's the output :

Packages (1): linux-3.12.9-2

Total Installed Size:   66.31 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       -2.60 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                            [###############################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                          [###############################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                               [###############################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                         [###############################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                                       [###############################################################] 100%
(1/1) upgrading linux                                                                                     [###############################################################] 100%
>>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
>>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Starting build: 3.12.9-2-ARCH
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
  -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 3.12.9-2-ARCH
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
  -> Running build hook: [lvm2]
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful

tomk · 2014-02-12 09:45:01

Let's assume /boot was mounted when you did that. Now go ahead and reboot.

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 09:50:02

same problem screen blinking and tty2 telling me that im using 3.12.6-1 and the result of:

pacman -Q linux => linux 3.12.9-2
uname -r => 3.12.6-1-ARCH

Neburski · 2014-02-12 10:43:27

Did you reboot? The new kernel will only be in effect once you have rebooted.

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 11:05:24

Yes I did and more than one time.

Kartious · 2014-02-12 12:33:19

You could chroot into your system from the live CD, remove the package cache then pacman -Syyu. Or you could manually attempt to rebuild the ~~kernel~~ initramfs again using mkinitcpio.

Edit :: correction pointed out by tomk

Last edited by Kartious (2014-02-12 13:14:38)

tomk · 2014-02-12 12:56:25

Ehmm... mkinitcpio builds the initramfs image, not the kernel.

Kartious · 2014-02-12 13:10:48

tomk wrote:

Ehmm... mkinitcpio builds the initramfs image, not the kernel.

Yes very true, I may of phased my post wrong. But the initramfs loads the kernel modules and has to be rebuilt when ever the kernel gets installed or upgraded?

Trilby · 2014-02-12 13:32:17

After the upgrade and/or when `pacman -Q linux` indicates 3.12.9 is installed, what is the output of `pacman -Ql linux`?

This is a longshot, but the only possibly explanation that is coming to my mind is that you received an empty/broken package, so pacman reports having installed the new package but it didn't really include the new kernel.

EDIT: actually a much more likely issue which I am not suitably versed to help with would be a /boot/ directory masking. You are using both an LVM (right?) and a separate boot partition. Depending on the order in which these are mounted, and which one the boot manager points to, you could potentially boot to a kernel on the LVM boot folder, then mount the other partition as /boot masking the old kernel - updates would then go into the separate partition which would not be available on the next boot. *However*, I have no experience with LVMs or any of that stuff - so this is just speculative brainstorming.

Last edited by Trilby (2014-02-12 13:35:12)

karol · 2014-02-12 13:34:10

What's the output of 'file /boot/vmlinuz-linux'?

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 16:55:37

file /boot/vmlinuz-linux

/boot/vmlinuz-linux: Linux kernel x86 boot executable bzImage, version 3.12.9-2-ARCH (nobody@var-lib-archbuild-extra-x86_64-thomas) #1, RO-rootFS, swap_dev 0x3, Normal VGA

karol · 2014-02-12 17:06:15

Check your bootloader then, see what image is it loading.

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 17:11:56

So maybe grub is loading the old one? And in this case, what I need is just rebuild grub configuration right?

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 17:22:51

I tried but didn't work

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

karol · 2014-02-12 17:27:35

Read Trilby's post: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 8#p1380788 , maybe it's LVM-related.

Trilby · 2014-02-12 17:40:22

You can check whether my suspicion is worth pursuing by *unmounting* the sda1 boot partition, then `ls /boot/*` and `file /boot/vmlinuz-linux` if there is anything there.

Last edited by Trilby (2014-02-12 17:40:36)

Walid_wah · 2014-02-12 17:43:55

I did what @Kartious said, boot from live cd, and pacman -Syu and it has been solved! I don't know what happened, but it works as a magic!

Thank you all guys! Brilliant Arch community!

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