Calamares crashing during KDE Plasma Install

I have tried to install a fresh Manjaro on an HP Spectre x360. The live ISO is working fine and all hardware seems to be functioning well. Unfortunately when I run the Calamares installer, it disappears after about 5 or 10 seconds.

I have encountered this issue using both the minimal and full installation KDE Plasma .iso downloaded from the website.

I’ve searched and found some similar issues in the past, but I have not found any relevant solutions yet.

Below is some information that might be helpful for diagnoses.

It seems to be failing at the below, I’m not sure if this is a build bug with the current release of Calamares or not.

Thanks in advance for everyone’s time and support!

Output from sudo calamares:

sudo calamares                                                                                                                                                                                                              
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
QStandardPaths: XDG_RUNTIME_DIR not set, defaulting to '/tmp/runtime-root'
20:00:16 [1]: ASSERT: "efiSectorCount > 0" in file /build/calamares/src/calamares-3.2.60/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.cpp, line 123
zsh: IOT instruction  sudo calamares

Output from sudo calamares -d:

19:59:34 [6]: Calamares::Settings::Settings(const QString&, bool)
    Using Calamares settings file at "/etc/calamares/settings.conf" 
    .. Required settings.conf key hide-back-and-next-during-exec is missing. 
19:59:34 [6]: void Logger::setupLogfile()
    Using log file: "/root/.cache/calamares/session.log" 
19:59:34 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::init()
    Calamares version: 3.2.60-5 
    .. languages: "ar, as, ast, az, az_AZ, be, bg, bn, ca, ca@valencia, cs_CZ, da, de, el, en, en_GB, eo, es, es_MX, et, eu, fa, fi_FI, fr, fur, gl, he, hi, hr, hu, id, is, it_IT, ja, ko, lt, ml, mr, nb, nl, oc, pl, pt_BR, pt_PT, ro, ru, si, sk, sl, sq, sr, sr@latin, sv, tg, th, tr_TR, uk, vi, zh_CN, zh_TW" 
19:59:34 [6]: bool CalamaresUtils::initQmlModulesDir()
    Using Calamares QML directory "/usr/share/calamares/qml" 
19:59:34 [6]: Calamares::Branding::Branding(const QString&, QObject*)
    Using Calamares branding file at "/usr/share/calamares/branding/manjaro/branding.desc" 
19:59:34 [2]: void Calamares::flavorAndSide(const YAML::Node&, const char*, Branding::PanelFlavor&, Branding::PanelSide&)
    WARNING: Branding setting for sidebar is missing, using "widget" "left" 
19:59:34 [2]: void Calamares::flavorAndSide(const YAML::Node&, const char*, Branding::PanelFlavor&, Branding::PanelSide&)
    WARNING: Branding setting for navigation is missing, using "widget" "bottom" 
19:59:34 [2]: Calamares::Branding::Branding(const QString&, QObject*)
    WARNING: the branding component "/usr/share/calamares/branding/manjaro" does not ship translations. 
19:59:34 [6]: Calamares::Branding::Branding(const QString&, QObject*)
    Loaded branding component "manjaro" 
    .. Loaded QRC translation "tz_" "en_US" 
    .. Loaded QRC translation "calamares_" "en_US" 
    .. STARTUP: initSettings, initQmlPath, initBranding done 
    .. STARTUP: initModuleManager: module init started 
19:59:34 [2]: static Calamares::ModuleSystem::Descriptor Calamares::ModuleSystem::Descriptor::fromDescriptorData(const QVariantMap&, const QString&)
    WARNING: Descriptor file "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/servicescfg/module.desc" 
WARNING:     ..  Module descriptor contains extra keys: 
     "requires" 
19:59:34 [6]: void Calamares::ModuleManager::doInit()
    Found 57 modules 
19:59:34 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initView()
    STARTUP: initModuleManager: all modules init done 
19:59:34 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initView()
    STARTUP: initJobQueue done 
19:59:34 [6]: CalamaresWindow::CalamaresWindow(QWidget*)
    Available desktop QSize(1920, 1036) minimum size QSize(1024, 520) 
    .. Proposed window size: 1024 560 
19:59:34 [2]: QString Calamares::_stylesheet(const QDir&)
    WARNING: The branding component "/usr/share/calamares/branding/manjaro" does not ship stylesheet.qss. 
19:59:34 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initView()
