On Tuesday, 28 December 2021 13:40:44 GMT Neil Bothwick wrote: > I recently upgraded several systems from gentoo-sources-5.10.76-r1 to > 5.15.11, using my usual approach > > copy current config to new sources > make oldconfig > all modules_install install > run dracut > reboot > > All worked well except my desktop, which just sits there showing > > EFI stub: Loaded initrd from command line option > > So the bootloader has loaded the kernel but then there is absolutely > nothing. I tried removing the initrd option, but then it went straight to > a blank screen without the above message. I left it for a while, in case > it was just a case of no output, but nothing happened, not disk or > network activity, nothing.
Did you touch the new frame-buffer settings? I did at first and got something like your experience, but then after a distclean and oldconfig, making sure to leave the new frame buffer at their defaults, everything now works. I'll look into how it's supposed to work when I get back home. -- Regards, Peter.
