Broken/Incomplete Gnome desktop

[kiliman-jaro]

Hey gang, here is a continuation from (Borked my system trying to add nvidia hdmi output (optimus hybrid stuff) - #18 by Yochanan). Nothing has been changed since that post.

With this post , I’m hoping to get back a fully functional desktop. At this point, the dock does show, I obviously cannot place it at the left, minimize window buttons do not exist, and stuff like system monitor, weather indicator, etc do not show up at the top panel.

A big bonus is if someone can help get my hdmi output to work (never had that working in this install), as that does using a live usb, but I can understand if that needs a separate thread in Graphics & Display once Gnome is fixed.

Any idea on where to start? thx.

[Yochanan]

@kiliman-jaro

I installed both lightdm and sddm before the whole black screen debacle and am not sure which loads the login now.

Only use one Desktop Manager. GDM works best with GNOME.

@kiliman-jaro

minimize window buttons do not exist

Tweaks > Window Titlebars > Titlebar Buttons

@kiliman-jaro

system monitor, weather indicator, etc do not show up at the top panel.

Install gnome-shell-extension-appindicator. It’s installed by default on the full GNOME ISO, so maybe you just need to enable it.

[kiliman-jaro]

i removed lightdm, sddm, gdm, and then immediately reinstalled gdm

reinstalled gnome-shell-extension and now it boots into a black screen again

[Yochanan]

Well, without logs we’ll never figure anything out.

[HowTo] Find error logs

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ The first step for troubleshooting an issue is to find an error log: a trace produced by an application when failing/crashing, and providing the first trail a user/developer can follow to fix it. 1. Reach a usable system Obviously, it will be impossible to acquire those logs if you can’t have access to a usable system. See: [HowTo] Reach a minimal system 2. Find the faulty application If you don’t know which application failed – this is usually the case on a system or gra…

[kiliman-jaro]

which log do you need. ive booted up the laptop with a live usb.In var/log/journal, nothing i see looks like something i can read. every file is .journal and is unreadable in gedit.

sorry, ive been using linux since 2012, but never tried working through this kind of os failure before

[Yochanan]

Either:

@maycne.sonahoz

2. Find the faulty application

If you don’t know which application failed – this is usually the case on a system or graphical failure – a good place to search the culprit is in the system journal .
Supposing the failure occurred in the previous boot:

journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog --no-pager

Or if applicable:

@maycne.sonahoz

Supposing the failure occurred in the previous boot:

journalctl --boot=-1 --unit=<service_name> --no-pager

From there you can use grep to filter things; i.e., if maybe GNOME Shell is failing:

journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog --no-pager | grep gnome-shell

A handy GUI program we have in the repos might help you as well: qjournactl.

[kiliman-jaro]

I can’t seem to install qjournalctl from the live usb, but I can upload boot.log and xorg.0.log

[Yochanan]

@kiliman-jaro

I can’t seem to install qjournalctl from the live usb

Sure you can:

sudo pacman -Sy qjournalctl

Note that you should never use the -Sy flag normally, this is only because you’re on the live ISO. You’re only syncing the repos and installing one package. On an installed system, always use -Syu.

@kiliman-jaro

I can upload boot.log and xorg.0.log

Those logs should also help.

[kiliman-jaro]

great. I had first tied the graphical package installer and it did not find it. perhaps i made a mistake, but the terminal approach installed

xorg.0.log

[   638.028] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-16843.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[   638.029] 
X.Org X Server 1.21.1.8
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[   638.029] Current Operating System: Linux randymanjaro-n76vz 6.1.31-2-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT_DYNAMIC Sun Jun  4 12:31:46 UTC 2023 x86_64
[   638.029] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64 root=UUID=b0bbf5da-a013-40fc-9cf8-55b8576b3d5b rw quiet splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
[   638.029]  
[   638.029] Current version of pixman: 0.42.2
[   638.029] 	Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
	to make sure that you have the latest version.
[   638.029] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
	(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
	(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[   638.029] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jun  9 23:16:16 2023
[   638.029] (==) Using config file: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf"
[   638.029] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   638.029] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[   638.031] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[   638.031] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[   638.031] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[   638.031] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[   638.031] (**) |   |-->GPUDevice "Device0"
[   638.031] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[   638.031] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[   638.031] (==) Automatically adding devices
[   638.031] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[   638.031] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[   638.031] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[   638.031] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[   638.031] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/misc" does not exist.
[   638.031] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   638.031] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[   638.031] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   638.031] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[   638.031] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   638.031] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[   638.031] 	Entry deleted from font path.
[   638.031] (==) FontPath set to:
	/usr/share/fonts/TTF,
	/usr/share/fonts/Type1
[   638.031] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[   638.031] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[   638.031] (**) Extension "RENDER" is enabled
[   639.123] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[   639.123] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[   639.123] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[   639.123] (II) Module ABI versions:
[   639.123] 	X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[   639.123] 	X.Org Video Driver: 25.2
[   639.123] 	X.Org XInput driver : 24.4
[   639.123] 	X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[   639.124] (++) using VT number 1

