Crash - help me isolate the issue with journalctl

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This is possibly due to a recent known issue::

Please see the items listed under Known issues and solutions of Stable Update 2024-10-10.

Specifically, look for the following heading:

  • KDE Plasma hangs on Shutdown, Restart and Logout

To save you having to search too much, the workaround is to change your session settings:

System Settings → Session → Desktop Session → Session Restore:

Change “On login, launch apps that were open” to:

  • Start with an empty session

Naturally, you might then need to reboot.

Regards.

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thank you so much, I’m going to try that later on. (I will use also a different USB stick in case it’s faulty for the installer)

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Instead of creating another Manjaro Installer USB,
consider creating a Ventoy USB:

Ventoy USB

Boot with a Ventoy USB, and ISO files are automatically listed in the Ventoy menu, and can be booted directly. A 32GB capacity USB should allow ample space to store several ISOs of your choice; an 8GB capacity USB might hold one, or two ISO’s; do the math.

Ventoy is available from the official Manjaro extra repository:

sudo pacman -S ventoy
Ventoy usage: 
Usage:  Ventoy2Disk.sh CMD [ OPTION ] /dev/sdX  
 CMD:  
  -i  install Ventoy to sdX (fails if disk already installed with Ventoy)  
  -I  force install Ventoy to sdX (no matter if installed or not)  
  -u  update Ventoy in sdX  
  -l  list Ventoy information in sdX  
  
 OPTION: (optional)  
  -r SIZE_MB  preserve some space at the bottom of the disk (only for install)  
  -s/-S       enable/disable secure boot support (default is enabled)  
  -g          use GPT partition style, default is MBR (only for install)  
  -L          Label of the 1st exfat partition (default is Ventoy)  
  -n          try non-destructive installation (only for install)

Creating the Ventoy USB:

Write the Ventoy system to an empty USB drive;
use /dev/sdX to target the device itself, and not a partition:

I use this command to create a Ventoy USB in UEFI mode;
Change it as needed to suit your environment:

sudo sh ventoy -i -r 100 -S -g -L VOLUME /dev/sdX
  • Enable -s or disable -S Secure Boot.
  • Substitute VOLUME for a volume label name to use.
  • Substitute /dev/sdX for the location of your USB device.
  • Preserve some space on the target device (example allows 100mb).

Updating the Ventoy USB:

Update the Ventoy system on an existing Ventoy USB;
ensure the updated Ventoy version is available in Manjaro; and then:

sudo ventoy -u /dev/sdX
  • The Ventoy USB update process is non-destructive.

See also: Ventoy (GitHub);

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Thanks a lot. I changed the session restore settings and it made the system more stable (I used to get a crash right after opening a session, that’s not happening anymore). I can use the computer for 30min without any issues but usually then I get a crash all of a sudden. Also when I reboot the computer, the system regularly freezes after I inserted my password. I’m taking the computer to a specialist tomorrow for him to check the SSD. I also read that plasma 6.1 was quite unstable so that could be the issue. To be continued…

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Ok so the SSD had an issue, it was running at 150 degrees which was triggering the crash. I got someone to change the SSD and now when I install Manjaro, I get a new type of error during the installation saying "failed to unpack image “/run/miso/bootmnt/manjaro/x86_64/rootfs.xfs” and below “rsync failed with error code 10”. Maybe there was an error when the image was created. I will try to redo the image on the usb stick or use Ventoy.