Grub doesn't find EFI or vice versa

Problem:
Out of nowhere (i.e. no system updates since last stable)
on boot error message ‘Symbol grub_is_lockdown not found’ → grub rescue prompt

My Manjaro (no dualboot, only OS) has been installed 2017 with UEFI and been booting ever since.
secure boot & fastboot is disabled

Status:
boot via usb - supergrub2
detects grub.cfg with all entries → boot into installed Manjaro possible
EFI system partition is available and mounted as /boot/efi/

All attempts to repair/restore grub give the impression that not grub is the problem but EFI ‘got lost’ somehow:

$ sudo efibootmgr 
EFI variables are not supported on this system.

/sys/firmware/efi missing

# ls /sys/firmware/efi 
ls: cannot access '/sys/firmware/efi': No such file or directory
# efibootmgr -v
EFI variables are not supported on this system.

Following GRUB/Restore the GRUB Bootloader - Manjaro
ends with

# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=manjaro --recheck 
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such file or directory.

Now I’m at my wits end how I can narrow down further and find a solution.
Any hints very much appreciated.

You have to disable CSM (“compatibility support module”) — also known as legacy BIOS emulation — in the UEFI firmware setup utility.

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Thank you.
But CSM is disabled - I checked

recheck options in UEFI motherboard

UEFI, create a profile and save for linux

recheck all option in your UEFI ( for linux)

SecureBoot off
Fast Boot off
No CSM
No Legacy
all disks on AHCI

you can check in terminal , before chroot

inxi  -Fxza
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
sudo efibootmgr -v
sudo parted -l 

If that were true, then your system would have booted in UEFI mode, but it hasn’t. It has booted in BIOS emulation mode. There’s no denying that, from the output you posted.

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Yes that has bee confusing me too :frowning:
I found a previous post from @stephane and checked several times in the UEFI setup.
There
SecureBoot = off
Fast Boot = off
CSM = off
all disks on AHCI
I didn’t find an entry for ‘Legacy’

I get

$ test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
efi
sudo inxi  -Mxa
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: H170M-ITX/ac serial: M80-59017500538
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P7.00A date: 12/20/2016
$ sudo efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0005
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0001,0005,0006
Boot0001* UEFI OS	HD(1,GPT,8e5227e1-7344-4f06-aaf3-4253655b014f,0x800,0x100000)/File(\EFI\BOOT\BOOTX64.EFI)0000424f
      dp: 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 00 08 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 e1 27 52 8e 44 73 06 4f aa f3 42 53 65 5b 01 4f 02 02 / 04 04 30 00 5c 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 5c 00 42 00 4f 00 4f 00 54 00 5c 00 42 00 4f 00 4f 00 54 00 58 00 36 00 34 00 2e 00 45 00 46 00 49 00 00 00 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 00 00 42 4f
Boot0005* UEFI: SMI USB DISK 1100, Partition 2	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(2,0)/HD(2,MBR,0x2afd93fa,0xf06800,0x10000)0000424f
      dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 14 / 03 05 06 00 02 00 / 04 01 2a 00 02 00 00 00 00 68 f0 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 fa 93 fd 2a 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 00 00 42 4f
Boot0006* UEFI: USB Flash Disk 1100, Partition 1	PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x14,0x0)/USB(5,0)/HD(1,MBR,0xc3072e18,0x18,0x3bffe8)0000424f
      dp: 02 01 0c 00 d0 41 03 0a 00 00 00 00 / 01 01 06 00 00 14 / 03 05 06 00 05 00 / 04 01 2a 00 01 00 00 00 18 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 e8 ff 3b 00 00 00 00 00 18 2e 07 c3 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 01 01 / 7f ff 04 00
    data: 00 00 42 4f
$ sudo parted -l 
Modell: ATA ST500LX025-1U717 (scsi)
Festplatte  /dev/sda:  500GB
Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/4096B
Partitionstabelle: gpt
Disk-Flags: 

