r/AsahiLinux • u/CharlesJustChill • 1d ago

Help Could not install void linux.

I used the script provided by asahi linux to boot a usb flashed with the asahi void base linux glibc(musl don't work either) installed on it. The EFI partition autoboot the usb stick and the grub void linux appear and I hit enter. Then a bunch of text messages appears:

[ 2.454027 ] power supply macsmc-ac: driver failed to report 'voltage' property: -132
[other lines that dont seems that importante,just a bunch of driver errore like the one up there}

Here are the errors lines that seems revelants to me

macsmc-power macsmc-power: Emergency notification: Failed to read Mounter System ESP /dev/nvme0n1p4

I cant type anything and after some time dracut appear on the dracut command line:

dracut Warning: Could not boot.

dracut Warning: "/dev/disk/by-label/VOID_LIVE" does not exist

dracut Warning: "/dev/root" does not exit.

then I fall into the dracut invite

I use a macbook air M1 with 8gig of ram and 256gig of ssd. Asahi Alarm and Fedora remix worked before no problem.

I couldnt find anything online so I would be gratefull if you know how to solve this issue!

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u/Jacobobarobatobski 1d ago

I had the same problem. As far as I could find out online, the Void image is from early 2025 and the firmware for Apple silicon has changed since then, hence the issues. Apparently on Void's mklive on GitHub you can build your own image, including one for Asahi, and apparently it works.

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u/CharlesJustChill 1d ago

could you tell me how or give me documentation on how to build the iso then ? Im on fedora

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u/Jacobobarobatobski 1d ago

I haven't personally done it.

This is the link with instructions:

https://github.com/void-linux/void-mklive

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u/furryfixer 23h ago

I just installed Asahi Fedora Remix, leaving as much unallocated drive space as possible, then installed Void from Fedora on the remaining unallocated space. Maybe not the best alternative, but easy.

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u/Jacobobarobatobski 22h ago

Ohhh that's a cool way. You just install the tarball in the free space and chroot in?

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u/furryfixer 19h ago

I just used the void-aarch64-ROOTFS tarball. Used gparted from Fedora to create a partition and extracted to it.

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u/Jacobobarobatobski 18h ago

Cool I'll do that then. I've boon pondering it for a while as well but wasn't sure I could use the plain aarch one.

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u/furryfixer 16h ago

You will need the Void Asahi kernel package, and the few other recommends from the Void docs, but otherwise, plain aarch-64

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u/MindlessMachine7307 1d ago

What are the reasons why do you choose Void instead of Fedora?

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u/Critical-Internet946 1d ago

the void install ISO is broken right now. as far as i know, you'll have to wait until they rebuild it.

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u/CharlesJustChill 1d ago

Bcs I need to optimize my system to have as much battery as possible

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u/mskiptr 18h ago

Add module_blacklist=macsmc_power to your kernel command line (from GRUB or whatever else Void uses). That should prevent it from rebooting and let you install the necessary updates.