Booting up only leads to tty

Support
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47

Do you not have access to a package manager (pacman) ?

It will be quite difficult to work without it… and if pacman is broken then we need to take extra steps to restore it before being able to continue.

I’m not sure about all of your situation but, assuming pacman is fine then I can point to a tool for making sure you have the correct default packages;

bash <(curl -s https://gitlab.com/cscs/mapare/-/raw/main/mapare) -IA

At the prompt enter your Desktop Environment ( kde ).

That may present some errors depending on the state of things.

But then we could move on to mhwd to reinstall the drivers, with the automatic ‘proprietary’ being;

sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

And again if there are errors they may be worth noting.

48

Should I use this command in the TTY or can this be done while on the USB installer too?

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TTY should be fine as long as theres still network access and pacman.
If you must use a USB then it would require you to use it in chroot - mounting if/as needed.
If its a simple setup then it just needs

manjaro-chroot -a
50

If the tutorial was completed successfully, you should be able at least login via TTY and perform maintenance tasks – this you were unable to do before. Now, it should be possible to correct other issues that the tutorial wasn’t meant to address.

You should now be able to use pacman or pamac – both of these are package managers (or software managers if you prefer).

Extrapolating from @cscs comments we don’t know what may still be broken at this point – ensuring default packages are properly installed is a logical step – and now you’ve been offered the means to do just that.

51

Before I switch back to my phone to post the pictures I took of TTY while applying your suggestions, I will just say for now that it looked like a lot of pacs had to be re-downloaded and re-installed. Even after all of that I still end up booting into TTY only. I’m currently reading up on other solutions that are involved with the desktop manager instead to see if anything there works. So far one guide I am tempted to follow is this one: Manjaro starting in TTY, problem is Display Manager how to fix? - #8 by Ualtarh

I’m guessing (lightdm) isn’t KDE in this case right?

A lot of packages were re-downloaded and reinstalled, but the problem hasn’t gone away yet.
As of right now I’ll share what (journalctl -b -1 -p 4) has logged while manjaro-chrooting from a live session, Nvidia shows up a lot here:

journalctl -b -1 -p 4
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel:   #1  #3  #5  #7  #9 #11
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: pnp 00:03: disabling [mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff] because it overlaps 00>
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: ata6.00: Model 'Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB', rev 'SVT02B6Q', applying quir>
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia: module license taints kernel.
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: 
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  550.135  Thu Nov 14 00:>
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from pr>
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support bap plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support bass plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support mcp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support vcp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: profiles/audio/micp.c:micp_init() D-Bus experimental not enabl>
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support micp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support ccp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support csip plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support asha plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 systemd[1]: xencelabs.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 09 23:48:41 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 09 23:48:41 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Attempt 1 starting the Display server on vt 2 failed
Jan 09 23:48:43 samuel-ms7d31 dbus-broker-launch[736]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.resolve1' fail>
Jan 09 23:48:43 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 09 23:48:43 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Attempt 2 starting the Display server on vt 2 failed
lines 1-27...skipping...
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel:   #1  #3  #5  #7  #9 #11
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: pnp 00:03: disabling [mem 0xc0000000-0xcfffffff] because it overlaps 0000:00:02.0 BAR 9 [mem 0x00000000-0xdfffffff 64bit pref]
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: ata6.00: Model 'Samsung SSD 870 EVO 2TB', rev 'SVT02B6Q', applying quirks: noncqtrim zeroaftertrim noncqonati
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: ata6.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia: module license taints kernel.
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: 
Jan 09 23:48:36 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  550.135  Thu Nov 14 00:09:29 UTC 2024
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: nvidia_uvm: module uses symbols nvUvmInterfaceDisableAccessCntr from proprietary module nvidia, inheriting taint.
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support bap plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support bass plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support mcp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support vcp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: profiles/audio/micp.c:micp_init() D-Bus experimental not enabled
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support micp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support ccp plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support csip plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 bluetoothd[740]: src/plugin.c:init_plugin() System does not support asha plugin
Jan 09 23:48:38 samuel-ms7d31 systemd[1]: xencelabs.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Jan 09 23:48:41 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 09 23:48:41 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Attempt 1 starting the Display server on vt 2 failed
Jan 09 23:48:43 samuel-ms7d31 dbus-broker-launch[736]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.resolve1' failed: The systemd unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.resolve1.service' could not be found.
Jan 09 23:48:43 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 09 23:48:43 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Attempt 2 starting the Display server on vt 2 failed
Jan 09 23:48:45 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 09 23:48:45 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Attempt 3 starting the Display server on vt 2 failed
Jan 09 23:48:45 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Could not start Display server on vt 2
Jan 09 23:48:48 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: platform INT3515:01: deferred probe pending: Serial bus multi instantiate pseudo device driver: Error creating i2c-client, idx 0
Jan 09 15:49:29 samuel-ms7d31 dbus-broker-launch[736]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.home1' failed: The systemd unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service' could not be found.
Jan 09 16:02:21 samuel-ms7d31 sddm[818]: Signal received: SIGTERM
Jan 09 16:02:22 samuel-ms7d31 dbus-broker-launch[736]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' failed.
Jan 09 16:02:22 samuel-ms7d31 NetworkManager[738]: <warn>  [1736467342.2878] dispatcher: (15) failed (after 0.007 sec): Could not activate remote peer 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher': activation request failed>
Jan 09 16:02:22 samuel-ms7d31 dbus-broker-launch[736]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' failed.
Jan 09 16:02:23 samuel-ms7d31 kernel: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop!
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anything else look off here?