Nummer  Anfang  Ende    Größe   Dateisystem     Name     Flags
 1      1049kB  538MB   537MB   fat16           primary  boot, esp
 2      538MB   9128MB  8590MB  linux-swap(v1)  primary  swap
 3      9128MB  56,3GB  47,2GB  ext4                     msftdata
 4      56,3GB  93,0GB  36,7GB  ext4                     msftdata
 5      93,0GB  500GB   407GB   ext4                     msftdata


Modell: SMI USB DISK (scsi)
Festplatte  /dev/sdb:  8100MB
Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/512B
Partitionstabelle: msdos
Disk-Flags: 

Nummer  Anfang  Ende    Größe   Typ      Dateisystem  Flags
 1      1049kB  8067MB  8066MB  primary               boot
 2      8067MB  8100MB  33,6MB  primary  fat16        esp


Modell: USB Flash Disk (scsi)
Festplatte  /dev/sdc:  2013MB
Sektorgröße (logisch/physisch): 512B/512B
Partitionstabelle: msdos
Disk-Flags: 

Nummer  Anfang  Ende    Größe   Typ      Dateisystem  Flags
 1      12,3kB  2013MB  2013MB  primary  fat32

inxi -Fxza

Summary
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.55-1-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=47991036-ac10-4bc3-8c66-497b0e5205c8 rw quiet
    resume=UUID=7a129e70-9220-4db0-bcc9-f3b8fb87913b
  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: ASRock model: H170M-ITX/ac serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P7.00A date: 12/20/2016
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-7500T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake
    gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 21607
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  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: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled,
    RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: HDMI-A-3
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5912
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: intel dri: iris gpu: i915 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-3 mapped: HDMI3 model: EIZO NANAO EV2450
    serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
    size: 530x300mm (20.87x11.81") diag: 606mm (23.9") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASRock
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Logitech Headset H340 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-4:3
    chip-ID: 046d:0a38 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.55-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.81 status: off with: 1: pipewire-media-session
    status: off 2: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASRock driver: r8168 v: 8.052.01-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 475.18 GiB used: 115.13 GiB (24.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LX025-1U717D
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SMI (STMicroelectronics)
    model: USB DISK size: 7.54 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 model: USB Flash Disk size: 1.88 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 43.95 GiB size: 43.08 GiB (98.03%) used: 26.26 GiB (61.0%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511.7 MiB (99.95%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 34.18 GiB size: 33.35 GiB (97.56%)
    used: 2.59 GiB (7.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 43.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 207 Uptime: 33m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est.
  available: 7.44 GiB used: 2.23 GiB (29.9%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: 1616 pm: pacman pkgs: 1593 libs: 435 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 23 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.30

Moderator edit: In the future, please use proper formatting: [HowTo] Post command output and file content as formatted text

Hi @gefri,

Please post the output of:

sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda

as well as

lsblk

Edit:

And please fix the output for:

…to be as you provided previously.

$ sudo smartctl --all /dev/sda

Summary
smartctl 7.4 2023-08-01 r5530 [x86_64-linux-6.1.55-1-MANJARO] (local build)
Copyright (C) 2002-23, Bruce Allen, Christian Franke, www.smartmontools.org

=== START OF INFORMATION SECTION ===
Model Family:     Seagate FireCuda 2.5
Device Model:     ST500LX025-1U717D
Serial Number:    WES3D4D1
LU WWN Device Id: 5 000c50 09e2c0693
Firmware Version: SDM1
User Capacity:    500.107.862.016 bytes [500 GB]
Sector Sizes:     512 bytes logical, 4096 bytes physical
Rotation Rate:    5400 rpm
Form Factor:      2.5 inches
Device is:        In smartctl database 7.3/5528
ATA Version is:   ACS-3 T13/2161-D revision 3b
SATA Version is:  SATA 3.1, 6.0 Gb/s (current: 6.0 Gb/s)
Local Time is:    Sat Oct 28 16:50:25 2023 CEST
SMART support is: Available - device has SMART capability.
SMART support is: Enabled

