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#176 Re: Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-11 19:41:37

Finally!! As it turns out, that black screen must have been gui that couldnt start due to amd non firware missing.
I changed to  a virtual console and login!

#177 Re: Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-11 18:12:42

I did a couple more tries ,i double checked bios that nvme ssd is first in boot order ,and again happened the same.
Beowulf + LXqt will install successfully in nvme but after reboot will stop to a grub prompt with no error .
I managed to boot the kernel with:

grub> set root=(hd3,gpt2)
grub> set prefix=(hd3,gpt2)/boot/grub
grub> insmod normal
grub> normal

but the kernel booting suddenly stops in a blank screen with a curson on top left where i can see letters i press.

The same procedure as above will work if i try Beowulf + XFCE .

Also there is no problem so ever if try a sata ssd.

#178 Re: Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-11 08:56:28

I installed Beowulf+LXqt  in an ssd storage and it booted with no problem. So it seems the nvme is the problem.

#179 Re: Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-11 06:24:33

I will be patient. Also i want to add that the error message error no such device xxxxxxxxx..... (that is the UUID of the partition that was holding my previous debian system ) was appearing also just after grub menu when  i was booting with debian. But i didnt dwell over it because my system was booting ok. Also that debian systen was my fiirst try to install in a nvme storage.

So i suspect that that nvme storage of mine maybe is  related here.

#180 Re: Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-11 00:56:07

I tried again from the start to install devuan with no GUI and choosing  YES to ''Force grub into EFI removable media path'' but
still the installaltion was a success but after reboot i am into grub again.

#181 Re: Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-11 00:03:34

Ok, i managed to boot folllowing different instructions in grub2.

grub> set root=(hd3,gpt2)
grub> insmod linux
grub> insmod normal
grub> normal

After booting into (just after grub menu goes away i see:
error no such device 1fe9bf88-.....  (that id is from my new devuan partition)
but after some seconds it goes away.

in my text only Beowulf system i give:
# update-grub

and
# apt-get install firmware-amd-graphics

Now i booted in XFCE , i dont have connectivity!! (i had in text mode previously!)

#182 Re: Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-10 23:46:06

I managed to boot linux from grub

grub> ls
(hd3,gpt2) ...            // i have installed in my PC a sdd, a hdd and a nvme sdd (where i installed devuan)

grub> set root=(hd3,gpt2)
grub> linux /boot/vmlinuz-...  root=/dev/sdd2
grub> initrd /boot/initrd.img-...
grub> boot

Grub2 seems to yield control to a kernel that starts booting but it stops for not
beiing able to find sdd2 (maybe its wrong the part 'root=/dev/sdd2

#183 Installation » Issues with booting a fresh Beowulf install » 2021-07-10 23:02:13

chomwitt
Replies: 13

Installation medium: Beowulf netinstall.
Computer: Physical PC
All installations are NOT expert mode.
All installations succeed. The issues appear after i reboot.
In the 'Install Grub' step i selected NO to 'Force grub into EFI removable media path'

First i tried to install Devuan+LXqt but after reboot it throughs me to a black screen (no prompt symbol) where i can type .

Then i tried to iinstall with no GUI but instead of login promt i see the grub prompt symbol.

Finally i tried with XFCE but still i see the grub prompt.

#184 Re: Other Issues » Runit » 2021-01-26 09:49:44

# pstree
runit─┬─apache2───2*[apache2───26*[{apache2}]]
      ├─avahi-daemon───avahi-daemon
      ├─cron
      ├─cups-browsed───2*[{cups-browsed}]
      ├─cupsd
      ├─dbus-daemon
      ├─dhclient
      ├─elogind-daemon
      ├─rsyslogd───3*[{rsyslogd}]
      ├─runsvdir─┬─5*[runsv───fgetty]
      │          └─runsv───bash
      ├─saned───saned
      ├─sshd───sshd───bash───pstree
      └─udevd

So only fgetty is supervised by runsv processes.
Trying to found how runit starts the other processes.

So i am pondering if runit cant handle a process , and it uses sysvinit script to start it , that means that this process hasnt a supervisor and if it fails it wont start automatically ?

#185 Re: Other Issues » Runit » 2021-01-25 09:42:13

Installation medium: Beowulf netinstall
Host: a headless vps somewhere north europe !

I installed runit .
But only gettys run under runsv . Does that mean that apache , rsyslogd , sshd , dhclient as services do not have a runit ''interface''?
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I found a page with runit runscripts scripts. Should i use those?

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Ok, they helped me at #devuan irc.
If i got it, runit defaults in sysvinit when it wont find runit scripts.

#187 DIY » Install runit in Beowulf. » 2021-01-11 09:10:15

chomwitt
Replies: 0

Do i have to follow those instructionshttp://smarden.org/runit/replaceinit.html  or installation script will cover that?

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