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Solved recent bootup issues

I had a couple of booting issues, solved, but I report them in case it's useful
1) Starting, I think, from the update of Apr. 14, I noticed that during bootup, the  "Starting random-seed  [busy]" step waits until the enter key is pressed.
2) More seriously, in today's update (4/15), which included linux-5.17.3.artix1-1-x86_64, mkinitcpio reported "invalid kernel specified" and resulted in /boot without any initramfs file.   I  tried "pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-5.17.1.artix1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst /var/cache/pacman/pkg/linux-headers-5.17.1.artix1-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst" but that gave the same errors.  Luckily I had a backup of /boot and of /lib/modules/5.17.1-artix1-1

Thanks for artix. 
inxi attached

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #2 –
Apr. 21 update to 5.17.4 produced the same errors, so I'm still using kernel 5.17.1-artix1-1.

Quote from: stradjer
Make sure your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and files in /etc/mkinitcpio.d are correct and you aren't using any strange packages from AUR or Arch repositories (and your /etc/pacman.conf is set correctly).
Thanks for the suggestions.  mkinitcpio files do not differ from the backup.  I haven't installed anything from AUR for a couple of months.  pacman.conf is as recommended in the wiki: system, world, galaxy, extra, community and multilib in that order.

Without entirely understanding, I have tried some suggestions given in another forum post.  artiong appears to have had the same problem.

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Pluto:[root]:/boot# pacman -S linux linux-headers util-linux mkinitcpio
...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> ERROR: invalid kernel specified: `/boot/vmlinuz-linux'
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> ERROR: invalid kernel specified: `/boot/vmlinuz-linux'
error: command failed to execute correctly
After this, /boot/vmlinuz-linux is identical to /usr/lib/modules/5.17.4-artix1-1/vmlinuz but no initrd is produced.

Quote from: Dudemanguy
Did you try running mkinitcpio -p linux manually?
Same error messages

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Pluto:[root]:/boot# mkinitcpio -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> ERROR: invalid kernel specified: `/boot/vmlinuz-linux'.

Quote from: stradjer
So check what's in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf, /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset and your boot manager configuration. They should contain, and agree on, the correct path to the kernel.
I don't understand those well; I don't see any path to the kernel in any of them.  In any case, I haven't changed them.

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Pluto:[root]:/boot# /usr/bin/bash --norc
Pluto:[root]:/boot# source /usr/lib/initcpio/functions
bash: /usr/lib/initcpio/functions: line 682: syntax error near unexpected token `('
bash: /usr/lib/initcpio/functions: line 682: `                RUN@({program}|+)|IMPORT{program}|ENV{REMOVE_CMD})'
Pluto:[root]:/boot# set -x
Pluto:[root]:/boot# kver /boot/vmlinuz-linux
+ kver /boot/vmlinuz-linux
+ local kver 're=^[[:digit:]]+(\.[[:digit:]]+)+'
++ uname -m
+ local arch=x86_64
+ [[ x86_64 == @(i?86|x86_64) ]]
++ kver_x86 /boot/vmlinuz-linux
+++ hexdump -s 526 -n 2 -e '"%0d"' /boot/vmlinuz-linux
++ local kver offset=14304
++ [[ 14304 = +([0-9]) ]]
++ read kver _
+++ dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-linux bs=1 count=127 skip=14816
++ printf %s 5.17.4-artix1-1
+ kver=5.17.4-artix1-1
+ [[ 5.17.4-artix1-1 =~ ^[[:digit:]]+(\.[[:digit:]]+)+ ]]
+ printf %s 5.17.4-artix1-1
So I think that's good, but
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Pluto:[root]:/boot# read kver _ < <(dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-linux bs=1 count=127 skip=$(( 14464 + 0x200 )) 2>/dev/null)
Pluto:[root]:/boot# echo $kver
44�VGAVESABIOS�:�.r,�:�/�1�:

Thanks in advance for any ideas. 

