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zerowhy

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Registered: 2021-03-17

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[SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

Hello, recently I update my kernel to version 5.11.7.arch1-1 from 5.11.6.arch1-1 and after I rebooted the system it didn't boot into my desktop environment (KDE Plasma with sddm), showing only the disk check and hanging there.
I can still access a tty, and I got the output of journalctl -b: https://pastebin.com/eAsGydYY
I am running nvidia-390xx drivers from the AUR on a GT 630, BIOS system.
I reversed to a earlier snapshot with timeshift, but that isn't really a solution.
If any more information is needed just let me know.

Last edited by zerowhy (2021-03-19 01:09:20)

d_fajardo

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

This bothers:

Mar 18 10:48:51 user1 otd[383]: DISPLAY and/or WAYLAND_DISPLAY is not set
Mar 18 10:48:51 user1 systemd[340]: opentabletdriver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=64/USAGE
Mar 18 10:48:51 user1 systemd[340]: opentabletdriver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 18 10:48:57 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Scheduling for (re-)integration: /home/user1/.zsh_history
Mar 18 10:48:58 user1 systemd-timesyncd[290]: Timed out waiting for reply from [2a0b:4341:1500:123::]:123 (2.arch.pool.ntp.org).
Mar 18 10:48:58 user1 systemd-timesyncd[290]: Initial synchronization to time server [2606:4700:f1::123]:123 (2.arch.pool.ntp.org).
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Executing deferred operations
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Integrating: /home/user1/.zsh_history
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: ERROR: not an AppImage, skipping
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Cleaning up old desktop integration files
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Updating desktop database and icon caches
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[402]: which: no gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0 in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin)
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[407]: which: no update-icon-caches in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin)
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[410]: Directory '/home/user1/.local/share/mime/packages' does not exist!
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Done
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 systemd[340]: opentabletdriver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 systemd[340]: Stopped OpenTabletDriver Daemon.
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 systemd[340]: Started OpenTabletDriver Daemon.

What's otd?

zerowhy

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Registered: 2021-03-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

This bothers:

Mar 18 10:48:51 user1 otd[383]: DISPLAY and/or WAYLAND_DISPLAY is not set
Mar 18 10:48:51 user1 systemd[340]: opentabletdriver.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=64/USAGE
Mar 18 10:48:51 user1 systemd[340]: opentabletdriver.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Mar 18 10:48:57 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Scheduling for (re-)integration: /home/user1/.zsh_history
Mar 18 10:48:58 user1 systemd-timesyncd[290]: Timed out waiting for reply from [2a0b:4341:1500:123::]:123 (2.arch.pool.ntp.org).
Mar 18 10:48:58 user1 systemd-timesyncd[290]: Initial synchronization to time server [2606:4700:f1::123]:123 (2.arch.pool.ntp.org).
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Executing deferred operations
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Integrating: /home/user1/.zsh_history
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: ERROR: not an AppImage, skipping
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Cleaning up old desktop integration files
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Updating desktop database and icon caches
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[402]: which: no gtk-update-icon-cache-3.0 in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin)
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[407]: which: no update-icon-caches in (/usr/local/bin:/usr/bin)
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[410]: Directory '/home/user1/.local/share/mime/packages' does not exist!
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 appimagelauncherd[350]: Done
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 systemd[340]: opentabletdriver.service: Scheduled restart job, restart counter is at 2.
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 systemd[340]: Stopped OpenTabletDriver Daemon.
Mar 18 10:48:59 user1 systemd[340]: Started OpenTabletDriver Daemon.

What's otd?

otd is OpenTabletDriver, which is a driver for drawing tablets. Do you think it may cause problems?
EDIT: I talked with some guys from OTD and they cleared the possibility of it being this software (at least according to them)

Last edited by zerowhy (2021-03-18 17:21:42)

d_fajardo

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

I'm not sure if it causes the problem but it keeps coming back in the logs.
How did you install the driver?

zerowhy

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Registered: 2021-03-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

I'm not sure if it causes the problem but it keeps coming back in the logs.
How did you install the driver?

I installed from the AUR package opentabletdriver-git:
yay -S opentabletdriver-git

loqs

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

There is not output from the nvidia modules in the journal.  Are you using nvidia-390xx or nvidia-390xx-dkms?

lsmod | grep nvidia
modinfo nvidia

zerowhy

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Registered: 2021-03-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

There is not output from the nvidia modules in the journal.  Are you using nvidia-390xx or nvidia-390xx-dkms?

lsmod | grep nvidia
modinfo nvidia

I'm using nvidia-390xx
Also, OTD runs at user level and doesn't mess with anything related to kernel, so I think thats not a problem
Note: I can't test stuff right now, only in 4 hours from now, so sorry if I don't answer rapidly

seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

I'm using nvidia-390xx

Don't.
This means you'll have to re-install/update the package w/ every kernel update. The dkms driver will rebuild the kernel modules w/ kernel updates automatically.

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zerowhy

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Registered: 2021-03-17

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Re: [SOLVED] Boot process hangs after kernel upgrade

I'm using nvidia-390xx

Don't.
This means you'll have to re-install/update the package w/ every kernel update. The dkms driver will rebuild the kernel modules w/ kernel updates automatically.

Thank you so much, you saved me!
Solution for future people is basically this:
Installed nvidia-390xx-dkms from the AUR, accepting the prompt to remove nvidia-390xx
Rebooted
Installed Kernel Upgrade
Rebooted again
Done!