ERROR (refind_btrfs.state_management.conditions/conditions.py/check_filtered_block_devices): Could not find the ESP!

[sentakuhm]

I know there is same issue [#16](ERROR (refind_btrfs.state_management.conditions/conditions.py/check_filtered_block_devices): Could not find the ESP!), but tried all my best but cant solve it.

• lsblk

NAME        MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda           8:0    0   1.8T  0 disk
└─sda1        8:1    0   1.8T  0 part
nvme0n1     259:0    0 931.5G  0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1    0   512M  0 part /efi
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2    0   155G  0 part /var/log
│                                     /var/cache/pacman/pkg
│                                     /swap
│                                     /home
│                                     /.snapshots
│                                     /
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3    0   147G  0 part /GamesDisk
└─nvme0n1p4 259:4    0   629G  0 part /LocalDisk

• when run: refind-btrfs

Initializing the block devices using lsblk.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/sda' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/sda' using findmnt.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using findmnt.
ERROR (refind_btrfs.state_management.conditions/conditions.py/check_filtered_block_devices): Could not find the ESP!

• /boot/refind_linux.conf
  "Boot with my options" "rw root=/dev/nvme0n1p2 quiet rootflags=subvol=@ initrd=boot\amd-ucode.img initrd=boot\initramfs-linux-zen.img"

• /etc/fstab

# Static information about the filesystems.
# See fstab(5) for details.

# <file system> <dir> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92      	/         	btrfs     	rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=256,subvol=/@	0 0

# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92     	/home     	btrfs     	rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=257,subvol=/@home	0 0

# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92     	/swap     	btrfs     	rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=258,subvol=/@swap	0 0

# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92     	/.snapshots	btrfs     	rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=259,subvol=/@.snapshots	0 0

# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92     	/var/log  	btrfs     	rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=260,subvol=/@log	0 0

# /dev/nvme0n1p2
UUID=79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92     	/var/cache/pacman/pkg	btrfs     	rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=261,subvol=/@pkgs	0 0

# /dev/nvme0n1p1
UUID=DED3-A9F7      	/efi      	vfat      	rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro	0 2

# Swapfile
/swap/swapfile	none	swap	defaults	0 0

# /dev/nvme0n1p3
UUID=37a478c3-4fd3-4177-85bf-a4a137d8dda5	/GamesDisk	ext4	defaults	0 2

# /dev/nvme0n1p4
UUID=922EEDEC2EEDC975	/LocalDisk	ntfs3	uid=sentaku,gid=users,umask=0022 0 0

• output of lsblk --json --merge --paths --output NAME,TYPE,MAJ:MIN

{
   "blockdevices": [
      {
         "name": "/dev/sda",
         "type": "disk",
         "maj:min": "8:0",
         "children": [
            {
               "name": "/dev/sda1",
               "type": "part",
               "maj:min": "8:1"
            }
         ]
      },{
         "name": "/dev/nvme0n1",
         "type": "disk",
         "maj:min": "259:0",
         "children": [
            {
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
               "type": "part",
               "maj:min": "259:1"
            },{
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
               "type": "part",
               "maj:min": "259:2"
            },{
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
               "type": "part",
               "maj:min": "259:3"
            },{
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p4",
               "type": "part",
               "maj:min": "259:4"
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

• Output of lsblk /dev/sda --json --paths --tree --output PTUUID,PTTYPE,PARTUUID,PARTTYPE,PARTLABEL,UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT

{
   "blockdevices": [
      {
         "ptuuid": "a1f7e11f-0066-4aca-91f8-c01bddb172b5",
         "pttype": "gpt",
         "partuuid": null,
         "parttype": null,
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": null,
         "name": "/dev/sda",
         "fstype": null,
         "label": null,
         "mountpoint": null,
         "children": [
            {
               "ptuuid": "a1f7e11f-0066-4aca-91f8-c01bddb172b5",
               "pttype": "gpt",
               "partuuid": "5c6e69f1-4755-4e5b-99be-452289ad9a76",
               "parttype": "ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7",
               "partlabel": "Basic data partition",
               "uuid": "C4E6ECB0E6ECA440",
               "name": "/dev/sda1",
               "fstype": "ntfs",
               "label": null,
               "mountpoint": null
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

• Output of findmnt --json --mtab --real --nofsroot --output PARTUUID,PARTLABEL,UUID,SOURCE,FSTYPE,LABEL,TARGET,OPTIONS

{
   "filesystems": [
      {
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=976,subvol=/@"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/.snapshots",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=259,subvol=/@.snapshots"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/home",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=257,subvol=/@home"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/swap",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=258,subvol=/@swap"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/var/cache/pacman/pkg",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=261,subvol=/@pkgs"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/var/log",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=260,subvol=/@log"
      },{
         "partuuid": "650b3570-74ab-4180-95e9-4ca6777c0943",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "DED3-A9F7",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
         "fstype": "vfat",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/efi",
         "options": "rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro"
      },{
         "partuuid": "8856295a-66f3-4b92-919d-255ce05fe43c",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "37a478c3-4fd3-4177-85bf-a4a137d8dda5",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
         "fstype": "ext4",
         "label": "Gaming",
         "target": "/GamesDisk",
         "options": "rw,relatime"
      },{
         "partuuid": "42c45d81-a122-4a32-89b9-fae21751edcb",
         "partlabel": "Basic data partition",
         "uuid": "922EEDEC2EEDC975",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p4",
         "fstype": "ntfs3",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/LocalDisk",
         "options": "rw,relatime,uid=1000,gid=984,dmask=0022,fmask=0022,iocharset=utf8"
      },{
         "partuuid": null,
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": null,
         "source": "portal",
         "fstype": "fuse.portal",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/run/user/1000/doc",
         "options": "rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000"
      }
   ]
}

[Venom1991]

Try setting this config option.

