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otonvm

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-05-24

Posts: 15

[Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

Hello!
I have been running this installation of Arch on a Dell XPS laptop as my daily driver for more then a year now. Today I did a system upgrade and now I cannot boot anymore because of an nvme error.

First I thought it was a hardware failure, but I checked the drive with an installation USB drive, I can mount it and read and write to it. Fsck reports no errors.
I'm at a loss... I didn't find any other similar recent posts, so I'm creating a new topic.

https://ibb.co/Wtw91NV

Does anyone have an idea?

Thanks!

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Last edited by otonvm (2023-08-19 13:33:18)

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 704

Re: [Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

could be a kernel problem, the latest installer uses 6.4.7 and the latest kernel in the repos is 6.4.11 , try booting the fallback initramfs first, if that doesnt work try downgrading the kernel from a chroot and see if that fixes it.
obviously this isnt a FIX but a step to finding the actual problem.

otonvm

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-05-24

Posts: 15

Re: [Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

Thank you!

Downgrading worked. I wanted to avoid this step, but...

How could I start tracking down the reason for the problem?

jonno2002

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Registered: 2016-11-21

Posts: 704

Re: [Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

what did you downgrade to ? 6.4.10 ?
a quick search of kernel.org for commits involving nvme:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … 1f08119473
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … f57c362102 (this is the most likely culprit)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … cdd3a7918b
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … 752965c62f

im no expert at kernel patching and reverting commits but im sure someone else on here will chime in with a suggestion...

EDIT: see this thread for possible solution/workaround/info https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288095

Last edited by jonno2002 (2023-08-19 22:42:13)

jerome1972

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Registered: 2019-07-31

Posts: 2

Re: [Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

Same problem on XPS 2017.
Downgrade from 6.4.11 to 6.4.10 worked for me.

otonvm

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-05-24

Posts: 15

Re: [Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

what did you downgrade to ? 6.4.10 ?
a quick search of kernel.org for commits involving nvme:
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … 1f08119473
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … f57c362102 (this is the most likely culprit)
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … cdd3a7918b
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/ke … 752965c62f

im no expert at kernel patching and reverting commits but im sure someone else on here will chime in with a suggestion...

EDIT: see this thread for possible solution/workaround/info https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288095

I had 6.4.7 in my cache. But I do have the same Realtek device.
I'm going to try it out.
Good find.

otonvm

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From: Italy

Registered: 2013-05-24

Posts: 15

Re: [Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

I can confirm this is the culprit:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=288095

Thank you everyone!

2bluesc

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Registered: 2014-02-18

Posts: 10

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Re: [Solved] Cannot boot after an upgrade, nvme error

Blacklisting the Realtek SD module on my Dell Precision 5520 worked for me.  Seems to have affected both "linux" and "linux-lts" but didn't dig deeper.

Thanks!

Last edited by 2bluesc (2023-08-19 23:29:08)