    STARTUP: CalamaresWindow created; loadModules started 
19:59:34 [6]: void Config::initLanguages()
    Trying to match locale "en_US" 
19:59:34 [6]: void Config::initLanguages()
    Trying to match locale QLocale(English, Latin, United States) 
19:59:34 [6]: void Config::setLocaleIndex(int)
    Index 14 Selected locale "en" 
    .. Loaded QRC translation "tz_" "en" 
    .. Loaded QRC translation "calamares_" "en" 
19:59:34 [2]:   OpenType support missing for "Mukti Narrow", script 12
19:59:34 [2]:   OpenType support missing for "Droid Sans", script 11
19:59:34 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "welcome@welcome" loading complete. 
19:59:34 [6]: QStringList loadLocales(const QString&)
    Loading locales from "/etc/locale.gen" 
    ..  Read 488 lines 
    ..  After filtering 314 lines 
19:59:34 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "locale@locale" loading complete. 
19:59:34 [6]: KeyboardModelsModel::KeyboardModelsModel(QObject*)
    Loaded 189 keyboard models 
19:59:34 [6]: KeyboardPage::KeyboardPage(Config*, QWidget*)
    Variants now total= 0 selected= -1 
    .. Loaded QRC translation "kb_" "en" 
19:59:34 [6]: void Config::detectCurrentKeyboardLayout()
    ("pc", "us", "inet(evdev)", "terminate(ctrl_alt_bksp)\"") 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "keyboard@keyboard" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [6]: CalamaresUtils::Partition::InternalManager::InternalManager()
    KPMCore backend starting .. 
19:59:35 [6]: Loaded backend plugin:  "pmsfdiskbackendplugin"
    .. Backend @0x5593cf3f3fa0 "pmsfdiskbackendplugin" "1" 
19:59:35 [2]: virtual void PartitionViewStep::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    WARNING: Partition-module setting *defaultPartitionTableType* is unset, will use gpt for efi or msdos for bios 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "partition@partition" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [2]: void copyLegacy(const QVariantMap&, const QString&, QVariantMap&, const QString&)
    WARNING: Legacy *users* key "userShell" overrides hostname-settings. 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "users@users" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "summary@summary" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [6]: void Calamares::ModuleManager::loadModules()
    Module "partition@partition" already loaded. 
19:59:35 [6]: Calamares::SlideshowQML::SlideshowQML(QWidget*)
    QML import paths: 
     "/usr/share/calamares/qml" 
     "/usr/bin" 
     "qrc:/qt-project.org/imports" 
     "/usr/lib/qt/qml" 
19:59:35 [2]: QThread::setPriority: Cannot set priority, thread is not running
19:59:35 [2]: virtual void MachineIdJob::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    WARNING: MachineId: configuration setting *symlink* is deprecated, use *dbus-symlink*. 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::CppJobModule::loadSelf()
    CppJobModule "machineid@machineid" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [6]: void Calamares::ModuleManager::loadModules()
    Module "locale@locale" already loaded. 
19:59:35 [6]: void Calamares::ModuleManager::loadModules()
    Module "keyboard@keyboard" already loaded. 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::CppJobModule::loadSelf()
    CppJobModule "luksopenswaphookcfg@luksopenswaphookcfg" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::CppJobModule::loadSelf()
    CppJobModule "luksbootkeyfile@luksbootkeyfile" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::CppJobModule::loadSelf()
    CppJobModule "initcpio@initcpio" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [6]: void Calamares::ModuleManager::loadModules()
    Module "users@users" already loaded. 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::CppJobModule::loadSelf()
    CppJobModule "umount@umount" loading complete. 
19:59:35 [2]: void Config::setConfigurationMap(const QVariantMap&)
    WARNING: Configuring the finished module with deprecated restartNowEnabled settings 
19:59:35 [6]: virtual void Calamares::ViewModule::loadSelf()
    ViewModule "finished@finished" loading complete. 
    .. Loaded QRC translation "kb_" "en" 
19:59:35 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initViewSteps()
