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FreundBernd

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Registered: 2023-12-12

Posts: 4

Adding kernel parameters with systemd boot

Hi there!
I just installed my first Arch Linux. Now I would like to add some kernel parameters (for installing plymouth and CoreCtrl).
Since I'm using systemd boot, I set up two files like this:

/boot/loader/loader.conf looks like this:

timeout 3

/boot/loader/entries/arch.conf looks like this:

title Arch Linux (linux)
linux /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /amd-ucode.img
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options root=PARTUUID=acc81254-f27b-48cd-94bb-ec5b45f40a70 rw rootfstype=ext4 quiet amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff

After I added the options, I rebooted the machine. But neither quiet seems to work (kernel messages during boot should be gone, right?) nor amdgpu... works (CoreCtrl still does not show any advanced options).
Have I set up the files correctly? Is there another step required to apply these configs?

Last edited by FreundBernd (2023-12-12 19:28:17)

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,165

Re: Adding kernel parameters with systemd boot

Are you actually booting that config? What's your current cmdline

cat /proc/cmdline
bootctl status

Please edit your post and use code rather than color tags for pasting outputs.

Last edited by V1del (2023-12-12 12:45:06)

FreundBernd

Member

Registered: 2023-12-12

Posts: 4

Re: Adding kernel parameters with systemd boot

Are you actually booting that config? What's your current cmdline

The config was actually not booted. I had to add

default arch

to my loader.conf. I was somehow expecting that arch.conf would be loaded by default (since it is the only .conf), but that was not the case.
Problem solved!

Please edit your post and use code rather than color tags for pasting outputs.

Done :-)