[manjaro-dev] Problem with mhwd-kernel and 3.11

Philip Müller philm at manjaro.org
Tue Nov 5 19:36:38 CET 2013


We have to see what causes it. Also we might try to test to call the cmd 
directly:

grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

On 11/05/2013 01:53 PM, Carl Duff wrote:
> Well, as per the original email, I (and another user) get this:
> [carl at manjaro ~]$ sudo update-grub
> [sudo] password for carl:
> /usr/bin/grub-editenv: error: cannot open `//boot/grub/grubenv.new': 
> No such file or directory.
> /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig: line 225: /boot/grub/grub.cfg.new: No such 
> file or directory
> I notice the first error line has two forward slashes '//' at the 
> begining of the dir address, not one. I am wondering if this might be 
> related?
> I'll verify where everything is when I get home. All I know is that 
> after installing 3.11, it is in /boot/grub  , but the pre-installed 
> 3.10 is not.
> I really need to improve my Linux expertise!
>
> On 4 November 2013 23:53, Philip Müller <philm at manjaro.org 
> <mailto:philm at manjaro.org>> wrote:
>
>     Please verify the folder where you have grub installed.
>     update-grub looks for:
>
>     [phil at manjaro extra]$ cat /usr/bin/update-grub
>     #! /bin/sh
>     grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
>
>
>     On 11/05/2013 12:32 AM, Philip Müller wrote:
>>     On my installed system it works:
>>
>>     [phil at manjaro extra]$ sudo update-grub
>>     Generating grub.cfg ...
>>     Found background: /usr/share/grub/background.png
>>     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-312-x86_64
>>     Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-312-x86_64.img
>>     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-311-x86_64
>>     Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-311-x86_64.img
>>     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-310-x86_64
>>     Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-310-x86_64.img
>>     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-38-x86_64
>>     Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-38-x86_64.img
>>     Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-34-x86_64
>>     Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-34-x86_64.img
>>       /dev/cdrom: open failed: No medium found
>>       /dev/sdb: open failed: No medium found
>>       /dev/sdc: open failed: No medium found
>>       /dev/sdd: open failed: No medium found
>>       /dev/sde: open failed: No medium found
>>       No volume groups found
>>     Found Manjaro Linux (0.8.7) on /dev/sda5
>>     Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
>>     done
>>
>>     Here is the log of a fresh installed Openbox-0.8.8rc2 switched to
>>     testing since that is the branch it was built on.
>>     I'll move testing to stable now. No errors to find:
>>
>>     [michael at computer ~]$ sudo pacman-mirrors -g -b testing
>>
>>     Wir gehen davon aus, dass der lokale Systemadministrator Ihnen die
>>     Regeln erklärt hat.  Normalerweise läuft es auf drei Regeln hinaus:
>>
>>         #1) Resprektieren Sie die Privatsphäre anderer.
>>         #2) Denken Sie nach bevor Sie tippen.
>>         #3) Mit großer Macht kommt große Verantwortung.
>>
>>     [sudo] password for michael:
>>     :: Querying servers, this may take some time...
>>     Africa
>>     -> 1.388 http://manjaro.mirror.ac.za/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Bangladesh
>>     -> 0.897 http://mirrors.ispros.com.bd/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Belgium
>>     -> 0.153 http://ftp.belnet.be/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.148 http://manjaro.cu.be/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Brasil
>>     -> 2.098 http://manjaro.fis.unb.br/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 1.353
>>     http://www.las.ic.unicamp.br/pub/manjarolinux/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Chile
>>     -> 0.942 http://manjaro.dcc.uchile.cl/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Colombia
>>     -> 0.604 http://mirror.edatel.net.co/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Denmark
>>     -> 0.256 http://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     France
>>     -> 0.172 http://manjarolinux.polymorf.fr/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Germany
>>     -> 0.098
>>     http://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.180
>>     http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.141
>>     http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.096 http://mirror3.layerjet.com/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Greece
>>     -> 0.772
>>     http://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Indonesia
>>     -> 1.897 http://kambing.ui.ac.id/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Ireland
>>     -> 0.175 http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Italy
>>     -> 0.390
>>     http://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Japan
>>     -> 1.299
>>     http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.976
>>     http://www.ftp.ne.jp/Linux/packages/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.996
>>     http://ftp.kddilabs.jp/Linux/packages/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 1.438 http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Netherlands
>>     -> 0.126
>>     http://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Philippines
>>     ->
>>     Error!http://mirror.pregi.net/pub/Linux/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Romania
>>     -> 0.178 http://mirrors.xservers.ro/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 1.457
>>     http://mirrors.serverhost.ro/manjaro/packages/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.148 http://ftp.lug.ro/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.223 http://manjaro.mirrors.linux.ro/repos/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Russia
>>     -> 0.196 http://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Sweden
>>     -> 0.303 http://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.211 http://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     Taiwan
>>     -> Error!http://free.twaren.net/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 1.556 http://free.nchc.org.tw/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     United_Kingdom
>>     -> 0.242 http://repo.manjaro.org.uk/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> .....
