So I got this weird bug – I updated my Pop_OS install and now Linux doesn’t boot anymore. I should probably boot from USB and fix this. I could figure it out on my own, but maybe it will be good knowledge for people searching on engines so any advice is welcome. Windows still boots properly. Let’s give people some alternatives to reddit :)

  • atzanteol@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    2·
    5 days ago

    “Linux doesn’t boot”

    Maybe begin with any information at all then if you want this to be helpful to others?

  • Gronk@aussie.zoneEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    My common solution to boot issues that lock me out is,

    1. Get a USB Live distro (always good to have a backup lying around)

    2. Boot into live distro

    3. Chroot into the broken distro (Arch wiki has an article on this)

    4. Fix any bugs that I can find and/or reinstall the bootloader

    5. Test, repeat until the problem has been found and fixed

    Hope it helps any newcomers!

  • gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
    1·
    5 days ago

    The picture you posted doesn’t show an error, that’s a screen to select your boot drive. Are you saying you don’t know how to select a boot drive or that when you do select the boot drive, nothing happens? You’re not giving us any information to help you with.

    • anonvurr@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      0·
      5 days ago

      When I restart the computer, the screen remains dark so I have to shut it down. When I select my distro, the screen hangs on that. When I boot from any live USB I get the error

      0.083296] x86/cpu: SGX disabled by BIOS.
0.263311] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.SPI1.FPNT._CRS
           due to previous error (AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE)
           (20220331/psparse-529)
0.263591] ACPI Error: Method execution failed
           \_SB.PCI0.SPI1.FPNT._CRS (AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE)
           (20220331/uteval-68)
0.264837] ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.SPI2.FPNT._CRS
           due to previous error (AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE)
           (20220331/psparse-529)
0.265092] ACPI Error: Method execution failed
           \_SB.PCI0.SPI2.FPNT._CRS (AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE)
           (20220331/uteval-68)

      I have tried different distros, but none work. Interestingly windows still works.

      • gonzo-rand19@moist.catsweat.com
        1·
        5 days ago

        ACPI errors shouldn’t be an issue, it’s somewhat common to see them. Are you still able to boot from live USB? Are your Linux and Windows installations on the same drive? Sometimes Windows can mess with the boot settings of other OSes and even break a GRUB install.

      • zzx@lemmy.world
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        5 days ago

        Maybe try adding

        acpi=off

        Or

        acpi=strict

        Or

        acpi=force

        To your kernel parameters

        • anonvurr@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
          0·
          3 days ago

          Good recommendation, but didn’t work. I’m quite puzzled by this problem and it’s much more difficult than I at first thought. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the bios since the computer doesn’t turn off properly and there are many more weird bugs.

          • zzx@lemmy.world
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            3 days ago

            Hmmm. Can you try to give us more logs?

            Honestly I’m starting to wonder if you’re having hardware issues.

  • golden_zealot@lemmy.mlEnglish
    1·
    5 days ago

    If Windows and Linux are installed on the same drive under different partitions, I seem to recall that a Windows update can fuck your Linux partition.

    Was there a Windows update recently?

  • obbeel@lemmy.eco.br
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    5 days ago

    This is common in rolling releases, but Pop OS isn’t a rolling release distro. Maybe a package you installed or something similar?