[Beginner] Manjaro w/ KDE Plasma on Testing branch always needs 2 boot cycles

Hi,

I’ll start by leaving this here.

On to your issue…

Lets see;

First check mhwd-kernel which is how it should be handled, then check the package manager just in case.

mhwd-kernel -li
pacman -Qs 'linux5|linux6'

You can then remove the 6.1 if it is there:

sudo mhwd-kernel -r linux61

Or, if for some reason there are packages installed outside of mhwd

sudo pacman -Rns linux61 linux61-headers

When thats done you can double check a few file locations:

ls /lib/modules
ls /boot

Note: I always find its good practice to keep 2 kernels installed - 1 LTS thats known to work plus another one, usually newer and/or experimental. If you want to install another kernel you can like:

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux515

When you are satisfied you have the kernel(s) you want installed and everything is clean, then you can update grub:

sudo update-grub

Give it a reboot and check I guess.

PS - Grub should allow you to select kernels at boot. If it is invisible you can try hitting Esc to try and bring it up.