>>     http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/testing/$repo->
>>     0.230
>>     -> 0.140 http://mirror.catn.com/pub/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.279 http://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     United_States
>>     -> 0.555 http://mirror.dacentec.com/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.874 http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.569 http://mirror.jmu.edu/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.467 http://mirror.solarvps.com/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.711 http://mirror.nexcess.net/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     -> 0.515 http://www.tuxlinuxnews.com/manjaro/testing/$repo/$arch
>>     :: Generated and saved '/etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist' mirrorlist.
>>     [michael at computer ~]$ sudo pacman -Syy
>>     :: Synchronisiere Paketdatenbanken...
>>      core                     114,7 KiB   314K/s 00:00
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      extra                   1618,6 KiB   327K/s 00:05
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      community               2022,4 KiB   340K/s 00:06
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      multilib                 108,5 KiB   337K/s 00:00
>>     [######################] 100%
>>     [michael at computer ~]$ sudo mhwd-kernel linux311
>>     Error: No arguments given (use -h for help).
>>     [michael at computer ~]$ sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux311
>>     :: Synchronisiere Paketdatenbanken...
>>      core                     114,7 KiB   344K/s 00:00
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      extra                   1618,6 KiB   362K/s 00:04
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      community               2022,4 KiB   362K/s 00:06
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      multilib                 108,5 KiB   332K/s 00:00
>>     [######################] 100%
>>     Löse Abhängigkeiten auf...
>>     Suche nach Zwischenkonflikten...
>>
>>     Pakete (3): linux311-3.11.6-1 linux311-ndiswrapper-1.58-5
>>     linux311-virtualbox-guest-modules-4.3.2-1
>>
>>     Gesamtgröße des Downloads:                 47,07 MiB
>>     Gesamtgröße der zu installierenden Pakete: 65,92 MiB
>>
>>     :: Installation fortsetzen?  [J/n]
>>     :: Empfange Pakete...
>>      linux311-3.11.6-1-x...    46,8 MiB   222K/s 03:36
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      linux311-ndiswrappe...   121,9 KiB   341K/s 00:00
>>     [######################] 100%
>>      linux311-virtualbox...   121,6 KiB   341K/s 00:00
>>     [######################] 100%
>>     (3/3) Prüfe Schlüssel im Schlüsselring [######################] 100%
>>     (3/3) Überprüfe Paket-Integrität [######################] 100%
>>     (3/3) Lade Paket-Dateien [######################] 100%
>>     (3/3) Prüfe auf Dateikonflikte [######################] 100%
>>     (3/3) Überprüfe verfügbaren Festplattenspeicher
>>     [######################] 100%
>>     (1/3) Installiere linux311 [######################] 100%
>>     >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
>>     >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio.  Please wait...
>>     ==> Building image from preset:
>>     /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux311.preset: 'default'
>>       -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-311-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g
>>     /boot/initramfs-311-x86_64.img
>>     ==> Starting build: 3.11.6-1-MANJARO
>>       -> Running build hook: [base]
>>       -> Running build hook: [udev]
>>       -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
>>       -> Running build hook: [modconf]
>>       -> Running build hook: [block]
>>       -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
>>       -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
>>       -> Running build hook: [fsck]
>>     ==> Generating module dependencies
>>     ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-311-x86_64.img
>>     ==> Image generation successful
>>     ==> Building image from preset:
>>     /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux311.preset: 'fallback'
>>       -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-311-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g
>>     /boot/initramfs-311-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
>>     ==> Starting build: 3.11.6-1-MANJARO
>>       -> Running build hook: [base]
>>       -> Running build hook: [udev]
>>       -> Running build hook: [modconf]
>>       -> Running build hook: [block]
>>     ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
>>     ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
>>     ==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: smsmdtv
>>       -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
>>       -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
>>       -> Running build hook: [fsck]
>>     ==> Generating module dependencies
>>     ==> Creating gzip initcpio image:
>>     /boot/initramfs-311-x86_64-fallback.img
>>     ==> Image generation successful
>>     grub.cfg wird erstellt …
>>     Hintergrund gefunden: /usr/share/grub/background.png
>>     Linux-Abbild gefunden: /boot/vmlinuz-311-x86_64
>>     initrd-Abbild gefunden: /boot/initramfs-311-x86_64.img
>>     Linux-Abbild gefunden: /boot/vmlinuz-310-x86_64
>>     initrd-Abbild gefunden: /boot/initramfs-310-x86_64.img
>>       /dev/cdrom: open failed: Kein Medium gefunden
>>       No volume groups found
>>     Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
>>     erledigt
>>     Optionale Abhängigkeiten für linux311
>>         crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
>>     (2/3) Installiere linux311-ndiswrapper [######################] 100%
>>     (3/3) Installiere linux311-virtualbox-guest-mo...
