Can't boot USB past Live Media MHWD Script

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Hi all,

I have made a new bootable USB of the latest download available on the manjaro homepage and I have selected to boot with proprietary drivers. The problem is my installation doesn’t get past something called Live Media MHWD Script. It isn’t hanging because it looks like there are red asterisks moving next to the description of job started. However, it went on for 20 minutes and still couldn’t boot into manjaro.

Here are my system specifics

manupc@manupc-2 ~]$ inxi --full --admin --filter --width
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.44-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=1adc77d4-359c-4d50-8e77-204cccc1b265 rw quiet apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: PRO B660M-E DDR4 (MS-7D46) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.00
    date: 12/27/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: 12th Gen Intel Core i5-12400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    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: 0x2E
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 480 KiB desc: d-6x48 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 7.5 MiB desc: 6x1.2 MiB
    L3: 18 MiB desc: 1x18 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2341 high: 2500 min/max: 800/5600 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 2500 2: 2500 3: 2500
    4: 2500 5: 2500 6: 600 7: 2500 8: 2500 9: 2500 10: 2500 11: 2500 12: 2500
    bogomips: 59916
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  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: 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 IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GK208B [GeForce GT 730] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
    v: kernel non-free: series: 470.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2023/24)
    arch: Kepler code: GKxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2012-18 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DVI-D-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1287
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 29.0 C
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Asus VP228 serial: <filter>
    built: 2022 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
    size: 476x268mm (18.74x10.55") diag: 546mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Alder Lake-S HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl
    bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:7ad0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 8 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.44-1-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: 0.3.77 status: off tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:1a1d class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno1 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 73.64 GiB (15.4%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Hikvision
    model: HS-SSD-E3000 512G size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: SN06738 temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 476.64 GiB size: 468.09 GiB (98.21%)
    used: 73.64 GiB (15.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 29.0 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 253 Uptime: 7m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
  available: 15.48 GiB used: 1.7 GiB (11.0%) Init: systemd v: 253
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 15.0.7
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1176 libs: 357 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.29

Thank you.

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Hi @newbietolinux,

You don’t have to use it, you can uninstall it no problems, but have you tried with the Open Source drivers?

It might simply be a driver mismatch.

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Hi Mirdathos

Thank you for your input.

I actually want to load the proprietary drivers because I’ve been having problems with the open source drivers. I’m trying a fresh install. I am quite a novice and i think last time I did not install the proprietary drivers. Problems have included hanging and mouse and keyboard freezing. In another post, I wrote about seeing a large white and red square when trying to watch Youtube video.

Any assistance would be welcome.

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The reason I’m asking, your GPU seems to not be supported by the 5xx series drivers. Now, I don’t know if the Live USB only supports the latest drivers, but I think so. In which case the GPU is trying to use the (incompatible) drivers. And the symptoms you describe seems as if that might be why.

If you install it with the open-source drivers, you can easily switch to the proprietary ones. In fact, that’s what I did my first install.

Anything else, I’m fresh out of ideas.

:man_shrugging:

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Ah great. So I can install with the open source drivers and then switch to the proprietary drivers. I will try that, thank you!

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Could you please me guide me through installing with proprietary drivers. I did try booting with open source drivers and then selecting the install option. After that, I saw language and keyboard options but nothing stipulating the type of drivers. Where should i be looking? How do I switch to proprietary drivers?

Thank you.

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Launch the Manjaro Settings Manager and click on “Hardware”. Check the box for installing the proprietary driver and click the Install button at the bottom.

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See my comment in other topic:
manjaro-hangs-and-sometimes-shows-red-and-white-checkered-square

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Thank you to all who have taken the time to assist.

I am assured that fortunately my legacy driver is supported and I have installed it on my existing system without going the route of a full reinstall of the latest manjaro download . This should sort out the problems I have been having with the system hanging, the mouse and keyboard hanging, and the red and white square over the screen.

If for some reason it does not solve the problem in the near future i will post a new topic.

Thank you once more.

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