I just installed Manjaro KDE full last night and encrypted the disk using LUKS. After install, I was able to reboot once, but since then everytime I try to boot the system it hangs on the screen that appears after inputting my encryption password (it is a screen with 3 blinking dots and “Manjaro” at the bottom of the screen).
Here is my system information (as I cannot access Manjaro presently, the information was obtained by using inxi on the same laptop running PuppyLinux):
System:
Kernel: 5.4.53 x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz pmedia=usbflash
pdrv=8d5b71b5-b7b9-4164-a482-7b662ecdf4a0 pfix=fsck,fsckp
TZ=EST5EDT,M3.2.0,M11.1.0
Desktop: JWM 2.4.0 dm: xinit Distro: Puppy 9.5
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20AWS1BB00 v: ThinkPad T440p
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: LENOVO model: 20AWS1BB00 v: 0B98401 WIN serial: <filter>
UEFI [Legacy]: LENOVO v: GLET74WW (2.28 ) date: 10/21/2014
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.1 Wh condition: 53.2/56.2 Wh (95%) volts: 10.9/10.8
model: LGC 45N1147 type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Discharging
CPU:
Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-4300M bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Haswell family: 6 model-id: 3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 1C
L1 cache: 64 KiB L2 cache: 3072 KiB L3 cache: 3072 KiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
bogomips: 20752
Speed: 3183 MHz min/max: 800/3300 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2595 2: 2595
3: 2596 4: 2595
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1
mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel 4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0
chip ID: 8086:0416
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting compositor: picom
resolution: 1366x768~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4600 (HSW GT2)
v: 4.5 Mesa 20.0.8 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:03.0 chip ID: 8086:0c0c
Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio
vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:8c20
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.53
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I217-LM vendor: Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k port: 3080 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:153a
IF: eth0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 7260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: efa0
bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 8086:08b2
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 148.08 GiB used: 20.77 GiB (14.0%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: MZ7LN128HCHP-000L1 size: 119.24 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 4L0Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb type: USB vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 2.0
size: 28.84 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
Processes: 189 Uptime: 1h 06m Memory: 7.48 GiB used: 2.19 GiB (29.3%)
Init: SysVinit v: N/A runlevel: 35 Compilers: gcc: 9.3.0 alt: 9
Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 running in: terminator inxi: 3.0.38
And here is the last log entry from /var/log from my last attempt to boot:
e%G/dev/mapper/luks-1f6d2a8a-2637-4e1c-ae19-a3a5b7e59ea7: clean, 344639/7241728 files, 3632101/28950838 blocks
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Finished e[0;1;39mTell Plymouth To Write Out Runtime Datae[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Mounted e[0;1;39mArbitrary Executable File Formats File Systeme[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Finished e[0;1;39mSet Up Additional Binary Formatse[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Finished e[0;1;39mCreate Volatile Files and Directoriese[0m.
Starting e[0;1;39mRecord System Boot/Shutdown in UTMPe[0m...
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Finished e[0;1;39mRecord System Boot/Shutdown in UTMPe[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Reached target e[0;1;39mSystem Initializatione[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mCUPS Schedulere[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mRefresh existing P…f archlinux-keyring regularlye[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mDaily rotation of log filese[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mDaily man-db regeneratione[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mMonthly clean packages cachee[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mGenerate mirrorlist weeklye[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mpkgfile database update timere[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mDaily verification of password and group filese[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mDaily Cleanup of Temporary Directoriese[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Reached target e[0;1;39mPath Unitse[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Reached target e[0;1;39mTimer Unitse[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Listening on e[0;1;39mCUPS Schedulere[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Listening on e[0;1;39mD-Bus System Message Bus Sockete[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Reached target e[0;1;39mSocket Unitse[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Reached target e[0;1;39mBasic Systeme[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mPeriodic Command Schedulere[0m.
Starting e[0;1;39mD-Bus System Message Buse[0m...
Starting e[0;1;39mAuthorization Managere[0m...
Starting e[0;1;39mUser Login Managemente[0m...
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mD-Bus System Message Buse[0m.
Starting e[0;1;39mNetwork Managere[0m...
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Listening on e[0;1;39mLoad/Save RF …itch Status /dev/rfkill Watche[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mAuthorization Managere[0m.
Starting e[0;1;39mModem Managere[0m...
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Started e[0;1;39mNetwork Managere[0m.
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Reached target e[0;1;39mNetworke[0m.
Starting e[0;1;39mCUPS Schedulere[0m...
Starting e[0;1;39mPermit User Sessionse[0m...
[e[0;32m OK e[0m] Finished e[0;1;39mPermit User Sessionse[0m.
Starting e[0;1;39mHold until boot process finishes upe[0m...
Starting e[0;1;39mTerminate Plymouth Boot Screene[0m...
Any help in identifying what the problem is when trying to boot would be deeply appreciated. Especially since I’d love to avoid going through an entirely fresh install and configuring everything again. 