[SOLVED] Failing to boot on Macbook Pro

I'm trying to install arch on a MacBookPro7,1. I have installed refit and have partitioned my hard drive to add three additional fat32 partitions for home, root and swap.
When booting off the arch cd, the menu to boot the 64 bit arch installer comes up. Then it says comreset failed errno=-16 and boots into initramfs and prevents me from starting the actual installation.
Any help with my situation would be much appreciated
Last edited by sarvagnan937 (2011-03-27 20:23:44)

sarvagnan937 wrote:I used the latest arch core installation media. I'm unable to find the archboot installation isos
Here are the lastest archboot isos. Hope this will work for you.

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---- ORIGINAL POST ----
Seems everybody and their grandmothers are having internet problems since 3.3.
On a Macbook Pro, kernel 3.3.2-1.
Here is my problem: http://i.imgur.com/AcqLM.jpg
I made that image before checking the forums, but now that I've looked around I suspect the kernel.
Put up with it until 3.3.3? Or regress?
Last edited by fosskers (2012-08-31 13:00:28)

@fosskers:
Sry, I just told KDE to disable it
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[ 237.950] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
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[ 237.950] (II) Module ABI versions:
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[ 237.950] X.Org Video Driver: 10.0
[ 237.950] X.Org XInput driver : 12.2
[ 237.950] X.Org Server Extension : 5.0
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[ 237.967] (II) Module extmod: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 237.967] compiled for 1.10.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 237.967] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 237.967] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
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[ 237.967] (II) Loading extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[ 237.967] (II) Loading extension XFree86-DGA
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[ 237.967] (II) Loading extension XVideo
[ 237.967] (II) Loading extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
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[ 237.968] Module class: X.Org Server Extension
[ 237.968] ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 5.0
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[ 238.674] compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[ 238.674] Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[ 238.701] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver 280.11 Thu Jul 21 13:56:10 PDT 2011
[ 238.701] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[ 238.701] (--) using VT number 7
[ 238.751] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[ 238.751] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[ 238.751] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 238.762] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 238.762] compiled for 1.10.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 238.762] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 238.762] (II) Loading sub module "wfb"
[ 238.762] (II) LoadModule: "wfb"
[ 238.762] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 238.775] (II) Module wfb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[ 238.775] compiled for 1.10.3, module version = 1.0.0
[ 238.775] ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[ 238.775] (II) Loading sub module "ramdac"
[ 238.775] (II) LoadModule: "ramdac"
[ 238.775] (II) Module "ramdac" already built-in
[ 238.790] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[ 238.790] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libwfb.so
[ 238.790] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[ 238.800] (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[ 238.800] (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888
[ 238.800] (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[ 238.800] (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[ 239.489] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the display subsystem for the NVIDIA
[ 239.489] (EE) NVIDIA(0): graphics device!
[ 239.489] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to get supported display device(s)
[ 239.489] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize dac HAL
[ 239.490] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[ 239.490] (II) Unloading nvidia
[ 239.490] (II) UnloadModule: "wfb"
[ 239.490] (II) Unloading wfb
[ 239.490] (II) UnloadModule: "fb"
[ 239.490] (II) Unloading fb
[ 239.490] (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration.
[ 239.490]
Fatal server error:
[ 239.490] no screens found
[ 239.490]
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[ 239.490] Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[ 239.490]
The NVIDIA page in the Arch Wiki says to comment out any occurrences of dri (and I assume dri2 as well) in xorg.conf. As you can see, they are not in xorg.conf, but they are still being loaded. I'm not sure where they are coming from. I haven't messed with anything in xord.conf.d (though the 20-nvidia.conf file showed up). I don't see any references to dri there, either.
I've also tried nvidia-beta and nvidia-utils-beta, but the same thing happens.
Does anyone know what the problem is?
Last edited by ldb88 (2011-07-30 23:56:55)

On a typical setup, Ctrl+Alt+F7--or really, Alt-F7--switches to Display 0, where X will attach if you're using startx.
Probably, Display 0 is on screen after startx, and you're just not getting anything. As long as your keyboard is binding correctly, you should be able to hit Ctrl+Alt+F1 to get back to the first terminal, assuming that is from where you started X.
Otherwise, yes, make sure dbus is installed and started.
rc.d dbus start
Or, is it--
rc.d start dbus
I've been using systemd for a while now. Can't remember.
Also make sure dbus is in your daemons array in /etc/rc.conf.