[   639.124] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[   639.125] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[   639.125] (II) Platform probe for /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0
[   639.128] (--) PCI:*(0@0:2:0) 8086:0166:1043:2103 rev 9, Mem @ 0xf7400000/4194304, 0xd0000000/268435456, I/O @ 0x0000f000/64, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[   639.128] (--) PCI: (1@0:0:0) 10de:0fd1:1043:2103 rev 161, Mem @ 0xf6000000/16777216, 0xe0000000/268435456, 0xf0000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x0000e000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/524288
[   639.128] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[   639.128] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[   639.128] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[   639.130] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   639.130] 	compiled for 1.21.1.8, module version = 1.0.0
[   639.130] 	ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[   639.130] (II) LoadModule: "intel"
[   639.130] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/intel_drv.so
[   639.130] (II) Module intel: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   639.130] 	compiled for 1.21.1.6, module version = 2.99.917
[   639.130] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   639.130] 	ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 25.2
[   639.130] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[   639.130] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[   639.131] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[   639.131] 	compiled for 4.0.2, module version = 1.0.0
[   639.131] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[   639.131] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Integrated Graphics Chipsets:
	i810, i810-dc100, i810e, i815, i830M, 845G, 854, 852GM/855GM, 865G,
	915G, E7221 (i915), 915GM, 945G, 945GM, 945GME, Pineview GM,
	Pineview G, 965G, G35, 965Q, 946GZ, 965GM, 965GME/GLE, G33, Q35, Q33,
	GM45, 4 Series, G45/G43, Q45/Q43, G41, B43
[   639.131] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) HD Graphics
[   639.131] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Graphics
[   639.131] (II) intel: Driver for Intel(R) Iris(TM) Pro Graphics
[   639.131] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  390.157  Wed Oct 12 09:21:41 UTC 2022
[   639.131] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs
[   639.131] (II) intel(0): Using Kernel Mode Setting driver: i915, version 1.6.0 20201103
[   639.131] (II) intel(0): SNA compiled from 2.99.917-923-gb74b67f0
[   639.132] (--) intel(0): Integrated Graphics Chipset: Intel(R) HD Graphics 4000
[   639.132] (--) intel(0): CPU: x86-64, sse2, sse3, ssse3, sse4.1, sse4.2, avx; using a maximum of 4 threads
[   639.132] (**) intel(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[   639.132] (==) intel(0): RGB weight 888
[   639.132] (==) intel(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[   639.132] (**) intel(0): Option "AccelMethod" "sna"
[   639.132] (**) intel(0): Option "DRI" "true"
[   639.133] (II) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using monitor section Monitor0
[   639.133] (**) intel(0): Found backlight control interface intel_backlight (type 'raw') for output LVDS1
[   639.133] (II) intel(0): Enabled output LVDS1
[   639.133] (II) intel(0): Output VGA1 has no monitor section
[   639.133] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VGA1
[   639.133] (--) intel(0): Using a maximum size of 256x256 for hardware cursors
[   639.133] (II) intel(0): Output VIRTUAL1 has no monitor section
[   639.133] (II) intel(0): Enabled output VIRTUAL1
[   639.133] (--) intel(0): Output LVDS1 using initial mode 1920x1080 on pipe 0
[   639.133] (==) intel(0): TearFree disabled
[   639.133] (==) intel(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[   639.133] (==) intel(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[   639.133] (II) Loading sub module "dri3"
[   639.133] (II) LoadModule: "dri3"
[   639.133] (II) Module "dri3" already built-in
[   639.133] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[   639.133] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[   639.133] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[   639.133] (II) Loading sub module "present"
[   639.133] (II) LoadModule: "present"
[   639.133] (II) Module "present" already built-in
[   639.133] (II) UnloadModule: "nvidia"
[   639.133] (II) Unloading nvidia
[   639.134] (II) intel(0): SNA initialized with Ivybridge (gen7, gt2) backend
[   639.134] (==) intel(0): Backing store enabled
[   639.134] (==) intel(0): Silken mouse enabled
[   639.134] (II) intel(0): HW Cursor enabled
[   639.134] (**) intel(0): DPMS enabled
[   639.134] (==) intel(0): Display hotplug detection enabled
[   639.134] (II) intel(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[   639.134] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: i965
[   639.134] (II) intel(0): [DRI2]   VDPAU driver: va_gl
[   639.134] (II) intel(0): direct rendering: DRI2 DRI3 enabled
[   639.134] (II) intel(0): hardware support for Present enabled
[   639.134] (II) Initializing extension Generic Event Extension
[   639.134] (II) Initializing extension SHAPE
[   639.134] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SHM
[   639.135] (II) Initializing extension XInputExtension
[   639.135] (II) Initializing extension XTEST
[   639.135] (II) Initializing extension BIG-REQUESTS
[   639.135] (II) Initializing extension SYNC
[   639.135] (II) Initializing extension XKEYBOARD
[   639.135] (II) Initializing extension XC-MISC
[   639.135] (II) Initializing extension SECURITY
[   639.136] (II) Initializing extension XFIXES
[   639.136] (II) Initializing extension RENDER
[   639.136] (II) Initializing extension RANDR
[   639.136] (II) Initializing extension COMPOSITE
[   639.136] (II) Initializing extension DAMAGE
[   639.136] (II) Initializing extension MIT-SCREEN-SAVER
[   639.136] (II) Initializing extension DOUBLE-BUFFER
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension RECORD
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension DPMS
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension Present
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension DRI3
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension X-Resource
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension XVideo
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension XVideo-MotionCompensation
[   639.137] (II) Initializing extension GLX
[   639.138] (EE) AIGLX error: dlopen of /usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so failed (/usr/lib/dri/i965_dri.so: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory)
[   639.138] (EE) AIGLX error: unable to load driver i965
[   639.198] (II) IGLX: Loaded and initialized swrast
[   639.198] (II) GLX: Initialized DRISWRAST GL provider for screen 0
[   639.198] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-VidModeExtension
[   639.198] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DGA
[   639.198] (II) Initializing extension XFree86-DRI
[   639.198] (II) Initializing extension DRI2
[   639.203] (II) intel(0): switch to mode 1920x1080@60.0 on LVDS1 using pipe 0, position (0, 0), rotation normal, reflection none
[   639.210] (II) intel(0): Setting screen physical size to 508 x 285
[   639.290] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[   639.290] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   639.290] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   639.290] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[   639.290] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[   639.290] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[   639.291] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[   639.292] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[   639.292] 	compiled for 1.21.1.8, module version = 1.3.0
[   639.292] 	Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[   639.292] 	ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.4
