Booted into emergency mode after update

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Hi all,

I updated my computer with the last stable update of 8, 11th. After reboot a encouter this screen :

You are in emergency mode. After loging in, type "journalctl -xb" to view 
system logs, "systemctl reboot" to reboot, or "exit"
to continue bootup.

No way to update or downgrade, no connexion to internet.

Somebody can help please.?

Mod edit:- Please avoid posting screenshots of text. The text content has been replaced for you this one time. In future you are expected to do this for yourself.

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can you boot on your USB live iso ?

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Hi,
Thank you for your answer.

Yes I booted on USB live.

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Good to know.

That means you’re able to use some of the links given by @Aragorn which might help.

I’ll add a few more that might also be useful;

In the meantime, please provide system information as described (below) and anything else that might help others to help you.

Regards.

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inxi --filter --verbosity=8

or the short form:

inxi -zv8c0

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I’m on USB Live under the latest verion of Manjaro ISO.

I updated the system but not major update.

I tried to install grub as mentionned in the stable update issues but it returns errors:

[manjaro boot]# pacman -Syu grub
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core is up to date
 extra is up to date
 multilib is up to date
 DEB_Arch_Extra                                                                                                       10.1 KiB   215 KiB/s 00:00 [########################################################################################] 100%
warning: grub-2:2.12.r350.g0e367796-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
:: Starting full system upgrade...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...

Packages (1) grub-2:2.12.r350.g0e367796-1

Total Installed Size:  56.61 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:       0.00 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] y
(1/1) checking keys in keyring                                                                                                                   [########################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity                                                                                                                 [########################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files                                                                                                                      [########################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts                                                                                                                [########################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space                                                                                                              [########################################################################################] 100%
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Creating Timeshift snapshot before upgrade...
==> skipping timeshift-autosnap due skipRsyncAutosnap in /etc/timeshift-autosnap.conf set to TRUE.
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling grub                                                                                                                          [########################################################################################] 100%
:: To use the new features provided in this GRUB update, it is recommended
   to install it to the MBR or UEFI. Due to potential configuration
   incompatibilities, it is advised to run both, installation and generation
   of configuration:
     # UEFI: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#Installation
     # BIOS: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/GRUB#Installation_2
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/3) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/3) Installing Grub to MBR/EFI
WARNING: EFI directory not found! Grub couldn't be installed.
error: command failed to execute correctly
(3/3) Updating the info directory file...

There is below the asked informations:

