Long time Manjaro user here. I have the system listed below that refuses to boot with the specified kernel above. Kernel 5.10 series and earlier versions boot as expected. When tried to boot with kernel 5.15.72-1 or any 5.15 version, boot process displays the initial message that reads something like “Starting version…” and everything freezes there. I cannot even get a tty after several minutes of waiting. I tried to do a web search about this but could not come across any similar problem reported before. Any pointers will be greatly appreciated. I am more than happy to provide additional information as needed.
boot with the 5.15 kernel, then boot back with the 5.10 kernel and provide logs from the 5.15 boot with: journalctl -b-1 -p4 --no-pager
also you can try booting with the 5.19 kernel - not the rt one
Thanks for the guidance. Please see below for the output.
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details.
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: TAA CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.html for more details.
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: MMIO Stale Data CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_stale_data.html for more details.
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pci_bus 0000:ff: Unknown NUMA node; performance will be reduced
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pci_bus 0000:7f: Unknown NUMA node; performance will be reduced
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pmd_set_huge: Cannot satisfy [mem 0xc1000000-0xc1200000] with a huge-page mapping due to MTRR override.
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: ata4.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: ata4.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: ata7.00: ATA Identify Device Log not supported
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: ata7.00: ATA Identify Device Log not supported
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: power_meter ACPI000D:00: Ignoring unsafe software power cap!
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: power_meter ACPI000D:00: hwmon_device_register() is deprecated. Please convert the driver to use hwmon_device_register_with_info().
Oct 14 18:27:52 hostname kernel: i2c i2c-0: Systems with more than 4 memory slots not supported yet, not instantiating SPD
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname systemd-udevd[713]: event4: Failed to call EVIOCSKEYCODE with scan code 0x7c, and key code 190: Invalid argument
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname systemd-udevd[641]: controlC1: Process '/usr/bin/alsactl restore 1' failed with exit code 2.
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname systemd-udevd[701]: controlC0: Process '/usr/bin/alsactl restore 0' failed with exit code 2.
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname systemd-udevd[714]: could not read from '/sys/module/acpi_cpufreq/initstate': No such device
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname kernel:
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 515.76 Mon Sep 12 19:21:56 UTC 2022
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname systemd-udevd[670]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 255'' failed with exit code 1.
Oct 14 18:27:53 hostname systemd-udevd[713]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c 'for i in $(cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/information | grep Minor | cut -d \ -f 4); do /usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidia${i} c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) ${i}; done'' failed with exit code 1.
I didn’t have a chance to try booting with the 5.19 kernel yet. Hoping to be able to do that by tomorrow.
Following is the message obtained after booting with kernel 6.0.2-2 fails:
Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19↲
1 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details.↲
2 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: TAA CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.html for mor e details.↲
3 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: MMIO Stale Data CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_s tale_data.html for more details.↲
4 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29↲
5 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'↲
6 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pci_bus 0000:ff: Unknown NUMA node; performance will be reduced↲
7 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pci_bus 0000:7f: Unknown NUMA node; performance will be reduced↲
8 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pmd_set_huge: Cannot satisfy [mem 0xc1000000-0xc1200000] with a huge-page mapping due to MTRR override.↲
9 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: ata4.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible↲
10 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: ata4.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible↲
11 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp↲
12 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
13 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
14 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
15 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
16 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
17 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
18 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: power_meter ACPI000D:00: Ignoring unsafe software power cap!↲
19 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: power_meter ACPI000D:00: hwmon_device_register() is deprecated. Please convert the driver to use hwmon_device_register_with_info().↲
20 Oct 18 19:13:08 hostname kernel: i2c i2c-0: Systems with more than 4 memory slots not supported yet, not instantiating SPD↲
21 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname kernel: asus_wmi: fan_curve_get_factory_default (0x00110024) failed: -61↲
22 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname kernel: asus_wmi: fan_curve_get_factory_default (0x00110025) failed: -61↲
23 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname systemd-udevd[681]: event11: Failed to call EVIOCSKEYCODE with scan code 0x7c, and key code 190: Invalid argument↲
24 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname systemd-udevd[701]: controlC1: Process '/usr/bin/alsactl restore 1' failed with exit code 2.↲
25 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname systemd-udevd[686]: controlC0: Process '/usr/bin/alsactl restore 0' failed with exit code 2.↲
26 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.↲
27 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.↲
28 Oct 18 19:13:09 hostname kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint↲
29 Oct 18 19:13:10 hostname kernel: ↲
30 Oct 18 19:13:10 hostname kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 520.56.06 Thu Oct 6 21:38:55 UTC 2022↲
31 Oct 18 19:13:10 hostname systemd-udevd[695]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 255'' failed with exit code 1.↲
32 Oct 18 19:13:10 hostname systemd-udevd[655]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c 'for i in $(cat /proc/driver/nvidia/gpus/*/information | grep Minor | cut -d \ -f 4); do /usr/bi n/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidia${i} c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) ${i}; done'' failed with exit code 1.↲
Looks very similar to the failure log with kernel 5.15.72-1 to me.
