I am OP
long story but my other manjaro install corrupted and there is no way of recovering the account without the backup codes which are lost with it, so I do apologize for the wait.
I tried both
@brahma
and
[quote=“waffel360, post:1, topic:133149, full:true”]
and through the sequence of steps from @Nachlese
and received the following
~ lsblk ✔
NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
loop0 7:0 0 29.7M 1 loop /run/miso/sfs/livefs
loop1 7:1 0 896.5M 1 loop /run/miso/sfs/mhwdfs
loop2 7:2 0 1.9G 1 loop /run/miso/sfs/desktopfs
loop3 7:3 0 739.3M 1 loop /run/miso/sfs/rootfs
sda 8:0 1 115.5G 0 disk
├─sda1 8:1 1 115.5G 0 part
│ └─ventoy 254:0 0 3.6G 1 dm /run/miso/bootmnt
└─sda2 8:2 1 32M 0 part
sdb 8:16 1 0B 0 disk
nvme0n1 259:0 0 238.5G 0 disk
├─nvme0n1p1 259:1 0 64G 0 part
├─nvme0n1p2 259:2 0 1G 0 part
├─nvme0n1p3 259:3 0 80G 0 part
│ └─encrypted 254:1 0 80G 0 crypt
└─nvme0n1p4 259:4 0 93.5G 0 part
~ sudo mount /dev/mapper/encrypted /mnt ✔
~ cat /mnt/etc/fstab ✔
# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a device; this may
# be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices that works even if
# disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass>
UUID=CDB4-120E /boot/efi vfat umask=0077 0 2
/dev/mapper/luks-52ef1471-0ab8-4ff7-8428-a61f3101beda / ext4 defaults,noatime 0 1
/dev/mapper/luks-facd7af2-0139-4292-acb6-041b7be8325d /home ext4 defaults,noatime 0 2
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
#UUID=a18f59f6-b026-49f9-81ce-3e2067752985 swap swap defaults,noatime 0 0
//192.168.10.90/Media /home/lucy/nas/Media cifs rw,uid=1000,gid=1000,user=waffel360,vers=3.0,noauto,noserverino,x-systemd.automount,x-systemd.mount-timeout=30,_netdev,credentials=/home/lucy/nas/smbcred 0 0
~ sudo mount /dev/nvme0n1p2 /mnt/boot/efi ✔
~ manjaro-chroot /mnt /bin/bash ✔
[manjaro /]# pacman -S linux61 linux60 overwrite
warning: linux61-6.1.7-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: linux60-6.0.19-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: target not found: overwrite
[manjaro /]# pacman -S linux61 linux60 overwrite '*'
warning: linux61-6.1.7-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: linux60-6.0.19-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: target not found: overwrite
error: target not found: *
[manjaro /]# pacman -S linux61 linux60 -overwrite -'*'
pacman: invalid option -- '*'
[manjaro /]# pacman -S linux61 linux60 -overwrite
error: invalid option '-o'
[manjaro /]# pacman -S linux61 linux60 overwrite *
warning: linux61-6.1.7-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
warning: linux60-6.0.19-3 is up to date -- reinstalling
error: target not found: overwrite
error: target not found: bin
warning: 'bin' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: boot
warning: 'boot' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: crypto_keyfile.bin
warning: 'crypto_keyfile.bin' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: desktopfs-pkgs.txt
warning: 'desktopfs-pkgs.txt' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: dev
warning: 'dev' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: etc
warning: 'etc' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: home
warning: 'home' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: lib
warning: 'lib' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: lib64
warning: 'lib64' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: lost+found
warning: 'lost+found' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: mnt
warning: 'mnt' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: opt
warning: 'opt' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: proc
warning: 'proc' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: rootfs-pkgs.txt
warning: 'rootfs-pkgs.txt' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: run
warning: 'run' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: sbin
warning: 'sbin' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: srv
warning: 'srv' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: sys
warning: 'sys' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: tmp
warning: 'tmp' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: usr
warning: 'usr' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
error: target not found: var
warning: 'var' is a file, did you mean -U/--upgrade instead of -S/--sync?
[manjaro /]# pacman -S linux
warning: linux510-5.10.164-1 is up to date -- reinstalling
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
Packages (1) linux510-5.10.164-1
Total Installed Size: 80.10 MiB
Net Upgrade Size: 0.00 MiB
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
(1/1) checking keys in keyring [#######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking package integrity [#######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) loading package files [#######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking for file conflicts [#######################################################################################] 100%
(1/1) checking available disk space [#######################################################################################] 100%
warning: could not get file information for boot/linux510-x86_64.kver
:: Running pre-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Creating Timeshift snapshot before upgrade...
==> skipping timeshift-autosnap due skipRsyncAutosnap in /etc/timeshift-autosnap.conf set to TRUE.
:: Processing package changes...
(1/1) reinstalling linux510 [#######################################################################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/5) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(2/5) Updating module dependencies...
(3/5) Updating linux initcpios...
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux510.preset: 'default'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64.img
==> Starting build: 5.10.164-1-MANJARO
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [autodetect]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [plymouth]
-> Running build hook: [encrypt]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64.img
==> Image generation successful
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux510.preset: 'fallback'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> Starting build: 5.10.164-1-MANJARO
-> Running build hook: [base]
-> Running build hook: [udev]
-> Running build hook: [modconf]
-> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qed
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: aic94xx
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: wd719x
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qla1280
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: bfa
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: qla2xxx
-> Running build hook: [keyboard]
-> Running build hook: [keymap]
-> Running build hook: [consolefont]
==> WARNING: consolefont: no font found in configuration
-> Running build hook: [plymouth]
-> Running build hook: [encrypt]
-> Running build hook: [filesystems]
-> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64-fallback.img
==> Image generation successful
(4/5) Refreshing PackageKit...
Error connecting: Could not connect: No such file or directory
error: command failed to execute correctly
(5/5) Updating Grub-Bootmenu
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.10-x86_64-fallback.img
Warning: os-prober will be executed to detect other bootable partitions.
Its output will be used to detect bootable binaries on them and create new boot entries.
ERROR: mkdir /var/lock/dmraid
Adding boot menu entry for UEFI Firmware Settings ...
Root filesystem isn't btrfs
If you think an error has occurred, please file a bug report at "https://github.com/Antynea/grub-btrfs"
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
Found memtest86+ EFI image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.efi
done
all of which gives a black screen and no tty
many thanks for your time.
(also as an odd side note specifically this web page crashes all browsers (excluding tor) on my phone, and all other threads load fine)