[WORKAROUND] rEFInd doesn't boot new linux 3.8.3-2

Hello!
Today I updated linux to 3.8.3-2 and rEFInd stopped booting. Instead I was stuck with the rEFInd screen (the one saying: booting vmlinux-linux).
Before you ask: Yes, I did copy the new kernel and initramfs to /boot/efi/EFI/arch by doing
sudo cp /boot/vmlinuz-linux /boot/efi/EFI/arch/vmlinuz-arch.efi
sudo cp /boot/initramfs-linux.img /boot/efi/EFI/arch/initramfs-arch.img
sudo cp /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img /boot/efi/EFI/arch/initramfs-arch-fallback.img
as I always do.
I solved the problem by starting from a Live-CD and downgrading the kernel. Does anyone know what the issue is?
Any help is much appreciated!
Last edited by mjb (2013-03-29 17:35:36)

cfr wrote:Are you sure this is the same problem? I thought that issue only affected more recent kernels but I can reproduce this failure with the LTS kernel. I have not had the issue at all with 3.7.* kernels - this is the first time it has happened.
The 3.8.3-2 reported by the OP is pretty recent, in my book. The thread to which I linked specifies that the problem began with certain 3.7.x kernels.
With rEFInd, with both the standard and fallback options for the current kernel, it hangs mid line. That is, it prints almost all of the usual loading line up to "initram" and then stops mid-word.
That's new, and suggests that you may be seeing something else -- either your kernel options are being truncated somehow (probably in a rEFInd bug) or there's a firmware bug that's causing the system to hang while rEFInd is displaying text. (rEFInd uses a system call called Print() to do this, so a hang mid-word suggests an EFI bug.) It might be best to start a new thread for this problem if you want to pursue it, if it's new.
With rEFInd and the LTS kernel, with both standard and fallback options, it hangs in the same place but then a message in yellow is overlaid which says "Error: unsupported while loading vmlinuz-linux-ltx".
The "unsupported" message means that the kernel lacks an EFI stub loader.
If it is a kernel bug, it is in the 3.0.69 as well (but it hasn't appeared in any other current or LTS kernel for me).
Unless it's been patched with a back-port of the EFI stub loader, I wouldn't expect 3.0.69 to boot directly via rEFInd or gummiboot.

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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:0d: ioport range 0x4c0-0x4cf has been reserved
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: d000-dfff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: ff800000-ff8fffff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: ce900000-de9fffff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bus 3, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:01.0
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001000-000010ff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001400-000014ff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: 32000000-33ffffff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: 34000000-35ffffff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bus 7, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:01.1
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001800-000018ff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001c00-00001cff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: 36000000-37ffffff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: 38000000-39ffffff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 1000-1fff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: ff900000-ff9fffff
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: dea00000-deafffff
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:01.0 to 64
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:01.1[B] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 196608 bytes)
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 98304 bytes)
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP reno registered
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) io scheduler anticipatory registered
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) io scheduler deadline registered
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) io scheduler cfq registered (default)
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., P10 , 01.00 (OEM: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600   )
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: VBE version: 2.0
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5680
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2])
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP bic registered
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 1
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 17
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 Core.
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Event source lapic configured with caps set: 08
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hrtimers: Switched to high resolution mode CPU 0
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 Encryption Driver loading.
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 Swap Writer loading.
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 FileWriter loading.
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ICH4: chipset revision 3
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ICH4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hda: hda1 hda2 <hda5> hda3 hda4
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver hub
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) USB Mass Storage support registered.
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver usblp
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Capability LSM initialized
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) fuse init (API version 7.6)
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 23
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, chip->init
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
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    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc_ircc_open(), can't get iobase of 0x2f8
    Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: Device 00:07 disabled.
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    2) UEFI system. However, Windows sees all Macs (With the possibility of Mac Pro 2013 Late is an exception. To be determined) as BIOS, or rather NON-UEFI system.
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    Summary,
    It is tested that a combination of the following will not work:
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    - Windows + OSX + Linux
    - Windows + Linux + OSX
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    1) 1X Windows 7 or 8 DVD or USB thumbdrive
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    2) 1X Linux DVD of your choice. Personally I choose Fedora 20.
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    1. Using Disk Utility, shrink the OSX's partition size to what is needed. For me, I give OSX 150GB. Do NOT create any new partition.
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    2: Download Boot Camp drivers only via Boot Camp Assistant. The USB thumbdrive shall be used later after Linux's installation.