=== START OF READ SMART DATA SECTION ===
SMART overall-health self-assessment test result: PASSED

General SMART Values:
Offline data collection status:  (0x82)	Offline data collection activity
					was completed without error.
					Auto Offline Data Collection: Enabled.
Self-test execution status:      (   0)	The previous self-test routine completed
					without error or no self-test has ever 
					been run.
Total time to complete Offline 
data collection: 		(    0) seconds.
Offline data collection
capabilities: 			 (0x7b) SMART execute Offline immediate.
					Auto Offline data collection on/off support.
					Suspend Offline collection upon new
					command.
					Offline surface scan supported.
					Self-test supported.
					Conveyance Self-test supported.
					Selective Self-test supported.
SMART capabilities:            (0x0003)	Saves SMART data before entering
					power-saving mode.
					Supports SMART auto save timer.
Error logging capability:        (0x01)	Error logging supported.
					General Purpose Logging supported.
Short self-test routine 
recommended polling time: 	 (   1) minutes.
Extended self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (  86) minutes.
Conveyance self-test routine
recommended polling time: 	 (   2) minutes.
SCT capabilities: 	       (0x3035)	SCT Status supported.
					SCT Feature Control supported.
					SCT Data Table supported.

SMART Attributes Data Structure revision number: 10
Vendor Specific SMART Attributes with Thresholds:
ID# ATTRIBUTE_NAME          FLAG     VALUE WORST THRESH TYPE      UPDATED  WHEN_FAILED RAW_VALUE
  1 Raw_Read_Error_Rate     0x000f   084   064   006    Pre-fail  Always       -       241223137
  3 Spin_Up_Time            0x0003   099   099   000    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  4 Start_Stop_Count        0x0032   094   094   020    Old_age   Always       -       6515
  5 Reallocated_Sector_Ct   0x0033   100   100   036    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
  7 Seek_Error_Rate         0x000f   081   060   045    Pre-fail  Always       -       139807565
  9 Power_On_Hours          0x0032   085   085   000    Old_age   Always       -       13713 (166 220 0)
 10 Spin_Retry_Count        0x0013   100   100   097    Pre-fail  Always       -       0
 12 Power_Cycle_Count       0x0032   094   094   020    Old_age   Always       -       6499
184 End-to-End_Error        0x0032   100   100   099    Old_age   Always       -       0
187 Reported_Uncorrect      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
188 Command_Timeout         0x0032   100   099   000    Old_age   Always       -       4295032965
189 High_Fly_Writes         0x003a   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
190 Airflow_Temperature_Cel 0x0022   066   050   040    Old_age   Always       -       34 (Min/Max 33/34)
191 G-Sense_Error_Rate      0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       8
192 Power-Off_Retract_Count 0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       55
193 Load_Cycle_Count        0x0032   097   097   000    Old_age   Always       -       6530
194 Temperature_Celsius     0x0022   034   050   000    Old_age   Always       -       34 (0 15 0 0 0)
197 Current_Pending_Sector  0x0012   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
198 Offline_Uncorrectable   0x0010   100   100   000    Old_age   Offline      -       0
199 UDMA_CRC_Error_Count    0x003e   200   200   000    Old_age   Always       -       0
240 Head_Flying_Hours       0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       13708h+36m+49.085s
241 Total_LBAs_Written      0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       9425558037
242 Total_LBAs_Read         0x0000   100   253   000    Old_age   Offline      -       16206328140
254 Free_Fall_Sensor        0x0032   100   100   000    Old_age   Always       -       0

SMART Error Log Version: 1
No Errors Logged

SMART Self-test log structure revision number 1
No self-tests have been logged.  [To run self-tests, use: smartctl -t]

SMART Selective self-test log data structure revision number 1
 SPAN  MIN_LBA  MAX_LBA  CURRENT_TEST_STATUS
    1        0        0  Not_testing
    2        0        0  Not_testing
    3        0        0  Not_testing
    4        0        0  Not_testing
    5        0        0  Not_testing
Selective self-test flags (0x0):
  After scanning selected spans, do NOT read-scan remainder of disk.
If Selective self-test is pending on power-up, resume after 0 minute delay.

