Directory/file ownership problem - restore Arch defaults?

A recent screw-up while changing from ext3 to reiser left everything on my system owned by tomk:users. (Clever me - if anyone needs a HOWNOTTO on this, I'll be glad to provide the embarrassing details :oops: ) Anyway, I chown'ed everything except $HOME to root:root, and it all seems to be running fine. However, I am of course aware that there are various other users and groups on the system, presumably for good reason. Where can I find out what should be owned by these users/groups? I reckon leaving everything root:root is probably not a good idea, right?

Thanks bardo (and cactus in the other thread). I ended up using cactus' suggestion, but in three stages, to solve the local package issue. First
pacman -Q | cut -f1 -d " " | tr "n" " " > install.list
then edit my own package names out of install.list, then
pacman -Sy `cat install.list`
Clunkier, certainly, but I felt happier that way - and that's what it's all about, isn't it?

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Glibc update refusing to proceed. File ownership problem

So, I'm attempting to update glibc, and everything has been cleared out of /lib except the glibc libraries. According to "find /lib -exec pacman -Qo -- {} +" everything inside /lib is owned by glibc, but /lib is unowned. When I attempt to update, I receive the error: "glibc: /lib exists in filesystem"
How can I fix this?

So I read the wiki about the upgrade with /lib and glibc conflicting and I ran into such confliction during the second step.
pacman -Su
After running the first command listed, I get back:
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib'
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules'
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/extramodules-3.4-ARCH/fglrx.ko.gz
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/extramodules-2.6.32-lts'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/extramodules-2.6.32-lts/fglrx.ko
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/extramodules-3.2-ARCH'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/extramodules-3.2-ARCH/fglrx.ko
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.seriomap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.softdep
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.alias.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.symbols
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.alias
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.symbols.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.dep
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.pcimap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.inputmap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.isapnpmap
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/misc'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/misc/vboxdrv.ko
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/misc/vboxnetadp.ko
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/misc/vboxnetflt.ko
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/misc/vboxpci.ko
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.devname
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.dep.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.ccwmap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.usbmap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.ieee1394map
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0-ARCH/modules.ofmap
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/extramodules-3.3-ARCH'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/extramodules-3.3-ARCH/fglrx.ko
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.softdep
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.alias.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.symbols
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.alias
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.symbols.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.dep
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.builtin.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.devname
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.2.6-2-ARCH/modules.dep.bin
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/extramodules-3.1-ARCH'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/extramodules-3.1-ARCH/fglrx.ko
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.softdep
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.alias.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.symbols
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.alias
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.symbols.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.dep
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.builtin.bin
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.devname
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.0.21-1-lts/modules.dep.bin
error: cannot determine ownership of directory '/lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH'
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.seriomap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.pcimap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.inputmap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.isapnpmap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.ccwmap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.usbmap
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.ieee1394map
error: No package owns /lib/modules/3.1.9-2-ARCH/modules.ofmap
/lib/libnsl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/librt-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libthread_db.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_dns.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libcrypt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_nis.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libanl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/ld-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libBrokenLocale-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/librt.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libcrypt-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libpcprofile.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_hesiod.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_db-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libthread_db-1.0.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_hesiod-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libc-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_compat-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_nis-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libc.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnsl.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_files-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libcidn-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libm-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libresolv-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libutil-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libpthread-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libdl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_dns-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libSegFault.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libpthread.so.0 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_files.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_nisplus-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libm.so.6 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libanl-2.16.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_nisplus.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libBrokenLocale.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libresolv.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_db.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libutil.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libdl.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libnss_compat.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libmemusage.so is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/libcidn.so.1 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
/lib/ld-linux-x86-64.so.2 is owned by glibc 2.16.0-1
If I understand the wiki correctly. I can just move the files owned by glibck to /usr/lib and ignore the other files or delete them manually (which appears to primarily be the modules folder), right?