Samsung SSD 840EVO not booting from macbook pro mid 2012 after cloning

Hello there,
I guess i'm so stuck with the SSD that i have purchased.
Here is the details:
SSD - Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB
MacBook Pro - 13-inch, Mid 2012
Model Identifier: MacBookPro9,2
Processor 2.5 GHz Intel Core i5
Memory 16 GB 1600 MHz DDR3
Graphics Intel HD Graphics 4000 1024 MB
Software OS X 10.9.1 (13B42)
Boot ROM Version: MBP91.00D3.B08
SMC Version (system): 2.2f44
I was running with the factory HDD (toshiba 500gb) and thought of replacing it with an SSD . Tried a clean installation of mavericks at first using Bootable USB drive having mavericks. So i went on and installed the ssd replacing the HDD i had and went on to boot up from the USB, prior the installtion i tired to partition it first with single partition MAC os extended journaled with GUID table. But then it did partition but after that it says trying to reinitialize the drive and it never came back although i tried more than five times. So then i went back to my HDD and tired cloning it to SSD using Carbon Copy Cloner, but even for that i had to do the partitioning which failed. Finally i had to go and return back that peice and they gave me another one convincing me that it might a defective peice.
Now, with the second one, at first i booted up my HDD normally and connected the new SSD the USB/sata converter and i successfully partitioned and using carbon copy cloner, i have cloned as well. Now to make sure if its all ok, before replacing the HDD in the main compartment, i just selected the startup disk as the new SSD and restarted the system... it booted up fine like a cheetah... was all gud... i thought everything is pretty fine. Then ofcourse i went ahead and replaced the HDD and powered up the system again, but then it's not booting up... it gives you that folder with ? mark and that's all...
And then i tried some other ways too... i even checked the firmware versions and i guess they are upto date as well. I just dont get the reason why it's not working.
Please help me.
Anjillan

yea... i have tried all those...
can you confirm if this is ok to buy:
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/New-HDD-Hard-Drvie-Cable-for-13-MacBook-Pro-A1278-MD101-M D102-821-1480-A-2012-/181269577616?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a34823f90&_uh b=1
or
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/NEW-MacBook-Pro-Unibody-13-A1278-2012-md101-102-HDD-Hard- Drvie-Cable-821-1480-A-/121183868039?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c371f1487&_ uhb=1
or this one..??
http://www.ebay.ca/itm/for-APPLE-MacBook-Pro-13-A1278-HDD-Hard-Drvie-Cable-MD101 -MD102-821-1480-A-2012-/331060187298?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item4d14b990a2&_ uhb=1
i guess i aint gotta buy those brackets again..?
Thanks
Anjillan

[SOLVED] SATA not working on Macbook Pro 7.1, (kernel bug 15923)

I ran into this bug while trying to install Arch as a single-os install on my new 13'' Macbook Pro 7.1:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=15923
It appears there is a problem with the current kernel and the MCP89 chipset so SATA is not recognized. There is a patch out but it still leaves ahci disabled and therefore NCQ causing slow performing harddisks.
I am wondering what to do. I've never done any kernel patching.
- use an SSD instead of a harddisk because of the lack of NCQ?
- and somehow create a net install with a patched current kernel (and how)?
- or wait for the patch to reach the next version of the Arch install image (How long would that take)?
- perform the install on my other notebook? Would that interfere with EFI partition already on it?
questions questions...
Last edited by rwd (2010-09-06 10:33:47)