    STARTUP: loadModules for all modules done 
19:59:35 [6]: void Calamares::ModuleManager::checkRequirements()
    Checking module requirements .. 
19:59:35 [6]: void CalamaresApplication::initViewSteps()
    STARTUP: Window now visible and ProgressTreeView populated 
    .. 8 view steps loaded. 
19:59:35 [6]: bool GeneralRequirements::checkHasPower()
    A battery exists, checking for mains power. 
19:59:35 [6]: void Config::xkbApply()
    xkbmap selection changed to:  "us" - "" 
19:59:35 [6]: smartctl initialization failed for  "/dev/mmcblk0" :  No such file or directory
19:59:35 [6]: error during smart output parsing for  "/dev/mmcblk0" :  Success
19:59:35 [6]: getting temp failed for  "/dev/nvme0n1" :  Success
19:59:35 [6]: getting powered on time failed for  "/dev/nvme0n1" :  Success
19:59:35 [6]: getting power cycles failed for  "/dev/nvme0n1" :  Success
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme0n1p1"
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme0n1p2"
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme0n1p3"
19:59:35 [6]: setGeoIP(Config*, const QVariantMap&)::<lambda()>
    GeoIP result for welcome= "CN" 
19:59:35 [6]: void Config::setLocaleIndex(int)
    Index 58 Selected locale "zh_CN" 
    .. No translation for "tz_" "zh_CN" using default (en) 
    .. Loaded QRC translation "calamares_" "zh_CN" 
    .. No translation for "kb_" "zh_CN" using default (en) 
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme0n1p4"
19:59:35 [6]: getting temp failed for  "/dev/nvme1n1" :  Success
19:59:35 [6]: getting powered on time failed for  "/dev/nvme1n1" :  Success
19:59:35 [6]: getting power cycles failed for  "/dev/nvme1n1" :  Success
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme1n1p1"
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme1n1p2"
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme1n1p3"
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/nvme1n1p4"
19:59:35 [6]: smartctl initialization failed for  "/dev/sda" :  No such file or directory
19:59:35 [6]: error during smart output parsing for  "/dev/sda" :  Success
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/md126"
19:59:35 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/md127"
19:59:36 [6]: QList<Device*> PartUtils::getDevices(DeviceType)
    Removing unsuitable devices: 6 candidates. 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/mmcblk0") 
    .. Finished. Exit code: 0 output:
 /dev/mmcblk0: PTUUID="4f3109ba-6594-8e44-8211-22ecbe586e94" PTTYPE="gpt"
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/mmcblk0p1") 
    .. Finished. Exit code: 0 output:
 /dev/mmcblk0p1: UUID="0d39b4c4-9264-463a-8060-71e924625f29" BLOCK_SIZE="4096" TYPE="ext4" PARTUUID="6964e34f-fc9b-3a4c-890b-24acd2e5454d"
    .. Running ("blkid", "") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1") 
    .. Finished. Exit code: 0 output:
 /dev/nvme0n1: TYPE="isw_raid_member"
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p1") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p1") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p2") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p2") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p3") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p3") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p4") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme0n1p4") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1") 
    .. Finished. Exit code: 0 output:
 /dev/nvme1n1: TYPE="isw_raid_member"
    .. Running ("blkid", "") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p1") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p1") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p2") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p2") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p3") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p3") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p4") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/nvme1n1p4") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/sda") 
    .. Finished. Exit code: 0 output:
 /dev/sda: BLOCK_SIZE="2048" UUID="2022-07-29-12-50-00-00" LABEL="MANJARO_KDE_2136" TYPE="iso9660" PTTYPE="dos"