52

Nothing unexpected.

At this time, system information might be beneficial. If you recall, the output posted earlier was incomplete:

inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width

Earlier was mentioned:

This is likely a good time to attempt a reinstall of Nvidia drivers;

I will defer to the advice of @cscs and others, as I haven’t used Nvidia in years (I use AMD graphics exclusively).

Regards.

53

ah right, in the meantime here is what this showed while I was on the live session:

  Kernel: 6.12.4-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2421 quiet systemd.show_status=1
    splash driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
    rdinit=/vtoy/vtoy
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.2.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.8.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG Z690 EDGE WIFI DDR4 (MS-7D31)
    v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: 1.G0 date: 01/10/2024
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.13 GiB used: 3.61 GiB (11.6%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 32 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: Controller0-DIMMA1 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Controller0-DIMMA2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F4-3600C14-16GTZN
    serial: N/A
  Device-3: Controller1-DIMMB1 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Controller1-DIMMB2 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1 min: 1 max: 1 width (bits):
    data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G Skill Intl part-no: F4-3600C14-16GTZN
    serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12600K bits: 64 type: MST AMCP
    arch: Alder Lake gen: core 12 level: v3 note: check built: 2021+
    process: Intel 7 (10nm ESF) family: 6 model-id: 0x97 (151) stepping: 2
    microcode: 0x37
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 7 cores: 10 threads: 16 mt: 6 tpc: 2
    st: 4 smt: enabled cache: L1: 864 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB, 6x48 KiB; i-6x32
    KiB, 4x64 KiB L2: 9.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB, 1x2 MiB L3: 20 MiB
    desc: 1x20 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 805 min/max: 800/4900:3600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 805 2: 805 3: 805 4: 805 5: 805 6: 805 7: 805
    8: 805 9: 805 10: 805 11: 805 12: 805 13: 805 14: 805 15: 805 16: 805
    bogomips: 118000
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_lbr arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2
    bts clflush clflushopt clwb cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8
    de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority
    flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr gfni hfi ht hwp hwp_act_window
    hwp_epp hwp_notify hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibt ida intel_pt
    invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri
    msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pclmulqdq pconfig pdcm
    pdpe1gb pebs pge pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed
    rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep serialize sha_ni smap smep smx split_lock_detect
    ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
    tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer tsc_known_freq umip user_shstk vaes vme vmx
    vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid waitpkg x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves
    xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: reg_file_data_sampling mitigation: Clear Register File
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional;
    RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: BHI_DIS_S
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel AlderLake-S GT1 vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: i915 v: kernel
    alternate: xe arch: Xe process: Intel 10nm built: 2020-21 ports: active: none
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3, HDMI-A-4 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:4680 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070 Lite Hash Rate] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 550/565.xx+ status: current (as of
    2025-01; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-4 empty: DP-3, DP-5, HDMI-A-5,
    HDMI-A-6 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2488 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.14 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
    dri: nouveau,iris gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: DP-4 model: BenQ ZOWIE XL LCD serial: <filter> built: 2023
    res: N/A dpi: 90 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.659 y: 0.333 green: x: 0.322
    y: 0.624 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.078 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93") diag: 623mm (24.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1280x800, 1152x864,
    1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau platforms:
    device: 0 drv: iris device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
    drv: iris surfaceless: drv: iris x11: drv: nouveau inactive: wayland
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 24.2.8-arch1.1 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NV174 device-ID: 10de:2488 memory: 7.8 GiB
    unified: no
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: N/A device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce RTX 3070 (NVK GA104) driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2488
    surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: integrated-gpu name: Intel UHD Graphics
    770 (ADL-S GT1) driver: N/A device-ID: 8086:4680 surfaces: xcb,xlib
  Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
    de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
    x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen driver: snd-usb-audio
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:5
    chip-ID: 1235:8219 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: Schiit Audio Yggdrasil Unison USB driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-9:6 chip-ID: 30be:1001
    class-ID: 0102
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.4-1-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: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:7af0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 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: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Device-2: Intel Ethernet I225-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: igc
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 8086:15f3 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:10 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.88 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 870 EVO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: Flash Drive
    size: 59.75 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.1
    spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1100 scheme: GPT
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0 mapped: ventoy size: 4.03 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-2: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 36BE-DB6F
  ID-3: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 1.82 TiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 460a1205-2a14-44f4-aa4c-c94627e6f576
  ID-4: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 59.72 GiB fs: exfat label: Ventoy
    uuid: 4E21-0000
  ID-5: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 32 MiB fs: vfat label: VTOYEFI
    uuid: 223C-F3F8
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: 1-2:2 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7d31 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-3:3 info: XP-Pen Xencelabs Dongle type: mouse,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 28bd:5203 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-4:4 info: Cyboard Imprint type: keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 4359:0000 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-5:5 info: Focusrite-Novation Scarlett 2i2 4th Gen type: audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1235:8219 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: 1-9:6 info: Schiit Audio Yggdrasil Unison USB type: audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA chip-ID: 30be:1001 class-ID: 0102
  Hub-2: 1-12:7 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-12.1:9 info: Logitech G600 Gaming Mouse type: mouse,keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:c24a class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 1-13:8 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-14:10 info: Intel AX201 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: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 9 rev: 3.1
    speed: 20 Gb/s (2.33 GiB/s) lanes: 2 mode: 3.2 gen-2x2 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-6:2 info: Silicon Motion - Taiwan (formerly Feiya ) Flash Drive
    type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.1
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 power: 304mA