Netatalk, samba + osx file ownership problem

I am having a few problems with file permissions.
We a file server serving nfs v4 - and an ubuntu server which mounts it that runs netatalk v3.0.1
Seems that when a file is created via a NFS client, then modified by the
afp server, the perms go a bit screwy.
for example....
fred creates test.doc in the 'store' share, on a client with nfs it has these permissions
-rw-rw----   1 fred     testgroup       12 Dec 12 11:30 test.doc
When John edits it with a mac mounted via afp or smb it changes it to:
-rw-rw----   1 john    testgroup      12 Dec 12 11:32 test.doc
So test.doc when modified by a client with an afp or smb mount now belongs to john
Why does this happen?
here is a copy of my afp.conf
### Netatalk 3.0.1 config param's
# Global Parameters
[Global]
        log file = /var/log/netatalk/netatalk.log
        #log level = default:debug
        mimic model = RackMac
        #uam list = uams_dhx.so, uams_dhx2.so, uams_randum.so, uams_gss.so
        uam list = uams_dhx2.so, uams_gss.so
        k5 keytab = /etc/krb5.keytab
        k5 service = afpserver
        k5 realm = sumat.blah
# Volume default parameters
[default_for_all_vol]
        #file perm = 0664
        directory perm = 0774
        unix priv = yes
        convert appledouble = yes
        cnid scheme = dbd
        dircachesize = 131072
# File system mounts
[Homes]
        basedir regex = /home
       home name = home/$u
        valid users = @blah
        cnid scheme = tdb
        ea = none
[store]
        name = store
        path= /store
        file perm = 0640
        directory perm = 0755
        valid users = @blah
        cnid scheme = tdb
        ea = auto
This also happens to macs connect to a samba share so I'm wondering if I have to modify something in osx (10.8.2) ??

I am having a few problems with file permissions.
We a file server serving nfs v4 - and an ubuntu server which mounts it that runs netatalk v3.0.1
Seems that when a file is created via a NFS client, then modified by the
afp server, the perms go a bit screwy.
for example....
fred creates test.doc in the 'store' share, on a client with nfs it has these permissions
-rw-rw----   1 fred     testgroup       12 Dec 12 11:30 test.doc
When John edits it with a mac mounted via afp or smb it changes it to:
-rw-rw----   1 john    testgroup      12 Dec 12 11:32 test.doc
So test.doc when modified by a client with an afp or smb mount now belongs to john
Why does this happen?
here is a copy of my afp.conf
### Netatalk 3.0.1 config param's
# Global Parameters
[Global]
        log file = /var/log/netatalk/netatalk.log
        #log level = default:debug
        mimic model = RackMac
        #uam list = uams_dhx.so, uams_dhx2.so, uams_randum.so, uams_gss.so
        uam list = uams_dhx2.so, uams_gss.so
        k5 keytab = /etc/krb5.keytab
        k5 service = afpserver
        k5 realm = sumat.blah
# Volume default parameters
[default_for_all_vol]
        #file perm = 0664
        directory perm = 0774
        unix priv = yes
        convert appledouble = yes
        cnid scheme = dbd
        dircachesize = 131072
# File system mounts
[Homes]
        basedir regex = /home
       home name = home/$u
        valid users = @blah
        cnid scheme = tdb
        ea = none
[store]
        name = store
        path= /store
        file perm = 0640
        directory perm = 0755
        valid users = @blah
        cnid scheme = tdb
        ea = auto
This also happens to macs connect to a samba share so I'm wondering if I have to modify something in osx (10.8.2) ??

File permission and ownership problem

I am trying to resolve some file permission and ownership problems that are left over from using Migration Assistant to set up my iMac from an older iMac. In a terminal session when I use the ls -l command I'm getting a file/directory owner of 504. Sometimes the group is admin and sometimes the group is also 504. I think this is because the owner of the file on the old computer is not present in the new one but I want to be sure before I just change the owner and group.

The following should give you an indication->
id -un 504
or you could try->
dscl . list /Users UniqueID | grep 504 && echo "User exists" || echo "User does not exist"

Problem restoring files from a Time Machine Backup! HELP!

Heya,
I have Snow Leopard and have been using Time Macine regularly since May.... I never needed to restore any file until now...
Deleted some must have stuff.. and emtird the trash (of course!).. so went to time machine to restore it...
Looked it up... nice interface.. have stuff since May 2011... nice.. found the 10+Gb of stuff I had deleted.. and restored... Pffffew!
Opend the file... Bzzzz! you loose... file is currupt,,, what?
load again.. still no go? files all look the right length m.. hmm very strance... can;t open then... lets try a simeple file...
restore a text file... size ok.. but... EMPTY!
use HexEdit to open the text file... All ZERO's!
check the otehr files I restores ALL ZERO's!
DOH! restore files I saved into safe old Time machine in May 2011... AL ZEROS!!
***! Everything is ZERO! my last 6 months worth of time machine backups is all gone! Directory structures say they are there.. file sizes are ok.. but NO DATA!!!
Can somone please HELP ME!
G./