    .. Removing device with iso9660 filesystem (probably a CD) on it "/dev/sda" 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/md126") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/md126") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. Running ("blkid", "/dev/md127") 
    .. Target cmd: ("blkid", "/dev/md127") Exit code: 2 (no output) 
    .. there are 5 devices left. 
19:59:36 [6]: void PartitionCoreModule::doInit()
    LIST OF DETECTED DEVICES: 
    .. node	capacity	name	prettyName 
    .. "/dev/mmcblk0" 62273594880 DevName$654524a1 DevNamePretty$978df2fd 
    .. "/dev/nvme0n1" 512105932800 DevName$91deafbc DevNamePretty$af5a3e7f 
    .. "/dev/nvme1n1" 29257320960 DevName$8c259ebb DevNamePretty$74c7fe48 
    .. "/dev/md126" -1 DevName$5dca6573 DevNamePretty$c596970b 
    .. "/dev/md127" -1 DevName$4e68fd04 DevNamePretty$c0122389 
    .. 5 devices detected. 
19:59:36 [6]: Calamares::RequirementsList GeneralRequirements::checkRequirements()
    GeneralRequirements output: 
     storage :   8482560409 
     enoughStorage :   true 
     RAM :   1073741824 
     enoughRam :   true 
     hasPower :   false 
     hasInternet :   true 
     isRoot :   true 
19:59:36 [6]: void Calamares::RequirementsChecker::addCheckedRequirements(Calamares::Module*)
    Got 5 requirement results from "welcome" 
19:59:36 [6]: void Calamares::RequirementsChecker::reportProgress()
    Remaining modules: 1 
     "partition" 
19:59:37 [6]: void Calamares::RequirementsChecker::reportProgress()
    Remaining modules: 1 
     "partition" 
19:59:38 [6]: OsproberEntryList PartUtils::runOsprober(DeviceModel*)
    os-prober gave no output. 
19:59:38 [6]: void PartitionCoreModule::doInit()
    Ignoring device that is not Disk_Device to bootLoaderDevices list. 
19:59:38 [6]: void PartitionCoreModule::doInit()
    Ignoring device that is not Disk_Device to bootLoaderDevices list. 
19:59:38 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/md126"
19:59:38 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/md127"
19:59:38 [6]: void Calamares::RequirementsChecker::reportProgress()
    Remaining modules: 1 
     "partition" 
19:59:38 [6]: void PartitionCoreModule::scanForEfiSystemPartitions()
    system is EFI and new EFI system partition has been found. 
19:59:38 [6]: void Calamares::RequirementsChecker::addCheckedRequirements(Calamares::Module*)
    Got 1 requirement results from "partition" 
19:59:38 [6]: void ChoicePage::updateDeviceStatePreview()
    Updating partitioning state widgets. 
19:59:38 [6]: void ChoicePage::setupActions()
    Setting up actions for "/dev/md126" with 0 entries. 
    .. part of an inactive RAID device 
19:59:38 [6]: ChoicePage::setupActions()::<lambda()>
    Setting texts for 0 osprober entries 
19:59:38 [6]: void ChoicePage::setupActions()
    No partitions available for replace-action. 
19:59:38 [6]: void ChoicePage::setupActions()
    No partitions available for resize-action. 
19:59:38 [6]: void ChoicePage::setupActions()
    No partitions ( any-mounted? false is-raid? true ) for erase-action. 
19:59:38 [6]: void ChoicePage::continueApplyDeviceChoice()
    Previous device -1 new device 0 
19:59:38 [6]: void ChoicePage::applyActionChoice(InstallChoice)
    Prev -1 InstallChoice Config::Erase "erase" 
19:59:38 [6]: PartitionTable* CreatePartitionTableJob::createTable()
    CreatePartitionTableJob::createTable trying to make table for device "/dev/md126" 
19:59:38 [6]: void Calamares::RequirementsChecker::finished()
    All requirements have been checked. 
19:59:38 [6]: void Calamares::RequirementsModel::describe() const
    Requirements model has 6 items 
    .. requirement 0 "storage" satisfied? true mandatory? true 
    .. requirement 1 "ram" satisfied? true mandatory? true 
    .. requirement 2 "power" satisfied? false mandatory? false 
    .. requirement 3 "internet" satisfied? true mandatory? false 
    .. requirement 4 "root" satisfied? true mandatory? true 
    .. requirement 5 "partitions" satisfied? true mandatory? true 
19:59:38 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/md126"
19:59:39 [2]: unknown file system type  ""  on  "/dev/md127"
19:59:39 [1]: ASSERT: "efiSectorCount > 0" in file /build/calamares/src/calamares-3.2.60/src/modules/partition/core/PartitionActions.cpp, line 123