The above only provides legacy SMART information - try 'smartctl -x' for more

$ lsblk

Summary
NAME   MAJ:MIN RM   SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINTS
sda      8:0    0 465,8G  0 disk 
├─sda1   8:1    0   512M  0 part /boot/efi
├─sda2   8:2    0     8G  0 part [SWAP]
├─sda3   8:3    0  43,9G  0 part /
├─sda4   8:4    0  34,2G  0 part /home
└─sda5   8:5    0 379,1G  0 part /home/daten
sdb      8:16   1   7,5G  0 disk 
├─sdb1   8:17   1   7,5G  0 part 
└─sdb2   8:18   1    32M  0 part 
sr0     11:0    1  1024M  0 rom

Edit: What needs fixing with the inxi output?

Please fix your output to be as you previously provided:

Please provide the output for:

cat /etc/fstab

…for your installation.

I don’t know if you’re in a live environment or a chroot environment, so I thought I’d specify.

Edit:

Please make it preformatted text, as you previously did:

I’m back in my live environment, having booted via usb-supergrub
So no chroot

$ cat /etc/fstab

Summary
# /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=3BC0-0C38                            /boot/efi      vfat    defaults,noatime 0       2
UUID=7a129e70-9220-4db0-bcc9-f3b8fb87913b swap           swap    defaults,noatime 0       0
UUID=47991036-ac10-4bc3-8c66-497b0e5205c8 /              ext4    defaults,noatime 0       1
UUID=d53db145-0b79-4357-a4c2-82b8cc547d6c /home          ext4    defaults,noatime 0       2
#UUID=857653ed-6092-4122-8b18-88c9bcc70805 /home/daten    ext4    defaults,noatime 0       2
# 14.2.2017
/dev/sda5 /home/daten ext4 auto,users,rw,nosuid,nodev,relatime,data=ordered,uhelper=udisks2 0 2
#/dev/sda5 /home/daten ext4 defaults,noatime,auto,users,rw 0 2

So, better now
$ inxi -Fxza

Summary
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.55-1-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=47991036-ac10-4bc3-8c66-497b0e5205c8 rw quiet
    resume=UUID=7a129e70-9220-4db0-bcc9-f3b8fb87913b
  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: ASRock model: H170M-ITX/ac serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: P7.00A date: 12/20/2016
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-7500T bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Kaby Lake
    gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF4
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/3300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 bogomips: 21607
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
  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: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: disabled,
    RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: ASRock driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports: active: HDMI-A-3
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:5912
    class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: intel dri: iris gpu: i915 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-3 mapped: HDMI3 model: EIZO NANAO EV2450
    serial: <filter> built: 2016 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
    size: 530x300mm (20.87x11.81") diag: 606mm (23.9") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASRock
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.55-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: PipeWire v: 0.3.81 status: off with: 1: pipewire-media-session
    status: off 2: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
  Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASRock driver: r8168 v: 8.052.01-NAPI modules: r8169 pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 473.31 GiB used: 115.09 GiB (24.3%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST500LX025-1U717D
    size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: SDM1 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: SMI (STMicroelectronics)
    model: USB DISK size: 7.54 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
    type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1100 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 43.95 GiB size: 43.08 GiB (98.03%) used: 26.26 GiB (60.9%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511.7 MiB (99.95%)
    used: 288 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 34.18 GiB size: 33.35 GiB (97.56%)
    used: 2.58 GiB (7.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 42.0 C pch: 44.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 200 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 8 GiB note: est.
  available: 7.44 GiB used: 1.96 GiB (26.3%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: 1616 pm: pacman pkgs: 1593 libs: 435 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
  pkgs: 23 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.30

This is very strange.

I don’t see anything wrong, sorry. Perhaps someone else does, but that isn’t me.