    chip-ID: 090c:1000 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1248 libs: 327 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: http://mirror.is.co.za/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.it4i.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://mirror.ufro.cl/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    9: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    11: https://mirror.koddos.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    12: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://mirrors.ft.uam.es/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://mirror.albony.xyz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://mirrors.pku.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    16: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    17: http://manjaro.mirror.ac.za/stable/$repo/$arch
    18: http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    19: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    20: https://uvermont.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    21: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    22: http://free.nchc.org.tw/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    23: https://bd.mirror.vanehost.com/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    24: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    25: http://manjaro.grena.ge/stable/$repo/$arch
    26: https://mirror.leitecastro.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    27: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    28: https://repos.silknet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    29: https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    30: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    31: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    32: https://mirrors.netix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    33: http://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    34: https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    35: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    36: https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    37: https://mirrors.xtom.jp/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    38: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    39: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    40: https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    41: http://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    42: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    43: https://mirror.archlinux.tw/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    44: https://mirror.futureweb.be/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    45: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    46: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    47: http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    48: https://manjaro.repo.cure.edu.uy/stable/$repo/$arch
    49: https://mirror.bardia.tech/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    50: https://mirrors.piconets.webwerks.in/manjaro-mirror/stable/$repo/$arch
    51: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
    52: https://mirrors.aliyun.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    53: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
    54: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    55: http://ftp.dei.uc.pt/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    56: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    57: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    58: https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    59: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    60: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    61: https://mirror.nyist.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    62: https://fastmirror.pp.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    63: https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    64: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    65: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    66: https://mirror.ibakerserver.pt/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    67: https://ipng.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    68: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    69: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    70: https://manjaro.mirror.liquidtelecom.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    71: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    72: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    73: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    74: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    75: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    76: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    77: https://mirror.kamtv.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    78: http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    79: https://mirror.funami.tech/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    80: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    81: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    82: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    83: https://mirror.kku.ac.th/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    84: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    85: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    86: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    87: https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    88: https://mirrors.xtom.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    89: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    90: https://repo.iut.ac.ir/repo/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    91: https://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    92: https://mirror.seahost.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    93: http://mirror.terrahost.no/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    94: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    95: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
    96: https://ridgewireless.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    97: http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    98: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    99: http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    100: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    101: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    102: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    103: http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    104: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    105: http://ossmirror.mycloud.services/os/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    106: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    107: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    108: https://manjarolinux-mirror.cloud.mu/stable/$repo/$arch
    109: https://mirror.bouwhuis.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    110: https://mirrors.nic.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    111: https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    112: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    113: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    114: http://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    115: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    116: http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    117: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    118: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    119: http://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    120: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    121: http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    122: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    123: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    124: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    125: https://mirror.dc.uz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    126: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    127: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    128: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    129: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    130: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    131: https://mirrors.xtom.ee/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    132: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 359
  1: cpu: 10.7% command: konsole pid: 8069 mem: 126.4 MiB (0.3%)
  2: cpu: 4.0% command: firefox pid: 4025 mem: 506.2 MiB (1.5%)
  3: cpu: 3.3% command: [kworker/4:1-events] pid: 8137 mem: 0.00 MiB (0.0%)
  4: cpu: 3.2% command: zsh pid: 8079 mem: 7.57 MiB (0.0%)
  5: cpu: 2.6% command: ksgrd_network_helper pid: 2859 mem: 6.39 MiB (0.0%)
  Memory top: 5 of 359
  1: mem: 514.8 MiB (1.6%) command: plasmashell pid: 1626 cpu: 0.1%
  2: mem: 506.2 MiB (1.5%) command: firefox pid: 4025 cpu: 4.0%
  3: mem: 316.8 MiB (0.9%) command: firefox pid: 4397 cpu: 2.6%
  4: mem: 227.3 MiB (0.7%) command: firefox pid: 5322 cpu: 0.2%
  5: mem: 214.3 MiB (0.6%) command: plasma-systemmonitor pid: 2837 cpu: 0.7%
Info:
  Processes: 359 Power: uptime: 2h 32m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.41 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 256 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.37
54