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    I have only selected "Download latest Windows Support Files from Apple"
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    Note 2: For Thunderbolt adapters, it must be plugged in before reboot as hot-swapping is not supported under Linux. More on the tips at the end of this article.
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    For the unfortunate part that did not make it on time to edit the images:
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    format F: /FS:exFAT
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    Note: Mine Data partition was assigned as F drive. Please make necessary adjustment to "F:" should your Data partition is assigned to other letters.
    12. After that, Setup your Data partition structure as you like.
    Tip: Minimally create the important folders such as:
    - Music
    - Documents
    - Movie (Videos)
    - Downloads
    - Pictures
    All these folders are commonly used by the 3 OSes. I do NOT recommend changing of /home (OSX and / or Linux) and / or user home directory (Windows) either partially or as a whole.
    This is because of compatibility issue.
    On a side note, iTunes Media Library used in OSX and Windows are NOT able to be use interchangably due to hard-coded path used.
    13. Useful troubleshooting in Fedora / Linux:
    With references to these:
    http://chaidarun.com/fedora-mbp
    http://anderson.the-silvas.com/2014/02/14/fedora-20-on-a-macbook-pro-13-late-201 3-retina-display/
    http://unencumberedbyfacts.com/2013/08/16/linux-on-a-macbook-pro-101/
    I would like to highlight a few important points:
    1) Wi-Fi driver:
    http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
    Note 1: The sound driver should be installed at Out of Box Experience. However, the Wi-Fi is not.
    Note 2: Install both free and non-free repository. By the way, some other software like VLC can only be found after the Free Repository is installed.
    Search for "akmod-wl" in Gnome-Package-Installer in order to install Wi-Fi drivers
    Note 3: For those who do not have Ethernet adapters and their Mac does NOT have a built-in Ethernet port, it is recommended to get one. This is because Fedora 20 does not have a good support for iPhone USB tethering. Unsure for Andriod / Blackberry / Windows Phone users.
    2) Grub Menu:
    It will show several options to boot into OSX, even of the capability to boot into x86 or x64 mode. However, neither of them is bootable except Linux and the rescue.
    Hence, it is recommended to remove the items by hand in this file:
    /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
    Command to be used:
    "sudo gedit /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg"
    Parts to be removed:
    - For any extra kernels, delete the target entry by locating the line "menuentry" under "/etc/grub.d/10_linux" sector to one line above the next "menuentry".
    It is recommended to keep one main kernel, and one recovery at the minimal.
    - For other OS, delete all the entry (Since neither it can works) under "/etc/grub.d/30_os-prober" sector without removing the lines starts with ###.
    Auto Mount exFAT partition:
    - After installing extra packages for exFAT support (Since it is not supported by Fedora 20 from a default installation), you may wish to edit "/etc/fstab" in order to mount the exFAT partition during boot time.
    Command to be used:
    "sudo gedit /etc/fstab"
    Add the following line in gedit:
    UUID=702D-912D /run/media/Samuel/DATA                   exfat    defaults        1 2
    Note 1: For DATA partition, OSX & Boot Camp partition, Fedora defaults mounts under: "/run/medua/<Username with case sensitive>/<Partition Label Name>"
    Note 2: UUID is unique ID. You can find out the UUID by:
    Step 1: First determine the DATA partition number:
    "sudo gdisk /dev/sda"
    Step 2: Determine the UUID of this partition number:
    "sudo blkid /dev/sda8"
    Reference 1: http://manpages.courier-mta.org/htmlman5/fstab.5.html
    Reference 2: http://liquidat.wordpress.com/2007/10/15/short-tip-get-uuid-of-hard-disks/
    3) Overheating CPU
    Solution is to issue the following command in Linux terminal: su -c "echo -n 1 > /sys/devices/system/cpu/intel_pstate/no_turbo"
    4) System resumes immediately after suspend
    Solution is to issue the following command in Linux terminal: su -c "echo XHC1 > /proc/acpi/wakeup"
    5) What does not works well out of box:
    - Both GNOME and KDE's fonts are too small to be readable for out of box experience. Additional configuration is a need. (Some of the info can be found on "More Tips" later)
    - Thunderbolt hotplugging is NOT supported under Windows and Linux so far. Neither FaceTime HD camera works as well.
    - The red light in Headphone jack is always on. I do not have luck in switching off the light without losing the sound.
    Note 1: It is determined that the module "snd_hda_intel" is used by both cards (HDMI and normal output)
    Note 2: It is also known that blacklisting it can switch off the redlight at the price of muting the system.
    Note: Based on this article, http://support.apple.com/kb/TS1574
    A Mac (Except Mac Pro) needs servicing when there is a red light while the system fails to detect internal speakers. However, this article does NOT applies to this issue.
