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 :)
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Update: I reset the bios and that fixed the issue.
My common solution to boot issues that lock me out is,
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Get a USB Live distro (always good to have a backup lying around)
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Boot into live distro
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Chroot into the broken distro (Arch wiki has an article on this)
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Fix any bugs that I can find and/or reinstall the bootloader
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Test, repeat until the problem has been found and fixed
Hope it helps any newcomers!
I’d add :
- back up your data
you don’t have to follow a wiki anymore; there are distro’s out there that specialize in repairing broken bootloaders using a point-and-click interface and they’re great if you’re as lazy as i am. lol
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“Linux doesn’t boot”
Maybe begin with any information at all then if you want this to be helpful to others?
When I restart the computer, the screen remains dark so I have to shut it down. After I select distro it hangs. 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 could be wrong but I feel like I’ve seen
AE_AML_INVALID_RESOURCE_TYPE
Before,
Now take what I say with a grain of salt because in my experience 9 times out of 10 drives not mounting properly stop the system from booting, if you have multiple drives connected to your pc that automatically mount and you’re familiar with your
/etc/fstabI would suggest disabling auto-mount to any drive that isn’t your boot drive and try again.try searching up what SGX is
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?
No, it can just affect the boot record in some cases. This is not that case.
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.
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.
Maybe try adding
acpi=off
Or
acpi=strict
Or
acpi=force
To your kernel parameters
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.
Hmmm. Can you try to give us more logs?
Honestly I’m starting to wonder if you’re having hardware issues.
I fixed it! A bios reset did the trick.
I wonder if it has anything to do with this:
https://askubuntu.com/questions/1418992/sgx-disabled-by-bios-message-on-ubuntu-20-04-booting
I’m not familiar with SGX, but it kinda sounds like a predecessor to Secure Boot? I wonder if that’s preventing some kind of startup.
Yes, I’m thinking that the bios got corrupted somehow and from what I can tell, it doesn’t matter what linux kernel version I try to run. There is no SGX setting in the bios. I will try to update the bios tomorrow (I already tried once and that hung as well) and will update the thread then. Luckily windows still works.
That link I gave mentioned a Grub setting for ignoring SGX. Maybe try that after updating your BIOS, if that doesn’t work.
This is common in rolling releases, but Pop OS isn’t a rolling release distro. Maybe a package you installed or something similar?
This is common in rolling releases
- me who has been using the same heckin arch install without any issues for over 7 years:
w a t ???
They were like
yay -S *-git
