Hello,
I have installed Manjaro with KDE. Apparently the installation process has gone well. But when I reboot I get the GRUB 2.0 command line and it stays there.If I press the ALT key during the boot, the EFI Boot symbol appears and stays there. If I press it, the GRUB command line appears again.
All this means that I cannot start Manjaro.
Help!!!
Could you boot a Live Session, open a terminal and type manjaro-chroot -a and then type 1?
Then please post the results of the command here (as code with like me):
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test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
sudo parted -l
I think grub is not installed correctly. Sometimes it is needed to completely disable compatibility mode
with legacy BIOS in UEFI.
https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/GRUB/Restore_the_GRUB_Bootloader
Thanks
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hi Megavolt
First, a lot of thanks for your help.
1/
manjaro-chroot -a -->
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/nvme0n1p2]
ā> mount: [/mnt]
ā> mount: [mnt/boot/efi]
You see, no option for typing ā1ā.
2/
The other outputs of the commands you asked for I canāt send them because it tells me that I canāt include links in the post. I donāt understand anything.
Copy and paste it here (open a browser in the live session, please no pictures [why? because pictures are not suitable for searching]) like that:
- type ```
- Press enter
- Copy paste the code here
- Press enter
- type ```
And please not all at onceā¦ line by line please.
About links and pictures: You need to spend a bit time here for trustlevel 1. It is a discourse function to prevent spam and abuse: Understanding Discourse Trust Levels
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how to post links
ā[HowTo] post screenshots and linksā
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Inxi -Fazy
12System:
12Kernel 5.8.11-1-MANJARO x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler N/A
12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2011 quiet systemd.show_status=1
apparmor=1 security=apparmor
12Console N/A 12wm kwin_x11 12Distro Manjaro Linux
12Machine:
12Type Laptop 12System Apple 12product iMac18,3 12v 1.0 12serial <filter> 12Chassis
12type 9 12v Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 12serial <filter>
12Mobo Apple 12model Mac-BE088AF8C5EB4FA2 12v iMac18,3 12serial <filter> 12UEFI Apple
12v 178.0.0.0.0 12date 09/13/2019
12CPU:
12Topology Quad Core 12model Intel Core i7-7700K 12socket U3E1 12bits 64 12type MT MCP
12arch Kaby Lake 12family 6 12model-id 9E (158) 12stepping 9 12microcode D6
12L1 cache 256 KiB 12L2 cache 8192 KiB 12L3 cache 8192 KiB
12flags avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
12bogomips 67224
12Speed 800 MHz 12min/max 800/4500 MHz 12base/boost 4200/4200 12volts 1.2 V
12ext-clock 25 MHz 12Core speeds (MHz) 121 800 122 800 123 800 124 800 125 801 126 800 127 800
128 800
12Vulnerabilities 12Type itlb_multihit 12status KVM: VMX disabled
12Type l1tf
12mitigation PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
12Type mds 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
12Type meltdown 12mitigation PTI
12Type spec_store_bypass
12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
12Type spectre_v1
12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
12Type srbds 12mitigation Microcode
12Type tsx_async_abort 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
12Graphics:
12Device-1 AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
12vendor Apple 12driver amdgpu 12v kernel 12bus ID 01:00.0 12chip ID 1002:67df
12Device-2 Apple FaceTime HD Camera (Built-in) 12type USB 12driver uvcvideo
12bus ID 1-5:5 12chip ID 05ac:8511 12serial <filter>
12Display 12server X.org 1.20.9 12compositor kwin_x11 12driver amdgpu 12FAILED ati
12unloaded modesetting 12alternate fbdev,vesa
12Message Advanced graphics data unavailable for root.