atcq wrote:it worked, as far as kernel bug 15923 is concerned, but after booting into the newly installed system i don't have a working keyboard. usbinput is set in HOOKS.
any suggestions?
I know very little about kernel and booting stuff, but this is how I made booting work from memory, in case it helps someone:
- I installed using the archboot cd, using the whole harddisk and chose a MBR partition table (not GPT)
- booted from the archboot cd once more but only did the 'prepare harddisk' part where I only chose the mount points, and exited the menu to shell
- edited /tmp/install/etc/mkinitcpio.conf (on the mounted harddisk) as described above
- I followed the instructions here http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_Panics for chrooting:
mount -t proc none /tmp/install/proc
mount -t sysfs none /tmp/install/sys
mount --bind /dev /tmp/install/dev
chroot /tmp/install
mkinitcpio -g /boot/kernel26.img
exit
sync
reboot
I also chose ext4 for all my partitions. So possibly with a different filesystem the according kernelmodule must be used. I tried the same procedure with a OCZ Vertex 2 ssd by the way but that one fails to boot with errors that are very similar to what's in this bug description.
Some other Macbook Pro 7.1 related things not mentioned in the wiki:
- Sound:
worked after putting this in /etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf:
options snd_hda_intel model=mbp55
and blacklisting OSS related modules in /etc/rc.conf:
MODULES=(!snd_pcm_oss !snd_mixer_oss !snd_seq_oss pcspkr hid_apple libphy tg3 snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd snd-hda-codec snd-hda-intel soundcore)
- Backlight and keyboard leds:
install nvidia-bl ( mbp-nvidia-blg doesn't seem to work) from the AUR and follow the instructions in the install messages. Manually adjusting is now possible. For example:
# echo 22000 > /sys/class/backlight/nvidia_backlight/brightness
# echo 44000 > /sys/class/backlight/nvidia_backlight/brightness
# echo 50 > /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
# echo 255 > /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
I couldn't get the 'pommed' package to work, which is supposed to handle all the media keys. With 'xev' I verified that the keys were active without needing any mapping using 'xmodmap'. But since they weren't bound to any particular action I cobbled together a few scripts. They're crude so maybe someone with some actual bash skills can clean these up.
to allow non-root write access to the backlight and keyboard led devices I put this in in /etc/rc.local:
chmod go+w /sys/class/backlight/nvidia_backlight/brightness
chmod go+w /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
In my desktopenvironment I bound the corresponding media keys to these scripts with 'up', 'down' or 'mute' as arguments
mbp_keyboard_led.sh:
#!/bin/bash
LIGHTLEVEL=$(cat /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness)
LEVELDIFFERENCE=15
MAXVALUE=255
MINVALUE=0
if [ $LIGHTLEVEL -ge $MINVALUE ] && [ $LIGHTLEVEL -le $MAXVALUE ]
then
TOTAL=`expr $MAXVALUE`
case $1 in
up)
TOTAL=`expr $LIGHTLEVEL + $LEVELDIFFERENCE`;;
down)
TOTAL=`expr $LIGHTLEVEL - $LEVELDIFFERENCE`;;
esac
if [ $TOTAL -ge $MINVALUE ] && [ $TOTAL -le $MAXVALUE ]
then
echo $TOTAL > /sys/class/leds/smc::kbd_backlight/brightness
notify-send -i gtk-dialog-info.png -t 1000 "Keyboard led brightness:" "$TOTAL"
else
notify-send -i gtk-dialog-info.png -t 1000 "Keyboard led brightness:" "maximum"
echo "New value out of range: $TOTAL";
fi
else
echo 'System light level out of min/max range (Hardware might not be matching script)';
fi
mbp_lcd_backlight.sh:
#!/bin/bash
LIGHTLEVEL=$(cat /sys/class/backlight/nvidia_backlight/brightness)
LEVELDIFFERENCE=400
MAXVALUE=44000
MINVALUE=0
if [ $LIGHTLEVEL -ge $MINVALUE ] && [ $LIGHTLEVEL -le $MAXVALUE ]
then
TOTAL=`expr $MAXVALUE`
case $1 in
up)
TOTAL=`expr $LIGHTLEVEL + $LEVELDIFFERENCE`;;
down)
TOTAL=`expr $LIGHTLEVEL - $LEVELDIFFERENCE`;;
esac
if [ $TOTAL -ge $MINVALUE ] && [ $TOTAL -le $MAXVALUE ]
then
echo $TOTAL > /sys/class/backlight/nvidia_backlight/brightness
notify-send -i gtk-dialog-info.png -t 1000 "Screen brightness:" "$TOTAL"
else
notify-send -i gtk-dialog-info.png -t 1000 "Screen brightness:" "maximum"
echo "New value out of range: $TOTAL";
fi
else
echo 'System light level out of min/max range (Hardware might not be matching script)';
fi
mbp_sound_volume.sh:
#!/bin/bash
SOUNDLEVEL=`amixer get Master | grep dB | sed 's/.*\[$[0-9]\{1,3\}$\%\].*/\1/'`
MUTED=`amixer get Master | grep dB | sed 's/.*\[$[a-z]\{2,3\}$\].*/\1/'`
MINVALUE=0
MAXVALUE=96
LEVELDIFFERENCE=5
case $1 in
up)
if [ $SOUNDLEVEL -le $MAXVALUE ]
then
amixer set Master "$LEVELDIFFERENCE+" unmute
fi;;
down)
if [ $SOUNDLEVEL -ge $MINVALUE ]
then
amixer set Master "$LEVELDIFFERENCE-" unmute
fi;;
mute)
if [ "$MUTED" = on ]
then
amixer set Master mute
notify-send -i gtk-dialog-info.png -t 1000 "Master sound volume:" "muted"
exit 0
else
amixer set Master unmute
fi;;
esac
SOUNDLEVEL=`amixer get Master | grep dB | sed 's/.*\[$[0-9]\{1,3\}$\%\].*/\1/'`
notify-send -i gtk-dialog-info.png -t 1000 "Master sound volume:" "$SOUNDLEVEL %"
Last edited by rwd (2010-10-08 13:19:10)

