Can not load graphical installer with proprietary drivers

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Hi everybody,

I am currently trying to install Manjaro GNOME on my new PC, but I cannot get to the installer when selecting proprietary drivers.
When I boot from the USB stick, I get to the step where I can select the drivers, and after selecting the proprietary drivers option, the installation freezes before reaching the graphical installer.
The screen displays the Gigabyte and Manjaro logos, but the loading animation freezes.

I used the latest stable Manjaro (25.0.1) GNOME Minimal ISO, downloaded today, and verified the matching checksum.
Installing with open-source drivers works, but then the system does not have the drivers for WLAN or Ethernet.
The relevant hardware components for both Ethernet and WLAN show up with inxi -N, but the drivers are listed as “N/A”:

  • Realtek RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
  • Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE

I have tried two different USB sticks, both of which worked to install Manjaro before.
The SSD already had Manjaro with proprietary drivers from my old PC, but with the new hardware, WLAN and Ethernet no longer work.
Fast Boot, Secure Boot, and AMD EXPO are disabled in BIOS.

PC specs:

  • Ryzen 7 9800X3D
  • GIGABYTE B850M Gaming X WiFi6E
    • BIOS Version F4a
  • Nvidia RTX 3070
  • be quiet! Power Zone 2 80 PLUS Platinum
  • Samsung 990 Pro NVMe 2TB
  • G.Skill Trident Z5 Neo DDR5-6000 RAM (2×16GB)
  • Kernel Version 6.12.25-1-MANJARO

I hope there isn’t anything missing.
What could I try to properly install Manjaro with proprietary drivers?

Thanks
Clara

2

hey clara
silly idea, have you tried manjaro full?

3

Just tested with Manjaro Gnome full, but with the same behaviour unfortunately.

4

You could use the default drivers instead to boot the ISO and install Manjaro. The proprietary drivers (if needed) can of course be installed post-install;

If you are multi-booting with Windows, please also ensure that Windows Fast Startup is disabled: powercfg /h off from a command prompt with elevated permissions.

In the meantime, please provide system information as described (below).

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5

do you have another way to connect a network to the pc? with the mobile phone usb-tethering, or other usb-network devices? then you could install the drivers this way and then continue with the internal ones.

alternatively, install the drivers manually from a stick. of course, this would only work with the open-source version.

another question, is the manjaro of your old pc still booting up? then you could carry out the steps analogue to the installation.

6

The USB tethering was a good idea!
I’ve installed the drivers now and everything works.

The missing packages were:

  • r8125-dkms for Ethernet
  • rtw89-dkms-git for WiFi
  • base-devel to build them with yay

Still weird that the install failed and the drivers were missing…

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very nice that it worked and that I was able to help :hugs:

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Unfortunately, I cannot paste the link to my system info, as I do not have the necessary permissions.
It is a bit too long to post as plain text.

9

Really appreciate the fast help, saved me a lot of time and stress :smile:

10

Update

I reinstalled Manjaro, as I had skipped a few things during the previous installation, like encryption and setting an admin password. Now, it is not working anymore.

I installed the network drivers and GPU drivers as before, but this time the network did not work after a reboot. Also noteworthy is that the GPU driver installation failed on the first attempt—the screen went black, and the PC became unresponsive.

After a reboot, I was able to install the GPU drivers successfully.

Installing the network drivers via yay appeared to complete successfully, but after a reboot, the options to connect to Wi-Fi did not show up.

After another attempt to install the drivers, I got the following errors from the r8125-dkms driver:

==> ERROR: Missing var kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing srv kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing swap kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing etc kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing lib64 kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing bin kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing sys kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing mnt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing home kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing usr kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing run kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing proc kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing rootfs-pkgs.txt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing tmp kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing boot kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing sbin kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing opt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing lib kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing dev kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing desktopfs-pkgs.txt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing root kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.

I received no errors during the installation of the rtw89-dkms-git driver.

I experienced the same behavior even when I skipped encryption.

With a fresh installation, I tried installing only the network drivers (skipping the GPU drivers), but I still had the same result.

The only difference between this installation and the one that worked is that I set a user and admin password in the working one.

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There’s nothing unfortunate about it.

You just have to take the time to learn how to use the forum.

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Regards.

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OK, in the Forum Rules - How to Post article it specifically mentioned to not post large amount of logs in a pastbin, so i wanted to use a Github Gist.