    5A) More Tips:
    Install gnome-tweak-tool for more customization
    Search for: "gnome-package" to install:
    Install Gnome Package Installer for advanced package repository
    Install Gnome Package Updater for advanced updates to be install (Whereby Fedora's App Store alike might not show the relevant updates)
    14. Verify if disk is still GPT:
    Use Gdisk to determine if the disk is pure GPT:
    http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1742682
    Command: sudo gdisk -l /dev/sda (The entire hard drive)
    You should see the MBR is "Protective" instead of anything else.
    15. Congrats, the system is ready for triple boot. (I forgot to eject my Windows DVD when the photo was taken)
    Note 1: You cannot set the default startup disk in Linux due to the lack of Boot Camp Control Panel in Linux.
    Neither is changing startup disk recommended in Windows due to the inability to display correctly.
    For me, I click "Cancel" whenever I am on this tab (Feel free to make other Boot Camp adjustments in other tabs).
    Only OSX I know that can show the startup disk options correctly.
    Note 2: For some reason, OSX likes to auto mount the EFI partition everytime it boots up. It is not known to have any issue for ejecting other disks or mounting disks via Disk Utility.
    Note 3: It is not determined if any Firmware or System upgrades will cause issues. It is only known that all 3 OS's regular updates should not be an issue.
    System Updates excludes Mac OSX 10.9.3 updates to OSX 10.9.4 type as I had done it on a OSX 10.9.4 Mac or Windows 8.1 to Windows 8.1 Update 1 since my Windows DVD comes with Update 1.
    System Upgrades refers to OSX Mavericks to Yosemite, Fedora 20 to Fedora 21, Windows 8.1 Update 1 to Windows 8.2 / Windows 9 for that matter.
    Note 4: Reset SMC and / or PRAM will NOT affect your ability to boot any of the OS (OSX, Recovery HD, Fedora & Windows 8)
    Yup, that is it!

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    Problems started a month ago. It randomly didn't booted. After some power off/on tries it finally booted and worked properly. Because it happened more often I've bought a new hard drive (Toshiba 40 GB). I've had Acronis True Image and planned to make a disk clone to the new drive. The problem is that a notebook now doesn't boot anymore so I cannot boot it from A CD nor hard drive. It stops at "In Touch..." logo with "Press [F12] for the boot device selection menu" text and doesn't react any key. I tried to boot with no CD, no hard drive - the same. I also connected internal HD using ATA-To-USB adapter - the same. Does it mean that's not a disk problem but motherboard or other components? Is it possible to enter BIOS before boot selection screen?
    Regards,
    Jacek

    Problem solved. There was a broken PCB under the CPU socket. I've found that pressing with my finger and holding CPU while booting allowed to startup the system while releasing the finger caused system hanging and its total crash. Our local service tried to repair it but with no success. Finally two days ago we've found a working motherboard (a used one) for about 200 USD and now I'm waiting for installing it in the laptop. Th regular price for a new one (about 400 Euro) is too much, but 200 USD is OK. I do like the laptop because of its ports (LPT, RS232). It's used for programming and controlling some older devices. Newer laptops have no LPTs nor RS232s and it's not easy to find a working USB adapter because the software we're using is even from DOS times and has hard-coded IRQs for those ports.
    Anyway, I hope it'll back from the service fresh and new, and of course working ;)
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    Regards,
    Jacek

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    Edit: Solved, as explained here.
    Hello,
    after upgrading to linux-3.5.3-1 my boot stopped at
    :: running early hook [udev]
    I tried upgrading to grub-bios-2.00, removing any customization I had in modprobe.conf and /etc/modules-load.d as well as removing the only module (radeon) from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf (obviously followed by mkinitcpio -p linux), which made me go on to
    :: waiting for udev uevents to be processed [BUSY]
    I'm not sure it's an actual progress.
    My /etc/udev/rules.d is empty and /usr/lib/udev/rules.d only contains pacman-tracked stuff.
    I enabled some debugging as described here but couldn't get anything useful - is there any way for such messages to be logged somewhere, so they can be pasted here?
    I ended up downgrading to linux-3.4.9, which boots fine.