Trouble setting up EFI boot on Macbook Pro

I've been running Arch as a single OS on my Macbook Pro 7.1 for a few months using the bios compatibility mode. I would like to try a pure EFI boot. The reason is that I have an OCZ Vertex II SSD that the MBP fails to boot from, while booting works fine on an 4 y/o Dell Inspiron 6400. I suspect the SATA running in IDE mode on the MBP is the cause, and this wiki entry suggests that under grub2 AHCI can be forced. Also the same page states that the TRIM feature in the kernel is not available in IDE mode.
I read the wiki pages on EFI, grub2 and this how-to http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook, but some things are not clear to me:
- Do i need a separate 'EFI System' partition? If so what folder structure should it have and on which mount point should it be mounted? Does it need to be fat32?
- Do I need a BIOS Boot Partition?
- The how to explains using the 'Apple bootloader'. But isn't that what grub2 is?
- Do I need GPT for using EFI on a MBP?
- Do I need grub2-efi or does grub2 from core/community work well enough?
Last edited by rwd (2010-11-25 08:10:23)

Thanks for the tips skodabenz. I am getting some progress, in the sense that the Grub menu shows up. But selecting any item results in black screen with a prompt in the top-left. These are the things that I've been trying, each time swapping harddisk with the SSD:
- following the tips on http://grub.enbug.org/TestingOnMacbook I verified that the firmware is 64 bit using the mac OSX cd.
- Also I changed the path of the the contents of /efi/efi/grub2_efi_x86_64_bzr to /efi/EFI/BOOT/
and renamed grub.efi to BOOTX64.EFI as that is where the firmware seems to expect it
- Furthermore since efi is on a separate partition I added '/boot/' to the initrd and kernel lines (see grub.cfg. below).
One or more of these changes made that I when booting with the alt key pressed I can get into the grub menu. Just before the grub menu appears though I see an error message that is too quick to read. Something like "error 'prefix' ...". Selecting any item in the grub menu results in a prompt.
- To be sure that it wasn't a typo in grub.cfg I tried this within the chroot, and it doesn't show any errors:
cat /efi/EFI/BOOT/grub.cfg | /bin/grub2_efi_x86_64_bzr-script-check --verbose
- I then decided to compile more modules so I did:
grub2_efi_x86_64_bzr-mkimage -d /usr/lib/grub2_efi_x86_64_bzr/x86_64-efi -O x86_64-efi -p "" -o /efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.EFI minicmd part_msdos part_gpt fat ext2 hfsplus ntfs reiserfs xfs iso9660 ls search loopback linux chain reboot halt appleldr help configfile hexdump loadbios fixvideo sh
- Still no boot, so I installed the 2.6.36-ck kernel from aur.
- Then I tried the ahci force tip mentioned in https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Solid_State_Drives
and added to menu items in the grub.cfg 'insmod setpci' and added to the menu items 'setpci -d 10de:0d85 90.b=40' with the pci id determined from 'lspci -nn'
A strange thing I noticed was that even though when booting from the SSD there is only one drive, when I press 'c' in the grub menu and then 'ls' I get this output, so now there is both a hd0 and hd1:
(hd0) (hd1) (hd1,gpt3) (hd1,gpt2) (hd1,gpt1) (cd0)
a 'ls (hd1,gpt2)' shows the contents of the partition that contains /boot. When I change the items in grub cfg to set 'root=(hd0,gpt2)' I get 'no such partition' error. When I change it to 'set root=(hd1,gpt2)' I get the black screen with a prompt.
A little research showed the cause for this:
[root@arch-macbookpro boot]# cat /boot/grub2_efi_x86_64_bzr/device.map
(hd0) /dev/disk/by-id/ata-Hitachi_HTS545025B9SA02_100610PBL2003SKV6ZPV
(hd1) /dev/disk/by-id/usb-OCZ-VERT_EX2_FCF0FEFFEFFCF0F33F5231144FF5FD-0:0
I guess I have to change this file and reinstall grub2. Will post the results in a next post.
This is the grub.cfg so far. None of these menu items work:
# Example Config file for GRUB2 - The GNU GRand Unified Bootloader
# /boot/grub2_efi/grub.cfg.example
# DEVICE NAME CONVERSIONS
# Linux Grub
# /dev/fd0 (fd0)
# /dev/sda (hd0)
# /dev/sdb2 (hd1,2)
# /dev/sda3 (hd0,3)
# Load Graphical modules
set debug=video
insmod efi_gop
#insmod efi_uga
# Load Font module
insmod font
# Setup GFXTERM along with loading unifont.pf2 font file
if loadfont ${prefix}/unifont.pf2
then
insmod gfxterm
set gfxmode="auto"
set gfxpayload=keep
terminal_output gfxterm
set color_normal=light-blue/black
set color_highlight=light-cyan/blue
insmod png
insmod jpeg
# background_image ${prefix}/archlinux.png
fi
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
insmod fat
insmod ext2
insmod setpci
# Timeout for menu
set timeout=3
# Set default boot entry as Entry 0
set default=0
menuentry "Arch Linux - with bios dump" {
#search --set -f /boot/vmlinuz26
#setpci -d 10de:0d85 90.b=40
set root=(hd1,gpt2)
loadbios /boot/vbios.bin /boot/int10.bin
linux /boot/vmlinuz26-ck root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 video=efifb agp=off
initrd /boot/kernel26-ck.img
menuentry "Arch Linux - Linux (with bios dump and fix video)" {
#search --set -f /boot/vmlinuz26
#setpci -d 10de:0d85 90.b=40
set root=(hd1,gpt2)
fix_video
loadbios /boot/vbios.bin /boot/int10.bin
linux /boot/vmlinuz26-ck root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 video=efifb agp=off
initrd /boot/kernel26-ck.img
menuentry "Arch Linux" {
#search --set -f /boot/vmlinuz26
#setpci -d 10de:0d85 90.b=40
set root=(hd1,gpt2)
fakebios
linux /boot/vmlinuz26-ck root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 video=efifb agp=off
initrd /boot/kernel26-ck.img
menuentry "Arch Linux test" {
#setpci -d 10de:0d85 90.b=40
set root=(hd1,gpt2)
linux /boot/vmlinuz26-ck root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 video=efifb agp=off
initrd /boot/kernel26-ck.img
menuentry "Arch Linux test2" {
#setpci -d 10de:0d85 90.b=40
set root=(hd1,2)
linux /boot/vmlinuz26-ck root=/dev/sda2 rootfstype=ext4 video=efifb
initrd /boot/kernel26-ck.img
menuentry "Arch Linux test uuid" {
#setpci -d 10de:0d85 90.b=40
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid d76f36b4-109a-48cd-81de-941f169b2213 --set root
linux /boot/vmlinuz26-ck root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/d76f36b4-109a-48cd-81de-941f169b2213 ro rootfstype=ext4 video=efifb
initrd /boot/kernel26-ck.img
Last edited by rwd (2010-11-27 20:35:01)

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