Open Disk Utility. Click once on the external drive left-most icon (not the indented volume name/icon); what does it indicate for Partition Map Scheme? Also, do you have an Intel Mac or a PPC Mac?
Now click "Verify Disk" and see if it finds errors or if it reports "ok."
What I am hoping (this is something of a long shot) is that there will be errors found on the disk that Disk Utility can repair and then your data will be properly associated with the file names and headers. "Verify" simply reports back on the state of the file system and can do no harm; only when you click on "Repair" will it actually try to repair anything. You might want to report back first on the results of "Verify" before trying to "repair."
By the way, this Verify (or Repair) procedure can take ~ hours for a large disk that is mostly full. I did this recently on an external Time Machine drive that was 1.5 TB in size and 2/3 full and it took ~ 3 hours.
If severe errors are found on that disk, something stronger than Apple's Disk Utility might be called for, such as Disk Warrior. Hence better to report back here before roceeding with any "repairs."
The type of error I am hoping you might have is in the file system that relates the filenames and their header (and file sizes) to the locations around the disk where the actual data inside the file are located. If that file system gets damaged, your computer will have trouble finding the actual data that goes with each file. Hence getting zeros when you should have gotten data. Sometimes this can be fixed, sometimes it cannot. Often it can. If the problem is caused by a physical problem with the disk, the likelihood of recovery is low. If the problem is with the file system/mapping to the data on the drive, it very well might be fixable.
Have you had any power failures, system freezes, improper or disorderly computer shutdowns, etc. or unexpected dismounting of the backup drive anytime since you have been using it? Have you ever gone into that external backup drive in the finder and changed any of the files on it yourself, or has it only been touched indirectly through Time Machine?

Unable to download from AppStore, updates,etc.Messages 'the installer is damaged' to 'there might be a problem with file ownership and permissions.' I am the owner and only user of a new MBP. What could be going on?

Is anyone having the same type of problems I'm having with Lion. I have a new MacBook Pro, received 7 weeks ago, preinstalled with Leopard 10.6.7. I didn't migrate anything from my old iMac, wanted a clean install from the Apple Store. While there, I asked for the upgrade to Lion 10.7, however their system was down.
I installed it myself, wirelessly about a week later, and Apple emailed me a receipt. Now, I've had to call support directly last week when I lost Mail, Address Book, was unable to open Preview or iTunes, among other problems. Seemed fixed after a session that baffled even the store tech. Now I am unable to download or install the recent Mac updates for Lion, from the App Store, could not install Adobe Reader, etc. Messages range from 'A network error has occured - Check your Internet connection and try again' to 'The Installer is damaged and cannot open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions.' All fail and I'll probably have to call Apple again. I am frustrated beyond words. Logs 'Install's runner tool is not properly configured as a setuid tool', domain errors, 'attempt to write a readonly database, and on and on. I have barely done a thing on this computer except search online for help with these problems. Safari gives me a 'You are not connected to the internet' too often. Diagnostics disagrees. I do see wi-fi problems in the forum. Disk and permissions were fine at the beginning of the earlier problems, checked first by support tech. I'm not sure if support tech even knew. I was just happy they were fixed. Anyone have these download and/or install problems after a 'clean bill of health' so to speak, only a week ago?

Let's try the following user tip with that one:
"There is a problem with this Windows Installer package ..." error messages when installing iTunes for Windows

Why would an error pop up saying the installer is damaged. The Installer can't open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions. when trying to install java 7?

why would an error pop up saying the installer is damaged. The Installer can’t open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions. when trying to install java 7?

Launch the Console application in any of the following ways:
☞ Enter the first few letters of its name into a Spotlight search. Select it in the results (it should be at the top.)
☞ In the Finder, select Go ▹ Utilities from the menu bar, or press the key combination shift-command-U. The application is in the folder that opens.
☞ Open LaunchPad. Click Utilities, then Console in the icon grid.
Select
/var/log ▹ install.log
from the hierarchical list on the left. If you don't see that list, select
View ▹ Show Log List
from the menu bar. Then select the messages from the last installation or update attempt, starting from the time when you initiated it. If you're not sure when that was, click the Clear Display button in the toolbar of the Console window and then try the installation again.
Copy the messages to the Clipboard by pressing the key combination command-C. Paste into a reply to this message (command-V).
If there are runs of repeated messages, post only one example of each. Don’t post many repetitions of the same message.
When posting a log extract, be selective. Don't post more than is requested.
Please do not indiscriminately dump thousands of lines from the log into this discussion.
Important: Some private information, such as your name, may appear in the log. Edit it out by search-and-replace in a text editor before posting.

