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Debian fresh install cannot boot

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Debian fresh install cannot boot

#1 Post by Linguistic-mystic »

Hi, I'm stumped here. Fresh Debian install cannot boot.

Grub is accessible and contains Debian, yet the boot freezes on the black screen with the words

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/dev/sdc2: clean ... files ... blocks
but no login prompt.

If I boot in "recovery mode", then I see a list of messages that eventually freezes at a different message every time. For example, once the last line was

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           Starting Coldplug All udev Devices...
[   6.672513] systemd[1]: Finished Create List of Static Device Nodes
and another time it was

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           Starting Set the console keyboard layout...
[   6.460055] systemd[1]: Starting Create List of Static Device Nodes
If I boot from live USB and chroot and try to read

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/etc/var/boot.log
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/etc/var/dmesg
, those files are just absent.

I've already tried reinstalling, including from a different boot image. The hardware should be compatible with Linux, at least Arch Linux definitely works.

How can I even begin to debug this situation, and where can I look for logs?

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Re: Debian fresh install cannot boot

#2 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Linguistic-mystic wrote: 2022-09-24 16:41 The hardware should be compatible with Linux, at least Arch Linux definitely works.
I asked my crystal ball about your hardware but it was unusually reticent so I'm afraid I will have to ask for the full 'lspci -k' output from Arch instead. Sorry about that.
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Re: Debian fresh install cannot boot

#3 Post by Linguistic-mystic »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote: 2022-09-24 17:49
Linguistic-mystic wrote: 2022-09-24 16:41 The hardware should be compatible with Linux, at least Arch Linux definitely works.
I asked my crystal ball about your hardware but it was unusually reticent so I'm afraid I will have to ask for the full 'lspci -k' output from Arch instead. Sorry about that.

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00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation 2nd Generation Core Processor Family DRAM Controller (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5000
	Kernel driver in use: snb_uncore
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Xeon E3-1200/2nd Generation Core Processor Family PCI Express Root Port (rev 09)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5000
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family MEI Controller #1 (rev 04)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 1c3a
	Kernel driver in use: mei_me
	Kernel modules: mei_me
00:1a.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #2 (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5006
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device a002
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 1 (rev b5)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family PCI Express Root Port 5 (rev b5)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev b5)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
	Kernel driver in use: pcieport
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family USB Enhanced Host Controller #1 (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5006
	Kernel driver in use: ehci-pci
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation H61 Express Chipset LPC Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
	Kernel driver in use: lpc_ich
	Kernel modules: lpc_ich
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 0-3) (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device b005
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_piix, pata_acpi, ata_generic
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family SMBus Controller (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 5001
	Kernel driver in use: i801_smbus
	Kernel modules: i2c_i801
00:1f.5 IDE interface: Intel Corporation 6 Series/C200 Series Chipset Family Desktop SATA Controller (IDE mode, ports 4-5) (rev 05)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device b002
	Kernel driver in use: ata_piix
	Kernel modules: ata_piix, pata_acpi, ata_generic
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c98
	Kernel driver in use: nouveau
	Kernel modules: nouveau
01:00.1 Audio device: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 High Definition Audio Controller (rev a1)
	Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] Device 8c98
	Kernel driver in use: snd_hda_intel
	Kernel modules: snd_hda_intel
03:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 0c)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Onboard Ethernet
	Kernel driver in use: r8169
	Kernel modules: r8169
04:00.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 PCI Bridge (rev 41)
	Subsystem: Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd Device 8892
It should perhaps be noted that Arch and Debian are installed to different hard drives. Both use Grub.

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Re: Debian fresh install cannot boot

#4 Post by Head_on_a_Stick »

Looks like you need the firmware-misc-nonfree package for that POS graphics card. Or just give up entirely and use the blob instead.
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Re: Debian fresh install cannot boot

#5 Post by Linguistic-mystic »

Head_on_a_Stick wrote: 2022-09-24 18:42 Looks like you need the firmware-misc-nonfree package for that POS graphics card. Or just give up entirely and use the blob instead.
The chrooted installation failed because some post-install scripts could not run, but the dependencies that were installed were somehow enough for the system to become bootable. Muchas gracias!

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