Correct. SDDM is the default Plasma DM.

This service is failing and is likely derived from AUR package xencelabs or some other third-party source.
It may or may not be directly related to your troubles … but it does point to some foreign packages … from this case some of those involve services and/or drivers…

So we may want to look at foreign packages in general;

pacman -Qmq

Also note we can send pastes away for ease, like so;

pacman -Qmq | curl -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st

( [HowTo] Use public command-line pastebin services without installing anything! )

Yes, and inxi from the running system may be better.

We still may wish to try to (re)install nvidia drivers … if only to see if errors are thrown.

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Here is what it displayed when I was in TTY:

PXL_20250109_101805154
PXL_20250109_1018051541920×1446 208 KB

Though on the live session it says something else, perhaps because of other reinstalls:

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sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300                                                                                                                                                                    1 ✘ 
> Using config 'video-nvidia' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:2488) Display controller nVidia Corporation 
> Installing video-nvidia...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 multilib downloading...
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: eglexternalplatform will be installed before its nvidia-utils dependency

Packages (7) egl-wayland-4:1.1.16-1  eglexternalplatform-1.2-2  lib32-nvidia-utils-550.135-1  libxnvctrl-550.135-1.0  linux612-nvidia-550.135-4  nvidia-settings-550.135-1.0  nvidia-utils-550.135-2

Total Download Size:   371.31 MiB
Total Installed Size:  849.99 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] 
:: Retrieving packages...
57

Lets add a ‘force’ to that then.

sudo mhwd -f -i pci video-nvidia

It would not be helpful to run it in the live session … unless you mean via chroot.

And looking closer at that photo … I do notice at least one odd kernel - 6.6-rt.
The realtime kernels are a bit funky … and are only really for professional media production and the like.

Again, I dont know if its related or not but we might want to remove that kernel just to remove it form the list of suspects.

sudo mhwd-kernel -r linux66-rt
58

It’s a Linux Driver for a drawing tablet, I downloadedf the .tar from their main website and installed it from my downloads folder. Should I uninstall it with sudo and then reinstall it some other time? Though I doubt this is the cause of the problem since it’s one of the first things I installed upon first using Manjaro.

