On Mon, Aug 11, 2025 at 11:21:57AM -0500, Michael Parson wrote: > I've had this X13s for a while now, (...)
> 1) "Install additional packages" > We're instructed to install: > - firmware-qcom-soc > - protection-domain-mapper > - qrtr-tools > - acpi > The first one installs, but the other 3 error out as being > unavailable packages. OK, maybe they're not needed anymore? They are very much needed, but not to boot I think. They enable stuff like seeing the battery level, etc. protection-domain-mapper is in the archive https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=protection-domain-mapper not sure why you have problems with that. Same for qrtr-tools https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=qrtr-tools and acpi https://packages.debian.org/search?keywords=acpi Back when I made my install one also had to manually enable the service that comes with qrtr-tools, not sure if with newer version it is enabled by default. It is called qrtr-ns so something like # systemctl enable qrtr-ns.service > 2) Go back to main screen and Continue, which reboots, get the grub > screen, tries to load the default and it reboots. > I found a thread from May 2023 where someone else reported the same > boot loop. That someone is me. > His solution: >> Something had changed the "debian" EFI boot option to load directly >> grubaa64.efi instead of DtbLoader.efi. >> I added another boot option "Debian-LEM" that loads DtbLoader.efi > Thing is, I can't get back into even the installer or recovery-mode > from the installer image That's not where you have to do that stuff. It happens in the firmware's command line. I don't think the firmware's GUI configuration allows to create/edit entries. See chapter 4 of https://docs.google.com/document/d/1WuxE-42ZeOkKAft5FuUk6C2fonkQ8sqNZ56ZmZ49hGI for inspiration.