    Any idea to troubleshoot this?
    cat /etc/rc.conf
    # /etc/rc.conf - configuration file for initscripts
    # Most of rc.conf has been replaced by various other configuration
    # files. See archlinux(7) for details.
    # For more details on rc.conf see rc.conf(5).
    DAEMONS=(!hwclock ntpd syslog-ng !network netfs crond dbus @networkmanager kdm @cpufreq sshd @cups @supervisor)
    # Storage
    # USEDMRAID="no"
    # USELVM="no"
    # Network
    # interface=
    # address=
    # netmask=
    # gateway=
    cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
    # vim:set ft=sh
    # MODULES
    # The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
    # run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
    # in this array. For instance:
    # MODULES="piix ide_disk reiserfs"
    MODULES=""
    # BINARIES
    # This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
    # wish into the CPIO image. This is run last, so it may be used to
    # override the actual binaries included by a given hook
    # BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
    BINARIES=""
    # FILES
    # This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
    # as-is and are not parsed in any way. This is useful for config files.
    # Some users may wish to include modprobe.conf for custom module options
    # like so:
    # FILES="/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf"
    FILES=""
    # HOOKS
    # This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
    # modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
    # Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
    # order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
    # help on a given hook.
    # 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
    # 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
    # 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
    # Examples:
    ## This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
    ## No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
    # HOOKS="base"
    ## This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
    ## work as a sane default
    # HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems"
    ## This is identical to the above, except the old ide subsystem is
    ## used for IDE devices instead of the new pata subsystem.
    # HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata filesystems"
    ## This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
    ## No autodetection is done.
    # HOOKS="base udev pata scsi sata usb filesystems"
    ## This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
    ## Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
    # HOOKS="base udev pata mdadm encrypt filesystems"
    ## This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
    # HOOKS="base udev usb lvm2 filesystems"
    ## NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
    # usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
    HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata resume filesystems usbinput fsck"
    # COMPRESSION
    # Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
    # is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
    #COMPRESSION="gzip"
    #COMPRESSION="bzip2"
    #COMPRESSION="lzma"
    #COMPRESSION="xz"
    #COMPRESSION="lzop"
    # COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
    # Additional options for the compressor
    #COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=""
    pacman -Qo /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/*
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-dm.rules is owned by device-mapper 2.02.97-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/10-vboxdrv.rules is owned by virtualbox 4.1.20-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/11-dm-lvm.rules is owned by lvm2 2.02.97-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/13-dm-disk.rules is owned by device-mapper 2.02.97-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/40-gphoto.rules is owned by libgphoto2 2.4.14-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/40-hpet-permissions.rules is owned by jack2 1.9.8-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/40-usb-media-players.rules is owned by media-player-info 17-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/42-usb-hid-pm.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/50-udev-default.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/53-sane.rules is owned by sane 1.0.23-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-cdrom_id.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-pcmcia.rules is owned by pcmciautils 018-4
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-alsa.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-input.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-serial.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage-tape.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-storage.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-persistent-v4l.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/60-rfkill.rules is owned by rfkill 0.4-5
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-accelerometer.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/61-gnome-bluetooth-rfkill.rules is owned by gnome-bluetooth 3.4.2-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/64-md-raid.rules is owned by mdadm 3.2.5-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/65-kvm.rules is owned by qemu 1.1.1-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-cd-sensors.rules is owned by colord 0.1.21-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/69-libmtp.rules is owned by libmtp 1.1.4-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-infrared.rules is owned by v4l-utils 0.8.8-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-power-switch.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-uaccess.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/70-udev-acl.rules is owned by consolekit 0.4.6-4
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/71-seat.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/73-seat-late.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/75-net-description.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/75-probe_mtd.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/75-tty-description.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/77-nm-olpc-mesh.rules is owned by networkmanager 0.9.4.0-6
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/78-sound-card.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-drivers.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks.rules is owned by udisks 1.0.4-5
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/80-udisks2.rules is owned by udisks2 1.94.0-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/85-usbmuxd.rules is owned by usbmuxd 1.0.8-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-alsa-restore.rules is owned by alsa-utils 1.0.25-3
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-libgpod.rules is owned by libgpod 0.8.2-6
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/90-pulseaudio.rules is owned by pulseaudio 2.1-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-cd-devices.rules is owned by colord 0.1.21-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-dm-notify.rules is owned by device-mapper 2.02.97-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-keyboard-force-release.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-keymap.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-udev-late.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-battery-recall-dell.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-battery-recall-fujitsu.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-battery-recall-gateway.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-battery-recall-ibm.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-battery-recall-lenovo.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-battery-recall-toshiba.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-csr.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-hid.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/95-upower-wup.rules is owned by upower 0.9.17-2
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/97-bluetooth-hid2hci.rules is owned by bluez 4.101-1
    /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/99-systemd.rules is owned by systemd-tools 188-2
    cat /var/log/pacman.log
    [2012-08-28 12:27] Running 'pacman -Sy'
    [2012-08-28 12:27] synchronizing package lists
    [2012-08-28 14:51] Running 'pacman -S -u'
    [2012-08-28 14:51] starting full system upgrade
    [2012-08-28 14:53] upgraded gc (7.2.c-1 -> 7.2.d-1)
    [2012-08-28 14:53] >>> Updating module dependencies. Please wait ...
