I have a fresh Manjaro Gnome install and I’m unable to boot into desktop without pressing CTRL + ALT + F3 and logging into terminal with creds. After I login, I still have to type x and it’ll launch into the desktop. The same thing happens if I log out. If I suspend though, everything works.
I was browsing the forums here and it looks like other people have this black screen on boot issue, so maybe it’s something that can easily be configured?
[optiplex990 webmaster]# inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
root=UUID=904b0cfc-c29a-4d3d-b80e-48cb7aa1d9b4 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor resume=UUID=b604743f-5f4b-46c1-b0d3-6ea8738d070a
udev.log_priority=3
Console: tty 0 wm: gnome-shell DM: GDM 3.36.3 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 990 v: 01 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 6 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 06D7TR v: A00 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A24
date: 07/02/2018
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Sandy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 2A (42) stepping: 7 microcode: 2F
L1 cache: 256 KiB L2 cache: 8192 KiB L3 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: avx lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 54300
Speed: 1639 MHz min/max: 1600/3800 MHz base/boost: 3400/4000 volts: 0.0 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1596 2: 1597 3: 1596 4: 1596
5: 1597 6: 1596 7: 1597 8: 1596
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
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: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM107 [GeForce GTX 750] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau
v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.0 chip ID: 10de:1381
Display: server: X.org 1.20.8 compositor: gnome-shell driver: nouveau
unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
resolution: <xdpyinfo missing>
OpenGL: renderer: NV117 v: 4.3 Mesa 20.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0
chip ID: 8086:1c20
Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1
chip ID: 10de:0fbc
Device-3: JMTek LLC. type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
bus ID: 2-1.2.3:6 chip ID: 0c76:161f
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.6-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e
v: 3.2.6-k port: 4040 bus ID: 00:19.0 chip ID: 8086:1502
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 344.68 GiB used: 7.60 GiB (2.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 111.79 GiB block size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> rev: 91.3
scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD2500AAKX-753CA1
size: 232.89 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 1H19 scheme: MBR
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: 4020
bus ID: 00:1f.2 chip ID: 8086.2822 rev: 04
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 94.63 GiB size: 92.65 GiB (97.90%) used: 7.60 GiB (8.2%)
fs: ext4 block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 17.15 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda2
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 33.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 25 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 271 Uptime: 33m Memory: 15.59 GiB used: 1.74 GiB (11.2%)
Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1132 lib: 305
flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.0.18 running in: gnome-terminal
inxi: 3.1.05
Perhaps this is an issue with GRUB. I noticed, for example, I could still see boot option for Windows 10 in GRUB menu (even though W10 is not installed). Maybe I can clean that up somehow and this will get fixed?
[optiplex990 webmaster]# lsblk -f
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINT
sda
├─sda1 ext4 1.0 904b0cfc-c29a-4d3d-b80e-48cb7aa1d9b4 80.3G 8% /
└─sda2 swap 1 b604743f-5f4b-46c1-b0d3-6ea8738d070a [SWAP]
sdb
├─sdb1 ntfs System Reserved B422804F2280190E
└─sdb2 ntfs Uncle Iroh EC2A0D132A0CDC88
p.s. - I had no issue like this booting into Live USB, and the install was flawless. I wiped my entire SSD and did a fresh setup (no extra partitions, windows or anything else). Also, I tested Manjaro KDE and everything was flawless but I like Gnome DE more, and that’s when this black screen thing happened.