On 9/24/25 9:49 AM, Brian Keck wrote: > Last time (24 Aug) I updated arch on my laptop, /boot filled up. [1] > There was a message saying that the build of > /boot/initramfs-linux-fallback.img failed [1] > > [2] seems to say to adjust /etc/mkinitcpio.conf by dropping kms from > HOOKS & adding i915 to MODULES. > But this makes me nervous, so I'm asking here. > Laptop has only Intel graphics [3], & lsmod shows both i915 & xe. > I'm using both X11 & Wayland. > Is the above advice good? > Should I add xe to MODULES as well? > > TIA, Brian Keck
Hi, The advice to drop kms from `HOOKS=()` and add the specific kernel module of your graphics driver to `MODULES=()` is good. I would guess that because your `lsmod` shows `Kerneldriver in use: i915`, you only need i915, and not xe, but I can't say for sure as I do not have Intel graphics. I'd recommend testing with just i915 first. Also, you can consider disabling the fallback initramfs entirely [1]. This is what I've always done because it's large and I've never needed to boot using it. However, as the warning in [1] says, be sure to have a USB with Arch ISO always on hand, so if your system is unbootable you can mount partitions, chroot, and fix issues. Best Regards, AlphaLynx [1]: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Mkinitcpio#Disabling_fallback_initramfs_generation
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