:sob:

Anyway
Thank you all for your attempts & insights!

edit: @andreas85 thanks for your intervention with formatting

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When starting your live Manjaro, there may be two ways to start it.

  1. Boot it into BIOS mode
  2. Boot it in UEFI mode

You may need to test both as the naming is often not clear.

If you boot into BIOS mode, the EFI variables are not accessible
:footprints:

  • Is this a dualboot-system ?
  • Did you install another linux alongside ?

You can also use maxi -eg

to collect information about the boot process. This works,

  • when you are in your running system (with CTRL+ALT+F2).
  • And also in a live environment

This suggests that some files in your efi-patition or in /boot/grub/… are missing or damaged

Summary
 ls -lA /boot/grub/x86_64-efi                                                                                                                                  
insgesamt 3788
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16800 31. Mär 2023  acpi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1832 31. Mär 2023  adler32.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8912 31. Mär 2023  affs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9624 31. Mär 2023  afs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2232 31. Mär 2023  afsplitter.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  21912 31. Mär 2023  ahci.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    704 31. Mär 2023  all_video.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1368 31. Mär 2023  aout.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5224 31. Mär 2023  appleldr.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4944 31. Mär 2023  archelp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8616 31. Mär 2023  ata.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6408 31. Mär 2023  at_keyboard.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2400 31. Mär 2023  backtrace.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10864 31. Mär 2023  bfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3224 31. Mär 2023  bitmap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5248 31. Mär 2023  bitmap_scale.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2896 31. Mär 2023  blocklist.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3768 31. Mär 2023  boot.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1920 31. Mär 2023  boottime.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  51600 31. Mär 2023  bsd.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3080 31. Mär 2023  bswap_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  30280 31. Mär 2023  btrfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2872 31. Mär 2023  bufio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2128 31. Mär 2023  cacheinfo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4248 31. Mär 2023  cat.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5952 31. Mär 2023  cbfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5552 31. Mär 2023  cbls.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3752 31. Mär 2023  cbmemc.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1504 31. Mär 2023  cbtable.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4384 31. Mär 2023  cbtime.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9104 31. Mär 2023  chain.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4496 31. Mär 2023  cmdline_cat_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3488 31. Mär 2023  cmp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6232 31. Mär 2023  cmp_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3731 31. Mär 2023  command.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3160 31. Mär 2023  configfile.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 303104 31. Mär 2023  core.efi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4592 31. Mär 2023  cpio_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4592 31. Mär 2023  cpio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2480 31. Mär 2023  cpuid.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2032 31. Mär 2023  crc64.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  22928 31. Mär 2023  cryptodisk.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    936 31. Mär 2023  crypto.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7416 31. Mär 2023  crypto.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3848 31. Mär 2023  cs5536.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2528 31. Mär 2023  ctz_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2912 31. Mär 2023  datehook.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3104 31. Mär 2023  date.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2928 31. Mär 2023  datetime.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13952 31. Mär 2023  diskfilter.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3152 31. Mär 2023  disk.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1240 31. Mär 2023  div.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7808 31. Mär 2023  div_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2776 31. Mär 2023  dm_nv.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3048 31. Mär 2023  echo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2696 31. Mär 2023  efifwsetup.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12792 31. Mär 2023  efi_gop.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7216 31. Mär 2023  efinet.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3832 31. Mär 2023  efitextmode.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7032 31. Mär 2023  efi_uga.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  25824 31. Mär 2023  ehci.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8952 31. Mär 2023  elf.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2168 31. Mär 2023  eval.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9016 31. Mär 2023  exfat.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2048 31. Mär 2023  exfctest.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9392 31. Mär 2023  ext2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7808 31. Mär 2023  extcmd.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10976 31. Mär 2023  f2fs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9048 31. Mär 2023  fat.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  27400 31. Mär 2023  file.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2768 31. Mär 2023  fixvideo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  19920 31. Mär 2023  font.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4576 31. Mär 2023  fshelp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    219 31. Mär 2023  fs.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  46984 31. Mär 2023  functional_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2280 31. Mär 2023  gcry_arcfour.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9264 31. Mär 2023  gcry_blowfish.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  28176 31. Mär 2023  gcry_camellia.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  14712 31. Mär 2023  gcry_cast5.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11744 31. Mär 2023  gcry_crc.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16320 31. Mär 2023  gcry_des.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3288 31. Mär 2023  gcry_dsa.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3864 31. Mär 2023  gcry_idea.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4008 31. Mär 2023  gcry_md4.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4464 31. Mär 2023  gcry_md5.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3000 31. Mär 2023  gcry_rfc2268.