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.25-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
    root=UUID=357e15c5-7c3a-4088-9d69-b1d59395224c rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet splash udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 48.1 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: gnome-shell
    tools: gsd-screensaver-proxy dm: GDM v: 48.0 Distro: Manjaro
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: B850M GAMING X WIFI6E v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American
    Megatrends LLC. v: F4a date: 05/05/2025
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 30.47 GiB used: 3.1 GiB (10.2%)
  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: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: Channel-A DIMM 1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.SKILL
    part-no: F5-6000J3038F16G serial: <filter>
  Device-3: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: Channel-B DIMM 1 type: DDR5 detail: synchronous unbuffered
    (unregistered) size: 16 GiB speed: 4800 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
    min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: G.SKILL
    part-no: F5-6000J3038F16G serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 9800X3D bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: N/A level: v4
    note: check family: 0x1A (26) model-id: 0x44 (68) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xB404023
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 640 KiB desc: d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
    desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 96 MiB desc: 1x96 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2983 min/max: 600/5269 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: performance cores: 1: 2983 2: 2983 3: 2983
    4: 2983 5: 2983 6: 2983 7: 2983 8: 2983 9: 2983 10: 2983 11: 2983 12: 2983
    13: 2983 14: 2983 15: 2983 16: 2983 bogomips: 150170
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes amd_lbr_pmc_freeze amd_lbr_v2 aperfmperf
    apic arat avic avx avx2 avx512_bf16 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2
    avx512_vnni avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd
    avx512dq avx512f avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl avx_vnni bmi1 bmi2 bpext
    bus_lock_detect cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov
    cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cppc cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local
    cqm_mbm_total cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flush_l1d flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr
    fxsr_opt gfni ht hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ibs invpcid irperf
    lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
    movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx ospke
    osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core
    perfctr_llc perfctr_nb perfmon_v2 pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt pse
    pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp
    succor svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_adjust tsc_scale umip
    user_shstk v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall
    vnmi vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt x2avic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr
    xsaveopt xsaves xtopology
  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 status: Not affected
  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; STIBP: always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected;
    BHI: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: ZOTAC driver: nvidia
    v: 570.144 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none off: DP-4
    empty: DP-5,DP-6,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2484
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Granite Ridge [Radeon Graphics]
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 ports: active: none empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, HDMI-A-1,
    Writeback-1 bus-ID: 10:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:13c0 class-ID: 0300 temp: 38.0 C
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: DP-4 model: Samsung LS27AG500N serial: <filter> built: 2021
    res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.686 y: 0.310 green:
    x: 0.263 y: 0.671 blue: x: 0.149 y: 0.055 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 2560x1440, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024, 1440x900,
    1280x800, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 640x480
  EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unknown tag 112
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia drv: amd radeonsi
    platforms: device: 0 drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2
    drv: radeonsi device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia surfaceless:
    drv: nvidia wayland: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.144
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB display-ID: :0.0
  Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
    x11: xprop
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: ZOTAC
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Rembrandt Radeon High
    Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    lanes: 16 bus-ID: 10:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.25-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.2 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
    driver: rtw89_8852ce_git v: kernel modules: rtw89_8852ce pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:c852
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp7s0 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: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8125
    v: 9.015.00-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: c000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 0bda:0852
    class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  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: 1.82 TiB used: 6.64 GiB (0.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 990 PRO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 5B2QJXD7 temp: 44.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 6.64 GiB (0.4%)
    fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 357e15c5-7c3a-4088-9d69-b1d59395224c
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 600 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 1814-D02A
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 6.64 GiB (0.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 357e15c5-7c3a-4088-9d69-b1d59395224c
  ID-4: /swap raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 6.64 GiB (0.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 357e15c5-7c3a-4088-9d69-b1d59395224c
  ID-5: /var/cache raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 6.64 GiB (0.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 357e15c5-7c3a-4088-9d69-b1d59395224c
  ID-6: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
    used: 6.64 GiB (0.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
    label: N/A uuid: 357e15c5-7c3a-4088-9d69-b1d59395224c
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 512 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    file: /swap/swapfile
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 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: 1-7:2 info: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 1.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0852 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-10:3 info: Integrated Express GIGABYTE Device type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 048d:5711 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 7-1:2 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: 7-1.3:3 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: mouse,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: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c547 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 7-1.4:4 info: Keychron K13 Pro 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: 3434:02d1 class-ID: 0300
  Hub-9: 8-0:1 info: Linux Foundation 3.0 root hub ports: N/A rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.5 C mobo: 32.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 943 libs: 303 tools: gnome-software,pamac,yay
    pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirror.komelt.dev/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 406
  1: cpu: 8.3% command: localsearch-extractor-3 pid: 6550
    mem: 37.0 MiB (0.1%)
  2: cpu: 7.8% command: firefox pid: 2560 mem: 748.2 MiB (2.3%)
  3: cpu: 6.8% command: kgx pid: 6443 mem: 289.1 MiB (0.9%)
  4: cpu: 3.1% command: gnome-shell pid: 1469 mem: 426.3 MiB (1.3%)
  5: cpu: 2.4% command: nautilus pid: 6291 mem: 344.8 MiB (1.1%)
  Memory top: 5 of 406
  1: mem: 748.2 MiB (2.3%) command: firefox pid: 2560 cpu: 7.8%
  2: mem: 426.3 MiB (1.3%) command: gnome-shell pid: 1469 cpu: 3.1%
  3: mem: 344.8 MiB (1.1%) command: nautilus pid: 6291 cpu: 2.4%
  4: mem: 289.1 MiB (0.9%) command: kgx pid: 6443 cpu: 6.8%
  5: mem: 282.7 MiB (0.9%) command: firefox pid: 5215 cpu: 1.7%
Info:
  Processes: 406 Power: uptime: 22m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.15 GiB services: gsd-power,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: kgx inxi: 3.3.38
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Update 2

I just installed Ubuntu 25.04. and it works out of the box, including the network and proprietary drivers.
I used the same BIOS settings and the same USB stick.

