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Recently has been released version 6 of Memtest86+ which finally introduce UEFI support.

Now, I use systemd-boot as boot manager, so I'd like to launch memtest86+ directly at boot. I set up a configuration file /boot/loader/entries/memtest.conf as described here [1]:

title     Memory Tester (memtest86+)
efi       /memtest86+/memtest.efi

With no luck! It results in a blank screen.
Help me: What I do wrong?

I am on Arch Linux w/ memtest86+-efi [2] 6.00-2

UPDATE1: reported the issue in Arch Linux bug tracker [3]

[1] https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Systemd-boot#EFI_Shells_or_other_EFI_applications
[2] https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/any/memtest86+-efi/
[3] https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/76390

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  • What does ls /boot/efi show? I'm betting that your entry should be efi /EFI/memtest+86/memtest.efi. Commented Oct 31, 2022 at 1:47
  • @ajgringo619 nothing at least not the implicated memtest.efi since it is installed under /boot/memtest86+/memtest.efi Commented Oct 31, 2022 at 15:50
  • I've only used memtest86-efi, so if the EFI files are in the right place, then I've got no idea why you're getting a blank screen. Maybe give the other one a shot. Commented Oct 31, 2022 at 16:03
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    I opened a bug report in Arch Linux bug tracker bugs.archlinux.org/task/76390 Commented Nov 2, 2022 at 17:17

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It was an issue

Now solved upstream. Starting with version 6.10 you can launch memtest86+ from systemd-boot out-of-the-box.

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