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tansowny-tech

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Registered: 2022-06-30

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Issue upgrading to linux-zen 6.7 -- zram times out

When I upgrade from linux zen 6.6.10.zen1-1 --> linux-zen 6.7.zen3-1, at boot zram times out and after boot the video driver, network, etc don't work.

Here is my systemd log at boot after upgrade:

Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: dev-zram0.device: Job dev-zram0.device/start timed out.
Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: Timed out waiting for device /dev/zram0.
Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Compressed Swap on /dev/zram0.
Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: Dependency failed for Create swap on /dev/zram0.
Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service: Job systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: Startup finished in 9.392s (firmware) + 375ms (loader) + 884ms (kernel) + 1.675s (initrd) + 3min 1.488s (userspace) = 3min 13.815s.
Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: dev-zram0.swap: Job dev-zram0.swap/start failed with result 'dependency'.
Jan 17 09:42:09 Mandalore systemd[1]: dev-zram0.device: Job dev-zram0.device/start failed with result 'timeout'.
Jan 17 09:44:49 Mandalore sudo[3994]:    scott : TTY=pts/1 ; PWD=/var/log ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/bin/journalctl
Jan 17 09:44:49 Mandalore sudo[3994]: pam_unix(sudo:session): session opened for user root(uid=0) by scott(uid=1000)

Any ideas?

Last edited by tansowny-tech (2024-01-17 17:16:46)

Scimmia

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Re: Issue upgrading to linux-zen 6.7 -- zram times out

What does `uname -r` give you?

tansowny-tech

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Re: Issue upgrading to linux-zen 6.7 -- zram times out

What does `uname -r` give you?

6.6.10-zen1-1-zen

Scimmia

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Re: Issue upgrading to linux-zen 6.7 -- zram times out

So that's the problem, you're not actually booting the new kernel. This usually happens because the /boot partition wasn't mounted when you updated, but it could be that your bootloader is loading the kernel image from somewhere other than a /boot partition.

If you need help tracking it down from there, we need to know about your partition layout and bootloader.

tansowny-tech

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Registered: 2022-06-30

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Re: Issue upgrading to linux-zen 6.7 -- zram times out

Thank you, I'm still not exactly sure where to go now.

My partition layout is:

from parted -l

Model: ATA ADATA SU630 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 240GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:

Number  Start   End    Size   File system  Name     Flags
 1      1049kB  537MB  536MB  fat32        primary  boot, esp
 2      538MB   240GB  240GB  ext4         primary

from lsblk

sda      8:0    0 223.6G  0 disk
├─sda1   8:1    0   511M  0 part
└─sda2   8:2    0 223.1G  0 part /

My boot manager is systemd-boot.

Head_on_a_Stick

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Re: Issue upgrading to linux-zen 6.7 -- zram times out

Fix /etc/fstab and get /boot/ mounted correctly under /dev/sda1 then re-install the kernel package.

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tansowny-tech

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Registered: 2022-06-30

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Re: Issue upgrading to linux-zen 6.7 -- zram times out

Fix /etc/fstab and get /boot/ mounted correctly under /dev/sda1 then re-install the kernel package.

I added /boot to fstab using the wiki and reinstalled the kernel and all is working. Thanks! I'm not sure how that got messed up but thanks for pointing me down the right path!