And following is the journal log after booting with kernel 5.19.16-2 fails:
Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: #11 #12 #13 #14 #15 #16 #17 #18 #19↲
1 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details.↲
2 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: TAA CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/tsx_async_abort.html for mor e details.↲
3 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: MMIO Stale Data CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/processor_mmio_s tale_data.html for more details.↲
4 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: #21 #22 #23 #24 #25 #26 #27 #28 #29↲
5 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'↲
6 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pci_bus 0000:ff: Unknown NUMA node; performance will be reduced↲
7 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pci_bus 0000:7f: Unknown NUMA node; performance will be reduced↲
8 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pmd_set_huge: Cannot satisfy [mem 0xc1000000-0xc1200000] with a huge-page mapping due to MTRR override.↲
9 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: ata4.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible↲
10 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: ata4.00: supports DRM functions and may not be fully accessible↲
11 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp↲
12 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
13 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
14 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
15 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
16 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
17 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: pstore: crypto_comp_decompress failed, ret = -22!↲
18 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: power_meter ACPI000D:00: Ignoring unsafe software power cap!↲
19 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: power_meter ACPI000D:00: hwmon_device_register() is deprecated. Please convert the driver to use hwmon_device_register_with_info().↲
20 Oct 18 19:29:16 hostname kernel: i2c i2c-0: Systems with more than 4 memory slots not supported yet, not instantiating SPD↲
21 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname systemd-udevd[598]: controlC1: Process '/usr/bin/alsactl restore 1' failed with exit code 2.↲
22 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname kernel: asus_wmi: fan_curve_get_factory_default (0x00110024) failed: -61↲
23 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname kernel: asus_wmi: fan_curve_get_factory_default (0x00110025) failed: -61↲
24 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname systemd-udevd[688]: event11: Failed to call EVIOCSKEYCODE with scan code 0x7c, and key code 190: Invalid argument↲
25 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname systemd-udevd[575]: controlC0: Process '/usr/bin/alsactl restore 0' failed with exit code 2.↲
26 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.↲
27 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.↲
28 Oct 18 19:29:17 hostname kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint↲
29 Oct 18 19:29:18 hostname kernel: ↲
I am currently stuck with kernel 5.10 series, which work quite well and as expected. It is not a problem right now but will become once this kernel series retires. Thank you so much for helping me identify the cause.
why do you have added this parameter:
do you need it?
also add another kernel parameter: ibt=off
save grub, update grub, reboot and test if it helped
if it doesnt work provide logs from this: journalctl -b-1 -p5 --no-pager
and where do you get stuck? on the dev… clean display?
can you enter into tty on the stuck screen: ctrl+alt+f2 - or f1-f6 keys, enter your username/password and type: startx - if it doesnt work take a pic of the screen, and also it will provide a log usually saved in your home folder: home/.local/share/xorg
provide output also from: mhwd -l && mhwd -li ls /etc/modprobe.d find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf" ls /etc/udev/rules.d/ ls /usr/lib/udev/rules.d/*nvidia* pamac list -qm
I don’t need it anymore, so I removed it as recommended.
Unfortunately, it did not help.
Interestingly this is what I got this time. I wonder if it has anything to do with what happened. After issuing the sudo reboot command, it took a long time for the system to reboot, so I manually power cycled it. Once the system recovered, I tried booting into kernel 5-15, which failed again, followed by rebooting to 5.10 before issuing the command above with the following output:
Journal file /var/log/journal/e6439e661a9f456ca18c3f9edb0ca8c5/system@0005eb816d8cead1-f159dd3353c999b9.journal~ is truncated, ignoring file.
