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regulator

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[SOLVED]mkinitcpio sometimes fails and kernel wont boot -USB Hub issue

hi guys,
During an update pacman often triggers mkinitcpio but this occasionally displays an error while running, then if I reboot I cant even boot into the current kernel!

I believe this is because I use a USB hub and mkinitcpio is having trouble finding or reading it, Ive tried two different hubs actually but same error

weirdly I've never had it fail when running it manually with

 sudo mkinitcpio -p linux 

I tried to look at pacman hooks but mkinitcpio is not setup there

not sure what to do next apart from log an issue?

examples:

[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM] running '90-mkinitcpio-install.hook'...
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: '6.2.13-arch1-1'
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [base]
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]   -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] sort: cannot read: '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.3/usb3/3-2/3-2.3/3-2.3:1.2/ep_01/uevent': No such file or directory
[2023-04-29T09:43:16+1000] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] modprobe: ERROR: missing parameters. See -h.



-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img --microcode /boot/amd-ucode.img
==> Starting build: '6.3.2-arch1-1'
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
sort: stat failed: '/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:08.1/0000:0c:00.3/usb3/3-1/3-1.3/3-1.3:1.1/ep_81/uevent': No such file or directory
modprobe: ERROR: missing parameters. See -h.

Last edited by regulator (2023-11-10 00:17:01)

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Re: [SOLVED]mkinitcpio sometimes fails and kernel wont boot -USB Hub issue

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2125045

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regulator

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Registered: 2020-01-15

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Re: [SOLVED]mkinitcpio sometimes fails and kernel wont boot -USB Hub issue

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php … 5#p2125045

Thanks for the quick reply looks like the same issue I'll move to that thread