Need help for Nobara 36 and "Alternate Method"

JohnYankton

I need help with Nobara 36. I use alternate method to make this distro in my PS4. Before this distro i never had problem running other distros. But here's a catch; for old distros i just dropped them to root of the usb and let the PS4 handle the other stuff. So to run Nobara 36, i had to use the alternate method. So I followed everything in the article, whatched the video like i dunno 3 times or so. But things didn't went easily.

First; I used karo host. But i ran into issues. Here's a few photos . First, things look great but then system doest boot. There is a small line in top left corner. It just stays there. Doesnt blink or anything. Tried unplugging hdmi, ctrl+alt+f2 and ctrl+alt+f1 but still no response. ctrl+alt+delete just boots back to ps4 os.

Second; i used another host... and results were actually different. Well, not much but still different. Here's the photos . Do you remember that small line on top left of the screen? Well, if you're a fan of him then good news, he's back. And this time he blinks too! While he's blinking ctrl+alt+f2 brings up a "login-like" screen. ctrl+alt+f1 brings back our beloved friend, small blinking line, back. After a while, he stops blinking then sytem stops responding. ctrl+alt+delete still works tho.

Is there any way to make this "nightmare-of-mine" work by any means? Or, is there any way of turning tar.xz files into img files that we can use programs like rufus or balenaetcher on?

Also, i'll use other distros with this "alternate method" to see if this method is the reason im having suicidal thougts and headaches. But i'll do it tomorrow (its 11.30pm in here rn. i live in Turkey, as a Canadian. Yes, thats weird i know).

Thats all for know.
PS4 Model: cuh-2216a
USB Storage: SanDisk 32GB
And yes, i do have a usb multiplier.

P.S.: Please help. This dumbass problem ruins me. i cannot sleep, i cannot eat...

JohnYankton

i guess link to the photos dont work. so im just gonna post the links here in order.

noob404

When you type Ctrl+Alt+F2 and reach the terminal, login using the username and password. And, then run sudo systemctl restart gdm

As for attaching images, read this.

JohnYankton

Firstly; thanks for helping. Secondly; it didnt worked. I ran the command but then nothing happens. Cannot type anymore, it just hangs there.
I'll try the same method with a different distro, lets see if that solves anything.

noob404

JohnYankton Can you try a different 5.x kernel?

JohnYankton

Tried Nobara 36 and other distros. Tried other bzImages, tried other initramfs files. Its either the same thing or not booting at all...

First time seeing something like this. I used to just drop distro, bzImage and initramfs in root of the usb storage and let ps4 handle the job. That worked all the time. But cant do that with Nobara 36 cuz its larger then 4gb. If it was a img file i would use belaetcher but its not a img file. Learned to use VM and Linux just so i can make this work. But no luck.
If there is a way of turning tar.xz files into img files i would happily do it. But if no, then i'll give up. Thanks for helping.

noob404

JohnYankton Tried a different kernel yet? And, which Linux distro are you using to extract the distro onto the USB?

JohnYankton

noob404
Yep, tried different kernels. Some booted and gave the same result, some didnt even booted.
Tried ITmania Fedora 32 Tron Edition, Fedora 35 and PopOS. None worked.

noob404

JohnYankton I mean which distro have you installed on the VM for the alternate method?

JohnYankton

noob404
Oh, sorry. I used Ubuntu.

noob404

JohnYankton Can you try using a different USB drive and also let me know which kernel versions you have already tried.

JohnYankton

noob404
Tried with different usb storages... same story.
So far used Belize 4.14.93, 5.3.18 and 5.15.15. No progress whatsoever.

JohnYankton

noob404
I also tried what you guys did about gdm and custom.conf but it also didn't worked.

noob404

JohnYankton Can you record a video from the point Linux payload is loaded to where it hangs? Upload it on YouTube. This might help me better understand the issue.

JohnYankton

noob404
Sorry for answering late, i was sick. Well, still is. That's why i sound weird in the video.
Also sorry for low quality videos and weird cuts, im a little bit busy and imgur only allows 60sec vids. Had to cut the video. YouTube doesn't open in Turkey rn. It's in maintenance.
Each video has a number, can follow from there.
And, again, sorry for low quality video.

noob404

JohnYankton Its ok. But, this one didn't even drop into Rescueshell.

JohnYankton

noob404
Is the method blame to? My guess is that it is. Cuz same thing happens regardless of the distro.
What can we do about this?

noob404

Maybe try using the multi-boot method and see if that works.

xDpt

noob404 can you Share with me The IMG of Nobara 36? Link dead 😱