Bug 31273

Summary:	Recovery Mode does not work on Macbooks Pro and equivalent
Product:	Mageia	Reporter:	Ezequiel Partida <ezequiel_partida>
Component:	New RPM package request	Assignee:	Mageia Bug Squad <bugsquad>
Status:	RESOLVED OLD	QA Contact:
Severity:	normal
Priority:	Normal	CC:	davidwhodgins, lewyssmith
Version:	Cauldron
Target Milestone:	---
Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Source RPM:		CVE:
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Description Ezequiel Partida 2022-12-13 19:28:32 CET

Description of problem:

I´ve tried with both mageia 8 and 9 on 4 Macbook Pro that friends want to move to linux.

The problem is when troubleshooting and need to get to Recovery Mode it is not possible, for some reason when I get then message to type the root password for recovery mode it does not take the password, it seems it has frozen, Ctrl D to continue also does not work.

It seems like it´s something with the keyboard I need to test since crtl +f f2 does not work either for some reason..

I ended up installing Linux Mint on 3 of them for these reason since on Linux mint recovery mode gives you this option (See image link below)

https://softhints.com/content/images/2020/06/linux_mint_login_loop_issue.png

It would be nice to have something like this, probably this is one reason to have this feature and make it more friendly with stupid MacBook Pro hardware..

I´ve tried many debian distros and linux Mint is the one that I´ve use that feels more fluid and mageia feel.. 

Mageia runs smoother that mint btw... I only hope mageia 9 would have Nvidia 418 drivers when replacing 390 if possible.

Regards

Comment 1 Dave Hodgins 2022-12-13 20:22:05 CET

Systemd has two relevant levels.

Emergency is a shell with just the contents of the initrd file available. The
root file system and other file systems must be manually mounted from within
that shell.

Rescue shell is available only if enabled. See
https://www.fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd_early_debug-shell

CC: (none) => davidwhodgins

Comment 2 Lewis Smith 2022-12-14 15:19:38 CET

Thanks for this pointer.

Ezequiel :
Can we assume that the machine boots (to a Grub menu?) OK, and that you choose Rescue Mode from that?

I wonder whether the keyboard problems have something to do with just that: the keyboard. Does 'rescue mode' from the boot menu assume QWERTY, for example; or that configured at installation? I must try.

CC: (none) => lewyssmith

Comment 3 Lewis Smith 2022-12-14 15:48:57 CET

Chosing 'boot into single user mode' *does* respect the configured k/b.

Comment 4 Lewis Smith 2023-11-14 13:12:12 CET

Moribund.

Resolution: (none) => OLD
Status: NEW => RESOLVED