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In case it’s useful;
(to avoid re-writing the same USB over and over);

This is the most recommended bootable USB solution; you only need to create it once, then copy/drag ISO files to the Ventoy USB.

The tutorial (above) explains how to create it.

Perhaps this tutorial may be useful in diagnosing your issue;

Regards.

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Hi, I’ve just tested the recommended guides.
The Ventoy one is very helpful and will save a lot of time.

Unfortunately, the other one did not fix my issues; the PC is completely unresponsive.
It freezes before I can access the live Manjaro on the USB stick after selecting whether or not to use/install the proprietary drivers.
I managed to install Ubuntu, so I guess the issue is not caused by defective hardware.

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Much earlier I suggested that;

Did you attempt this?

Using the non-proprietary drivers during install may be less troublesome than using the Nvidia proprietary drivers.

Install them later once everything is working as it should.

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Yes, I tried that. The Manjaro installation works, but the drivers for the network modules (WiFi and Ethernet) are missing afterwards.
The modules are listed with ‘inxi -N’, but the drivers are listed as ‘N/A’.
I tried installing the network and non-free GPU drivers with ‘yay’ (network) and ‘mhwd’ (GPU) via USB tethering. However, this only worked once on a Manjaro installation without a password or disk encryption being set.
When I reinstalled Manjaro with open source drivers and set a password or disk encryption, the network driver installation was unsuccessful, even though I did not receive an error message from Yay, or I missed it.
I encountered these errors at least once during the installation of the Ethernet drivers, but Yay did not abort and appeared to complete successfully.

==> ERROR: Missing var kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing srv kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing swap kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing etc kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing lib64 kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing bin kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing sys kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing mnt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing home kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing usr kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing run kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing proc kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing rootfs-pkgs.txt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing tmp kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing boot kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing sbin kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing opt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing lib kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing dev kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing desktopfs-pkgs.txt kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.
==> ERROR: Missing root kernel headers for module r8125/9.015.00.

These are the missing drivers:

  • r8125-dkms for Ethernet → Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE
  • rtw89-dkms-git for WiFi → Realtek RTL8852CE PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network

When I tried to install the non-free GPU drivers on a password-protected installation, my PC screen went black the first time I tried and I had to reboot the PC to make it responsive again. The second attempt to install the GPU drivers was successful, or at least it did not crash my PC. I experienced this behaviour on two or three different installations.

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These should ideally always be set during install.

Could you please provide output of;

pacman -Q | grep headers

Exploring a little;

You might consider installing with EXT4 filesystems, rather than BTRFS.

There are apparently potential issues with Grub and BTRFS (which I don’t yet know enough about to properly describe) that might have some bearing on this.

Creating /boot as a separate (EXT4) partition on an otherwise BTRFS formatted system can work around some of these issues.

I’m aware that @Aragorn has done that, and perhaps he will offer some input as to possible relevance in this case.

:information_source: Informational:-

I note you are using a beta BIOS.

The latest non-beta BIOS available for your mainboard seems to be F3 (released in March 2025). While this may not be relevant to the current issue, a non-beta BIOS is usually recommended.

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Thanks for the tip about the BIOS. I’ll try again later with the F3 version.
I got the same result with the F1 BIOS that the motherboard was shipped with, so I updated it.

Interestingly, I just installed Manjaro 24.2.1 Yonda Minimal with proprietary drivers and it worked, including the internet connection.
However, after installing all the updates, I ended up in the same situation as when I installed Manjaro 25 directly: the network drivers were missing according to inxi -N, and the settings sections had disappeared. I tried this with both BTRFS and EXT4 file systems.

The output of the command pacman -Q | grep headers is as follows:

  1. Installation with Manjaro 24.2.1 (ext4), before the updates:
linux-api-headers 6.10-1
vulkan-headers 1:1.4.303-1
  1. After updating the system
linux-api-headers 6.14-1
vulkan-headers 1:1.4.309.0-1
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I see the API headers are installed but the kernel headers are not. This is the command generally used, however, I encourage you to read through the links following, before using it.

 sudo pacman -S linux-headers

This may go some way toward resolving the aforementioned errors.

Regards.