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #3 –
Quote from: Tu71YE – on
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Pluto:[root]:/boot# pacman -S linux linux-headers util-linux mkinitcpio
Pluto:[root]:/boot# kver /boot/vmlinuz-linux
++ local kver offset=14304
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Pluto:[root]:/boot# read kver _ < <(dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-linux bs=1 count=127 skip=$(( 14464 + 0x200 )) 2>/dev/null)
Pluto:[root]:/boot# echo $kver
44�VGAVESABIOS�:�.r,�:�/�1�:
The function kver computes the variable offset to be 14304, but you have supplied 14464 in the read kver... command. When 14304 is supplied instead:
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# read kver _ < <(dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-linux bs=1 count=127 skip=$(( 14304 + 0x200 )) 2>/dev/null)
+ read kver _
++ dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-linux bs=1 count=127 skip=14816
# echo $kver
+ echo 5.17.4-artix1-1
5.17.4-artix1-1
Can you download the attached file to some location (for example, $HOME), and then run:
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$ su
# cp /usr/bin/mkinitcpio{,.copy}
# patch /usr/bin/mkinitcpio mkinitcpio.txt
then try
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mkinitcpio -p linux >mkinitcpio.log 2>&1
and supply mkinitcpio.log? Afterwards you can revert this patch by simply doing (as root):
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mv /usr/bin/mkinitcpio{.copy,}

Update: About the syntax error in /usr/lib/initcpio/functions, I have created an issue at upstream.

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #4 –
Thanks, stradjer.  mkinitcpio.log is attached.

In case it's relevant:
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Pluto:[root]:/home/spot# read kver _ < <(dd if=/boot/vmlinuz-linux bs=1 count=127 skip=$(( 14304 + 0x200 )) 2>/dev/null)
Pluto:[root]:/home/spot# echo $kver
Output

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #5 –
The file /usr/lib/initcpio/functions seems to rely on Bash-specific extended patterns, controlled through a shell option extglob. Can you try issuing:
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shopt -s extglob
mkinitcpio -p linux
and see if that generates an error?

I have created a PR for mkinitcpio which expands the pattern so extglob is not needed.

Update: On closer inspection, mkinitcpio script itself is executing shopt -s extglob, so I am not sure what could cause this. Are you using any nonstandard shell or a setting? In this thread it was suggested to check the location of hexdump and integrity of util-linux:
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type hexdump
pacman -Qo `which hexdump`
pacman -Qikk util-linux

I would also add:
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ls -l /bin/sh
LC_ALL=C pacman -Qi bash | grep Version

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #6 –
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Pluto:[root]:/home/spot# shopt -s extglob
Pluto:[root]:/home/spot# mkinitcpio -p linux
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'default'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux.img
==> ERROR: invalid kernel specified: `/boot/vmlinuz-linux'
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux.preset: 'fallback'
  -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> ERROR: invalid kernel specified: `/boot/vmlinuz-linux'
/boot/vmlinuz-linux = /usr/lib/modules/5.17.4-artix1-1/vmlinuz, but no new initramfs is made. 

