Hello, just reporting that my problem from end of June is solved. The recent update to Linux 3.16.1-1 fixed it. basti Sebastian Lipp <bacuh@xxxxxxxxxx> writes: > Hi > > Since yesterdays pacman -Syu I'm unable to boot my system the usual > way. My observation on that is the following. > > In early userspace the USB port's power gets cut for around a second > which is indicated by the LED of the external drive I'm booting > from. Therefore - as I further assume - recognition of the drive gets > lost and decrypting and mounting of root is not possible. When I > (un)plug the drive both actions get recognized as such but the device(s) > don't get registered. > > I already guessed and tried to > > 1. reinstall syslinux bootloader, > 2. (realize the power cut and) downgrade kernel, > 3. downgrade (lib)systemd and > 4. mkinitcpio > > from a chroot and reboot between each of the steps. Nothing of that > helped. > > I will attach a grep of my pacman.log to show which pkgs where > upgraded. There were no errors logged. I will happily provide any > further information that might help directing me towards debugging and > fixing that problem. > > Getting rid of the intermediate USB gets me rid of the described > problem which is obviously no permanent solution. > > Thanks a lot. > basti > > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded alsa-lib (1.0.27.2-1 -> 1.0.28-1) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded alsa-utils (1.0.27.2-1 -> 1.0.28-1) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded bash (4.3.018-1 -> 4.3.018-3) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded hwids (20130915.1-1 -> 20140602-1) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded libsystemd (213-9 -> 214-2) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded pam (1.1.8-4 -> 1.1.8-5) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd (213-9 -> 214-2) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded libffi (3.0.13-4 -> 3.1-1) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded llvm-libs (3.4.1-2 -> 3.4.2-1) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa (10.2.1-1 -> 10.2.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded mesa-libgl (10.2.1-1 -> 10.2.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded ati-dri (10.2.1-1 -> 10.2.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:19] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-firmware (20140316.dec41bc-1 -> 20140603.a4f3bc0-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded linux (3.14.6-1 -> 3.15.1-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded bbswitch (0.8-9 -> 0.8-11) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded clamav (0.98.3-1 -> 0.98.4-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded cmake (3.0.0-2 -> 3.0.0-3) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded dhcpcd (6.3.2-1 -> 6.4.0-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libva (1.3.1-1 -> 1.3.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded ffmpeg (1:2.2.3-2 -> 1:2.2.4-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded file (5.18-1 -> 5.19-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded filesystem (2014.06-1 -> 2014.06-2) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded gc (7.4.0-3 -> 7.4.2-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded gettext (0.18.3.2-1 -> 0.19.1-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded perl (5.20.0-4 -> 5.20.0-5) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded go (2:1.2.2-1 -> 2:1.3-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded gtk-update-icon-cache (2.24.23-1 -> 2.24.24-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded gtk2 (2.24.23-1 -> 2.24.24-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded vim-runtime (7.4.307-4 -> 7.4.335-4) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded gvim (7.4.307-4 -> 7.4.335-4) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded imagemagick (6.8.9.1-3 -> 6.8.9.3-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded intel-dri (10.2.1-1 -> 10.2.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-de (4.2.4-2 -> 4.2.5-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-en-GB (4.2.4-2 -> 4.2.5-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-en-US (4.2.4-2 -> 4.2.5-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-common (4.2.4-2 -> 4.2.5-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-calc (4.2.4-2 -> 4.2.5-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libreoffice-writer (4.2.4-2 -> 4.2.5-1) > [2014-06-24 19:20] [PACMAN] upgraded libusb (1.0.18-1 -> 1.0.19-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded linux-headers (3.14.6-1 -> 3.15.1-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded lirc-utils (1:0.9.0-71 -> 1:0.9.0-73) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded man-pages (3.68-1 -> 3.69-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded mdadm (3.3-2 -> 3.3.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded netctl (1.7-1 -> 1.8-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded nouveau-dri (10.2.1-1 -> 10.2.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded python-setuptools (1:5.0.2-1 -> 1:5.2-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded python2-setuptools (1:5.0.2-1 -> 1:5.2-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded svga-dri (10.2.1-1 -> 10.2.1-2) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded syslinux (6.03pre12-3 -> 6.03pre17-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded systemd-sysvcompat (213-9 -> 214-2) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded talloc (2.1.0-2 -> 2.1.1-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded tzdata (2014d-1 -> 2014e-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded virtualbox-host-modules (4.3.12-3 -> 4.3.12-5) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded wine (1.7.19-2 -> 1.7.20-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded xfsprogs (3.1.11-2 -> 3.2.0-1) > [2014-06-24 19:21] [PACMAN] upgraded youtube-dl (2014.06.09-1 -> 2014.06.19-1) > [2014-06-24 19:55] [PACMAN] upgraded pacaur (4.1.31-1 -> 4.2.3-1) > [2014-06-24 19:55] [PACMAN] upgraded htop-solarized-vi (1.0.3-1 -> 1.0.3-2)