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  20464 31. Mär 2023  gcry_rijndael.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7824 31. Mär 2023  gcry_rmd160.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3216 31. Mär 2023  gcry_rsa.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12504 31. Mär 2023  gcry_seed.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16344 31. Mär 2023  gcry_serpent.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8064 31. Mär 2023  gcry_sha1.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5104 31. Mär 2023  gcry_sha256.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5976 31. Mär 2023  gcry_sha512.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13152 31. Mär 2023  gcry_tiger.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  33664 31. Mär 2023  gcry_twofish.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  22720 31. Mär 2023  gcry_whirlpool.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8744 31. Mär 2023  geli.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8528 31. Mär 2023  gettext.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  64064 31. Mär 2023  gfxmenu.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4304 31. Mär 2023  gfxterm_background.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7616 31. Mär 2023  gfxterm_menu.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16752 31. Mär 2023  gfxterm.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5296 31. Mär 2023  gptsync.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 303104 31. Mär 2023  grub.efi
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12736 31. Mär 2023  gzio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7544 31. Mär 2023  halt.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8688 31. Mär 2023  hashsum.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10248 31. Mär 2023  hdparm.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1760 31. Mär 2023  hello.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4048 31. Mär 2023  help.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4392 31. Mär 2023  hexdump.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10696 31. Mär 2023  hfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4432 31. Mär 2023  hfspluscomp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  12816 31. Mär 2023  hfsplus.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9792 31. Mär 2023  http.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4240 31. Mär 2023  iorw.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  14568 31. Mär 2023  iso9660.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9336 31. Mär 2023  jfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10880 31. Mär 2023  jpeg.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5968 31. Mär 2023  json.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6408 31. Mär 2023  keylayouts.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2872 31. Mär 2023  keystatus.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11000 31. Mär 2023  ldm.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  46968 31. Mär 2023  legacycfg.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15816 31. Mär 2023  legacy_password_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8480 31. Mär 2023  linux16.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  19960 31. Mär 2023  linux.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4544 31. Mär 2023  loadbios.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9496 31. Mär 2023  loadenv.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4960 31. Mär 2023  loopback.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7008 31. Mär 2023  lsacpi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3688 31. Mär 2023  lsefimmap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5200 31. Mär 2023  lsefi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4544 31. Mär 2023  lsefisystab.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2832 31. Mär 2023  lsmmap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6488 31. Mär 2023  ls.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7120 31. Mär 2023  lspci.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3704 31. Mär 2023  lssal.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  21264 31. Mär 2023  luks2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6184 31. Mär 2023  luks.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13352 31. Mär 2023  lvm.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7352 31. Mär 2023  lzopio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4872 31. Mär 2023  macbless.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11512 31. Mär 2023  macho.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2880 31. Mär 2023  mdraid09_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2848 31. Mär 2023  mdraid09.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2624 31. Mär 2023  mdraid1x.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3104 31. Mär 2023  memdisk.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4200 31. Mär 2023  memrw.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5736 31. Mär 2023  minicmd.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6024 31. Mär 2023  minix2_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5920 31. Mär 2023  minix2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6056 31. Mär 2023  minix3_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5952 31. Mär 2023  minix3.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5896 31. Mär 2023  minix_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5800 31. Mär 2023  minix.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9952 31. Mär 2023  mmap.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5309 31. Mär 2023  moddep.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2511 31. Mär 2023  modinfo.sh
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3152 31. Mär 2023  morse.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  44056 31. Mär 2023  mpi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3592 31. Mär 2023  msdospart.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2312 31. Mär 2023  mul_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  25368 31. Mär 2023  multiboot2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  22192 31. Mär 2023  multiboot.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7208 31. Mär 2023  nativedisk.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  83616 31. Mär 2023  net.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4744 31. Mär 2023  newc.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  10432 31. Mär 2023  nilfs2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 186168 31. Mär 2023  normal.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5688 31. Mär 2023  ntfscomp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  16288 31. Mär 2023  ntfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4592 31. Mär 2023  odc.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2328 31. Mär 2023  offsetio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  15504 31. Mär 2023  ohci.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2208 31. Mär 2023  part_acorn.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2520 31. Mär 2023  part_amiga.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2888 31. Mär 2023  part_apple.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4064 31. Mär 2023  part_bsd.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2568 31. Mär 2023  part_dfly.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2096 31. Mär 2023  part_dvh.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3152 31. Mär 2023  part_gpt.