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #8 –
Thanks for persisting on this.  I don't think I'm using any nonstandard shell or setting, not on purpose anyway  ::) 
Here is the output you requested.
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Pluto:[root]:/boot# type hexdump
hexdump is /usr/bin/hexdump
Pluto:[root]:/boot# pacman -Qo `which hexdump`
/usr/bin/hexdump is owned by util-linux 2.38-1
Pluto:[root]:/boot# pacman -Qikk util-linux
Name            : util-linux
Version         : 2.38-1
Description     : Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux
Licenses        : GPL2
Groups          : None
Provides        : rfkill  hardlink
Depends On      : pam  shadow  coreutils  libudev  libudev.so=1-64  libcap-ng
                  libxcrypt  libcrypt.so=2-64  util-linux-libs
                  libmagic.so=1-64  libncursesw.so=6-64
Optional Deps   : python: python bindings to libmount [installed]
                  words: default dictionary for look
Required By     : base  f2fs-tools  fakeroot  jfsutils  mkinitcpio  ntfs-3g
                  reiserfsprogs  udev  zeromq
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : rfkill  hardlink
Replaces        : rfkill  hardlink
Installed Size  : 14.32 MiB
Packager        : Artix Build Bot <[email protected]>
Build Date      : Mon 28 Mar 2022 09:25:27 AM PDT
Install Date    : Thu 21 Apr 2022 05:33:44 PM PDT
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature
Pluto:[root]:/boot# LC_ALL=C pacman -Qi bash | grep Version
Version         : 5.1.016-1
Pluto:[root]:/boot# pacman -Qikk bash
Name            : bash
Version         : 5.1.016-1
Description     : The GNU Bourne Again shell
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/bash/bash.html
Licenses        : GPL
Groups          : None
Provides        : sh
Depends On      : readline  libreadline.so=8-64  glibc  ncurses
Optional Deps   : bash-completion: for tab completion
Required By     : acpid  autoconf  automake  base  bison  bzip2
                  ca-certificates-utils  cronie  db  dhclient  dhcpcd  dialog
                  diffutils  e2fsprogs  ecl  fakeroot  fftw  findutils  flex
                  foomatic-db-engine  freetype2  gawk  gdbm  gettext  gmp  gpm
                  grub  gzip  icu  ijs  iptables  js78  keyutils  libgpg-error
                  libksba  libnet  libpaper  libpcap  libpng  libreoffice-still
                  libteam  libtool  lsb-release  lvm2  m4  man-db  mkinitcpio
                  mtools  nano  neofetch  npth  nspr  nss  openresolv
                  os-prober  p7zip  pacman  pcre  pcre2  pkgconf  pps-tools
                  rkhunter  rpcbind  runit-rc  sane  smartmontools  texinfo
                  unzip  vte-common  which  wireless-regdb  xapian-core
                  xdg-user-dirs  xdg-utils  xfsprogs  xz
Optional For    : mdadm  ncurses
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 8.20 MiB
Packager        : Artix Build Bot <[email protected]>
Build Date      : Sat 08 Jan 2022 01:06:22 PM PST
Install Date    : Mon 10 Jan 2022 07:04:04 PM PST
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (Size mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (MD5 checksum mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (SHA256 checksum mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (Size mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (MD5 checksum mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (SHA256 checksum mismatch)
bash: 253 total files, 0 altered files
Pluto:[root]:/boot# pacman -Qikk coreutils
Name            : coreutils
Version         : 9.1-1
Description     : The basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the
                  GNU operating system
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://www.gnu.org/software/coreutils/
Licenses        : GPL3
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : glibc  acl  attr  gmp  libcap  openssl
Optional Deps   : None
Required By     : base  ca-certificates-utils  inxi  linux  mkinitcpio  p11-kit
                  util-linux
Optional For    : usbutils
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : None
Installed Size  : 16.20 MiB
Packager        : Artix Build Bot <[email protected]>
Build Date      : Sun 17 Apr 2022 01:48:46 PM PDT
Install Date    : Tue 19 Apr 2022 02:45:14 PM PDT
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature

coreutils: 431 total files, 0 altered files

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #9 –
Quote from: Tu71YE – on
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Pluto:[root]:/boot# pacman -Qikk util-linux
Name            : util-linux
Version         : 2.38-1
Description     : Miscellaneous system utilities for Linux
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : https://github.com/karelzak/util-linux
Licenses        : GPL2
Groups          : None
Provides        : rfkill  hardlink
Depends On      : pam  shadow  coreutils  libudev  libudev.so=1-64  libcap-ng
                  libxcrypt  libcrypt.so=2-64  util-linux-libs
                  libmagic.so=1-64  libncursesw.so=6-64
Optional Deps   : python: python bindings to libmount [installed]
                  words: default dictionary for look
Required By     : base  f2fs-tools  fakeroot  jfsutils  mkinitcpio  ntfs-3g
                  reiserfsprogs  udev  zeromq
Optional For    : None
Conflicts With  : rfkill  hardlink
Replaces        : rfkill  hardlink
Installed Size  : 14.32 MiB
Packager        : Artix Build Bot <[email protected]>
Build Date      : Mon 28 Mar 2022 09:25:27 AM PDT
Install Date    : Thu 21 Apr 2022 05:33:44 PM PDT
Install Reason  : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script  : No
Validated By    : Signature
Pluto:[root]:/boot# LC_ALL=C pacman -Qi bash | grep Version
Before the last line here, pacman -Qikk util-linux should have output at least two more lines. On my system:
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util-linux: 500 total files, 0 altered files
Quote from: Tu71YE – on
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backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (Size mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (MD5 checksum mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/bash/bashrc (SHA256 checksum mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (Modification time mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (Size mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (MD5 checksum mismatch)
backup file: bash: /etc/skel/.bashrc (SHA256 checksum mismatch)
bash: 253 total files, 0 altered files
Can you provide /etc/bash/bashrc, $HOME/.bashrc, /root/.bashrc?

