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Janzu

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Registered: 2018-08-27

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[SOLVED] Not booting after update to Linux 4.18.5

Hello!

Just a forewarning that in some cases linux 4.18.5 seems to break things up and cause systemd-modules-load.service to fail on boot up (causing system unable to boot due to kernel modules not being load). I wasn't able to figure out what exactly was causing it - seems it's not for everyone since there wasn't anything on arch-announce or anywhere else, however that being said my install is (almost) fresh from only 2 days ago (new laptop) with only Cinnamon etc. installed.

After chrooting and downgrading pkg from cache I got system back up, after which I double confirmed - after running 'pacman -Syu' I was stuck on boot again. Think I'll have to stay away until new update is released.

EDIT: Solved. Problem was with fstab not setup to mount /boot. After fixing fstab and reinstalling linux I'm up-to-date.

Last edited by Janzu (2018-08-27 09:25:42)

skunktrader

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Re: [SOLVED] Not booting after update to Linux 4.18.5

I couldnt tell from your OP which version you are running which works but this thread may be relevant

Janzu

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Re: [SOLVED] Not booting after update to Linux 4.18.5

4.18.4 working, forgot that detail on OP. Also, not same problem - goes to normal boot procedure but fails to load kernel modules causing boot to hang few "OK"s later

uname -a

Linux Thinkpad 4.18.4-arch1-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Aug 22 07:33:26 UTC 2018 x86_64 GNU/Linux

Last edited by Janzu (2018-08-27 01:32:21)

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED] Not booting after update to Linux 4.18.5

I wasn't able to figure out what exactly was causing it.

Read your journal for the failed session.

Moving to NC...

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Janzu

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Re: [SOLVED] Not booting after update to Linux 4.18.5

Feeling dumb now, Solved problem after researching issue. Didn't have fstab configured correctly causing /boot to not be mounted when updating, falsely assumed the fault was on kernels...

Lesson learned, moving on.

V1del

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Re: [SOLVED] Not booting after update to Linux 4.18.5

Please mark as [SOLVED] by editing the title in your first post: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post