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plymouth shows NixOS version only at shutdown, not at start (when GRUB is used) #59992

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davidak opened this issue Apr 21, 2019 · 9 comments · Fixed by #99011
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plymouth shows NixOS version only at shutdown, not at start (when GRUB is used) #59992

davidak opened this issue Apr 21, 2019 · 9 comments · Fixed by #99011

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davidak commented Apr 21, 2019 •
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Issue description

It should always show the NixOS version.

Reproducible on:

  • Lenovo Thinkpad X230 with grub

Not reproducible on:

  • Apple iMac 11,3 with systemd-boot (EFI)
  • Thinkpad L470 with systemd-boot (EFI)

Steps to reproduce

  1. boot system
  2. shut down system

Technical details

  • system: "x86_64-linux"
  • host os: Linux 4.19.36, NixOS, 19.03.172311.454eea84a75 (Koi)
  • multi-user?: no
  • sandbox: yes
  • version: nix-env (Nix) 2.2.2
  • channels(davidak): ""
  • channels(root): "nixos-19.03.172311.454eea84a75, nixos-hardware, nixos-unstable-19.09pre175916.1fc591f9a5b"
  • nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos
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I can second this. It's been the case for ages.

@michaelpj
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Yes, I'm not sure why this is. It used to show it at startup, and I don't think anything much has changed there.

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davidak commented Jul 31, 2019

I did an update yesterday and bootet the system today and the version was shown. It's a Thinkpad L470. I will see if it fixes it also on the system i used when reporting this issue.

  • system: "x86_64-linux"
  • host os: Linux 4.19.62, NixOS, 19.03.173202.31d476b8797 (Koi)
  • multi-user?: yes
  • sandbox: yes
  • version: nix-env (Nix) 2.2.2
  • channels(root): "nixos-19.03.173202.31d476b8797, nixos-hardware, nixos-unstable-19.09pre186857.239fffc90d7"
  • nixpkgs: /nix/var/nix/profiles/per-user/root/channels/nixos

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Doesn't work here on latest unstable.

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davidak commented Aug 4, 2019

Seems to be a problem specifically with GRUB.

@davidak davidak changed the title plymouth shows NixOS version only at shutdown, not at start plymouth shows NixOS version only at shutdown, not at start (when GRUB is used) Aug 4, 2019
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peterhoeg commented Aug 4, 2019 via email

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Problem persists.

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andersk commented Sep 28, 2020

This is because the Plymouth label plugin is missing from the initrd, along with a font with which to render the text. See #99011.

andersk added a commit to andersk/nixpkgs that referenced this issue Feb 21, 2021
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nixos/plymouth: Add label plugin and a font to the initrd
9d21f1d 
This allows Plymouth to show the “NixOS 21.03” label under the logo at
startup like it already does at shutdown.

Fixes NixOS#59992.

Signed-off-by: Anders Kaseorg <andersk@mit.edu>
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