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    111 31. Mär 2023  partmap.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2912 31. Mär 2023  part_msdos.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2416 31. Mär 2023  part_plan.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2160 31. Mär 2023  part_sun.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2616 31. Mär 2023  part_sunpc.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     17 31. Mär 2023  parttool.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7792 31. Mär 2023  parttool.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2928 31. Mär 2023  password.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   4936 31. Mär 2023  password_pbkdf2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7360 31. Mär 2023  pata.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2040 31. Mär 2023  pbkdf2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3352 31. Mär 2023  pbkdf2_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3424 31. Mär 2023  pcidump.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  19640 31. Mär 2023  pgp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11512 31. Mär 2023  plainmount.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3848 31. Mär 2023  play.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11096 31. Mär 2023  png.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2464 31. Mär 2023  priority_queue.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5864 31. Mär 2023  probe.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3744 31. Mär 2023  procfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3072 31. Mär 2023  progress.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2120 31. Mär 2023  raid5rec.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3576 31. Mär 2023  raid6rec.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3632 31. Mär 2023  random.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3008 31. Mär 2023  rdmsr.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2832 31. Mär 2023  read.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1520 31. Mär 2023  reboot.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  79392 31. Mär 2023  regexp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  14480 31. Mär 2023  reiserfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  27384 31. Mär 2023  relocator.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6056 31. Mär 2023  romfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7416 31. Mär 2023  scsi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5016 31. Mär 2023  search_fs_file.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5200 31. Mär 2023  search_fs_uuid.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5136 31. Mär 2023  search_label.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5576 31. Mär 2023  search.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  17728 31. Mär 2023  serial.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    912 31. Mär 2023  setjmp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2520 31. Mär 2023  setjmp_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8160 31. Mär 2023  setpci.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9208 31. Mär 2023  sfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2992 31. Mär 2023  shift_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8304 31. Mär 2023  signature_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3272 31. Mär 2023  sleep.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3008 31. Mär 2023  sleep_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8400 31. Mär 2023  smbios.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2968 31. Mär 2023  spkmodem.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11288 31. Mär 2023  squash4.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3160 31. Mär 2023  strtoull_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  30920 31. Mär 2023  syslinuxcfg.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5200 31. Mär 2023  tar.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    162 31. Mär 2023  terminal.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6584 31. Mär 2023  terminal.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  19248 31. Mär 2023  terminfo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1952 31. Mär 2023  test_blockarg.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3880 31. Mär 2023  testload.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7512 31. Mär 2023  test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3536 31. Mär 2023  testspeed.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7568 31. Mär 2023  tftp.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   6304 31. Mär 2023  tga.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2272 31. Mär 2023  time.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   7760 31. Mär 2023  tpm.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1936 31. Mär 2023  trig.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3672 31. Mär 2023  tr.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   1792 31. Mär 2023  true.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  13704 31. Mär 2023  udf.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8528 31. Mär 2023  ufs1_be.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8344 31. Mär 2023  ufs1.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8344 31. Mär 2023  ufs2.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9992 31. Mär 2023  uhci.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5816 31. Mär 2023  usb_keyboard.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  18744 31. Mär 2023  usb.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11416 31. Mär 2023  usbms.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2968 31. Mär 2023  usbserial_common.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3328 31. Mär 2023  usbserial_ftdi.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3656 31. Mär 2023  usbserial_pl2303.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2240 31. Mär 2023  usbserial_usbdebug.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5776 31. Mär 2023  usbtest.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8456 31. Mär 2023  video_bochs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8840 31. Mär 2023  video_cirrus.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   9920 31. Mär 2023  video_colors.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  28632 31. Mär 2023  video_fb.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5208 31. Mär 2023  videoinfo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root     41 31. Mär 2023  video.lst
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8856 31. Mär 2023  video.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3584 31. Mär 2023  videotest_checksum.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   5304 31. Mär 2023  videotest.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   2328 31. Mär 2023  wrmsr.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11192 31. Mär 2023  xfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  44664 31. Mär 2023  xnu.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3264 31. Mär 2023  xnu_uuid.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   3024 31. Mär 2023  xnu_uuid_test.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  20264 31. Mär 2023  xzio.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   8504 31. Mär 2023  zfscrypt.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11144 31. Mär 2023  zfsinfo.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  60664 31. Mär 2023  zfs.mod
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  79120 31. Mär 2023  zstd.mod

