Feature #6766

Display an error message when boot fails

Added by alant 2014-02-25 13:31:43 . Updated 2014-02-27 08:45:22 .

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Confirmed
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2014-02-25
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Description

When boot fails, e.g. the roo filesystem is not found, there is no user visible outout.

We should display a message when such a problem happens. We can either send a message to plymouth, or kill plymouth when something goes wrong.

Subtasks

Related issues

Related to Tails - Bug #9234: Abort boot when any live-config hook fails Confirmed 2015-04-15
Related to Tails - Bug #16030: SquashFS errors during boot lead to false-positives on graphics card error reports Confirmed 2018-10-03

History

#1 Updated by sajolida 2014-02-27 08:36:45

  • Tracker changed from Bug to Feature
  • Subject changed from There is no message when boot fails to Display an error message when boot fails
  • Status changed from New to Confirmed

Are you referring to the cases when the boot progress bar gets 100% white but stuck there?

Then yes, it would be nice to detect that and fallback to a dirty error message.

#2 Updated by intrigeri 2014-02-27 08:45:22

FWIW, in that case the progress bar is stuck but behind the curtain, the initramfs has displayed an error and opened a shell.

Also, I’m not sure it’s worth spending time on this instead of fixing the root cause of the problem (Feature #6397). YMMV, of course :)

#3 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 06:55:13

  • related to deleted (Feature #6397: Support booting from devices exposed as non-removable)

#4 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 06:55:19

  • related to Feature #6397: Support booting from devices exposed as non-removable added

#5 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 06:55:23

  • related to deleted (Feature #6397: Support booting from devices exposed as non-removable)

#6 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 06:55:33

  • blocked by Feature #6397: Support booting from devices exposed as non-removable added

#7 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 07:03:05

  • related to Bug #9234: Abort boot when any live-config hook fails added

#8 Updated by Anonymous 2018-08-19 08:41:41

  • blocks deleted (Feature #6397: Support booting from devices exposed as non-removable)

#9 Updated by sajolida 2019-01-22 19:55:42

  • related to Bug #16030: SquashFS errors during boot lead to false-positives on graphics card error reports added