>>     [######################] 100%
>>     ===> You may want to load vboxguest, vboxsf and vboxvideo
>>
>>     Also grub.cfg is fine:
>>
>>     [michael at computer ~]$ sudo cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg | grep Linux
>>     menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 3.11.6-1-MANJARO x64)' --class
>>     manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os
>>     $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.6-1-MANJARO
>>     x64-true-76c37a32-0c48-40f3-afc7-e82283970614' {
>>         echo    'Linux 3.11.6-1-MANJARO x64 wird geladen …'
>>     menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 3.11.6-1-MANJARO x64 - fallback
>>     initramfs)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class
>>     os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.11.6-1-MANJARO
>>     x64-fallback-76c37a32-0c48-40f3-afc7-e82283970614' {
>>         echo    'Linux 3.11.6-1-MANJARO x64 wird geladen …'
>>     menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 3.10.17-1-MANJARO x64)' --class
>>     manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os
>>     $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.10.17-1-MANJARO
>>     x64-true-76c37a32-0c48-40f3-afc7-e82283970614' {
>>         echo    'Linux 3.10.17-1-MANJARO x64 wird geladen …'
>>     menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 3.10.17-1-MANJARO x64 -
>>     fallback initramfs)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class
>>     gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-3.10.17-1-MANJARO
>>     x64-fallback-76c37a32-0c48-40f3-afc7-e82283970614' {
>>         echo    'Linux 3.10.17-1-MANJARO x64 wird geladen …'
>>
>>     It seems only the mixup not using the right branch. Thats why I
>>     wanted to wait till today for the announcement.
>>     Mixed packages don't work. Please test when mirrors are synced.
>>
>>     On 11/04/2013 10:50 PM, J Fernyhough wrote:
>>>     Ah! That's not good. :D
>>>
>>>     On 4 November 2013 21:32, Carl Duff<cdrw2400 at gmail.com>  <mailto:cdrw2400 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>     Installed 3.11. It's in /boot/grub. Nothing in grub menu when booting. The
>>>>     command update-grub returns an error.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     On 4 November 2013 21:28, J Fernyhough<j.fernyhough at gmail.com>  <mailto:j.fernyhough at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>     Just to clarify, which kernel are you installing and which appears in
>>>>>     /boot/grub? You've mentioned 3.11 twice... (i.e. installing 3.11, only
>>>>>     3.11 appears).
>>>>>
>>>>>     On 4 November 2013 21:03, Carl Duff<cdrw2400 at gmail.com>  <mailto:cdrw2400 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>     Did you try on the RC2 release? Apologies, should've been clearer.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     On 4 November 2013 20:36, Rob<korrode at gmail.com>  <mailto:korrode at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>     Personally I can't replicate this.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     I assume you tried re-installing grub?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>     On Tue, Nov 5, 2013 at 7:19 AM, Carl Duff<cdrw2400 at gmail.com>  <mailto:cdrw2400 at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>>>>>     Seems to install correctly, but doesn't show up in GRUB. Then tried
>>>>>>>>     "sudo
>>>>>>>>     update-grub" and got this:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     [carl at manjaro ~]$ sudo update-grub
>>>>>>>>     [sudo] password for carl:
>>>>>>>>     /usr/bin/grub-editenv: error: cannot open `//boot/grub/grubenv.new':
>>>>>>>>     No
>>>>>>>>     such file or directory.
>>>>>>>>     /usr/bin/grub-mkconfig: line 225: /boot/grub/grub.cfg.new: No such
>>>>>>>>     file
>>>>>>>>     or directory
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     Checked /boot/grub and only 3.11 is there.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>     Carl
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