Failed to start Load Kernel Modules

ahryc · 5 October 2020 21:16

it gave me this, is it a problem?

[manjaro /]# update-grub
Generating grub configuration file …
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.7-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.7-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.7-x86_64-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64-fallback.img
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
done

The_Quantum_Alpha · 5 October 2020 21:17

Oh, that is fine!

That’s GRUB trying to probe your live USB …

You may reboot successfully, now!

ahryc · 5 October 2020 21:20

It worked! Thank you very much!

The_Quantum_Alpha · 5 October 2020 21:21

Sweet!!

Glad it worked !! Thank you for your patience!!

freggel.doe · 6 October 2020 07:10

Sure, this is a Manjaro support forum after all. ISOs aren’t that hard to get (Manjaro - Downloads) and perhaps there is even a bootable usb left over from initial installation.

Nalesframe · 19 January 2021 20:09

You’re a genius! I had a similar issue and it worked perfectly. You saved my life bro

yojegi5151 · 29 January 2021 18:56

Hello @The_Quantum_Alpha. I am experiencing the failure to load kernel modules error on boot as well. I also found this post but as I am not an expert with linux, I am struggling to interpret the suggested solution.

I tried your recommend solution, but on pacman -R linux54 it errors with:

checking dependencies…
:: removing linux54 breaks dependency ‘linux54’ required by linux54-nvida-340xx
:: removing linux54 breaks dependency ‘linux54’ required by linux54-virtualbox-host-modules

It was suggested to me to use mhwd-kernel -r linux54 instead. With that in mind, would the following be the correct command to resolve the load kernel modules error?

sudo pacman -S linux510 && mkinitcpio -P && mhwd-kernel -r linux54 && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -S linux54 && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -R linux510 && mkinitcpio -P

Thanks!

The_Quantum_Alpha · 30 January 2021 00:38

You can indeed give it a shot!

If not, let me know!

yojegi5151 · 30 January 2021 00:53

@The_Quantum_Alpha, I gave it a shot.

Error: You can’t remove your current kernel.

The_Quantum_Alpha · 30 January 2021 00:59

Let’s see

Try the following command : sudo pacman -S linux510 && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -Rdd linux 54 linux54-nvidia-340xx linux54-virtualbox-host-modules && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -S linux54 && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -R linux510 && mkinitcpio -P

yojegi5151 · 30 January 2021 01:10

This time I got the following two errors:

error: target not found: linux
error: target not found: 54

Should the command be changed to sudo pacman -S linux510 && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -Rdd linux54 linux54-nvidia-340xx linux54-virtualbox-host-modules && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -S linux54 && mkinitcpio -P && pacman -R linux510 && mkinitcpio -P?

The_Quantum_Alpha · 30 January 2021 01:13

Oups! My bad, sorry!

Indeed, remove that space!

yojegi5151 · 30 January 2021 01:23

That command finished. I will run update-grub and then reboot. Hopefully the kernel is able to load on reboot.

yojegi5151 · 30 January 2021 01:52

The screen is black after reboot. I am able to select Manjaro Linux on boot screen, but just get black screen. I can still access TTY2.

The_Quantum_Alpha · 30 January 2021 02:26

is your GPU AMD, may I ask?

yojegi5151 · 30 January 2021 02:34

Hi @The_Quantum_Alpha, I hope this answers your GPU question

lspci
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G98M [Quadro NVS 160M] (rev a1)

I ran sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300 to try to install drivers, but it returned Skipping already installed config 'video-linux' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:06eb) Display controller nVidia Corporation G98M [Quadro NVS 160M].

However, the driver doesn’t appear to be recognized:

inxi -G
Graphics: Device-1: NVIDIA G98M [Quadro NVS 160M] driver: N/A

deroberts1 · 2 February 2021 19:10

Try pressing ctl+alt+F2 to get to a tty. Then type sudo modprobe nouveau. See if you get a GUI that way.

I will tell you I switched to Nouveau and am completely satisfied.

yojegi5151 · 2 February 2021 20:20

Thanks @deroberts1. I was able to get the gui issue eventually resolved thanks to the friendly people on this forum. Solution for me was to remove nvidia drivers and use only the opensource drivers. Thanks!

deroberts1 · 3 February 2021 04:10

Good for you. I believe open source is the way forward with the ongoing work on Wayland beginning to bear fruit.