Yes, and both users are in the adbusers group, from the moment I did received that advise here !
It is indeed an animal with power, bought in 2019, with the idea that a good powered laptop last for a long time. I am not familiar with possibilities to manage the GPU. Can I configure this ?
The envycontrol package is one tool - run the command to get the options listed
envycontrol -h
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Hallo again. This time working on my 2nd laptop running Manjaro, a Dell 5480
On the Lenovo laptop I did # envycontrol -s integrated. Result : Black screen. With CTRL ALT F3, login in as hans, and startx, Manjaro showed up !
Then before rebooting, I did # envycontrol -s hybrid. Reboot. No Manjaro showing up. I managed to reach grub : “grub>”
Then, the stragegy is to read the/one manual
https://superuser.com/questions/1237684/how-to-boot-from-grub-shell
Beware : it happens on the other laptop
Commands below in the grub shell, with prompt grub>
set pager=1
Investigating works :
grub> ls
grub> ls -l
manjaro root = hd0,7
grub> ls (hd0,7)
output : indicates my manjaro root
grub> cat (hd0,7)/etc/os-release
output ! all about Manjaro !
grub> ls (hd0,7)/
output : manjaro folders in /
grub> ls (hd0,7)/boot
output : kernel files like : linux.., vmlinuz.., initramfs..
I did try to continue with this :
grub> set root=(hd0,7)
grub> linux /boot/vmlinux-6.18-x86_64.kver
grub> initramfs /boot/initramfs-6.18-x86_64
grub> boot
I did get an error on the ‘linux’ line.
How to continue, to proper boot into Manjaro ?
And, back to envycontrol -s nvidia !?
I don’t recall ever have had to resort to grub shell.
I usually use a rescue stick
[root tip] [recovery] Basic Manjaro Linux Rescue and Recovery
The laptop I have as test system - with Nvidia - is with my daughter while she is waiting for her own to come back from Lenovo - but it would be of little use as it uses Nvidia 5070 and envycontrol is working as expected.
When you report this - I do vaguely recall something about envycontrol not working with 16xx series - my apologies for, unintentionally, sending you down a blind alley.
Thanks for your quick response. It is a good learning exercise. When I manage to get back to proper booting, I’m happy!. Will let you know.
Thanks for the [root tip] [recovery] Basic Manjaro Linux Rescue and Recovery.
I have Manjaro running live from an usb flash drive.
First backing up my $HOME data of two user accounts. Including my mail in Thunderbird. And relevant data on another partition. And all relevant configuration files around in /etc/ Preparing for a possible re-install, or other risks, trying to get things repaired.
In mentioned manual the disks and partitions are in the /dev/sda type. My pc has them in the /dev/nvme0np1X (X from 1 to 8). How to translate this ?
I cannot gamble around anymore with this relevant pc for me.
Please help me out.
I will launch another topic to continue with recovering from this boot issue, caused by playing around with envycontrol
The kernel is without kver extension, that is why it errored out.
But i doubt you will be able to boot manually if it did not automatically. The Nvidia drivers are probably the problem.
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Thanks Teo. Without the kver extension I do get an error as well
See my https://forum.manjaro.org/t/how-to-boot-repair-my-lenovo-ideapad-l340-15irh-gaming/185065
Still not bootable. Will read again : [root tip] [recovery] Basic Manjaro Linux Rescue and Recovery