Arch drops me to a rescue shell after kernel update

Hello everyone,
I am an Arch newbie and glad if you hold my hand for a little on this one.
Last night I did my first
pacman -Syu
and among others it also updated my kernel to whatever kernel currently in the repositories is. After that I rebooted my Linux box and yes I forgot to update my /boot/efi/EFI/arch first; now it says it can't properly read from my /boot and drops me to a rescue shell.
I have a UEFI motherboard and during installation I followed the EFISTUB instructions in the wiki; using that everything booted flawlessly on my first attempt.
So far I managed to boot from my trusted SystemRescueCD. I can access the Arch documentation via web browser in an X11 environment and I can cleanly mount my partitions and chroot, but I am troubled by the output I am seeing. The obvious solution to my newbie problem would be to go through the EFISTUB instructions in the wiki again, but I have no clue where my boot file sources are. Check this:
root@sysresccd /root % mkdir /mnt/arch-root
root@sysresccd /root % mkdir /mnt/arch-root/boot
root@sysresccd /root % mount /dev/sdc3 /mnt/arch-root
root@sysresccd /root % mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/arch-root/boot
root@sysresccd /root % ls -al /mnt/arch-root/boot
total 12
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 .
drwxr-xr-x 20 root root 4096 Mar 6 19:11 ..
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 EFI
root@sysresccd /root % ls -al /mnt/arch-root/boot/EFI
total 20
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Jan 1 1970 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 27 19:55 arch
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 boot
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 27 19:51 refind
root@sysresccd /root % ls -al /mnt/arch-root/boot/EFI/arch
total 20576
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 27 19:55 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 14291050 Feb 27 19:47 initramfs-arch-fallback.img
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3083850 Feb 27 19:47 initramfs-arch.img
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 164 Feb 27 19:55 refind_linux.conf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 3675776 Feb 27 19:46 vmlinuz-arch.efi
root@sysresccd /root % ls -al /mnt/arch-root/boot/EFI/boot
total 184
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 ..
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154688 Feb 27 20:00 bootx64.efi
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 icons
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17452 Feb 27 20:00 refind.conf
root@sysresccd /root % ls -al /mnt/arch-root/boot/EFI/refind
total 184
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 Feb 27 19:51 .
drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 Feb 27 20:00 ..
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4096 Feb 27 19:51 icons
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 17452 Feb 27 19:50 refind.conf
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 154688 Feb 27 19:50 refind_x64.efi
root@sysresccd /root %
Why are there no vmlinuz-linux, initramfs-linux.img, and initramfs-linux-fallback.img in my /mnt/arch-root/boot ?
Why is there an EFI/* in my /mnt/arch-root/boot and not the efi/EFI/* I expect to find? It's as if one level of the file hierarchy is missing... if I mounted something incorrectly, I'd expect an empty mount point, but this phenomenon of having something but not everything really puzzles me.
The rest seems ok as it was Feb27 when I did my intital installation of Arch and Mar6 when I did the pacman -Syu
Thanks for any help, I am really clueless right now.

Thanks for the reply.
I've already installed the virtualbox-archlinux-additions.
So after the kernel update there's nothing i need to do ?

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It seems that there is nothing relevant in the logs:
[root@purelight log]# grep dkms /var/log/*
auth.log:Oct 17 20:52:53 purelight sudo: syl : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/var/lib/dkms/rt5572sta/2.601 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/dkms build -m rt5572sta -v 2.601
auth.log:Oct 17 20:54:14 purelight sudo: syl : TTY=pts/2 ; PWD=/var/lib/dkms/rt5572sta/2.601 ; USER=root ; COMMAND=/usr/sbin/dkms install -m rt5572sta -v 2.601
pacman.log:[2012-10-06 20:42] Running 'pacman -S dkms'
pacman.log:[2012-10-06 20:42] installed dkms (2.2.0.3-12)
Any help would be nice, thanks!

Unia wrote:
Are you using systemd? If so, you might have to reboot twice. The catalyst-dkms package (video driver for amd cards) in [community] currently has the same problems. I'd suggest for you to read the last few pages in that thread to see background information:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=57084&p=177
Yes I do use systemd. Since I'm using a quite recent installation, it was included by default.
At the next kernel upgrade I'll try this trick of reboot twice, and see if it works.
Cheers!