I unfortunately can’t fit it in one picture with my phone that’s why I’ve been copying it’s text only if done on the live session.

59

ah, now it says the same thing once in chroot:

 manjaro-chroot -a                                                                                                                                                                                  ✔ 
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/sda2]
 --> mount: [/mnt]
 --> mount: [/mnt/boot/efi]
[manjaro /]# sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300 
> Skipping already installed config 'video-nvidia' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:2488) Display controller nVidia Corporation

I’ll try the force option you mentioned

60

We can omit removing/disabling/etc this software if you think its highly unlikely.
I just noticed it has to do with services and drivers, its failing, and its foreign. :person_shrugging:

No worries.
Though you might find a world of difference using a paste service.

In the case of inxi;

inxi -Farz | curl -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st

(also make use of the :arrow_up: key to refill previous command … ie: rewrite the first part, before |, for successive pastes)

61

this is interesting (in chroot via live session btw, let me know if I should retry this in TTY instead):

[manjaro /]# sudo mhwd -f -i pci video-nvidia
> Removing video-nvidia...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-nvidia/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing linux611-nvidia breaks dependency 'linux611-nvidia' required by linux-nvidia-meta
:: removing nvidia-utils breaks dependency 'nvidia-utils=550.135' required by linux66-rt-nvidia
Error: pacman failed!

So I’d be removing an entire Kernel here right? should I backup anything before proceeding?

So I would be accessing a website to find the text I just copied?

62

Correct. You have at least 3 others. (6.6, 6.11, 6.12)

We may want to remove that 6.11 thats EOL as well, and also rid you of the meta packages (which were received because of keeping a dead kernel … the meta packages were automatically added to replace these … but are also now blocking other package exchanges…)

IE;

sudo pacman -Rns linux-nvidia-meta

But we can go step by step.

It automatically creates a link and returns that to terminal.
That link will point to an uploaded version of the text that can then be viewed by yourself and anyone else here trying to help (no more screenshots or partial output or retyping manually, etc).
Especially helpful like in the case of TTY.

Ex:

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I typed in:

sudo mhwd-kernel -r linux611   
Error: Kernel not installed.
Currently running: 6.12.4-1-MANJARO (linux612)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux612

I can’t tell if I just simply spelled it wrong because at least linux-nvidia-meta is removed as far as I can tell

error: target not found: linux-nvidia-meta

It sounds excellent but I haven’t been able to fully recreate what you did with the example at the moment. It’s going to take a while on top of everything else.

64

Those commands must be run from either your installed system (TTY) or, if booted from a live ISO, then first you need chroot such as by running manjaro-chroot -a.

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65

I got some good news everyone, I am currently typing this on my properly booted linux drive. It seems this command done in TTY was the final step needed to fix the problem.

Now was this the one source or was it in combination of others? I don’t know but either way I’ll list them here since they were at least suspect of the affects. Also, each of these commands must be done in the TTY except for one.

1.) Reinstall all proprietary packages:
bash <(curl -s https://gitlab.com/cscs/mapare/-/raw/main/mapare) -IA
----1a.) select the correct desktop environment (KDE in this case)
----1.b) verify proprietary GPU driver: sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300

2.) Remove any realtime kernels:
sudo mhwd-kernel -r linux66-rt

3.) Reinstall any nvidia (GPU) related drivers:
sudo pacman -Rns linux-nvidia-meta

4.) Reinstall Display Manager:
sudo pacman -S sddm
systemctl restart sddm
----4a.) found this command from this post: Manjaro boots into tty1, graphics disabled
----4b.) enable display manager (just in case):
sudo systemctl enable sddm.service

5 or 0.) On a live session, go into chroot and verify pacman:

[ -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck ] && rm -f /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
pacman-mirrors -f && pacman -Syyu
update-grub
exit

----5 or 0a.) Found the command from this post: [HowTo] Recovering from an interrupted update/upgrade

Thank you everyone for helping me pull myself out of this big mess. I was worried about having to resort to a clean reinstall but you guys saved the day.

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In the meantime, I am still confused about whether or not the boot is supposed to function in MBR or UEFI, do you still recommend that I reinstall Linux from the now properly made boot usb from Ventoy?