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.41-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1 clocksource: tsc
    avail: acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=fr
    tz=Europe/Paris misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2507 quiet systemd.show_status=1
    splash driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: ERR-101 tk: Qt v: N/A dm: N/A Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 15 7590 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10
    serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Dell model: 018W12 v: A03 serial: <filter> part-nu: 0905
    uuid: 4c4c4544-0032-4210-8044-b5c04f353333 UEFI: Dell v: 1.35.0 date: 02/10/2025
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.5 Wh (86.0%) condition: 59.9/97.0 Wh (61.7%) volts: 11.7 min: 11.4
    model: SMP DELL GPM0365 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: discharging
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.99 GiB used: 4.16 GiB (13.4%) igpu: 64 MiB
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: DIMM A type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2
    min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80CE000080CE
    part-no: M471A2K43DB1-CTD serial: <filter>
  Device-2: DIMM B type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB speed: 2667 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2
    min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: 80CE000080CE
    part-no: M471A2K43DB1-CTD serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 4 type: PCIe gen: 2 status: in use length: short volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1c.0 children:
    1: 3b:00.0 class-ID: 0280 type: network
  Slot: 8 type: PCIe gen: 2 status: in use length: short volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1c.4 children:
    1: 3c:00.0 class-ID: ff00 type: unassigned
  Slot: 12 type: PCIe status: in use length: short volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1d.0 children:
    1: 3d:00.0 class-ID: 0108 type: mass-storage
  Slot: 20 type: PCIe gen: 3 status: in use length: short volts: 3.3 bus-ID: 00:1b.0 children:
    1: 02:00.0 class-ID: 0604 type: bridge children: 1: 03:00.0 class-ID: 0604 type: bridge children:
    1: 04:00.0 class-ID: 0880 type: peripheral 2: 03:01.0 class-ID: 0604 type: bridge 3: 03:02.0
    class-ID: 0604 type: bridge children: 1: 3a:00.0 class-ID: 0c03 type: serialbus
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-9750H socket: BGA1440 (U3E1) note: check bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Coffee Lake gen: core 9 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xFA
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4500 base/boost: 3366/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave volts: 1.0 V ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800
    6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800 bogomips: 62431
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art
    avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de
    ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase
    fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca
    mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq
    pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
    sgx sgx_lc smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
    tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
    xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: conditional; RSB filling;
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsa status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-H GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:3e9b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau
    v: kernel alternate: nvidia_drm,nvidia non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04;
    EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-12:5 chip-ID: 0c45:6723 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: Sharp 0x14b9 built: 2019 res: 3840x2160 dpi: 284 gamma: 1.2 chroma:
    red: x: 0.639 y: 0.329 green: x: 0.208 y: 0.710 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.059 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 3840x2160
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown flag 0
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris platforms: device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: iris inactive: wayland,x11,device-0
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: mesa v: 25.1.7-arch1.1 note: incomplete (EGL sourced)
    renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits), Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 630 (CFL GT2)
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor
    gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo,xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Cannon Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a348 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.41-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss type: oss-emulator
    tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
    status: off 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 vendor: Rivet Networks Killer driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp59s0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: No services found.
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: N/A rfk-block: hardware: no
    software: no address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 961.71 GiB used: 388.52 GiB (40.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: PC611 NVMe 1TB size: 953.87 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 11000111 temp: 29.9 C
  SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 333d 19h cycles: 2,034 read-units: 84,595,615 [43.3 TB]
    written-units: 58,188,472 [29.7 TB]
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 model: FLASH Drive AU USB20 size: 7.84 GiB block-size:
    physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8.07
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 100 GiB size: 97.87 GiB (97.87%) used: 32.54 GiB (33.2%) fs: ext4
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: ed1f097f-3ecb-43e0-aa35-212fc7d9ae35
  ID-2: /home raw-size: 446 GiB size: 437.93 GiB (98.19%) used: 355.98 GiB (81.3%) fs: ext4
    block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p9 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A
    uuid: 1236c3de-7893-4779-abf4-29c6379c4f0a
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 390.79 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: eb8ac62b-22c3-4fda-a4de-c22c1ffbc0db
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 300 MiB fs: fat (32 bit) label: N/A uuid: 8464-75B8
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 15.47 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 89760eb2-fdb0-4c69-a14e-546d285f2141
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:5 size: 1.32 GiB fs: ntfs label: DELLSUPPORT
    uuid: 7C085B24085ADD28
  ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 4.17 GiB fs: N/A label: MANJARO_KDE_2507
    uuid: 2025-08-12-07-04-46-00
  ID-6: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 4 MiB fs: N/A label: MISO_EFI uuid: 3EA4-A0A2
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1:2 info: Alcor Micro Flash Drive type: mass storage driver: usb-storage
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 058f:6387 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-2:3 info: Xenta 2.4G Wireless Mouse type: keyboard,mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 4 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1d57:fa60 class-ID: 0301
  Device-3: 1-4:4 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Device-4: 1-12:5 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_HD type: video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:6723
    class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 47.0 C pch: 47.0 C mobo: 34.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0 fan-2: 0
Repos:
  Packages: 1418 pm: pacman pkgs: 1408 libs: 362 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 10
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
    1: https: //mega.nz/linux/repo/Arch_Extra/$arch
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https: //mirror.koddos.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https: //mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https: //mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https: //mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https: //ridgewireless.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: http: //ftp.riken.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https: //mirror.ufro.cl/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https: //mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  Message: No process data available.
Info:
  Processes: 0 Power: uptime: 1h 25m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: s2idle avail: deep wakeups: 0
    hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.35 GiB Init: systemd
    v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 15.1.1 Client: systemd inxi: 3.3.38
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After you have booted the ISO, do a file system check.
Everything else needs to be done in chroot.
It looks like you where not in chroot:

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Your system supports UEFI booting but there does not seem to have an $ESP configured, although an unmounted 300 MB partition seems to exist that might have been intended an $ESP.

Could you also provide the output of;

lsblk -f
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Hi,

I finaly resolved the issue. It was a bad duplicated fstab entry.

The CMD journalctl -xb -p err gave me an error message about failing to mount a /run/media/myuser . After editing the fstab file under emergency mode, and disabled the bad entries, It reboot on my Manjaro.

Thank you all for your answers.

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