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On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 13:40:44 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: |
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> I recently upgraded several systems from gentoo-sources-5.10.76-r1 to |
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> 5.15.11, using my usual approach |
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> copy current config to new sources |
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> make oldconfig |
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> all modules_install install |
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> run dracut |
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> reboot |
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> All worked well except my desktop, which just sits there showing |
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> EFI stub: Loaded initrd from command line option |
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> So the bootloader has loaded the kernel but then there is absolutely |
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> nothing. I tried removing the initrd option, but then it went straight to |
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> a blank screen without the above message. I left it for a while, in case |
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> it was just a case of no output, but nothing happened, not disk or |
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> network activity, nothing. |
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Did you touch the new frame-buffer settings? I did at first and got something |
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like your experience, but then after a distclean and oldconfig, making sure to |
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leave the new frame buffer at their defaults, everything now works. |
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I'll look into how it's supposed to work when I get back home. |
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Regards, |
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Peter. |
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