    [2012-08-28 14:53] >>> Generating initial ramdisk, using mkinitcpio. Please wait...
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    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Starting build: 3.5.3-1-ARCH
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [pata]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [scsi]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [sata]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [resume]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux.img
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Image generation successful
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Building image from preset: 'fallback'
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-linux -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img -S autodetect
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Starting build: 3.5.3-1-ARCH
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [base]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [udev]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [pata]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [scsi]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [sata]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [resume]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [usbinput]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] -> Running build hook: [fsck]
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Generating module dependencies
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Creating gzip initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img
    [2012-08-28 14:53] ==> Image generation successful
    [2012-08-28 14:53] upgraded linux (3.4.9-1 -> 3.5.3-1)
    [2012-08-28 14:53] upgraded lirc-utils (1:0.9.0-22 -> 1:0.9.0-26)
    [2012-08-28 14:53] In order to use the new version, reload all virtualbox modules manually.
    [2012-08-28 14:53] upgraded virtualbox-modules (4.1.20-1 -> 4.1.20-3)
    [2012-08-28 14:59] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-dp/PKGDEST.3fb/google-chrome-21.0.1180.81-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
    [2012-08-28 14:59] upgraded google-chrome (21.0.1180.57-1 -> 21.0.1180.81-1)
    [2012-08-28 15:00] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-dp/PKGDEST.MgI/tunlr-0.1.5-1-any.pkg.tar.xz'
    [2012-08-28 15:00] Running 'pacman -Sy'
    [2012-08-28 15:00] synchronizing package lists
    [2012-08-28 15:01] Running 'pacman -U /tmp/yaourt-tmp-dp/PKGDEST.Vic/tunlr-0.1.5-1-any.pkg.tar.xz'
    [2012-08-28 15:01] upgraded tunlr (0.1.4-1 -> 0.1.5-1)
    [2012-08-28 17:34] Running 'pacman -S extra/kdeedu-kmplot'
    [2012-08-28 17:34] installed kdeedu-kmplot (4.9.0-1)
    [2012-08-29 10:20] Running 'pacman -Syu'
    [2012-08-29 10:20] synchronizing package lists
    [2012-08-29 10:20] starting full system upgrade
    [2012-08-29 11:07] Running 'pacman -S grub-bios'
    [2012-08-29 11:07] removed grub (0.97-21)
    [2012-08-29 11:07] Generating grub.cfg.example config file...
    [2012-08-29 11:07] This may fail on some machines running a custom kernel.
    [2012-08-29 11:08] done.
    [2012-08-29 11:08] installed grub-common (2.00-1)
    [2012-08-29 11:08] installed grub-bios (2.00-1)
    [2012-08-29 11:48] Running 'pacman -Sy'
    [2012-08-29 11:48] synchronizing package lists
    [2012-08-29 11:48] starting full system upgrade
    [2012-08-29 12:11] Running 'pacman -Sy'
    [2012-08-29 12:11] synchronizing package lists
    [2012-08-29 12:11] starting full system upgrade
    [2012-08-29 12:11] Running 'pacman -S -u'
    [2012-08-29 12:11] starting full system upgrade
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded firefox (14.0.1-1 -> 15.0-1)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded firefox-i18n-it (14.0.1-1 -> 15.0-1)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded gsmartcontrol (0.8.7-1 -> 0.8.7-2)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded libwbclient (3.6.7-1 -> 3.6.7-2)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded smbclient (3.6.7-1 -> 3.6.7-2)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded samba (3.6.7-1 -> 3.6.7-2)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded sane (1.0.22-9 -> 1.0.23-1)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded syslinux (4.05-6 -> 4.05-7)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded thunderbird (14.0-1 -> 15.0-1)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded thunderbird-i18n-it (14.0-1 -> 15.0-1)
    [2012-08-29 12:15] -> You can now set custom file descriptor ulimits for Tor in
    [2012-08-29 12:15] -> "/etc/conf.d/tor" using the "TOR_MAX_FD" variable.
    [2012-08-29 12:15] upgraded tor (0.2.2.37-1 -> 0.2.2.38-1)
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