EDIT: Did you try setting it to "5c6e69f1-4755-4e5b-99be-452289ad9a76"?

[sentakuhm]

Try setting this config option.

EDIT: Did you try setting it to "5c6e69f1-4755-4e5b-99be-452289ad9a76"?

the same settings are on /etc/refind-btrfs.conf
and i didn't setting it to "5c6e69f1-4755-4e5b-99be-452289ad9a76".

i think you mean "650b3570-74ab-4180-95e9-4ca6777c0943" which is for efi partition.
i added it to settings which is the error message changed to:

Initializing the block devices using lsblk.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/sda' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/sda' using findmnt.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using findmnt.
Found the ESP mounted at '/efi' on '/dev/nvme0n1p1'.
ERROR (refind_btrfs.state_management.conditions/conditions.py/check_filtered_block_devices): Could not find the root partition!

[Venom1991]

Paste the output of lsblk /dev/nvme0n1--json --paths --tree --output PTUUID,PTTYPE,PARTUUID,PARTTYPE,PARTLABEL,UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT.

[sentakuhm]

Paste the output of lsblk /dev/nvme0n1--json --paths --tree --output PTUUID,PTTYPE,PARTUUID,PARTTYPE,PARTLABEL,UUID,NAME,FSTYPE,LABEL,MOUNTPOINT.

{
   "blockdevices": [
      {
         "ptuuid": "dc7037f7-f0dd-43e4-bcbc-5b49bf890000",
         "pttype": "gpt",
         "partuuid": null,
         "parttype": null,
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": null,
         "name": "/dev/nvme0n1",
         "fstype": null,
         "label": null,
         "mountpoint": null,
         "children": [
            {
               "ptuuid": "dc7037f7-f0dd-43e4-bcbc-5b49bf890000",
               "pttype": "gpt",
               "partuuid": "650b3570-74ab-4180-95e9-4ca6777c0943",
               "parttype": "0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4",
               "partlabel": null,
               "uuid": "DED3-A9F7",
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
               "fstype": "vfat",
               "label": null,
               "mountpoint": "/efi"
            },{
               "ptuuid": "dc7037f7-f0dd-43e4-bcbc-5b49bf890000",
               "pttype": "gpt",
               "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
               "parttype": "0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4",
               "partlabel": null,
               "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
               "fstype": "btrfs",
               "label": "Arch Linux",
               "mountpoint": "/var/log"
            },{
               "ptuuid": "dc7037f7-f0dd-43e4-bcbc-5b49bf890000",
               "pttype": "gpt",
               "partuuid": "8856295a-66f3-4b92-919d-255ce05fe43c",
               "parttype": "0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4",
               "partlabel": null,
               "uuid": "37a478c3-4fd3-4177-85bf-a4a137d8dda5",
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
               "fstype": "ext4",
               "label": "Gaming",
               "mountpoint": "/GamesDisk"
            },{
               "ptuuid": "dc7037f7-f0dd-43e4-bcbc-5b49bf890000",
               "pttype": "gpt",
               "partuuid": "42c45d81-a122-4a32-89b9-fae21751edcb",
               "parttype": "ebd0a0a2-b9e5-4433-87c0-68b6b72699c7",
               "partlabel": "Basic data partition",
               "uuid": "922EEDEC2EEDC975",
               "name": "/dev/nvme0n1p4",
               "fstype": "ntfs",
               "label": null,
               "mountpoint": "/LocalDisk"
            }
         ]
      }
   ]
}

[Venom1991]

Honestly, judging by the output I don't really find anything wrong with your setup. I'll have to debug when I find the time.

[sentakuhm]

i did a clean install now error before seems to be gone, but i got new one

Initializing the block devices using lsblk.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/sda' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/sda' using findmnt.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using findmnt.
Found the ESP mounted at '/efi' on '/dev/nvme0n1p1'.
Found the root partition on '/dev/nvme0n1p2'.
Searching for snapshots of the '@' subvolume in the '/.snapshots' directory.
Found subvolume '@' mounted as the root partition.
Found 2 snapshots of the '@' subvolume.
Searching for the 'refind.conf' file on '/dev/nvme0n1p1'.
Analyzing the 'refind.conf' file.
ERROR (refind_btrfs.state_management.conditions/conditions.py/check_matched_boot_stanzas): Could not find a boot stanza matched with the root partition!

refind.conf:

menuentry "Arch Linux" {
    icon     /EFI/refind/icons/os_arch.png
    volume   "Arch Linux"
    loader   /boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    initrd   /boot/initramfs-linux-zen.img
    options  "root=UUID=55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a rw quiet rootflags=subvol=@ initrd=boot\amd-ucode.img"
    submenuentry "Boot using fallback initramfs" {
        initrd /boot/initramfs-linux-zen-fallback.img
    }
    submenuentry "Boot to terminal" {
        add_options "systemd.unit=multi-user.target"
    }
    disabled
}

is something wrong here or what?

