Grub bootloop after update

[1sn0m3]

Hello Guys,

I had a strange problem yesterday, after doing garuda update as usual, and rebooting, my computer started to boot in a loop, the first boot tried to load grub (and failed), after that the second boot took me to bios (?).

I tried rebooting again and the loop continues. I then tried reinstalling grub (following the instructions I found on that post (Grub fails after update - #3 by librewish) but after an hour of trying (and after thousands of errors) I gave up.

I tried restoring a snapshot and rebooting, but nothing changes.

I then tried using garuda welcome software to reinstall grub (Garuda Boot Repair). I tried installing grub using MBR and it doesn't work, I also tried with root and it doesn't work, so I tried the latest ESP. The ESP installation works, but now I have problems with Btrfs Assistant:

when I try to create a new snapshot I get this error: (open failed path://.snapshots errno:2 (No such file or directory)).

Also, I have a strange half-broken display of the grub theme (and it is quite unreadable).

Anyone have some suggestion to figure-out of this mess?

Thanks!

System:
  Kernel: 5.19.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=9f633e7b-cd8d-4bf4-8482-efdbad914147 rw rootflags=subvol=@
  Desktop: GNOME v: 42.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.34 info: plank wm: gnome-shell
    dm: GDM v: 42.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C90 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG B550 GAMING CARBON WIFI (MS-7C90) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 1.83
    date: 09/24/2021
Battery:
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Keys Wireless Keyboard
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse MX Master
    serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
    status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
    built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33)
    stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201016
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 768 KiB desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB
    L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 3659 high: 3737 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3597 2: 3597
    3: 3595 4: 3586 5: 3700 6: 3595 7: 3700 8: 3700 9: 3700 10: 3737 11: 3694
    12: 3700 13: 3700 14: 3700 15: 3700 16: 3595 17: 3700 18: 3591 19: 3600
    20: 3700 21: 3600 22: 3700 23: 3639 24: 3700 bogomips: 177586
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21 [Radeon RX 6800/6800 XT / 6900 XT] vendor: Sapphire
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: DP-2,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-3 bus-ID: 2d:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73bf
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 046d:08e5
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.3
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 4480x1440 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1185x381mm (46.65x15.00")
    s-diag: 1245mm (49.01")
  Monitor-1: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 pos: primary,right
    model: Samsung C32JG5x serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 2560x1440 hz: 144
    dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2 size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 2560x1440 min: 720x400
  Monitor-2: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: primary,left model: HP 27f
    serial: <filter> built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2
    size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23") diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: AMD Radeon RX 6800 (sienna_cichlid LLVM 14.0.6 DRM 3.47
    5.19.4-zen1-1-zen) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    pcie: bus-ID: 1-5:3 gen: 4 chip-ID: 046d:08e5 speed: 16 GT/s class-ID: 0102
    lanes: 16 serial: <filter> bus-ID: 2d:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 2f:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech C920 PRO HD Webcam type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.19.4-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
    chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 249.16 GiB (13.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS100T1X0E-00AFY0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: 614600WD temp: 46.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: SDSSDH3 1T00
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 00RL scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 249.13 GiB
    (26.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 25.8 MiB
    (8.6%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 249.13
    GiB (26.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 249.13
    GiB (26.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 931.22 GiB size: 931.22 GiB (100.00%) used: 249.13
    GiB (26.8%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.27 GiB used: 2 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.4 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 67.0 C
    mem: 76.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
  Processes: 537 Uptime: 18m wakeups: 4 Memory: 31.27 GiB used: 8.05 GiB
  (25.7%) Init: systemd v: 251 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages: pacman: 1907 lib: 531
  flatpak: 0 Shell: fish v: 3.5.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.20
Garuda (2.6.6-1):
  System install date:     2022-08-11
  Last full system update: 2022-08-27
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       NetworkManager
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Snapshots:               Snapper
  Failed units:            shadow.service 

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[DanielusG]

The same thing is happening to me, when the PC turns on it takes me directly into the BIOS, without showing GRUB or anything else. If via the boot choice I enter the Windows partition, it boots normally, but if I enter Garuda it takes me into the BIOS (I updated Garuda yesterday)

[BruceLakeriver]

Have you guys checked out that thread?

Error on booting "452 out of range"

From the terminal you should shift+ctrl+C to Copy. Then past here. Anyway sudo mkdir -p /mnt/broken sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/broken sudo garuda-chroot /mnt/broken/@ Afterwards inside chroot mount /dev/nvme0n1p1 /boot/efi grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=garuda --recheck update-grub

Since they messed up the last update of GRUB (with ‘they’ I mean the devs of GRUB) it is currently a mess many ppl are suffering from it.

Greetz,

Bruce

[DanielusG]

I fixed my problem. Create a Live ISO of Garuda, Boot into it, on Garuda Welcome click "Install bootloader" and fix your GRUB with the automatic tool

[1sn0m3]

I have try that but it don't solve my problem

[1sn0m3]

As i say with The ESP installation works, but now i cannot use snapshot anymore...

[1sn0m3]

Ok i have create a new config file for snapper, and now it works.

But i got another issue on Grub: it works but continually show me error: out of memory.

For now i can anyway boot linux, but there is a way to solve it?

Thanks!

[Kitwalz]

This goes more in-depth about the grub issue

Full transparency on the Grub issue

[1sn0m3]

I have try but i have still that issue, if i try to reinstall grub i got:

grub-install: error: failed to get canonical path of 'overlay'

[foozarinho]

give it a try

Booting only to BIOS, can't access OS

bruh, i had the same problem and i just executed the steps linked in the endeavouros forum and this is the link: Grub 2:2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-1 won't boot and goes straight to the BIOS after update - General system - EndeavourOS i only had the endeavouros os on my usb pen and this is how i fixed: boot from the usb with the live os open a terminal type sudo btrfs subvolume list -p /mnt it will give you an output like this ID 257 gen 484265 parent 5 top level 5 path @home ID 258 gen 483827 pa…