12Audio:
12Device-1 Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio 12driver snd_hda_intel
12v kernel 12bus ID 00:1f.3 12chip ID 8086:a170
12Device-2 AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12bus ID 01:00.1 12chip ID 1002:aaf0
12Device-3 C-Media Audio Adapter (Unitek Y-247A) 12type USB
12driver hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 12bus ID 1-3.3.1:9 12chip ID 0d8c:0014
12Sound Server ALSA 12v k5.8.11-1-MANJARO
12Network:
12Device-1 Broadcom and subsidiaries BCM43602 802.11ac Wireless LAN SoC
12vendor Apple 12driver brcmfmac 12v kernel 12port 3000 12bus ID 03:00.0
12chip ID 14e4:43ba
12IF wlp3s0 12state down 12mac <filter>
12Device-2 Broadcom and subsidiaries NetXtreme BCM57766 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
12driver tg3 12v kernel 12port 3000 12bus ID 04:00.0 12chip ID 14e4:1686
12IF enp4s0f0 12state up 12speed 1000 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac <filter>
12Drives:
12Local Storage 12total 17.31 TiB 12used 39.15 GiB (0.2%)
12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1 12vendor Apple 12model SSD SM2048L 12size 1.82 TiB 12block size
12physical 4096 B 12logical 4096 B 12speed 31.6 Gb/s 12lanes 4 12serial <filter>
12rev CXS7CA0Q 12temp 32 Celsius C
12SMART yes 12health PASSED 12on 59d 0h 12cycles 8,611
12read-units 104,117,765 [53.3 TB] 12written-units 130,191,332 [66.6 TB]
12ID-2 /dev/sda 12type USB 12vendor Kingston 12model DataTraveler 3.0 12size 28.82 GiB
12block size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12serial <filter>
12SMART Message Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
12ID-3 /dev/sdb 12type USB 12vendor Western Digital 12model WD My Passport 259F
12drive model WD10JMVW-11AJGS4 12family Elements / My Passport (USB, AF)
12size 931.48 GiB 12block size 12physical 4096 B 12logical 512 B 12sata 3.0
12speed 3.0 Gb/s 12rotation 5400 rpm 12serial <filter> 12drive serial <filter>
12rev 1014 12drive rev 01.01A01 12temp 31 C
12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 2y 31d 21h 12cycles 1426
12ID-4 /dev/sdc 12type USB 12vendor Western Digital 12model WD My Book 25EE
12drive model WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 12family HGST Ultrastar He10 12size 7.28 TiB
12block size 12physical 4096 B 12logical 512 B 12sata 3.2 12speed 6.0 Gb/s
12rotation 5400 rpm 12serial <filter> 12drive serial <filter> 12rev 4009
12drive rev 83.H0A83 12temp 46 C
12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 9d 19h 12cycles 440
12ID-5 /dev/sdd 12type USB 12vendor Western Digital 12model WD My Book 25EE
12drive model WD80EZAZ-11TDBA0 12family HGST Ultrastar He10 12size 7.28 TiB
12block size 12physical 4096 B 12logical 512 B 12sata 3.2 12speed 6.0 Gb/s
12rotation 5400 rpm 12serial <filter> 12drive serial <filter> 12rev 4004
12drive rev 83.H0A83 12temp 44 C
12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 94d 17h 12cycles 16847
12Partition:
12ID-1 / 12raw size 1.75 TiB 12size 1.72 TiB (98.37%) 12used 38.94 GiB (2.2%)
12fs ext4 12block size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p2
12Swap:
12Alert No Swap data was found.
12Sensors:
12System Temperatures 12cpu 45.0 C 12mobo N/A 12gpu amdgpu 12temp 49 C
12Fan Speeds (RPM) N/A
12Info:
12Processes 287 12Uptime 1h 12m 12Memory 62.72 GiB 12used 2.35 GiB (3.8%)
12Init systemd 12v 246 12Compilers 12gcc 10.2.0 12Packages 1555 12pacman 1552 12lib 339
12flatpak 3 12Client Unknown Client: systemd 12inxi 3.1.05
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[manjaro /]# test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
efi
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[manjaro /]# sudo parted -l
Model: Kingston DataTraveler 3.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 30.9GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 3112MB 3116MB 4194kB primary esp
Model: WD My Passport 259F (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 20.5kB 210MB 210MB fat32 EFI System Partition boot, esp
2 210MB 1000GB 1000GB ext4 Archivos
Model: WD My Book 25EE (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 8002GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 8002GB 8002GB ext4 Peliculas
Model: WD My Book 25EE (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 8002GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 8002GB 8002GB ext4 Varios
Model: APPLE SSD SM2048L (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 2001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 4096B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 2097kB 317MB 315MB fat32 boot, esp
2 317MB 1927GB 1927GB ext4
3 1927GB 2001GB 74.1GB linux-swap(v1) swap
So you have not mention that you system is a iMac. There you need to do extra steps because of the UEFI as i knowā¦ but i have never used a Mac, so can just research it.
Here is a little guide what could help:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/IMac_Aluminum
This might be the same issue:
The wiki you recommend is about sound.
On the other hand, the computer is an iMac, but I donāt have a Mac installed. I deleted it when I installed Linux Mint and now I wanted to try with Manjaro (and I deleted Linux Mint too). At the moment I only have Manjaro installed, but it wonāt start.
Nope. Read moreā¦
Quote:
rEFIt Re-sync
When partitioning is finished you must restart the iMac & re-sync your partitions with rEFIt, which is quick & easy: You choose to start the partitioning tool in the rEFIt boot-menu & follow the very simple instructions there. rEFIt may prefer to have partitions in numerical order on the drive, i.e. sda1, sda2, sda3, sda4, sda5, sda6 ā¦ & not shuffled. This is unconfirmed, any feedback on the subject will be appreciated.
Then reboot & hold down the C key, or wait as I do for the rEFIt boot-menu to appear & choose to boot the Arch install CD.
This is not necessary when booting through EFI.
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I do not understand anything about the rEFit Re-sync quote (I am not a computer scientist).
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If I start the computer normally, I get the grub 2.04 command line (where I donāt know what to do).
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If I start pressing the C key, nothing happens and after a while the grub command line appears again.
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If I start pressing the ALT key, a single EFI boot symbol appears and if I click on it, the grub command line appears again.
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If I boot with the Manjaro installation pendrive in a USB port and press the ALT key, I get two EFI boot symbols. If I select the second one, I get a menu with several options: tz, keytable, lang, driver, Boot: Manjaro.x86_64 kde (which I guess is the pendrive) and a last option ādetect EFI Boot loadersā. If I select this last option, I get the following:
(hd3.gpt1)/efi/ubuntu/shimx64.efi
(hd3.gpt1)/efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
(hd3.gpt1)/efi/Boot/bootx64.efi
(hd3.gpt1)/efi/Boot/grubx64.efi
(hd5.gpt1)/efi/Manjaro/grubx64.efi
/hd5.gpt1)/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
If I click on (hd5.gpt1)/efi/Manjaro/grubx64.efi, Manjaro starts correctly. But obviously, it is not acceptable that you have to follow this tedious process every time you start the computer. The other options I have not selected because I am afraid.
After reading a lot, i came to the conclusion that using the native uefi bootloader is the common way of booting a Linux on Mac, without the grub bootloader.
But here are some links:
That is a method to use the EFI directly (bootloader):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/EFISTUB
That is a boot manager for EFISTUB:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/REFInd
This is a tutorial for the bootloader (Mac):
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/User:Elinux/MacBook_Pro_12,1#Bootloader
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Mac#Using_the_native_Apple_bootloader_with_GRUB
Does ubuntu have secure boot enabled?
(Manjaro does not support that by default, there are extra steps needed)
I doubt that the problem is related to iMac. Before trying to install Manjaro, I installed Linux Mint and Kubuntu, and they worked fine for me. As you said at the beginning, I think it is more a Grub problem.
Please, I need your help.
is it an external disk ?
No. I summarize the problem
Manjaro does not start. When I turn on the computer, it stops at the Grub command line.
The only way I can start it is:
- by plugging the installation pendrive into a usb port
- When starting the computer, press the ALT key
- Choose one of the two EFI BOOT symbols that appear to me (there is no typical hard drive symbol)
- On the āWelcome to Manjaroā screen, where we have the UTC settings, keytable, language, driver, boot=Manjaro.x86_64.xfce which is the pendrive, and "Detect EFI Bootloaders, which is the option I choose.
- I get a list:
- (hd2,gpt1)/efi/ubuntu/shimx.efi
- (hd2,gpt1)/efi/ubuntu/grubx64.efi
- (hd2,gpt1)/efi/Boot/Bootx64.efi
- (hd2,gpt1)/efi/Boot/grubx64.efi
- (hd5,gpt1)/efi/Manjaro/grubx64.efi
- (hd5,gpt1)/efi/boot/bootx64.efi
I choose Manjaroās (I think the last one is also valid) and so I start Manjaro.
Obviously, this procedure is not acceptable.
I need help.
Thank you.
this procedure is acceptable ,
my macpro2008 show disk EFI on boot with Alt , then i can select Disk with linux.
the disk has been formatted GPT by apple tools then installed grub after. ( required 200Mo or 300Mo )