i consider myself somewhat of an arch newbie, so i really don’t know what’s causing it, i assumed it was grub, so i tried to install it from different usb, but it still didn’t work, (i even tried installing refind but it wasn’t the solution), so i’m rn booted a manjaro usb that i use as a “backup”, i “arch-chrooted” in from to “malfunctionning disk”, i don’t know if my words are comprehensible, sorry english in not my first language, what shall i do now?
Welcome to the forum! Please see the guidelines on asking for help.
It appears you never set a root password, which is why you cannot login at the screen (this is OK, you can still chroot). As the screen says, you need to provide us with your system’s information. In your chroot environment, run:
journalctl -xb
And provide us the output.
And, run:
inxi -Fazy
And post the output.
We can work with this information to try and troubleshoot your issue.
To clarify, you end up here when you try booting ever since you updated? When did you run this update?
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ah yes thank you, also i’m sorry my bad, i should’ve given you more context, anyways enough winning, here’s what i got:
so when i:
it gives me:
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: Command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC m>
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: Disabled fast string operations
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000000000-0x000000000008dfff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000008e000-0x000000000008efff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x000000000008f000-0x000000000008ffff] ACPI NVS
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000090000-0x000000000009ffff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000000a0000-0x00000000000bffff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000000100000-0x00000000bf671fff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf672000-0x00000000bf6eefff] ACPI NVS
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf6ef000-0x00000000bf6f3fff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf6f4000-0x00000000bf70efff] ACPI data
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf70f000-0x00000000bf734fff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf735000-0x00000000bf75efff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf75f000-0x00000000bf784fff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf785000-0x00000000bf7aefff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf7af000-0x00000000bf7ecfff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf7ed000-0x00000000bf7f0fff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf7f1000-0x00000000bf7f9fff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000bf7fa000-0x00000000bfffffff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000e00f8000-0x00000000e00f8fff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000fed1c000-0x00000000fed1ffff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x00000000ffec2000-0x00000000ffee5fff] reserved
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: BIOS-e820: [mem 0x0000000100000000-0x000000023fffffff] usable
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: NX (Execute Disable) protection: active
Jul 01 16:45:50 manjaro kernel: APIC: Static calls initialized
and when i
it gives me:
System:
Kernel: 6.6.25-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2314 quiet systemd.show_status=1
splash driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.11 tk: Qt v: 5.15.12 info: frameworks
v: 5.115.0 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Apple product: iMac11,2 v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 13 v: Mac-F2238AC8
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Apple model: Mac-F2238AC8 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: 99.0.0.0.0 date: 06/13/2019
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i3 540 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Westmere
gen: core 1 level: v2 built: 2010-11 process: Intel 32nm family: 6
model-id: 0x25 (37) stepping: 5 microcode: 0x7
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
L3: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1477 high: 1648 min/max: 1197/3059 scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1648 2: 1317 3: 1541
4: 1403 bogomips: 24480
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed status: Not affected
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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD RV730/M96-XT [Mobility Radeon HD 4670] vendor: Apple
driver: radeon v: kernel alternate: amdgpu arch: TeraScale
code: R6xx/RV6xx/RV7xx process: TSMC 55-65nm built: 2005-13 pcie: gen: 2
speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,VGA-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:9488 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Apple Built-in iSight driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8502
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.12 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.5
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: radeon unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: r600 gpu: radeon display-ID: :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: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: Apple Color LCD built: 2010
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 103 gamma: 1.2 size: 475x267mm (18.7x10.51")
diag: 545mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd r600 platforms: device: 0 drv: r600 device: 1
drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: r600 x11: drv: r600
inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: mesa v: 24.0.2-manjaro1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD RV730 (DRM 2.50.0 /
6.6.25-1-MANJARO LLVM 16.0.6) device-ID: 1002:9488 memory: 250 MiB
unified: no
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 5 Series/3400 Series High Definition Audio
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:3b56
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD RV710/730 HDMI Audio [Radeon HD 4000 series] vendor: Apple
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aa38 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.6.25-1-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: 1.0.3 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:1684 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros AR928X Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Apple AirPort Extreme driver: ath9k v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 168c:002a class-ID: 0280
IF: wls1 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Apple Built-in Bluetooth 2.0+EDR HCI driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 2-1.1.1:6
chip-ID: 05ac:8215 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.38 TiB used: 502.11 GiB (35.6%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500418AS
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: AP25 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST1000LM035-1RK172
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: HDD rpm: 5400
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 9203 scheme: GPT
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: A-Data model: USB Flash Drive
size: 14.47 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: 0.00
scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 58.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 1198
Info:
Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.75 GiB used: 5.56 GiB (71.7%)
Processes: 254 Power: uptime: 4h 31m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 3.07 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 255 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1218 libs: 336 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Compilers: clang: 16.0.6 gcc: 13.2.1 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
v: 5.2.26 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.33
now that i think about it, it maybe is related to bad vulkan driver installation, as i ran into another problem when i tried to install it, as i ran in this problem similarly when i try to sudo pacman -S any package it just gives me: Error connecting: Could not connect: No such file or directory error: command failed to execute correctly
(idk if it’s related tho)
also here’s when i mkinitcpio -p linux66
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux66.preset: 'default'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64 -g /boot/initramfs-6.6-x86_64.img
==> ERROR: '/lib/modules/6.6.32-1-MANJARO' is not a valid kernel module directory
==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux66.preset: 'fallback'
==> Using default configuration file: '/etc/mkinitcpio.conf'
-> -k /boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64 -g /boot/initramfs-6.6-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
==> ERROR: '/lib/modules/6.6.32-1-MANJARO' is not a valid kernel module directory
and to clarify
earlier this morning, or maybe late yesterday night if you’re from the north amarican time zone
hope i could help clerify some parts and also a hundred thanks for your will to help
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I asked when you updated because some users are having issues booting due to an update of systemd.
In the chroot environment, try editing /etc/default/grub. You will see a line GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=""
At the end of that line within the quotations, try adding:
SYSTEMD_CGROUP_ENABLE_LEGACY_FORCE=1 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0
Then run:
sudo grub-install && sudo update-grub
Then reboot and see if it works.
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sooo, i will try to make my responses a bit shorter, soo, i added that quote at the end of GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=“”, and i did run sudo grub-install, however it just prompted me this error message
sudo grub-install
Installing for x86_64-efi platform.
grub-install: error: cannot find EFI directory.
Are you running manjaro-chroot? If not, try that.
i wasn’t, but even with it’s the same error
Try running just sudo update-grub.
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prompts me:
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /vmlinuz-4.19-x86_64
Found initrd image: //initramfs-4.19-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: //initramfs-4.19-x86_64-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-6.6-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/initramfs-6.6-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-6.6-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
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc1. Check your device.map.
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"
done
Okay, I did my best to help from what I know, but I am not exactly sure what should be done next. From what it looks like, it doesn’t seem to be a major issue but I don’t want to give any bad advice 
. I think you should wait for someone more experienced to answer. You can look around in the forum and other sites in the meantime.
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thanks still for everything, hope i wasn’t too much of a nuisance, have a great day dear stranger
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Not at all! 
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