[   639.292] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[   639.292] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[   639.292] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[   639.300] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.300] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[   639.300] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[   639.386] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input2/event2"
[   639.386] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[   639.386] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[   639.386] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
[   639.386] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[   639.414] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.414] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[   639.414] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Asus Wireless Radio Control (/dev/input/event5)
[   639.414] (**) Asus Wireless Radio Control: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   639.414] (**) Asus Wireless Radio Control: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   639.414] (**) Asus Wireless Radio Control: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[   639.414] (**) Asus Wireless Radio Control: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[   639.414] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Asus Wireless Radio Control'
[   639.414] (**) Asus Wireless Radio Control: always reports core events
[   639.414] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event5"
[   639.415] (II) event5  - Asus Wireless Radio Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.415] (II) event5  - Asus Wireless Radio Control: device is a keyboard
[   639.415] (II) event5  - Asus Wireless Radio Control: device removed
[   639.463] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/ATK4001:00/input/input9/event5"
[   639.463] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Asus Wireless Radio Control" (type: KEYBOARD, id 7)
[   639.463] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[   639.463] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
[   639.463] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[   639.464] (II) event5  - Asus Wireless Radio Control: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.464] (II) event5  - Asus Wireless Radio Control: device is a keyboard
[   639.465] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event12)
[   639.465] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   639.465] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   639.465] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[   639.465] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[   639.465] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[   639.465] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[   639.465] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event12"
[   639.466] (II) event12 - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.466] (II) event12 - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[   639.466] (II) event12 - Video Bus: device removed
[   639.520] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/LNXVIDEO:01/input/input20/event12"
[   639.520] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[   639.520] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[   639.520] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
[   639.520] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[   639.521] (II) event12 - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.521] (II) event12 - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[   639.521] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Video Bus (/dev/input/event11)
[   639.522] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   639.522] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   639.522] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[   639.522] (**) Video Bus: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[   639.522] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Video Bus'
[   639.522] (**) Video Bus: always reports core events
[   639.522] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event11"
[   639.523] (II) event11 - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.523] (II) event11 - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[   639.523] (II) event11 - Video Bus: device removed
[   639.583] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0A08:00/device:02/LNXVIDEO:00/input/input19/event11"
[   639.583] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Video Bus" (type: KEYBOARD, id 9)
[   639.583] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[   639.583] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
[   639.583] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[   639.584] (II) event11 - Video Bus: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.584] (II) event11 - Video Bus: device is a keyboard
[   639.585] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Lid Switch (/dev/input/event0)
[   639.585] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.585] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.586] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Sleep Button (/dev/input/event1)
[   639.586] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   639.586] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   639.586] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[   639.586] (**) Sleep Button: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[   639.586] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Sleep Button'
[   639.586] (**) Sleep Button: always reports core events
[   639.586] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[   639.586] (II) event1  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.587] (II) event1  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[   639.587] (II) event1  - Sleep Button: device removed
[   639.640] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXSYBUS:00/PNP0C0E:00/input/input1/event1"
[   639.640] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Sleep Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 10)
[   639.640] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[   639.640] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
[   639.640] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[   639.641] (II) event1  - Sleep Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.641] (II) event1  - Sleep Button: device is a keyboard
[   639.641] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 (/dev/input/event7)
[   639.641] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.641] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.642] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 (/dev/input/event8)
[   639.642] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.642] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.642] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 (/dev/input/event9)
[   639.642] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.642] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.643] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 (/dev/input/event10)
[   639.643] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.643] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.644] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/event4)
[   639.644] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[   639.644] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[   639.644] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Logitech USB Optical Mouse'
[   639.644] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: always reports core events
[   639.644] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[   639.645] (II) event4  - Logitech USB Optical Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[   639.645] (II) event4  - Logitech USB Optical Mouse: device is a pointer
[   639.645] (II) event4  - Logitech USB Optical Mouse: device removed
