Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-05 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 20:08 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > "Support" isn't binary. I have a 10-year old MSI motherboard and > > get a > > slew of ACPI errors every time I boot. They don't seem to affect > > anything but they're there. I presume that a more modern mobo would > > have fewer of

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 5:33 PM Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 14:53 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > > On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM George N. White III > > wrote: > > > > > [...] > > > > > > You should not be surprised by issues with recent kernels and > > > hardware > > >

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread George N. White III
On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 8:40 PM Tim via users wrote: > On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 22:32 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > > "Support" isn't binary. I have a 10-year old MSI motherboard and get a > > slew of ACPI errors every time I boot. They don't seem to affect > > anything but they're there. I

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 22:32 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > "Support" isn't binary. I have a 10-year old MSI motherboard and get a > slew of ACPI errors every time I boot. They don't seem to affect > anything but they're there. I presume that a more modern mobo would > have fewer of these, if

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Patrick O'Callaghan
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 14:53 -0400, Jeffrey Walton wrote: > On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM George N. White III > wrote: > > > [...] > > > > You should not be surprised by issues with recent kernels and > > hardware > > over a decade > > old. > > > > It may be worth pointing out that the kernel

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Sat, May 4, 2024 at 7:30 AM George N. White III wrote: > [...] > > You should not be surprised by issues with recent kernels and hardware > over a decade > old. > It may be worth pointing out that the kernel still supports the ISA bus, which is early IBM PC support. If the kernel supports a

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread Tim via users
On Sat, 2024-05-04 at 08:28 -0300, George N. White III wrote: > Over the years, linux has had workarounds for hardware > idiosyncrasies. I think some of those workarounds are being dropped > or lost as support for newer hardware is added with new and improved > code. > > You should not be

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-04 Thread George N. White III
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 10:05 PM Sam Varshavchik wrote: > It's something with that particular, older hardware, not the iso file. > > An old memory resurfaced: I dimly recalled having problems with using USB > storage devices on the two USB 3.0 ports on that laptop. This was back in > the days

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/3/24 6:03 PM, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Samuel Sieb writes: On 5/3/24 17:26, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Samuel Sieb writes: error: ../../grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c:531:invalid buffer alignment -1112264040 error: ../../grub-core/loader/i386/efi/linux.c:258:you need to load the kernel first.

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/3/24 18:28, ToddAndMargo via users wrote: On 5/3/24 17:24, Sam Varshavchik wrote: ToddAndMargo via users writes: On 5/3/24 15:42, Sam Varshavchik wrote: With all the talk of Wayland, I followed up on the idea of downloading an F40 Live image and seeing if it boots on my existing

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/3/24 17:24, Sam Varshavchik wrote: ToddAndMargo via users writes: On 5/3/24 15:42, Sam Varshavchik wrote: With all the talk of Wayland, I followed up on the idea of downloading an F40 Live image and seeing if it boots on my existing hardware. Well, it did boot on two out of three

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Samuel Sieb writes: On 5/3/24 17:26, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Samuel Sieb writes: error: ../../grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c:531:invalid buffer alignment -1112264040 error: ../../grub-core/loader/i386/efi/linux.c:258:you need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue... Although

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Jeffrey Walton
On Fri, May 3, 2024 at 8:26 PM Sam Varshavchik wrote: > Samuel Sieb writes: > > >> error: ../../grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c:531:invalid buffer alignment > >> -1112264040 > >> error: ../../grub-core/loader/i386/efi/linux.c:258:you need to load > the > >> kernel first. > >> > >> Press any key to

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/3/24 17:26, Sam Varshavchik wrote: Samuel Sieb writes: error: ../../grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c:531:invalid buffer alignment -1112264040 error: ../../grub-core/loader/i386/efi/linux.c:258:you need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue... Although my plans are to use

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Sam Varshavchik
Samuel Sieb writes: error: ../../grub-core/disk/efi/efidisk.c:531:invalid buffer alignment -1112264040 error: ../../grub-core/loader/i386/efi/linux.c:258:you need to load the kernel first. Press any key to continue... Although my plans are to use dnf system-upgrade, this looks like a

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Sam Varshavchik
ToddAndMargo via users writes: On 5/3/24 15:42, Sam Varshavchik wrote: With all the talk of Wayland, I followed up on the idea of downloading an F40 Live image and seeing if it boots on my existing hardware. Well, it did boot on two out of three laptops that are currently running F39. On a

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Samuel Sieb
On 5/3/24 15:42, Sam Varshavchik wrote: With all the talk of Wayland, I followed up on the idea of downloading an F40 Live image and seeing if it boots on my existing hardware. Well, it did boot on two out of three laptops that are currently running F39. On a 2013-era Thinkpad W520 it

Re: F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread ToddAndMargo via users
On 5/3/24 15:42, Sam Varshavchik wrote: With all the talk of Wayland, I followed up on the idea of downloading an F40 Live image and seeing if it boots on my existing hardware. Well, it did boot on two out of three laptops that are currently running F39. On a 2013-era Thinkpad W520 it

F40 Live image boot failure

2024-05-03 Thread Sam Varshavchik
With all the talk of Wayland, I followed up on the idea of downloading an F40 Live image and seeing if it boots on my existing hardware. Well, it did boot on two out of three laptops that are currently running F39. On a 2013-era Thinkpad W520 it immediately fails with a: error: