Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I am curious too about that actually... if anyone gets an update on how to fix this let me know. ;)
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I am not sure if this is an appropriate comment, but: As I wrote above, Leah advised me to add the symlink for vmlinuz myself (by the above mentioned commands). So I booted from a live-usb, mounted the encrypted partition and found, that the vmlinuz symlink to the vmlinuz file in /boot/ is there! So why wont Libreboot read it?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
something interesting I found out, this bug I had when I tried to install Full Disk Encryption, it also does the same thing with debian install. weird yes?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I don't know how seabios works, but if it makes it easier, I am for it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
this will never work the people here who have done an extremely custom config and os install are either going to know how it works or not be able to get it to work and then keep trying learn to follow instrutions libreboot should use seabios, it is far more flexible and compatible, and saves people from messing stuff up badly
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Just happened to update Libreboot on my x200, following the instructions at https://libreboot.org . Things are OK now, but I experienced an issue, which I'll report here. I chose to have a fully encrypted disk, and that's OK. But then I chose to add a GRUB password, and that's where I found trouble. By any inexplicable process, adding a GRUB password at grubtest.cfg always caused my keyboard to malfunction. The shift key started working oddly: it stopped working, but only for the letter keys. So, when at boot time I had to introduce the disk passphrase and I needed symbols, there was no problem - but when I needed a capital letter, I would have to turn Caps Lock on (and then off again if it followed a non-capital letter). When system was finally started, the keyboard problems still were present, making it difficult to write capital letters every time. I reflashed the x200 using different ROMs, even from old versions of Libreboot, but it only got worst from there. Caps Lock stopped working mid-boot: the Caps Lock light would stop reacting to the keypress and the passphrase would no longer be recognized. I got to the point that there was no way to boot the system, so I had to resort to an Trisquel USB with the libreboot utils so I could boot Trisquel live and reflash the system from there. So far, I have been unsuccessful to get Libreboot work well with a GRUB password. Ignacio Agulló · agu...@ati.es This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
m...@ruggedinbox.com, Ven 30 Set 2016 23:25:33 CEST: 2) Get the MAC adress of the laptop, most likely on a sticker at the bottom of the laptop. Get the ROM image you need. For this, you need to pick it in the grub folder, knowing if it's 4, 8 or 16m (can't remember how I know that, so if anyone knows, please let us know), The command to get the size of your ROM is: # dmidecode | grep ROM\ Size ...as seen in https://libreboot.org/docs/install/x200_external.html Ignacio Agulló · agu...@ati.es This message was sent using IMP, the Internet Messaging Program.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I will try it again another time, but I hope a solution can be found and then a guide specifically for troubleshooting Full Disk Encryption is put on the website...
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Thanks, that's what I thought, I just had to be sure. I'll look into your other comments later, when I have some time.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
> But how do I create a new entry? I believe this is the linky (add child page) https://trisquel.info/en/node/add/book?parent=268
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I don't have the problem, but out of curiosity: I think either vmlinuz is really missing, or GRUB links to it the wrong way. vmlinuz is supposed to be in the /boot folder as far as I know (https://superuser.com/questions/62575/where-is-vmlinux-on-my-ubuntu-installation), so that would be the first thing I'd check. From there, either it's a problem with the Trisquel install, or GRUB needs to be updated I guess. Either way, you'd neet to chroot (a.k.a. "mount the installed partition"). If you have no /boot, maybe it's on its own partition: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=132806
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I don't mind, I feel stupid myself regarding that stuff. But the fact is, with the guides I gave you, I managed to chroot into my drive. And that's knowing all too well how irritating this stuff is. Also, no one can help if you're not more precise with your error messages: only two different partitions will turn on, ok, but which ones? At which stage of chrooting are you? Did you try creating a /user folder as I suggested? etc. Anyway, I'll let others share their input then.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
He didn't, he can't boot manually (cryptomount -a etc.). Specifically because of that vmlinuz thing. To me this is not a Libreboot issue, but a problem with the way Trisquel was install (I didn't have that issue, personally).
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
CalmStorm: Did you ever access Trisquel after installation?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
CalmStorm, I have the same issue: After installing Trisquel on libreboot and trying to boot I get stopped by the "error: file `/vmlinuz' not found" message. And I've found no way of solving it yet. I have an 'appointment' with Leah Rowe, that she will guide me to a solution via #libreboot some day. I already discussed this with her and together we found, that I apparently have no /boot/ and no vmlinuz files, which she finds "strange". By email Leah suggested me to "add a symlink in your / to make that file, or you can modify your grub like so: https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_cbfs.html; And to this in this way: "Boot trisquel live usb and mount the installed partition then go into /boot/grub on that partition in your terminal and do: ln -s grub.cfg libreboot_grub.cfg reboot and it should work" If you manage to solve this, please let me know.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
well oddly enough only two different partitions will turn on.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
That's just a guess, but maybe try to go in the /media folder and create a /usr folder, then try again (you'll most likely need to be as root user to do so). I don't know if it's supposed to be there by default or not, I can't remember exactly how it went for me.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
and yes it is an error at chrooting...
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
thats the step i got to before having issues and zapper is my volume name.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Is it an error while chrooting? What is /dev/zapper? At which step are you exactly? Trying to mount the partitions, as in this? mkdir /media/linux mount /dev/main/root /media/linux mount /dev/main/usr /media/linux/usr mount -o bind /proc /media/linux/proc mount -o bind /dev /media/linux/dev mount -o bind /sys /media/linux/sys From the livecd or usb, in the CLI, the first command you need to type is modprobe dm-crypt, followed by cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda3 linux (can be sdaX, X being a number. maybe fdisk -l might tell you the name of your encrypted drive, I don't remember exactly how I've figured it out).
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
hmm ran into an error, /dev/zapper/usr /media/linux/usr /media/linux/usr didn't work.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
It's rather straightforward once you get a bit used to the CLI. Semi-pro tip: don't type the ROM's name every time, just type the first 2 characters, and press TAB. It will be witten for you.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I just have written an answer that the forum refused to let me publish (access denied)... Anyway, here it is: https://stephentanner.com/restoring-grub-for-an-encrypted-lvm.html I took it from here: https://trisquel.info/en/forum/netinsall-tty-apt-get-update-not-working#comment-98813 The idea is to start a livecd or liveusb, open the CLI, then type a bunch of commands in order to access your encrypted disk. From there, you need to know more about vmlinuz and how to replace it or rename it or whatever makes it work. Hence the links I've posted above (I don't know if they precisely apply to your problem though). Also this explains a bit more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vmlinux No problem, I know how irritating it is to make Libreboot work. My case was special, but it took me 6 months because of a damn bug: impossible to boot when the cd drive is inside the Ultrabase. But that's as far as I can go right now, you need to try chrooting (just follow the instructions and adapt them if needed), and you need to find out what to do with vmlinuz. I'll keep trying to help if I can though. Just stay calm, be patient, and never give up :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
If you find it let me know, hopefully it has full instructions. my apologies as this is tough to figure out for me heh.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
yes
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I have no idea if it would work with a cdrom, but I guess it should work. I'm looking for a chrooting tutorial I've posted somwhere in the forum.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Modify CBFS? You mean extracting grutest.cfg, modifying it and adding it again to the ROM?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Wait, I just remembered something: it's possible to access the HDD from a
liveUSB. I can't remember how the procedure is called, but I know I've
detailed it in this forum (and did it obviously). Oh right, it('s called
chrooting, and it might be easier to troubleshoot while being logged.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
how would I do that in libreboot though?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
should i tell you what ls does in the grub part of the computer? also I installed trisquel but I couldn't log into the installation due to these errors even with what I said I knew.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Maybe try this then: https://askubuntu.com/questions/150691/missing-vmlinuz-from-boot
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
error: file `/vmlinuz' not found.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Good, then when booting manually, you get an error about vmlinuz, right? What does it say exactly.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I flashed it myself and I installed trisquel myself... I know what my logical volume is named. essentially I know all of what you ask and still I cannot get in.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Then you need to start from here. Did you flash Libreboot yourself? Did you install Trisquel yourself? You need to know how the volume group and the logical volume were named (either by you or the person who installed Trisquel), as well as the passphrase that allows you to decrypt the HDD.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
oh well in that case, no it didn't work. but, yes I have the latest libreboot and trisquel installed. and yes I am trying to update it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I mean by turning the computer on, failing to log in, then getting back to the GRUB menu, pressing "c". From there, you type : cryptomount -a (press "enter") set root='/lvm/yourvolumegroup-yourlogicalvolume' (press "enter") linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/yourvolumegroup-yourlogicalvolume cryptdevice=/dev/mapper/yourvolumegroup-yourlogicalvolume:root (press "enter") initrd /initrd.img (press "enter") boot (press "enter") yourvolumegroup-yourlogicalvolume are the names given to both of these during Trisquel's encrypted install. I assume here that you have already Libreboot and Trisquel installed, and that you're trying to update Libreboot.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
when I switched to grubtest I don't remember seeing any errors... so what needs to be done i guess?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Thanks. Sure, why not. But how do I create a new entry? I can edit existing articles, but that's it.