Broadcom-wl-dkms not reinstalled after kernel update

I use broadcom-wl-dkms for my wireless card (Broadcom BCM4352 rev 03). All works well, until the kernel is updated.
I expected dkms to rebuild the package automatically, but apparently something goes wrong in the process: after every one of the last few kernel updates, the module was correctly rebuilt on reboot, but not re-installed.
root@tank ~ # dkms status
broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248, 3.19.2-1-ARCH, x86_64: installed
broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248, 3.19.3-3-ARCH, x86_64: installed
broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248, 4.0.1-1-ARCH, x86_64: installed
broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248, 4.0.2-1-ARCH, x86_64: installed
broadcom-wl, 6.30.223.248, 4.0.3-1-ARCH, x86_64: built
Running
root@tank ~ # dkms install broadcom-wl/6.30.223.248
wl:
Running module version sanity check.
- Original module
- No original module exists within this kernel
- Installation
- Installing to /usr/lib/modules/4.0.3-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
depmod....
DKMS: install completed.
does the trick, but ideally I wouldn't have to do that.
Looking at dkms logs, I get that:
May 17 20:41:10 tank systemd[1]: Starting Dynamic Kernel Modules System...
May 17 20:41:10 tank dkms[443]: Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
May 17 20:41:10 tank dkms[443]: Kernel preparation unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
May 17 20:41:10 tank dkms[443]: Building module:
May 17 20:41:10 tank dkms[443]: cleaning build area...
May 17 20:41:10 tank dkms[443]: Building module:
May 17 20:41:13 tank dkms[443]: cleaning build area....
May 17 20:41:13 tank dkms[443]: make KERNELRELEASE=4.0.3-1-ARCH KVERSION=4.0.3-1-ARCH....
May 17 20:41:16 tank dkms[443]: make KERNELRELEASE=4.0.3-1-ARCH -C /usr/lib/modules/4.0.3-1-ARCH/build M=/var/lib/dkms/broadcom-w
May 17 20:41:16 tank dkms[443]: cleaning build area....
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: cleaning build area....
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: Kernel cleanup unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: DKMS: build completed.
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: steamos-xpad.ko:
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: Running module version sanity check.
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: .
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: Kernel cleanup unnecessary for this kernel. Skipping...
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: DKMS: build completed.
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: wl.ko:
May 17 20:41:19 tank dkms[443]: Running module version sanity check.
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - Original module
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - Original module
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - No original module exists within this kernel
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - No original module exists within this kernel
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - Installation
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - Installation
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/4.0.3-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/input/joystick/
May 17 20:41:20 tank dkms[443]: - Installing to /usr/lib/modules/4.0.3-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: depmod...depmod....
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: DKMS: install completed.
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: .(bad exit status: 1)
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: -------- Uninstall Beginning --------
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: Module: broadcom-wl
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: Version: 6.30.223.248
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: Kernel: 4.0.3-1-ARCH (x86_64)
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: -------------------------------------
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: Status: Before uninstall, this module version was ACTIVE on this kernel.
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: wl.ko:
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: - Uninstallation
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: - Deleting from: /usr/lib/modules/4.0.3-1-ARCH/kernel/drivers/net/wireless/
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: - Original module
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: - No original module was found for this module on this kernel.
May 17 20:41:23 tank dkms[443]: - Use the dkms install command to reinstall any previous module version.
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: depmod....
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1873: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1875: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1873: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1875: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1873: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1875: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1873: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: /usr/sbin/dkms: line 1875: echo: write error: Broken pipe
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: DKMS: uninstall completed.
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: Error! Problems with depmod detected. Automatically uninstalling this module.
May 17 20:41:26 tank dkms[443]: DKMS: Install Failed (depmod problems). Module rolled back to built state.
May 17 20:41:26 tank systemd[1]: Started Dynamic Kernel Modules System.
Apart from telling me that the broadcom-wl install failed, I don't see much in there.
Any clue on what's going on? Thanks!
Last edited by Gyscos (2015-05-18 08:25:32)

The open source driver might work or might not. For me it was extremely unreliable and slow. Use the broadcom-wl driver or b43 like ugjk suggests.The wl driver is in aur.