[   639.686] (II) libinput: Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[   639.686] (II) libinput: Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[   639.686] (II) libinput: Logitech USB Optical Mouse: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[   639.686] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/0003:046D:C077.0002/input/input30/event4"
[   639.686] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Logitech USB Optical Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 11)
[   639.687] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[   639.687] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[   639.687] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[   639.687] (**) Logitech USB Optical Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[   639.688] (II) event4  - Logitech USB Optical Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[   639.688] (II) event4  - Logitech USB Optical Mouse: device is a pointer
[   639.689] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Logitech USB Optical Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[   639.689] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.689] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.690] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Mic (/dev/input/event14)
[   639.690] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.690] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.690] (II) config/udev: Adding input device HDA Intel PCH Headphone (/dev/input/event15)
[   639.690] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.690] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.690] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Asus WMI hotkeys (/dev/input/event13)
[   639.690] (**) Asus WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   639.690] (**) Asus WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   639.690] (**) Asus WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[   639.690] (**) Asus WMI hotkeys: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[   639.690] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Asus WMI hotkeys'
[   639.690] (**) Asus WMI hotkeys: always reports core events
[   639.690] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event13"
[   639.691] (II) event13 - Asus WMI hotkeys: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.691] (II) event13 - Asus WMI hotkeys: device is a keyboard
[   639.691] (II) event13 - Asus WMI hotkeys: device removed
[   639.746] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/input/input21/event13"
[   639.746] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Asus WMI hotkeys" (type: KEYBOARD, id 12)
[   639.746] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[   639.746] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
[   639.746] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[   639.747] (II) event13 - Asus WMI hotkeys: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.748] (II) event13 - Asus WMI hotkeys: device is a keyboard
[   639.748] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event3)
[   639.750] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[   639.750] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[   639.750] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[   639.750] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[   639.750] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[   639.750] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[   639.750] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[   639.751] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.751] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[   639.752] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[   639.816] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input3/event3"
[   639.816] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 13)
[   639.816] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[   639.816] (**) Option "xkb_variant" "nodeadkeys"
[   639.816] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[   639.818] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[   639.818] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[   639.819] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/event16)
[   639.819] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "evdev touchpad catchall"
[   639.819] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Applying InputClass "libinput touchpad catchall"
[   639.819] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad'
[   639.819] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: always reports core events
[   639.819] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event16"
[   639.820] (II) event16 - ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[   639.822] (II) event16 - ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: device is a touchpad
[   639.822] (II) event16 - ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: device removed
[   639.870] (II) libinput: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[   639.870] (II) libinput: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[   639.870] (II) libinput: ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: Step value 0 was provided, libinput Fallback acceleration function is used.
[   639.870] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio4/input/input14/event16"
[   639.870] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad" (type: TOUCHPAD, id 14)
[   639.872] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[   639.872] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[   639.872] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[   639.872] (**) ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[   639.873] (II) event16 - ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: is tagged by udev as: Touchpad
[   639.875] (II) event16 - ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: device is a touchpad
[   639.875] (II) config/udev: Adding input device ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad (/dev/input/mouse1)
[   639.875] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.875] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   639.876] (II) config/udev: Adding input device PC Speaker (/dev/input/event6)
[   639.876] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[   639.876] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[   641.136] (II) intel(0): EDID vendor "CMO", prod id 5920
[   641.136] (II) intel(0): Printing DDC gathered Modelines:
[   641.136] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0  140.49  1920 1972 2007 2094  1080 1083 1089 1118 +hsync -vsync (67.1 kHz eP)
[   641.136] (II) intel(0): Modeline "1920x1080"x0.0   92.45  1920 1968 2000 2080  1080 1083 1088 1111 +hsync -vsync (44.4 kHz e)
[   641.528] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[   641.593] (II) event5  - Asus Wireless Radio Control: device removed
[   641.630] (II) event12 - Video Bus: device removed
[   641.676] (II) event11 - Video Bus: device removed
[   641.710] (II) event1  - Sleep Button: device removed
[   641.743] (II) event4  - Logitech USB Optical Mouse: device removed
[   641.793] (II) event13 - Asus WMI hotkeys: device removed
[   641.826] (II) event3  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[   641.860] (II) event16 - ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad: device removed
[   641.895] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.895] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.895] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.895] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.895] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.895] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.895] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.896] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.897] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[   641.908] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.