[Venom1991]

If you inspect findmnt's output of the / partition you'll notice that its UUID is not the same as the one in the boot stanza:

{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=976,subvol=/@"
}

That is to say, "79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92" is not the same as "55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a".
Try setting "root=UUID=79db120b-271e-4354-9d27-893cf51fee92" or "root=PARTUUID=a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6" in your boot stanza. You can study the example, as well.

[sentakuhm]

yes i know they are not same cuz i made a clean install so UUID options changed to:

"filesystems": [
      {
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p2",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=256,subvol=/@"
      }

when using PARTUUID, i got same message after running refind-btrfs.

[Venom1991]

But that UUID in the boot stanza is not the same one as the one in findmnt's output. Please check that you setup fulfills all of the prerequisites, especially the last one.

EDIT: Ah, I see it's they're supposed to be the same now but do paste findmnt's output here, again.

EDIT 2: I noticed that your boot stanza has the "disabled" option included in it. These boot stanzas are parsed by refind-btrfs but they're also completely ignored by it, as well.

[sentakuhm]

{
   "filesystems": [
      {
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "source": "/dev/disk/by-uuid/55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=256,subvol=/@"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "source": "/dev/disk/by-uuid/55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/home",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=257,subvol=/@home"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "source": "/dev/disk/by-uuid/55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/var/log",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=262,subvol=/@var_log"
      },{
         "partuuid": "650b3570-74ab-4180-95e9-4ca6777c0943",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "DF28-0FD1",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p1",
         "fstype": "vfat",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/efi",
         "options": "rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=437,iocharset=ascii,shortname=mixed,utf8,errors=remount-ro"
      },{
         "partuuid": "8856295a-66f3-4b92-919d-255ce05fe43c",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "37a478c3-4fd3-4177-85bf-a4a137d8dda5",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p3",
         "fstype": "ext4",
         "label": "Gaming",
         "target": "/GamesDisk",
         "options": "rw,relatime"
      },{
         "partuuid": "42c45d81-a122-4a32-89b9-fae21751edcb",
         "partlabel": "Basic data partition",
         "uuid": "922EEDEC2EEDC975",
         "source": "/dev/nvme0n1p4",
         "fstype": "ntfs3",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/LocalDisk",
         "options": "rw,relatime,uid=1000,gid=984,dmask=0022,fmask=0022,iocharset=utf8"
      },{
         "partuuid": null,
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": null,
         "source": "portal",
         "fstype": "fuse.portal",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/run/user/1000/doc",
         "options": "rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,user_id=1000,group_id=1000"
      },{
         "partuuid": null,
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": null,
         "source": "/dev/loop0",
         "fstype": "ext4",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/var/lib/waydroid/rootfs",
         "options": "ro,relatime"
      },{
         "partuuid": null,
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": null,
         "source": "/dev/loop1",
         "fstype": "ext4",
         "label": null,
         "target": "/var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor",
         "options": "ro,relatime"
      },{
         "partuuid": "a768537f-a70b-4203-9095-ecf6e62634f6",
         "partlabel": null,
         "uuid": "55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "source": "/dev/disk/by-uuid/55ce5036-4cba-4755-9e92-d69701b68f6a",
         "fstype": "btrfs",
         "label": "Arch Linux",
         "target": "/var/lib/waydroid/rootfs/vendor/waydroid.prop",
         "options": "rw,noatime,compress=zstd:1,ssd,discard=async,space_cache=v2,subvolid=256,subvol=/@"
      }
   ]
}

EDIT: Ah, I see it's they're supposed to be the same now but do paste findmnt's output here, again.

EDIT 2: I noticed that your boot stanza has the "disabled" option included in it. These boot stanzas are parsed by refind-btrfs but they're also completely ignored by it, as well.

how to enable it?

[Venom1991]

how to enable it?

Simply remove the "disabled" line from the boot stanza's definition.

[sentakuhm]

now got another message

Initializing the block devices using lsblk.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/loop0' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/loop0' using findmnt.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/loop1' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/loop1' using findmnt.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/sda' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/sda' using findmnt.
Initializing the physical partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using lsblk.
Initializing the live partition table for device '/dev/nvme0n1' using findmnt.
Found the ESP mounted at '/efi' on '/dev/nvme0n1p1'.
ERROR (refind_btrfs.state_management.conditions/conditions.py/check_filtered_block_devices): Could not find the root partition!

[Venom1991]

That error isn't related to boot stanzas and it seems we're going around in circles. Other than debugging your exact same setup I'm all out of ideas. Sorry.