Nvidia problem after kernel update

I moved from 2.6.15 to 2.6.16 with ABS and now my nvidia isn't working.
When I run pacman -S nvidia, I see:
INSTALLATION FAILED
=> You have to shutdown X-server to finish installation! You have to rerun pacman -s nvidia
And I am sure that I've shutdown my X, I even removed /tmp/.X0-lock
Can anyone help me

:? I don't understand, I have my kernel sources at /usr/src/linux-2.6.16-ARCH and I have /lib/modules/linux-2.6.16-ARCH but the ABS is /var/abs/testing/kernels/kernel26/pkg/lib/modules/2.6.16-ARCH
The logfile talks about /opt/nvidia but I dont have that
nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log'
creation time: Fri Mar 31 10:42:51 2006
option status:
license pre-accepted : true
update : false
force update : false
expert : false
uninstall : false
driver info : false
no precompiled interface: true
no ncurses color : false
query latest driver ver : false
OpenGL header files : false
no questions : true
silent : false
no backup : false
kernel module only : false
sanity : false
add this kernel : false
no runlevel check : true
no network : true
no ABI note : false
no RPMs : false
force tls : (not specified)
force compat32 tls : (not specified)
X install prefix : /usr
OpenGL install prefix : /usr
compat32 install prefix : (not specified)
installer install prefix: /usr
utility install prefix : /usr
kernel name : (not specified)
kernel include path : (not specified)
kernel source path : (not specified)
kernel output path : (not specified)
kernel install path : (not specified)
proc mount point : /proc
ui : none
tmpdir : /tmp
ftp mirror : ftp://download.nvidia.com
RPM file list : (not specified)
Using built-in stream user interface
-> License accepted by command line option.
-> Not probing for precompiled kernel interfaces.
-> Performing CC test with CC="cc".
-> Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.16-ARCH/build'
-> Kernel output path: '/lib/modules/2.6.16-ARCH/build'
-> Performing rivafb check.
-> Performing nvidiafb check.
-> Cleaning kernel module build directory.
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make clean'...
rm -f -f nv.o nv-vm.o os-agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nv.o nv-vm.o os-
agp.o os-interface.o os-registry.o nvidia.mod.o
rm -f -f build-in.o nv-linux.o *.d .*.{cmd,flags}
rm -f -f nvidia.{o,ko,mod.{o,c}} nv_compiler.h *~
rm -f -f stprof stprof.o symtab.h
rm -f -rf .tmp_versions
-> Building kernel module:
executing: 'cd ./usr/src/nv; make module SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2.6.16-ARCH/bui
ld SYSOUT=/lib/modules/2.6.16-ARCH/build'...
NVIDIA: calling KBUILD...
make CC=cc KBUILD_VERBOSE=1 -C /lib/modules/2.6.16-ARCH/build SUBDIRS=/opt/
nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv modules
mkdir -p /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/.tmp_versions
make -f scripts/Makefile.build obj=/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg
0/usr/src/nv
echo #define NV_COMPILER "`cc -v 2>&1 | tail -n 1`" > /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-
Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv_compiler.h
cc -Wp,-MD,/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/.nv.o.d
-nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include -D__KERNEL__
-Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototyp
es -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -O2 -f
omit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i
686 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-point
er-sign -I/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wimpl
icit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -W
char-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -f
no-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAM
ES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SLI -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1
-DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=8178 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_MU
LTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPGART_PRESENT -DNV_PM_MESSAGE_T_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATT
R_PRESENT -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv)"
-D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0
-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.o /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/sr
c/nv/nv.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:20,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:47,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function 'prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:522,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:71,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function 'check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:258: warning: wrong type argument to increment
In file included from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv.c:14:
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:715:2: warn
ing: #warning "conftest.sh failed, assuming remap_page_range(4)!"
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In function 'nvo
s_get_agp_device_by_class':
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:503: warning: imp
licit declaration of function 'pci_find_class'
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:503: warning: ass
ignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:517: warning: ass
ignment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In function 'nv_
kern_mmap':
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:1983: warning: im
plicit declaration of function 'remap_page_range'
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c: In function 'nvo
s_count_devices':
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:3646: warning: as
signment makes pointer from integer without a cast
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv.c:3652: warning: as
signment makes pointer from integer without a cast
cc -Wp,-MD,/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/.nv-vm.o.
d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include -D__KERNE
L__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prot
otypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -marc
h=i686 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-po
inter-sign -I/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv -Wall -Wi
mplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wpo
inter-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD -Wsign-compare -Wn
o-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM -
DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SLI -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLEV
EL=8178 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_MULTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPGART_PRESENT -DNV
_PM_MESSAGE_T_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(
s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(nv_vm)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(n
vidia)" -c -o /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.o
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv-vm.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:20,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:47,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-vm.c:14:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function 'prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:522,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:71,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-vm.c:14:
include/asm/io.h: In function 'check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:258: warning: wrong type argument to increment
In file included from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-vm.c:14:
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:715:2: warn
ing: #warning "conftest.sh failed, assuming remap_page_range(4)!"
cc -Wp,-MD,/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/.os-agp.o
.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include -D__KERN
EL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-pro
totypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding -O2
-fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -mar
ch=i686 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -Wno-p
ointer-sign -I/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv -Wall -W
implicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -Wparentheses -Wp
ointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD -Wsign-compare -W
no-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -DMODULE -DNTRM
-DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SLI -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION=0 -DNV_PATCHLE
VEL=8178 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_MULTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPGART_PRESENT -DN
V_PM_MESSAGE_T_PRESENT -D
NV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DMODULE -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAM
E=KBUILD_STR(os_agp)" -D"KBUILD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /opt/nvid
ia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/os-agp.o /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Lin
ux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/os-agp.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:20,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:47,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
os-agp.c:24:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function 'prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:522,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:71,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
os-agp.c:24:
include/asm/io.h: In function 'check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:258: warning: wrong type argument to increment
In file included from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
os-agp.c:24:
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:715:2: warn
ing: #warning "conftest.sh failed, assuming remap_page_range(4)!"
cc -Wp,-MD,/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/.os-inter
face.o.d -nostdinc -isystem /usr/lib/gcc/i686-pc-linux-gnu/4.0.3/include -D
__KERNEL__ -Iinclude -include include/linux/autoconf.h -Wall -Wundef -Wstri
ct-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -ffreestanding
-O2 -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -msoft-float -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2
-march=i686 -Iinclude/asm-i386/mach-default -Wdeclaration-after-statement -
Wno-pointer-sign -I/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv -Wa
ll -Wimplicit -Wreturn-type -Wswitch -Wformat -Wchar-subscripts -W
parentheses -Wpointer-arith -Wno-multichar -Werror -O -fno-common -MD -W
sign-compare -Wno-cast-qual -Wno-error -D_LOOSE_KERNEL_NAMES -D__KERNEL__ -D
MODULE -DNTRM -DNVRM -DDYNAMIC_SLI -DNV_MAJOR_VERSION=1 -DNV_MINOR_VERSION
=0 -DNV_PATCHLEVEL=8178 -UDEBUG -U_DEBUG -DNDEBUG -DNV_MULTIPLE_BRIDGE_AGPG
ART_PRESENT -DNV_PM_MESSAGE_T_PRESENT -DNV_CHANGE_PAGE_ATTR_PRESENT -DMODUL
E -D"KBUILD_STR(s)=#s" -D"KBUILD_BASENAME=KBUILD_STR(os_interface)" -D"KBUI
LD_MODNAME=KBUILD_STR(nvidia)" -c -o /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-p
kg0/usr/src/nv/os-interface.o /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr
/src/nv/os-interface.c
In file included from include/linux/list.h:7,
from include/linux/wait.h:23,
from include/asm/semaphore.h:41,
from include/linux/sched.h:20,
from include/linux/module.h:10,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:47,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
os-interface.c:26:
include/linux/prefetch.h: In function 'prefetch_range':
include/linux/prefetch.h:62: warning: pointer of type 'void *' used in arith
metic
In file included from include/linux/dmapool.h:14,
from include/linux/pci.h:522,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
nv-linux.h:71,
from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
os-interface.c:26:
include/asm/io.h: In function 'check_signature':
include/asm/io.h:258: warning: wrong type argument to increment
In file included from /opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/
os-interface.c:26:
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/nv-linux.h:715:2: warn
ing: #warning "conftest.sh failed, assuming remap_page_range(4)!"
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c: In fun
ction 'os_set_mlock_capability':
/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/os-interface.c:1375: e
rror: 'struct task_struct' has no member named 'rlim'
make[3]: *** [/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv/os-inter
face.o] Error 1
make[2]: *** [_module_/opt/nvidia/NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-8178-pkg0/usr/src/nv]
Error 2
NVIDIA: left KBUILD.
nvidia.ko failed to build!
make[1]: *** [mdl] Error 1
make: *** [module] Error 2
-> Error.
ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module.
ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file
'/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions
on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux
driver download page at www.nvidia.com.