Mac OS 10.7.4, installing Microsoft Office 14.2.7, error "The Installer can't open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions."

Mac OS 10.7.4, updating new version Microsoft Office 14.2.7, ERROR "The Installer can’t open the package. There may be a problem with file ownership or permissions."
The Apple Installer version is Version 5.0.1 (537).
When I check the Installer Log, I find only these two messages that I do not understand.
Jul 12 09:29:13 Bruces-MacBook-Pro Installer[423]: Install's runner tool is not properly configured as a setuid tool.
Jul 12 09:29:13 Bruces-MacBook-Pro Installer[423]: Unable to create InstallController
I changed all the permissions for all the Microsoft Office Folder users to Read and Write.
Restart, same error

See:
https://discussions.apple.com/thread/1948155?threadID=1948155&tstart=1
I had identical Installer Log failure notices: I used Houdini to view the invisible files and per Limnos' suggestion cautiously dragged
user > library > preferences > com.apple.installer.plist out of that folder onto my desktop and double-clicked on the .pkg file again and it opened and installed properly.
My Installer now works properly on all .pkg files.

Problem restoring/adding files

I have a problem restoring it, because it says I'm not connected to the internet. Even though I can still get online and everything.
Also, I cannot add files from my hard drive to my ipod, nohing shows up on the actual Ipod.
Can anyone help me please?

I do experience the same.
Can I restore my iPod Nano without internet connection?
Any response will be very helpful.
Windows XP Pro

Problem Restoring a File

When I tried to restore a file, part of the folders would be restored fine, but then I got this message:
"The operation can’t be completed because you don’t have permission to access “Research”."
(Note: "Research" is the name of the file I was restoring).
What can I do to fix this?
Jan

Well, it's been a while, but maybe anyone can still use the solution to your problem:
The reason for the error message is that the Disk Utility needs to checksum scan the source in order to restore it on a medium like a USB stick. It can do that only if the source image is mounted read/write. Unfortunately, some images are read-only, and although there is an option to convert the images, a read-only image cannot be converted to a read/write image.
The solution is to make a new image, copy the contents of your original image there with "cp -a <source> <target>", and then you can use that new image to restore to the usb key.
Aaaand done...

Problems in Arch as guest in VMware Player

I'm running a fully updated Arch installation without a graphical interface in VMware Player 5, with Windows 7 as host. I've installed open-vm-tools from the repository, created the /etc/arch-release file and appended the daemon open-vm-tools to rc.conf as mentioned in the wiki. But every time I open the virtual machine I'm greeted with the warning:
The VMware Tools resume script did not run successfully in this virtual machine.
If you have configured a custom resume script in this virtual machine, make sure that it contains no errors.
You can also submit a support request to report this issue.
I don't even know where the resume script is and I'm pretty sure I haven't customized it. But as the machine boots correctly, I tried continuing and sharing a folder with the host.
I've set to share my Windows desktop in VMware player, set as "Always enabled" and with name "desktop". I tried mounting this folder adding the following line in /etc/fstab:
.host:/desktop /home/boppreh/desktop vmhgfs defaults 0 0
and the following commands
mount -t vmhgfs .host:/desktop ~/desktop
and
mount -t -v -o rw .host:/desktop ~/desktop
Those two commands print the message "Could not add entry to mtab, continuing".
All of them result in the same weird behavior: whenever I try to access the ~/desktop directory, I get kicked out back to Arch's login screen. I tried piping the output of those commands to a file, so I could see the error, but it never writes anything. It happens when I cd to the directory, or a simple ls.
So what's going on here? Is there any problem with the default resume script? Maybe open-vm-tools requires some kind of graphical access but didn't bother to tell? Did I do something wrong or forgot any step?

