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Moanteq

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Registered: 2025-02-10

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[SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

Today I tried to set up a kernel parameter while setting up my Nvidia drivers as it's told in the wiki.

May not function correctly on Linux 5.18 (or later) on systems with Intel CPUs 11th Gen and newer due an incompatibility with Indirect Branch Tracking. You can disable it by setting the ibt=off kernel parameter from the boot loader. Be aware, this security feature is responsible for mitigating a class of exploit techniques.

But after I pressed e and typed

 options root=UUID=0a3407de-014b-458b-b5c1-848e92a327a3 rw ibt=off 

at the end of the line and hit enter I faced this error message.

I hit CTRL + ALT + DELETE to force a restart.
After the boot menu appeared, I hit enter and proceeded with the booting as usual, but this time my PC didn't boot up.

It's stuck at thisscreen. It closes when I press the power button, but when I try to boot it again, the same thing happens again. Please help.

Last edited by Moanteq (2025-02-18 10:00:33)

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

You're using legacy NVIDIA drivers on an Intel 11th Gen or newer? Very uncommon setup.

What 'boot menu' are you using?

Moanteq

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Registered: 2025-02-10

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

You're using legacy NVIDIA drivers on an Intel 11th Gen or newer? Very uncommon setup.

What 'boot menu' are you using?

I thought nvidia-open drivers were the best ones so that's why I chose those. Should I choose a different driver?

I don't know what my boot menu is bu this is how it looks like.

Edit: my pc uses systemd-boot. I ran a command before I did what I did and it says it's EFI.

Edit2: I'm able to access a konsole by pressing CTRL + ALT + F4

Last edited by Moanteq (2025-02-14 23:59:47)

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

OK, so editing at runtime like that wouldn't save anything, so that's a red herring. But, why were you trying to do that in the first place? Notice that those notes are numbered and refer to specific entries in the table, the IBT incompatibility does not apply to nvidia-open.

I really doubt you're getting konsole, it sounds like you can access a TTY just fine. So what's supposed to be happening on TTY1? IE, what's supposed to be starting that's not?

Last edited by Scimmia (2025-02-15 02:42:06)

Moanteq

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Registered: 2025-02-10

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

OK, so editing at runtime like that wouldn't save anything, so that's a red herring. But, why were you trying to do that in the first place? Notice that those notes are numbered and refer to specific entries in the table, the IBT incompatibility does not apply to nvidia-open.

I really doubt you're getting konsole, it sounds like you can access a TTY just fine. So what's supposed to be happening on TTY1? IE, what's supposed to be starting that's not?

Well, I'm able to get to tty 3 4 5 6 by pressing CTRL + ALT + F* if that's what you're asking.
But the thing is tty 1 and 2 freezes my computer when I try to enter. 3 4 5 6 works fine though

Scimmia

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

You set this system up. You should know what's being started, right?

How did you set this system up? I guess more importantly, WHY did you install Arch at all?

Moanteq

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Registered: 2025-02-10

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

You set this system up. You should know what's being started, right?

How did you set this system up? I guess more importantly, WHY did you install Arch at all?

What do you mean?

Scimmia

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Registered: 2012-09-01

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

You really don't even know how or why you installed the OS?

Or maybe it's a language barrier? See https://www.deepl.com/

Moanteq

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Registered: 2025-02-10

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

You really don't even know how or why you installed the OS?

Or maybe it's a language barrier? See https://www.deepl.com/

I know how and why I installed the OS. I just don't get what it has to do with my problem. I made a mistake and messed up the system, which is not a problem since I can just reinstall the OS.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

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Re: [SOLVED]PC freezes during boot after trying to set a kernel parameter?

Please post a journal after switching TTY

sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

also the ibt=off parameter has not been necessary for the current nvidia driver in a few years and especially not for nvidia-open

As for the question how you installed. Generally speaking, most of your posts here show that you're very new to linux and somewhat afraid of doing the wrong thing, and it's somewhat strange to most people here as to why you'd pick Arch as the first distribution as it's generally harder than most distributions and doesn't provide as many safety nets as other distributions, so it needs somewhat of an understanding of how things interact with each other to really run it without shooting yourself in the foot or being to afraid to change anything, which is also a state that doesn't lend itself well to the rolling release nature.  The main reason scimmia asked for how you installed is to understand what components you are running and what you expect to be starting, as even successfully setting the ibt=off parameter should simply not lead to the kind of fallout you're apparently experiencing, so we need more info on what it actually is you did.