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #10 –
Quote
Before the last line here, pacman -Qikk util-linux should have output at least two more lines.
Sorry, I didn't cut it all.  After "Validated By:  Signature" there is a blank line, then "util-linux: 500 total files, 0 altered files"

I don't know if it's relevant (it has worked for a year like this): my SSD is encrypted and init is runit.  

I have no /root/.bashrc.   Here is /etc/bash/bashrc
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#
# /etc/bash/bashrc
#

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return

[[ $DISPLAY ]] && shopt -s checkwinsize

##PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '

case ${TERM} in
  xterm*|rxvt*|Eterm|aterm|kterm|gnome*)
    PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND; }'printf "\033]0;%s@%s:%s\007" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/\~}"'

    ;;
  screen*)
    PROMPT_COMMAND=${PROMPT_COMMAND:+$PROMPT_COMMAND; }'printf "\033_%s@%s:%s\033\\" "${USER}" "${HOSTNAME%%.*}" "${PWD/#$HOME/\~}"'
    ;;
esac

for sh in /etc/bash/bashrc.d/*.bashrc ; do
	[[ -r ${sh} ]] && source "${sh}"
done

[ -r /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion   ] && . /usr/share/bash-completion/bash_completion
~/.bashrc
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#
# ~/.bashrc
#

# If not running interactively, don't do anything
[[ $- != *i* ]] && return

HISTCONTROL=ignoreboth
alias ls='ls --color=auto'
alias lsblk='lsblk -o name,fstype,size,fsuse%,mountpoint,uuid'
# PS1='[\u@\h \W]\$ '
alias find='sudo find'
alias ffmpeg='ffmpeg -hide_banner'
. /home/spot/Scripts/text-color

PATH=$PATH:/home/spot/.local/bin
export PATH

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #11 –
Quote from: Tu71YE – on
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. /home/spot/Scripts/text-color
Can you try to execute mkinitcpio, this time with
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su --login --shell=/bin/bash
mkinitcpio -p linux
and see if there is any difference?

Update: If that still doesn't work, please try the patch attached to this post. As before, save it to $HOME, then:
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su
cp /usr/lib/initcpio/functions{,.copy}
patch /usr/lib/initcpio/functions functions.txt
mkinitcpio -p linux
then please supply the contents of the file /var/log/mkinitcpio-dd.log. You can revert the file by issuing (as root):
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mv /usr/lib/initcpio/functions{.copy,}
rm -v /var/log/mkinitcpio-dd.log

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #12 –
@stradjer I found the problem:  a script I wrote to confirm before executing dd, which was unfortunately in the path. I'm very grateful for your help and sorry to have wasted your time on a problem I caused. :(

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #13 –
Quote from: Tu71YE – on
@stradjer I found the problem:  a script I wrote to confirm before executing dd, which was unfortunately in the path. I'm very grateful for your help and sorry to have wasted your time on a problem I caused. :(
No problem, I'm just curious since this is not the first case of this issue. The first report only differed in the output from dd - there the first word was "You", and here "Output". I assume your script was called "dd" in $HOME/.local/bin or /usr/local/bin?

If anything, this shows why user scripts, shell functions or aliases should have different names than the standard utilities.

Re: Solved recent bootup issues

Reply #14 –
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I assume your script was called "dd" in $HOME/.local/bin or /usr/local/bin?
Yes
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If anything, this shows why user scripts, shell functions or aliases should have different names than the standard utilities.
Lesson learned.
Thanks again