[arch-general] Kernel updated to 3.14.5-1. Now my Lenovo IdeaPad hangs on boot...

[Hong Shick Pak]

On Tue, Jun 3, 2014, at 09:13 AM, Mike Cloaked wrote:
> It is quite likely you have been hit by the now infamous efistub bug -
> see:
> 
> https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/33745?project=1
> 
> https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=68761
> 
> https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=156670
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Jun 3, 2014 at 4:38 PM, Manuel Reimer
> <Manuel.Spam at nurfuerspam.de>
> wrote:
> 
> > On 06/03/2014 05:16 PM, Anatol Pomozov wrote:
> >
> >> To recover your machine:
> >> 1) Boot from Arch ISO. I always have an USB pan with Arch image and
> >> found it useful for emergency cases.
> >> 2) Find your system partitions. Use 'lsblk' for this
> >> 3) mount your system partition, e.g. 'mkdir system; mount /dev/sda1
> >> system'
> >> 4) arch-chroot into your system: 'arch-chroot system'
> >> 5) fix your system e.g. downgrade kernel to previous version 'downgrade
> >> linux'
> >> 6) reboot and enjoy
> >>
> >
> > Did so, now. Now I'm on 3.14.4, again. System boots without any problems.
> >
> > But why can't I use the current kernel? Does someone here successfully
> > boot 3.14.5 via efistub? Bug in kernel? Or maybe bug in kernel
> > configuration?
> >
> > Greetings,
> >
> > Manuel
> >
> >
> 
> 
> -- 
> mike c

I get these boot issues sporadically with kernel updates. I keep a
separate boot entry in gummiboot with a kernel I know boots in case I
get hit with it again.

I haven't found anything useful on this silly bug so I'd say this is
your best option if you would like to avoid booting a liveCD every time
it happens.

Hong