That doesn’t seem to be the case:

Sorry if I have been causing confusion.
I’m not in a live medium e.g. a manjaro*.iso with chroot
I’m in my installed Manjaro environment (booted into via usb-supergrub)
And all my output comes from my manjaro installed on sda3

@andreas85: no dualboot, no other linux
Thanks for the hint with maxi and the possibly missing grub files, I’ll check it out.

Just rebooted again, re-checked all UEFI setings on my motherboard (as @stephane suggested)
no change - end up in grub rescue.

Though whats strange: for the first time in days efibootmgr doesn’t give me ‘EFI variables are not supported on this system’ but output as expected.
No idea what changed.

I’ll spend some more time with further reading and investigating.
If I find anything interesting I’ll post again.

So far, thanks again to all posters!

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try to get USB iso manjaro, if possible by dd command or ventoy
on boot USB , you will see 2 entries , select < USB vendor name > < partition 1 > ( boot in UEFI )

redo a grub install from USb iso manjaro

inxi  -Mxa ( check for UEFI only )
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
manjaro-chroot -a
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=manjaro --recheck 
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg 
mkinitcpio -P
sync
exit 

Following @stefane 's last instruction reinstalling grub let my system boot properly again.
One more final THANKS to all who contributed here.

To sum up & retracing my steps

  1. Similar instructions in GRUB/Restore the GRUB Bootloader - Manjaro failed during my previous atemps always with
# grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=manjaro --recheck 
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
  1. The most likely culprit is the CSM setting
    Though every time when checked previously, it has been set to ‘disabled’
    On @Aragorn 's suspicion: I ‘enabled’ rebooted ‘disabled’ this option again.
    So the credit goes to @Aragorn for pointing it out again

Nevertheless the question remains how a UEFI setting can be sort of ‘unstable’.
As stated in my first post the system has been booting with those, same settings since 2017 and it has not been for years that I entered the UEFI as all.
Can this be a hint on failing of the motherboard?

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Final remark

After yesterdays grub repair (incl. several reboots) everything was fine.
Today I was back booting into ‘rescue mode’… :worried:
UEFI setting CSM was back to ‘enabled’ :thinking:

And now I have a good guess:
Hardware from 2017 = old buffer battery plus on shutdown I separate my system from electricity via a physical on/off switch on the plug socket. i.e. after I shutdown it’s completely off the power grid.

Seems that the buffer battery on the motherboard became too weak, hence some UEFI settings go back to default values after some time in total powerless state.
Explains also inconsistent UEFI settings - depending on the availability of power supply during reboots.

PS: a quick search shows that this problem seems to be known to occur with certain ASRock boards

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