boot.log

------------ Fri Jun 09 18:19:03 CEST 2023 ------------
e%G/dev/sda2: recovering journal
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[Yochanan]

@kiliman-jaro

I had first tied the graphical package installer and it did not find it

That’s because the repo databases were not synced. Don’t use Pamac (aka Add/Remove Software) on a live ISO. It’s highly opinionated and will try and perform a full update.

Both logs unfortunately do not reveal anything useful that I can see. It appears you may have shared logs from the live ISO boot instead of the last boot from your installed system.

Chroot into your installed system first:

manjaro-chroot -a

See Use manjaro-chroot

[kiliman-jaro]

ok, chrooted in a terminal window. odd that the logs look like the live usb. I am very certain that they are from my internal drive. I have QJournalctl open, but cannot find the path to the internal journal files. The mnt directory is empty

[Yochanan]

Well, forget about QJournalctl unless you’re booted normally. That was only a general suggestion, not for use troubleshooting a non-booting system.

Use a Pastebin service to upload the logs from the chrooted system.

[kiliman-jaro]

Send text and files securely and anonymously with end-to-end encryption (no...

This is my var/log/journal system.journal file

[Yochanan]

It’s blank. Notice all that’s on the page is:

+++ no paste text +++

[kiliman-jaro]

weird. should have attached. second attemt

Send text and files securely and anonymously with end-to-end encryption (no...

[Yochanan]

No difference. Maybe try another service? I just tested it and it worked fine, however.

I’m off to eat dinner and relax.

[kiliman-jaro]

bummer. I’m able to download the journal file into my live download directory and it is the same size as on the installed drive

[kiliman-jaro]

As a quick test, I reinstalled sddm, and that brought back the desktop. the extensions were indeed somehow turned off. glad to have those working.

The reason for installing sddm and lightdm was that when I initially tried to get the second graphic card working, I kept reading that other users were able to select wayland and xorg in their dm login. My gdm was not offering any option like that. The hybrid open source drivers seem to work perfectly in the live usb, pity that it will take some work to get them functional on my install