Re: [DNG] EFI Installation of Beowulf?
Hi Jonathan, On Mon, Feb 22, 2021 at 11:25:14PM +0100, Jonathan Moebius wrote: > I have switched to a new computer and tried to install Beowulf 3.1.0 in a > pure-EFI setting. > I have tried installing on a SATA SSD as well as a a m.2 PCIe SSD. > Originally, I can confirm, that I'm running similar setups with beowulf and pure EFI boot here. So basically this should be working. > the plan was a dual boot install with Win10 being installed first, however > after several failed attempts, I scraped Win10 and went for a Linux-only > install. What does "failed attempts" mean here? Did Windows fail to install or boot? I believe that if Win 10 does not install, then there is probably a problem in your EFI Bios. Maybe older OS versions don't use some new EFI feature which is broken on your hardware? > Installation seems to run smoothly but after reboot grub presents itself > without the "graphical" selection menu but instead delivers the line > "Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported..." That typically happens when grub does not find its config file. You could check if the bootloader has been installed successfully: root@zeus:/home/andi# efibootmgr -v BootCurrent: 0001 Timeout: 1 seconds BootOrder: 0001,000B,0002,0008,0003,0004,0005 Boot0001* debian HD(1,GPT,c00640c3-e748-405b-8139-eeea224542dd,0x800,0x32000)/File(\EFI\DEBIAN\SHIMX64.EFI) ... root@zeus:/home/andi# lsblk -o name,partuuid,mountpoint NAME PARTUUID MOUNTPOINT nvme0n1 ├─nvme0n1p1 c00640c3-e748-405b-8139-eeea224542dd /boot/efi └─nvme0n1p2 b94969ac-596c-460b-9fca-aa911bad2d8c / Did you check that you're using GPT partition table? EFI boot wont work reliably without that. > EFI Partition may be missing or too small My EFI partition is 100M ( 6M used ) > Grub.cfg may be missing > I compared the grub.cfg from Debian and Devuan. Superficially they look very > similar. Depending on if you use a separate /boot partition, some paths/uuid might be different. How did you chroot into your installation? Did you bind mound /dev, /sys, /proc and related filesystems? Also /boot (if needed) and efi need to be mounted to get grub properly installed. Andreas -- gnuPG keyid: 8C2BAF51 fingerprint: 28EE 8438 E688 D992 3661 C753 90B3 BAAA 8C2B AF51 signature.asc Description: PGP signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
[DNG] Debian vim bug ?
Rather than using gvim I prefer to work mainly in konsole using gpm mouse, and
this may (or may not) be gpm related. I do have numerous other vim plugins
installed also.
I am experiencing high load when using vim. This occurs whenever I edit and
save a file but DO NOT move the cursor afterwards.
I strace'd it to vim spinning around 'poll' & 'select'.
Can anybody else duplicate this phenomenon ?
strace -p 24368
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
select(8, [0 3 5 7], [], [0 3 7], NULL) = 1 (in [7])
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
poll([{fd=5, events=POLLIN}], 1, 0) = 0 (Timeout)
select(8, [0 3 5 7], [], [0 3 7], NULL) = 1 (in [7])
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
strace -p 24368 -k
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(_start+0x2a) [0x6e4ba]
recvmsg(5, {msg_namelen=0}, 0) = -1 EAGAIN (Resource temporarily
unavailable)
> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libpthread-2.28.so(recvmsg+0x11) [0x12391]
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0(xcb_wait_for_special_event+0x4c8)
> [0xee58]
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libxcb.so.1.1.0(xcb_poll_for_reply64+0x178)
> [0xf958]
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0(_XFreeX11XCBStructure+0x82e)
> [0x434de]
^C > /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0(_XFreeX11XCBStructure+0x9a0)
[0x43650]
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0(_XEventsQueued+0x5d) [0x4394d]
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libX11.so.6.3.0(XEventsQueued+0x50) [0x35640]
> /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libXt.so.6.0.0(XtAppPending+0x141) [0x2f051]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(get_winbuf_options+0x24c) [0x17a4cc]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(xsmp_handle_requests+0x2ab) [0x180fab]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(mch_write+0xeb) [0x18156b]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(ui_wait_for_chars_or_timer+0x50) [0x216040]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(get_winbuf_options+0x315) [0x17a595]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(inchar_loop+0xdc) [0x21821c]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(ui_inchar+0xda) [0x217c9a]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(fix_input_buffer+0x370) [0x1089b0]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(vim_unescape_csi+0x1052) [0x10a8b2]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(vgetc+0x257) [0x10b6d7]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(safe_vgetc+0x9) [0x10bb09]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(normal_cmd+0x10e) [0x15ae8e]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(main_loop+0x43a) [0x281f5a]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(vim_main2+0xc1f) [0x2832bf]
> /usr/bin/vim.gtk(main+0xae7) [0x6c9b7]
> /lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libc-2.28.so(__libc_start_main+0xeb) [0x2409b]
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Re: [DNG] Fwd: Distribution upgrade issue
usually i prefer dist-upgrading apt and dpkg before everything else (right after `apt update`). always thought that newest apt is more compatible/tested with new releases.. never really looked/asked if that's true though (...), just a personal "habbit" over previous years of dist-upgrading :) -- problems described above sound like debian bugs though, maybe debian bug tracker has similar issues to look up.. 2c, d. OpenPGP_signature Description: OpenPGP digital signature ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
Re: [DNG] EFI Installation of Beowulf?
Please give some more details, specifically: 1. which iso (with sha256sum)? 2. was it a cleared disk, or existing paritions? 3. which installation mode (default or expert)? 4. which partitioning? 5. which network mirror (or none?)? 6. which software selection(s)? 7. which init system? 8. # md5sum $(find /boot/efi -type f) 9. please do 8 for the "working debian" as well 10. which EFI brand and version? regards, Ralph. On 22/02 23:25, Jonathan Moebius wrote: > Dear all, > > I have switched to a new computer and tried to install Beowulf 3.1.0 in a > pure-EFI setting. > I have tried installing on a SATA SSD as well as a a m.2 PCIe SSD. > Originally, > the plan was a dual boot install with Win10 being installed first, however > after several failed attempts, I scraped Win10 and went for a Linux-only > install. > Installation seems to run smoothly but after reboot grub presents itself > without the "graphical" selection menu but instead delivers the line > "Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported..." > > After 5 hours of installing and re-installing I tried installing Debian > Buster > 10.8 (I understand, Beowulf 3.1.0 is based on 10.8). With debian the > installation works out of the box. > > I have found following hints regarding this: > > EFI Partition may be missing or too small > I tried both with guided partitioning and manual partitioning, I created EFI > partitions up to 1 gb without success. > > Grub may have to be re-installed. > I tried to chroot into the installation and did a grub-install (after > mounting > the efi-partition). This did not solve the issue > > Grub.cfg may be missing > I compared the grub.cfg from Debian and Devuan. Superficially they look very > similar. > > > Do you have any hints what else to try? Can you spare me going back to debian? > > Kind regards, > Jonathan > ___ > Dng mailing list > Dng@lists.dyne.org > https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng ___ Dng mailing list Dng@lists.dyne.org https://mailinglists.dyne.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dng
