Hello all,
Couple of days ago i noticed that whenever i would restart, GRUB screen with options would not show and instead would boot into default option. This is only happening after a restart. On cold boot after a shutdown, GRUB screen is shown as usual.
Fortunately for me, I happen to take Timeshift snapshots before every major update I do so I thought of restoring the most recent one to see if the issue persists. Lo and behold, the issue disappeared and GRUB screen would show even after a restart.
For context reference, here the output of inxi -zv8
System:
Kernel: 5.15.179-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
root=UUID=e57b3f5b-e08c-4760-ae88-e11a2597d36d ro quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.4 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.12.0
wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Micro-Star product: MS-7C92 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MPG B550I GAMING EDGE WIFI (MS-7C92) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.20 date: 08/07/2020
Battery:
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Anywhere 3 serial: <filter>
charge: 85% rechargeable: yes status: discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech K800 serial: <filter>
charge: 10% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: discharging
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.55 GiB used: 3.84 GiB (24.7%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 128 GiB note: check slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 64 GiB note: est.
Device-1: Channel-A DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
Device-2: Channel-B DIMM 0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous unbuffered
(unregistered) size: 8 GiB speed: 2133 MT/s volts: note: check curr: 1
min: 1 max: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64 manufacturer: Corsair
part-no: CMK16GX4M2B3200C16 serial: N/A
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 3600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 2 gen: 2
level: v3 note: check built: 2020-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
family: 0x17 (23) model-id: 0x71 (113) stepping: 0 microcode: 0x8701034
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
L3: 32 MiB desc: 2x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2904 min/max: 2200/4208 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2904 2: 2904 3: 2904
4: 2904 5: 2904 6: 2904 7: 2904 8: 2904 9: 2904 10: 2904 11: 2904 12: 2904
bogomips: 86440
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid
f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb ibs
irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe
msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae
pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb
pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a
rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca sme smep ssbd sse
sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean
vme vmmcall wbnoinvd wdt xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt
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: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT enabled with STIBP
protection
Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines; IBPB: conditional; STIBP:
always-on; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3060 Ti Lite Hash Rate]
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as
of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx
process: TSMC n7 (7nm) built: 2020-2023 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: none
off: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 2b:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2489
class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x2160 s-dpi: 79 s-size: 1235x686mm (48.62x27.01")
s-diag: 1413mm (55.62")
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-0 note: disabled model: Sony TV 30
serial: <filter> built: 2020 res: mode: 3840x2160 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 80 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.627 y: 0.341 green: x: 0.278 y: 0.596
blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.071 white: x: 0.282 y: 0.298
size: 1218x685mm (47.95x26.97") diag: 1397mm (55") ratio: 16:9
modes: 3840x2160, 4096x2160, 1920x1080, 1680x1050, 1600x900, 1280x1024,
1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 800x600, 720x576, 720x480, 640x480
EDID-Warnings: 1: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 117 2: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 118 3: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 97 4: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 96 5: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 101 6: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 102 7: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 93 8: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 94 9: parse_edid: unhandled CEA mode 95 10: parse_edid:
unhandled CEA mode 98
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 1 drv: nouveau device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nvidia
surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: nvidia inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: nvidia mesa v: 570.133.07
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Ti/PCIe/SSE2
memory: 7.81 GiB
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.309 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
GeForce RTX 3060 Ti driver: nvidia v: 570.133.07 device-ID: 10de:2489
surfaces: xcb,xlib
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 2b:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 2d:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX
driver: gspca_zc3xx,snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 046d:08d7 class-ID: 0102
API: ALSA v: k5.15.179-1-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: 1.4.1 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
status: active tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: active with:
1: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module
tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 29:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8125 2.5GbE vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169
v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 2a:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8125 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp42s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: mld, NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-9:4 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 3.64 TiB used: 506.9 GiB (13.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 500GB
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B2QGXA7 temp: 45.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:9 vendor: Samsung
model: SSD 970 EVO Plus 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 2B2QEXM7 temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST33000651AS
size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 4096 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0D0B scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 57.17 GiB size: 55.72 GiB (97.46%) used: 39.4 GiB (70.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A
uuid: e57b3f5b-e08c-4760-ae88-e11a2597d36d
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 99 MiB size: 95 MiB (95.96%)
used: 25.6 MiB (27.0%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
label: N/A uuid: EEEC-C5D6
ID-3: /home raw-size: 106.85 GiB size: 104.86 GiB (98.14%)
used: 49.83 GiB (47.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p8 maj-min: 259:8
label: N/A uuid: 41bf1e0a-9200-47a5-af59-e24b9a8543bb
ID-4: /media/Metal raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.38 GiB (98.20%)
used: 417.64 GiB (91.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:10
label: Music et al uuid: 298d4f64-ee4a-4f46-8a45-8bbb0149644f
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.79 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A
uuid: 763e3bc8-3a2d-441c-a4fc-d7dde3cff8f8
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 450 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
uuid: 60D4EC70D4EC49BC
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 291.91 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: AA8C063B8C060315
ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 512.5 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: 3A73-55BC
ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 2.73 TiB fs: ntfs
label: FreeAgent GoFlex Drive uuid: 20E8B9D4E8B9A884
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 10 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-5:2 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: keyboard,mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 98mA
chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Logitech QuickCam Communicate STX type: audio
driver: gspca_zc3xx,snd-usb-audio interfaces: 3 rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 046d:08d7 class-ID: 0102
Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0029 class-ID: e001
Device-4: 1-10:5 info: Micro Star MYSTIC LIGHT type: HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 500mA chip-ID: 1462:7c92 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1
speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-4:2 info: Seagate RSS LLC FreeAgent GoFlex Desk
type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 0bc2:50a1
class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.4 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1819 libs: 512 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
4: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
5: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
6: http://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
7: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
8: http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 353
1: cpu: 6.8% command: strawberry pid: 2549 mem: 380.7 MiB (2.3%)
2: cpu: 6.5% command: firefox pid: 2641 mem: 522.7 MiB (3.2%)
3: cpu: 4.7% command: konsole pid: 4230 mem: 136.8 MiB (0.8%)
4: cpu: 4.0% command: firefox pid: 2866 mem: 358.4 MiB (2.2%)
5: cpu: 2.7% command: Xorg pid: 1322 mem: 158.0 MiB (0.9%)
Memory top: 5 of 353
1: mem: 664.5 MiB (4.1%) command: plasmashell pid: 1673 cpu: 0.3%
2: mem: 522.7 MiB (3.2%) command: firefox pid: 2641 cpu: 6.5%
3: mem: 380.7 MiB (2.3%) command: strawberry pid: 2549 cpu: 6.8%
4: mem: 358.4 MiB (2.2%) command: firefox pid: 2866 cpu: 4.0%
5: mem: 259.3 MiB (1.6%) command: skypeforlinux pid: 2137 cpu: 0.3%
Info:
Processes: 353 Power: uptime: 49m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.21 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: clang: 19.1.7 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.2.37
running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.38
So, my question is two-fold:
- Is this behavior something that can be remedied and have GRUB screen appear after a restart?
- Failing the above
, how can i identify the offending update that’s causing this mess and avoid installing it altogether? Between my current state and the previous snapshot - where the issue is not reproduced - there are 680 updates! I can’t possibly go through them one-by-one in order to find which is the guilty one.
Any ideas?
Anything else i could try?