Hi, im a Linux beginner and i have a problem with loading Manjaro Cinnamon on my Lenovo T500.
Everytime i start my notebook, after the BIOS POST, i can see the GRUB text on top of my screen for a brief second, then my notebook takes between 1 and 8 minutes to display the “block clean” message and continue booting.
This is the problem. This 1-8 minute break. While my notebook is in this state, the “HDD LED” does not blink or light up. The screen is on, but empty.
It started after maybe the 10th bootup of manjaro.
I switched the kernel via the Manjaro Settings Manager from 6.11 to 6.12, but i cant remember, if the problem started there.
I searched the forum a bit but did not find any solution. Here is some info about my system. If you need more info, please let me know.
tw@t500-manjaro ~]$ inxi -Fzy
System:
Kernel: 6.12.4-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.2 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 22434MG v: ThinkPad T500
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 22434MG serial: <superuser required> BIOS: LENOVO
v: 6FET93WW (3.23 ) date: 10/12/2012
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.5 Wh (62.6%) condition: 45.5/56.2 Wh (81.1%)
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8400 bits: 64 type: MCP cache:
L2: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1596 min/max: 800/2267 cores: 1: 1596 2: 1596
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting dri: crocus gpu: i915 resolution: 1280x800~60Hz
API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: crocus,swrast
platforms: gbm,x11,surfaceless,device
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 24.2.8-arch1.1
renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo x11: xprop,xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
API: ALSA v: k6.12.4-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network driver: e1000e
IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Broadcom BCM2045B (BDC-2.1) [Bluetooth Controller] driver: btusb
type: USB
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 232.89 GiB used: 18.08 GiB (7.8%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 250GB size: 232.89 GiB
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 220.11 GiB used: 18.08 GiB (8.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.19 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 4 GiB available: 3.72 GiB used: 985.8 MiB (25.9%)
Processes: 188 Uptime: 24m Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.37
[tw@t500-manjaro ~]$ cat /etc/default/grub | head -n6
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet apparmor=1 security=apparmor resume=UUID=9f34bf42-a220-4d95-83e1-ba67e4fbe069 udev.log_priority=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""