inxi --no-host -v 7

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.57-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Convertible System: HP product: HP Spectre x360 Convertible 15-df1xxx
    v: N/A serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 31
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: HP model: 863F v: 54.23 serial: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI
    v: F.22 date: 06/01/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 45.7 Wh (64.2%) condition: 71.2/71.2 Wh (100.0%)
    volts: 11.6 min: 11.6 model: HP Primary type: Li-ion serial: SerialNumber
    status: discharging cycles: 186
  Device-1: hid-0018:04F3:298D.0001-battery model: ELAN2514:00 04F3:298D
    serial: N/A charge: N/A status: N/A
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.27 GiB used: 3.68 GiB (24.1%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    smt: enabled arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check rev: C cache: L1: 256 KiB
    L2: 1024 KiB L3: 8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 750 high: 800 min/max: 400/4900 cores: 1: 800 2: 800
    3: 800 4: 800 5: 700 6: 700 7: 700 8: 700 bogomips: 36812
  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
    ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single 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 pts rdrand
    rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep sgx 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
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP108M [GeForce MX250] vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: nvidia v: 515.57 arch: Pascal pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4
    bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1d13 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: Quanta HP Wide Vision FHD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-5:3 chip-ID: 0408:5255 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 01.00.00
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting,nvidia alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 507x285mm (19.96x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: AU Optronics 0x30eb res: 1920x1080 hz: 60
    dpi: 142 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5") modes: 3840x2160
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 22.1.4
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: Hewlett-Packard
    driver: sof-audio-pci-intel-cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:02c8
    class-ID: 0401
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.57-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: 0c:dd:24:d1:e8:2c
  IP v4: 192.168.1.16/24 type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: 192.168.1.255
  IP v6: 2409:8a20:4cef:a8f0:8a42:a81a:9b57:cd5b/64
    type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: fe80::c005:a5d:857f:38a4/64 type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: 223.64.120.188
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 port: 4060 bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: class-ID: 0104
  Device-1: md126 type: mdraid level: N/A status: inactive size: N/A
  Info: report: N/A blocks: 2944 chunk-size: N/A
  Components: Online: N/A Spare: 0: nvme1n1
  Device-2: md127 type: mdraid level: N/A status: inactive size: N/A
  Info: report: N/A blocks: 2136 chunk-size: N/A
  Components: Online: N/A Spare: 0: nvme0n1
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 569.65 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0 vendor: SanDisk model: SD64G size: 58 GiB type: SSD
    serial: 0xda6541aa scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AH size: 476.94 GiB
    speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 type: SSD serial: BTTE93030L5V512B-1 rev: HPS1
    temp: 26.9 C
  ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Intel model: HBRPEKNX0202AHO size: 27.25 GiB
    speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 type: SSD serial: BTTE93030L5V512B-2 rev: HPS2
    temp: 35.9 C
  ID-4: /dev/sda type: USB model: USB 2.0 Flash Drive size: 7.46 GiB
    type: SSD serial: CEB6AE69 rev: 8.07 scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/mmcblk0p1 size: 58 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: 0d39b4c4-9264-463a-8060-71e924625f29
  ID-2: /dev/sda1 size: 3.32 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-3: /dev/sda2 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI uuid: F70E-0063
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s 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 power: 200mA
    chip-ID: 058f:6387 class-ID: 0806 serial: CEB6AE69
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: Quanta HP Wide Vision FHD Camera type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 0408:5255 class-ID: 0e02 serial: 01.00.00
  Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Synaptics type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A
    interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 06cb:00bb
    class-ID: ff00 serial: e6ef940dd6b4
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    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 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
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C pch: 45.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 295 Uptime: 22m wakeups: 2533 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 14.0.6 Packages:
  pacman: 1206 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole
  inxi: 3.3.20

So, you try to install Manjaro in a fakeRAID, right? But what is strange, why is the ahci driver loaded?

Did it work ever before with dmraid? I could swear it never worked for me, software raid or firmware-assisted raid.

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I had no idea “fake Raid” was even a thing. Honestly I had no idea software or hardware raid were things. I’m starting to learn here. I’m guessing this is some Microsoft black magic to make it harder to swap OS?

Anyways, is it possible to disable all that jazz and nuke the system with a few clean “normal” partitions?

Apologize for my poor knowledge in advance.

This is my first attempt at installing Manjaro on this machine. This is my first “newish” laptop in a long long time. All of my other hardware is so old that I guess I am not even aware of some of these technologies. (Old hardware still runs like a boss with Manjaro though :slight_smile: )

After you put on me on the trail, I have solved the issue!

I went into the BIOS settings and disabled the Intel OPTANE.

This seems to have solved the issue for the system. I’m going to mark this as the solution, but it would be great with anyone with additional knowledge and experience to add any color commentary or thoughts for the benefit of everyone.

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