VirtualBox does not start correctly after kernel update

Just recently I have been unable to start VirtualBox after a kernel update. That is to say it seems to be running, but displays nothing.
The following processes are listed: VirtualBox, VBoxSVC, VBoxSVC, VBoxXPCOMPCD
The following modules are loaded: vboxdrv, vboxnetflt, vboxnetadp
Yesterday, when the same thing happened, I reinstalled VirtualBox and it worked correctly again.
I recently upgraded to systemd which has caused me some other problems, so that might have something to do with it
Cheers
Andrew
* Arch x86_64 up to date, NVidia proprietary drivers, AMD processor

Updated - Rebooted (systemd does hang on reboot or shutdown but turned PC off and restarted)
Confirmed that vbox modules are loaded:
vboxnetflt 16807 0
vboxnetadp 18419 0
vboxdrv 1823469 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
Started VirtualBox - nothing displayed.
ps -el shows
0 S 501 1036 614 0 80 0 - 111245 futex_ ? 00:00:00 VirtualBox
0 S 501 1050 1 0 80 0 - 29408 poll_s ? 00:00:00 VBoxXPCOMIPCD
0 S 501 1056 1 0 80 0 - 53178 futex_ ? 00:00:00 VBoxSVC
output as above
$ uname -a
Linux ezcool 3.6.4-1-ARCH #1 SMP PREEMPT Mon Oct 29 09:49:00 CET 2012 x86_64 GNU/Linux
# pacman -Qi linux
Name : linux
Version : 3.6.4-1
URL : http://www.kernel.org/
Licenses : GPL2
Groups : base
Provides : kernel26=3.6.4
Depends On : coreutils linux-firmware kmod mkinitcpio>=0.7
Optional Deps : crda: to set the correct wireless channels of your country
Required By : nvidia virtualbox-host-modules
Conflicts With : kernel26
Replaces : kernel26
Installed Size : 61124.00 KiB
Packager : Tobias Powalowski <[email protected]>
Architecture : x86_64
Build Date : Mon 29 Oct 2012 09:55:27 CET
Install Date : Wed 31 Oct 2012 12:28:40 CET
Install Reason : Explicitly installed
Install Script : Yes
Description : The linux kernel and modules
# pacman -Qi virtualbox-host-modules
Name : virtualbox-host-modules
Version : 4.2.4-2
URL : http://virtualbox.org
Licenses : GPL
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : linux>=3.6 linux<3.7
Optional Deps : None
Required By : virtualbox
Conflicts With : virtualbox-modules
Replaces : virtualbox-modules
Installed Size : 168.00 KiB
Packager : Evangelos Foutras <[email protected]>
Architecture : x86_64
Build Date : Mon 29 Oct 2012 17:23:20 CET
Install Date : Wed 31 Oct 2012 12:29:06 CET
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : Yes
Description : Host kernel modules for VirtualBox
Kill all VBox processes, VBoxSVC does not quit but is marked (defunct)
Reload modules
Confirm modules loaded
vboxnetflt 16807 0
vboxnetadp 18419 0
vboxdrv 1823469 2 vboxnetadp,vboxnetflt
Start VirtualBox - nothing
pacman -Rdd virtualbox-host-modules
pacman -S virtualbox-host-modules
modprobe vboxdrv
Start VirtualBox - nothing
pacman -R virtualbox virtualbox-host-modules
pacman -S virtualbox virtualbox-host-modules
useradd -G vboxusers
Start VirtualBox - nothing
The problem seems to be something to do with nspr-2. I am getting multiple errors in the journal:
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: INFO: task nspr-2:1007 blocked for more than 120 seconds.
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: "echo 0 > /proc/sys/kernel/hung_task_timeout_secs" disables this message.
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: nspr-2 D 0000000000000246 0 1007 1 0x00000000
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: ffff8803d67b9d68 0000000000000082 ffff8803d65b0810 ffff8803d67b9fd8
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: ffff8803d67b9fd8 ffff8803d67b9fd8 ffff8804194a58b0 ffff8803d65b0810
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: ffff880300000041 ffffffff8119df46 ffff88042fffdb08 0000000000000001
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: Call Trace:
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff8119df46>] ? mntput+0x26/0x40
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff811251cc>] ? __alloc_pages_nodemask+0x16c/0x960
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff81491a09>] schedule+0x29/0x70
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff81491cd7>] schedule_preempt_disabled+0x27/0x40
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff81490368>] __mutex_lock_slowpath+0x148/0x340
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff81490576>] mutex_lock+0x16/0x30
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffffa001cbfb>] show_product+0x2b/0x60 [usbcore]
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff8132cc90>] dev_attr_show+0x20/0x60
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff8112146e>] ? __get_free_pages+0xe/0x50
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff811ef969>] sysfs_read_file+0xa9/0x190
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff8117f785>] vfs_read+0xa5/0x180
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff8117f8aa>] sys_read+0x4a/0xa0
Oct 31 14:16:46 ezcool kernel: [<ffffffff81499ded>] system_call_fastpath+0x1a/0x1f
Any ideas?

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