Getting this fix on Ubuntu/GRUB2

[ghost]

Hello @m4ng0squ4sh I am trying to get this fix working on Ubuntu 16.10. My system is the one with the new GTX 1060. I guess not much has changed in this one from the early 2016 model.

I am stuck with GRUB as it does not load multiple initrd images. Is there a way to have this fix loaded in my current setup without changing the bootloader? I have attached the ACPI table from my system in case it helps.

acpi_tables.tar.gz

Thanks.

[jramapuram]

@lungten : it does work. You have to do the following manual edit (be aware that this file will change when you run commands like grub-update, etc):

menuentry 'Linux Mint 18.1 Cinnamon 64-bit' --class ubuntu --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-9d998c5a-db02-41d6-a39e-79fcccc91241' {
  recordfail
  load_video
  gfxmode $linux_gfx_mode
  insmod gzio
  if [ x$grub_platform = xxen ]; then insmod xzio; insmod lzopio; fi
  insmod part_gpt
  insmod ext2
  if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root  9d998c5a-db02-41d6-a39e-79fcccc91241
  else
    search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 9d998c5a-db02-41d6-a39e-79fcccc91241
  fi
  linux /boot/vmlinuz-4.9.0-040900-generic root=UUID=9d998c5a-db02-41d6-a39e-79fcccc91241 ro  nouveau.blacklist=1 quiet button.lid_init_state=open quiet splash $vt_handoff
  initrd    /boot/razer_acpi_fix.img /boot/initrd.img-4.9.0-040900-generic
}

[ghost]

@jramapuram Looks like it is working. Didn't know I could configure initrd that way. Thanks mate.

[r0l1]

@jramapuram It's possible to make this persistent. Not sure about Debian based systems, but with Arch Linux there is a /etc/default/grub file.

[jramapuram]

@m4ng0squ4sh : Yea, same on debian systems. This is what generates /boot/grub.cfg. Do you happen to know what parameter can be changes to append the razer_acpi_fix.img ?

I believe only systemd allows this currently.

[r0l1]

@jramapuram Could you try this? If this works for you, could you please share your experience? Would like to add some documentation to the README for Grub bootloaders. Thanks!

[jramapuram]

@m4ng0squ4sh : sorry for the delay. I tried this on Manjaro (since it utilizes grub for some reason) and it bricked me. Had to chroot to fix. The bootloader gets stuck like this . I wonder if you can do something like what the intel-microcode does? In either case, I don't think this issue is resolved persay.

I basically have to do this everytime there is a kernel update:

sudo sed -i 's/\/boot\/intel-ucode.img/\/boot\/razer_acpi_fix.img \/boot\/intel-ucode.img/g' /boot/grub/grub.cfg