Solved the problem with the "resume script did not run successfully" warning by using the systemd specific configuration: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … systemd%29
The shared folders still kick me out, though, even after following the Shared Folders instructions in the wiki for systemd. When running the mount command the folder is added correctly to /etc/mtab, even though the "Could not add entry to mtab, continuing" warning persists. I just tried cd-ing in the mounted directory as root, and it seems to work. Running commands as "sudo" doesn't help, I have to su first and then navigate to the directory to see its contents. Changing the permission of the folder didn't help either.
I'm thinking of just serving the files in a webserver. This is way too much work and by the number of strange problems it looks like I'm not supposed to be doing this.
Edit: exploring the shared folder as root works, but coping the files hangs the entire machine. Yeah, I'm going with the webserer alternative for now. If anyone has experienced this problems before, please share your ideas.
Last edited by BoppreH (2012-11-15 18:16:30)

Problem booting Arch after first install on MacBook Pro

Hi all,
I've spent the past month intermittently trying to install Arch on an old MacBook Pro with a broken screen running in clamshell mode (I've reformatted, clean installed OSX, and run pacstrap around 20 times now). I was originally trying to install Debian, but the Arch Wiki was so good that I switched. The issue has been the same anyway.
Every time I try to install, I get stuck at the bootloader stage, where I need to make the installation bootable. It doesn't matter what bootloader method I use, since I've tried:
Boot from /boot partition with GRUB
Boot from separate HFS+ GRUB partition
Boot from Apple EFI System Partition (ESP) with GRUB
Boot with rEFInd
Boot with rEFInd installed to the ESP
Arch itself works fine, but when I go to boot from rEFInd's autodetected vmlinuz-linux from 128MiB ext2 partition, I get the same error message I've gotten with every other configuration:
:: running early hook [udev]
:: running hook [udev]
:: Triggering uevents...
[ 0.558033] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS/PCI 0000:00:1a.0 setup!
[ 0.558097] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: init 0000:00:1a.0 fail, -19
[ 0.558135] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: Found HC with no IRQ. Check BIOS/PCI 0000:00:1d.0 setup!
[ 0.558189] uhci_hcd 0000:00:1a.0: init 0000:00:1b.0 fail, -19
Waiting 10 seconds for device /dev/disk/by-uuid/2b121a89-aeb9-430a-8e6c-a05b79f08427 ...
ERROR : device 'UUID=2b121a89-aeb9-430a-8e6c-a05b79f08427' not found. Skipping fsck.
ERROR: Unable to find root device 'UUID=2b121a89-aeb9-430a-8e6c-a05b79f08427'.
You are being dropped to a recovery shell
[etc.]
When the Arch .iso live CD boots, it gets the first uhci_hcd errors, and then just moves on with:
:: hook [memdisk]
:: hook [archiso]
[etc.]
Here are the contents of my refind.conf file (/boot/efi/ESP/refind/refind.conf) (I omit all the standard comments):
timeout 0
scan_all_linux_kernels
[The example menu entries - all disabled]
menuentry "Arch Linux" {
icon /EFI/refind/icons/os_arch.icns
"Arch Boot"
loader /vmlinuz-linux
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
options "root=/dev/sda7 rw rootfstype=ext4"
And my refind_linux.conf (/boot/refind-linux.conf):
"Boot with standard options" "ro root=2b121a89-aeb9-430a-8e6c-a05b79f08427"
"Boot to single-user mode" "ro root=2b121a89-aeb9-430a-8e6c-a05b79f08427 single"
"Boot with minimal options" "ro root=2b121a89-aeb9-430a-8e6c-a05b79f08427"
My custom menu entry for Arch doesn't work either (I'm still researching exactly why). I've been quite confused by different posts all over by different people on how to configure the manual refind.conf stanzas. I also tried a direct to root menu entry, where I tried the files as /boot/vmlinuz-linux, etc.
The error I always get here is the same:
Starting vmlinuz-linux
Using load options "[same as above]"
Invalid loader file!
Error: Not Found while loading vmlinuz-linux
I've installed GRUB as well, just to be sure. Although I haven't moved it to any other partitions or 'blessed' it in OS X. (I have blessed the HFS+/EFI partitions when I used GRUB.)
Just FYI, I've used the following pages as guides:
My primary guide: Cody Littlewood's installation procedure for a MacBook Pro
The Arch Wiki MacBook Page, which was useful but a bit confusing and self-referential on the Bootloader section
