while updating , I got this message :
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The kernel update failed to determine how to update initramfs.
You will need to update manually using mkinitcpio or dracut yourself or your system WILL NOT BE BOOTABLE.
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Waiting 10 seconds.
Here is the full log :
Well, for solving this I needed to run dracute as root ,
╭─ankur@ankur in ~
╰─λ dracut-rebuild
This script needs to be run as root.
╭─ankur@ankur in ~ took 4ms
[🔴] × sudo dracut-rebuild
[sudo] password for ankur:
:: Building initramfs for linux-nitrous (6.9.10-nitrous+)
:: Building fallback initramfs for linux-nitrous (6.9.10-nitrous+)
╭─ankur@ankur in ~ as 🧙 took 21s
╰─λ
and now I am going to reboot , but IDK if this is going to work or not , because I have never explored dracute , but I felt like it is needed to be told to the community in case if someone gets this error ,so maybe this will help
Also some other things that I thought would help for devs :
╭─ankur@ankur in ~ took 8m5s
╰─λ sudo pacman -S garuda-dracut-support
[sudo] password for ankur:
warning: garuda-dracut-support-1.1.0-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Package (1) Old Version New Version Net Change Download Size
garuda/garuda-dracut-support 1.1.0-1 1.1.0-1 0.00 MiB 0.01 MiB
Total Download Size: 0.01 MiB
Total Installed Size: 0.00 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
:: Retrieving packages...
garuda-dracut-support-1.1.0-1-any 5.1 KiB 1860 B/s 00:03 [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
warning: could not get file information for usr/bin/dracut-rebuild
warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/91btrfs-snapshot-overlay/module-setup.sh
warning: could not get file information for usr/lib/dracut/modules.d/91btrfs-snapshot-overlay/snapshot-overlay.sh
warning: could not get file information for usr/share/libalpm/hooks/60-dracut-remove.hook
warning: could not get file information for usr/share/libalpm/hooks/90-dracut-install.hook
warning: could not get file information for usr/share/libalpm/scripts/dracut-install
warning: could not get file information for usr/share/libalpm/scripts/dracut-remove
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/2) Rejecting pacman transaction if running in snapshot...
(2/2) Performing snapper pre snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 183
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling garuda-dracut-support [-----------------------------------------------------------] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/7) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/7) Updating initramfs...
:: Building initramfs for linux-nitrous (6.9.10-nitrous+)
:: Building fallback initramfs for linux-nitrous (6.9.10-nitrous+)
(3/7) Foreign/AUR package notification
cbonsai 1.3.1-3
imdb-thumbnailer 0.8.9-1
tgpt-bin 2.8.0-1
(4/7) Orphaned package notification...
=> No orphans found.
(5/7) Checking for .pacnew and .pacsave files...
(6/7) Performing snapper post snapshots for the following configurations...
==> root: 184
(7/7) Syncing all file systems...
╭─ankur@ankur in ~ as 🧙 took 37s
╰─λ garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.9.9-nitrous+ arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: clang v: 18.1.8
clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-nitrous
root=UUID=2e55ecf8-208a-4ff1-b938-fa81f5c29e31 rw rootflags=subvol=@
quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.41.2 with: waybar tools: avail: swayidle,swaylock
vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HP product: Victus by HP Gaming Laptop 15-fa0xxx v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8A4F v: 37.54 serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: A03H1PA#ACJ uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.25
date: 12/28/2023
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 70.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 70.1/70.1 Wh (100.0%)
volts: 17.2 min: 15.4 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full cycles: 3
CPU:
Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12450H bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x9A (154) stepping: 3
microcode: 0x433
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 mt: 4 tpc: 2 st: 4 threads: 12 smt: enabled
cache: L1: 704 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 4x48 KiB; i-4x32 KiB, 4x64 KiB
L2: 7 MiB desc: 4x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 425 high: 571 min/max: 400/4400:3300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 400 2: 400 3: 521 4: 400
5: 571 6: 400 7: 400 8: 400 9: 400 10: 418 11: 399 12: 401 bogomips: 59916
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: i915 v: kernel alternate: xe arch: Gen-12.2 process: Intel 10nm
built: 2021-22+ ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4
bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:46a3 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GA107M [GeForce RTX 3050 Mobile] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: nvidia v: 555.58.02 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
status: current (as of 2024-06; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:25a2 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: Luxvisions Innotech HP Wide Vision HD Camera driver: uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 3-6:3
chip-ID: 30c9:0069 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.1
compositor: Hyprland v: 0.41.2 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
unloaded: nouveau alternate: fbdev,intel,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915
display-ID: 1
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x094d built: 2020 res: 1920x1080
hz: 60 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: Vulkan v: 1.3.285 layers: 9 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel
Graphics (ADL GT2) driver: mesa intel v: 24.1.4-arch1.3
device-ID: 8086:46a3 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1
type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU driver: nvidia
v: 555.58.02 device-ID: 10de:25a2 surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 2
type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe
v: 24.1.4-arch1.3 (LLVM 18.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000
surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake PCH-P High Definition Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-tgl
alternate: snd_hda_intel, snd_soc_avs, snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:51c8 class-ID: 0401
Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:2291 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.9.9-nitrous+ status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.1 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-P PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:51f0 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX211 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-10:4 chip-ID: 8087:0033
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 71.35 GiB (15.0%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD PC
SN740 SDDPNQD-512G-2006 size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: HPS1 temp: 31.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 400.82 GiB size: 400.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 71.29 GiB (17.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
used: 60.9 MiB (23.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 400.82 GiB size: 400.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 71.29 GiB (17.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 400.82 GiB size: 400.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 71.29 GiB (17.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 400.82 GiB size: 400.82 GiB (100.00%)
used: 71.29 GiB (17.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.29 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo,lzo-rle,lz4,lz4hc,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 2229 fan-2: 2017
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 15.29 GiB used: 3.83 GiB (25.1%)
Processes: 323 Power: uptime: 1h 5m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.07 GiB Init: systemd v: 256
default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1500 libs: 392 tools: pacseek,paru Compilers:
clang: caa42c9aaae889db97ad75b6bb052a369b391d3a alt: 18 gcc: 14.1.1
Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: foot inxi: 3.3.35
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
System install date: 2024-06-21
Last full system update: 2024-07-22 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
╭─ankur@ankur in ~ took 3s
╰─λ
and now about to reboot with fingers crossed
Thanks !!