Problem
The system fails to boot with the following error:
r8169 0000:02:00.0: invalid VPD tag 0x00 (size 0 at offset 0); assume missing optional EEPROM
serial 0000:02:00.1: VPD access failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
serial 0000:02:00.2: VPD access failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
pci 0000:02:00.3: VPD access failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
ehci-pci 0000:02:00.4: VPD access failed. This is likely a firmware bug on this device. Contact the card vendor for a firmware update.
Cause
Not yet known.
Related Issues
Bugzilla report: #NNNN
Workarounds
None yet.
I’ve posted this in a couple locations already. I am running Fedora 36 beta on a Thinkpad T14 (gen 1). I ran my regular software updates and went to restart the machine to finish the process. Unfortunately this failed.
It was mentioned on Stack Exchange that this is a Linux issue and not grub, despite what I initially thought. I am able to boot to a live disk, which is what I’m posting this from. The top 3 kernels I can choose from (2 for F35 and one for F36) all fail for the reason shown above. I tried the recovery kernel, but that put me into “emergency mode” where root is locked and I can’t do anything.
I have already run dnf update via chroot. I’m honestly out of ideas at this point. Sorry if this isn’t the right place; I’m just somewhat desperate for getting my machine working again. Happy to provide details!