The rEFInd website, by Rod Smith. I've read it fairly extensively (including an interesting comparison of SodaStream flavours)
A Gentoo Wiki page with a rEFInd example
The LFS GRUB chapter, and surrounding material
And I've largely read the Arch Wiki Beginners' Guide, Bootloaders page, GRUB page, GRUB EFI examples page, UEFI page and EFI Stub Loader page.
There have been others, but it's been a while since I read them. I've been trying to make this work for a while.
I've also looked at some other posts on similar subjects:
A post on the Arch Linux subreddit matching my (previous; with GRUB) situation, but not fixing my problem
An Arch forum post, of which there have been others, but google seems to have changed my search results.
EFI-Booting Ubuntu on a Mac, by Rod Smith
The Debian MacBook Pro page
A post about booting Debian without rEFIt
Again, there are more, but I can't find them all just now.
I've looked EVERYWHERE for a solution.
My question is, does anyone have any ideas on how I might make my computer bootable?
Almost forgot; I've run
mkinitcpio -p linux
successfully (I get the two driver warnings that seem to be standard).
Computer specifications are as follows:
Model Identifier: MacBookPro6,2 (mid 2010)
Processor Name: Intel i7
Architecture: amd64
RAM: 4GB DDR3
Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GT 330M 512MB
Software: OS X 10.9.2
My disk partition table is as follows:
$gdisk -l /dev/sda
GPT fdisk (gdisk) version 0.8.9
Partition table scan:
MBR: protective
BSD: not present
APM: not present
GPT: present
Fround valid GPT with protective MBR; using GPT.
Disk /dev/sda: 976773168 sectors, 465.8 GiB
Logical sector size: 512 bytes
Disk identifier (GUID): C0ADB511-F73D-404A-B128-DD01509AE6EA
Partition table holds up to 128 entries
First usable sector is 34, last usable sector is 976773134
Partitions will be aligned on 8-sector boundaries
Total free space is 262150 sectors (128.0MiB)
Number Start (sector) End (sector) Size Code Name [Additional Info]
1 * * 200.0MiB EF00 EFI System Partition rEFInd currently installed here, mounts to /boot/efi
2 * * 185.8GiB AF00 OSX
3 * * 619.9MiB AB00 Recovery HD
4 * * 93.1GiB AF00 DMZ unjouranaled HFS+ shared partition
5 * * 4.0GiB 8200 Arch Swap
6 * * 128.0MiB 8300 Arch Boot ext2
7 * * 50.0GiB 8300 Arch Root ext4
8 * * 131.8GiB 8300 Arch Home ext4
And my fstab, made with genfstab after I mounted everything (except for the swap stanza, which I had to write):
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# UUID=2b121a89-aeb9-430a-8e6c-a05b79f08427
/dev/sda7 / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 1
# UUID=efb41f69-6f99-4c8b-8431-01f3cd22c9cc
/dev/sda6 /boot ext2 rw,relatime 0 2
# UUID=67E3-17ED LABEL=EFI
/dev/sda1 /boot/efi vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed, errors=remount-ro 0 2
# UUID=[another long UUID]
/dev/sda8 /home ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
# UUID=[another long UUID] LABEL=DMZ
/dev/sda4 /dmz hfsplus rw,relatime,unmask=22,uid=0,gid=0,nls=utf8 0 0
# UUID=[another long UUID]
/dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0
Last edited by rjmh (2014-04-04 08:35:20)

henriqueleng wrote:
I don't know about Mac computers but i use a uefi motehrboard,
To install it i created a partition with 512MB and i mounted /boot on there. all the rest of system are normal.
I use gummiboot, i don't know if its stuff on Mac. I think that ou should try another bootloader!
And why do you mounted two point on /boot?
/boot and /boot/efi?
Are you sure you're using uefi, my fstab looks just like his with the boot and efi partition. I'm pretty sure that's how the wiki says to set it up. That's the fstab for a laptop with uefi if it helps you out. I had problems with grub btw, so I had to set up gummiboot
# /etc/fstab: static file system information
# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/sdb3
UUID=0c1c97a3-0472-4141-a756-a03c00a4a3cf / ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered,discard 0 1
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UUID=971ed3e8-394d-46b3-b0d4-e8bb86b267cf /boot ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered,discard 0 2
# /dev/sdb1
UUID=095C-CB43 /boot/efi vfat rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=iso8859-1,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro 0 2
# /dev/sda1
UUID=12a4a2b1-6338-495a-8a41-474653eb227b /var ext4 rw,relatime,data=ordered 0 2
# /dev/sda2
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