Display output stuck Loading initial ramdisk...... but boot regurarly

[Zippi]

Hi everyone,
I updated ProxMox to 8.0.4
I recently noticed that when I turn it on after the Grub menu the video output stops with the writing "Loading initial ramdisk..." and it no longer displays the normal prompt and the IP address of the server at the end of boot. .
The server still works regularly and I connect as usual via web.
If I hadn't turned on the monitor connected directly to the server's physical video output I wouldn't have even noticed.
The only changes I've made recently are to the various configurations to enable PCIe card passthrough, could that be it?
Is this normal or do I need to fix something because it's not normal?
Thanks for your help!

 

[leesteken]

The only changes I've made recently are to the various configurations to enable PCIe card passthrough, could that be it?

Probably. What is the output of cat /proc/cmdline

Is this normal or do I need to fix something because it's not normal?

It's not harmful and might be needed for some forms of GPU passthrough.

 

[Zippi]

@leesteken
thank you for the quick reply.
The output of cat /proc/cmdline is: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.16-15-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt initcall_blacklist=sysfb_init

I specify that i passed through an iGPU intel HD4600 of the intel i5 4570 CPU and this is the only GPU in this server.
It works fine.

 

[leesteken]

The output of cat /proc/cmdline is: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.2.16-15-pve root=/dev/mapper/pve-root ro quiet intel_iommu=on iommu=pt initcall_blacklist=sysfb_init

initcall_blacklist=sysfb_init is the cause.

I specify that i passed through an iGPU intel HD4600 of the intel i5 4570 CPU and this is the only GPU in this server.
It works fine.

I don't know if you need initcall_blacklist=sysfb_init but it is often needed when doing passthrough of the boot GPU.

 

[Zippi]

initcall_blacklist=sysfb_init is the cause.

I don't know if you need initcall_blacklist=sysfb_init but it is often needed when doing passthrough of the boot GPU.

OK, thanks so much!
I'm not an expert and I'm slowly learning to use this fantastic hypervisor.
I wanted to make sure I didn't make any mess!
I'll do some more testing to see if initcall_blacklist=sysfb_init is really necessary but I think so.
Thanks again!

 

[Zippi]

HI,
I ask the moderators to set the thread as solved.
Thank you!

 

[leesteken]

I ask the moderators to set the thread as solved.

Please just edit your thread and select Solved from the pull-down menu.

 

[Zippi]

Please just edit your thread and select Solved from the pull-down menu.

I can't find how to edit it.....can you please help me?

 

[leesteken]

I can't find how to edit it.....can you please help me?

Click the button named "Edit thread" (in the top-right) and select Solved from the pull-down menu between "Title:" and the thread title.

 

[Zippi]

Click the button named "Edit thread" (in the top-right) and select Solved from the pull-down menu between "Title:" and the thread title.

Sorry, I may be blinded but I can't find the "edit thread" button.....

 

[leesteken]

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Sorry, I may be blinded but I can't find the "edit thread" button.....

That's strange. It should be on the right side of the "Unwatch" button, but it's not. Maybe try another browser?

 

[Zippi]

That's strange. It should be on the right side of the "Unwatch" button, but it's not. Maybe try another browser?

I tried with Chrome, Firefox and Safari but nothing changes......

 

[leesteken]

I tried with Chrome, Firefox and Safari but nothing changes......

Did you try Private mode in Firefox or disabling extensions/plug-ins?

 

[Zippi]

Did you try Private mode in Firefox or disabling extensions/plug-ins?

I tried but nothing changed

 

[leesteken]

I tried but nothing changed

Maybe start a new thread about this issue, so other people can have a look at it?

 

[mrc_sdl]

hey @Zippi, how did you fixed this issue? iam currently facing the same problem.. Also with an gpu passthrough to one of my VMs.