GUI not starting with system

[Sivar]

Hi!
A recent system update unfortunately didn’t go so well, and in the process I discovered that Timeshift hadn’t been generating snapshots for quite a while, so I was left with a not quite working Linux and no idea where to start fixing it.

The main problem I’m having at the moment is that Manjaro boots up in text mode - I can log in and if I type the startx command the GUI starts up without a problem, it seems that apart from that the graphical interface works fine.

I’d be grateful for any hints as to what this behaviour might be due to (or how to check the cause), and how to get the system to boot straight into graphical mode.

[belyash]

Hi @Sivar, welcome to the forum!

Did you happen to delete orphaned packages after your latest update?

If so, please see my post(s) here:

Manjaro boots only to Terminal

Hi @Free-Neon, welcome to the forum. Looks like you removed a bit too much with your orphan-cleaning, orphan cleaning isn’t reccomended unless you know exeactly what you’re removing (or at least have a timeshift snapshot you can roll back to if something goes wrong ). Please see the post linked below – it should solve your issue. Basically you need to reinstall gdm which you likely removed as one of the orphans.

or if you want to jump straight to the solution:

Manjaro boots into tty1, graphics disabled

Did you happen to remove orphan packages after updating? If so, you may have accidentally removed gdm (GNOME Display Manager). If so, you can install it and restart the service from a TTY: sudo pacman -S gdm systemctl restart gdm

gdm which is needed was falsely orphaned the last update, and a few people now have run into this issue since they deleted orphans (which is not recommended, see first thread linked above).

[Sivar]

Thank you, yes, I did deleted orphaned packages Didn’t know that doing it may cause problems - it’s good to know for future.
Will test the solution right away

[Sivar]

And yes, that was it, thank you!
I’ve been cleaning orphaned packages for a while now, I wonder what else I may deleted by accident

[Hanzel]

@Sivar

I wonder what else I may deleted by accident

/var/log/pacman.log list what actions where taken when updating, lists installed, removed and upgrade packages (among other information). Finding removed gdm in the file, other removed packages should be around there to.