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I can check...
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I cannot log into my trisquel installation if that is what you mean... what do you mean by log manually? though///
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
Can you log manually? If so, do you have the vmlinuz error there as well?
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I hope this guide works, gonna try it now. let you know if it works.. :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
I hope this guide works, gonna try it now. let you know if it works.. :)
Re: [Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
good, maybe you should wiki it?
[Trisquel-users] The shorter and thorough guide to updating Libreboot on an X200
1 - in the CLI (update the URL according to the stable relese you want):
wget -r --no-parent https://libreboot.org/release/stable/20160907/
2 - check the shasum/gpg https://libreboot.org/gpg/ . It's rather
straightforward, just follow the guide. For the complete CLI beginner, just
type the bold text and press enter. Check the result so that what you
downloaded isn't corrupted.
2) Get the MAC adress of the laptop, most likely on a sticker at the bottom
of the laptop. Get the ROM image you need. For this, you need to pick it in
the grub folder, knowing if it's 4, 8 or 16m (can't remember how I know that,
so if anyone knows, please let us know), and pick the vesab version. Also
pick the keyboard layout you want. I suggest staying classic (querty, or the
classic one in your language) because of the stuff to type in GRUB at first.
Better be familiar with it.
See instructions here, at "MAC adress" for the X200"
https://libreboot.org/docs/install/index.html#flashrom, and here
https://libreboot.org/docs/hcl/gm45_remove_me.html#ich9gen.
Basically, you generate a specific file which contains your personal MAC
adress and put it back in the ROM image.
Warning: your files need to be in the same folder. The scripts like
./cbfstool etc. are in the utils compressed file. Extract them, and move your
files in the same folder, and cd to that folder in the CLI for anything to
happen. You should be a bit familiar with the CLI.
3 - https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/encrypted_debian.html
According to this, following the way you named your volume group and logical
volume, this sequence that allows you to boot by typing this in GRUB (press c
to get to the right place to type this), you will have to personalize it
accordingly and put it in a file called grubtest.cfg, which is inside your
ROM image. just change the default menu entry 'Load Operating System' to say
this inside (again, modify it according according to the way you named your
volumegroup and logical volume). This means toreplace everything that's
between the {} in that section by this:
cryptomount -a
set root='lvm/volumegroup-logicalvolume'
linux /vmlinuz root=/dev/mapper/volumegroup-logicalvolume
cryptdevice=/dev/mapper/volumegroup-logicalvolume:root
initrd /initrd.img
So first extract grubtest.cfg from the ROM, modify it (see right above),
Then put it back inside the ROM, and flash your modified ROM.
See here for instructions, rather straightforward:
https://libreboot.org/docs/gnulinux/grub_cbfs.html
When booting, it will fail because by default, it reads grub.cfg, which we
haven't modified yet. get back to the GRUB menu, and select grubtest.cfg (3rd
or 4th option maybe). It should work.
If it does, finish the job with the "final section" in that same page. Make
sure to rename the sections grub into grubtest inside grub.cfg that was
generated (just read the instructions, nothing special).
Final touch, you can remove (replacing it didn't work for me) the background
image, so that you have a black background instead:
https://libreboot.org/docs/grub/index.html
Make sure that the name is the same as the one in the command. For this, use
the print command to display what's inside the ROM. When you're done, flash
the ROM one last time.
Voilà! Enjoy!
I can see the appeal in a modular manual (less repetitions), but it needs to
be more detailed for my needs. So I just made the guide I wanted to read.