-- No entries --
The system freezes shortly after the following message is displayed. I get no tty, no login prompt of any kind. ctrl+alt+fn combinations do nothing.
starting version 251.5-1-manjaro
> 0000:03:00.0 (0300:10de:1bb1) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-nvidia 2021.11.04 false PCI
video-nvidia-470xx 2021.11.04 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 2021.11.26 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:09:00.0 (0300:1a03:2000) Display controller ASPEED Technology Inc.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-nvidia 2021.11.04 false PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
also python2 was dropped, so if you are not using it you can remove it…
reinstall the 515 kernel and its modules, by uninstalling them and installing them back again…
also install the 5.19 kernel - not the rt one;
reboot and try again with both, if you get stuck, provide logs from the stuck boot: journalctl -b-1 -p5 --no-pager
$journalctl -b-1 --no-pager | tail -30 # for kernel 519
Oct 22 14:14:52 hostname mtp-probe[1053]: checking bus 3, device 2: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-3"↲
Oct 22 14:14:52 hostname mtp-probe[1052]: bus: 3, device: 6 was not an MTP device↲
Oct 22 14:14:52 hostname mtp-probe[1053]: bus: 3, device: 2 was not an MTP device↲
Oct 22 14:14:52 hostname kernel: nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.↲
Oct 22 14:14:52 hostname kernel: nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.↲
Oct 22 14:14:52 hostname kernel: Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint↲
Oct 22 14:14:52 hostname kernel: nvidia: module verification failed: signature and/or required key missing - tainting kernel↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 236↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: ↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: nvidia 0000:03:00.0: vgaarb: changed VGA decodes: olddecodes=io+mem,decodes=none:owns=io+mem↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: input: ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone XTD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-14/3-14:1.0/0003:1E7D:2E22.0002/input/input20↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: koneplus 0003:1E7D:2E22.0002: input,hiddev97,hidraw1: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone XTD] on usb-0000:00:14.0-14/input0↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: input: ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone XTD as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-14/3-14:1.1/0003:1E7D:2E22.0003/input/input21↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: koneplus 0003:1E7D:2E22.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [ROCCAT ROCCAT Kone XTD] on usb-0000:00:14.0-14/input1↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module 520.56.06 Thu Oct 6 21:38:55 UTC 2022↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd-udevd[597]: nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 255'' failed with exit code 1.↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd-modules-load[548]: Inserted module 'nvidia'↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname mtp-probe[1175]: checking bus 3, device 6: "/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.0/usb3/3-14"↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname mtp-probe[1175]: bus: 3, device: 6 was not an MTP device↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname kernel: mousedev: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Mounted /var.↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Listening on Load/Save RF Kill Switch Status /dev/rfkill Watch.↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Virtual Machine and Container Storage (Compatibility) was skipped because of a failed condition check (ConditionPathExists=/var/lib/machines.raw).↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Reached target Local File Systems.↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Starting Rebuild Dynamic Linker Cache...↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Set Up Additional Binary Formats was skipped because all trigger condition checks failed.↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Starting Flush Journal to Persistent Storage...↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd[1]: Starting Load/Save Random Seed...↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd-journald[547]: Time spent on flushing to /var/log/journal/e6439e661a9f456ca18c3f9edb0ca8c5 is 481.909ms for 1476 entries.↲
Oct 22 14:14:53 hostname systemd-journald[547]: System Journal (/var/log/journal/e6439e661a9f456ca18c3f9edb0ca8c5) is 48.0M, max 4.0G, 3.9G free.
damn have no idea, the last normal logs are from cleaning journal …
and this:
nvidia: Process '/usr/bin/bash -c '/usr/bin/mknod -Z -m 666 /dev/nvidiactl c $(grep nvidia-frontend /proc/devices | cut -d \ -f 1) 255'' failed with exit code
is just a warning, and its not responsible for the freezes…
you can try booting into latest manjaro iso, which ships with the 5.15 kernel, to see if it is affected too…
Thank you for still trying to help me. I will try to live boot with the latest manjaro iso when I get a chance; I am sure it will work. In the meantime see below for my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES=(piix ide_disk reiserfs)
MODULES="crc32c-intel vfio_pci vfio vfio_iommu_type1 vfio_virqfd"
# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image. This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=()
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way. This is useful for config files.
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
## This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
## No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS=(base)
#
## This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
## work as a sane default
# HOOKS=(base udev autodetect block filesystems)
#
## This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
## No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS=(base udev block filesystems)
#
## This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
## Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS=(base udev block mdadm encrypt filesystems)
#
## This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS=(base udev block lvm2 filesystems)
#
## NOTE: If you have /usr on a separate partition, you MUST include the
# usr, fsck and shutdown hooks.
HOOKS="base udev autodetect modconf block keyboard keymap resume filesystems"
# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. By default, gzip compression
# is used. Use 'cat' to create an uncompressed image.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
#COMPRESSION="lz4"
# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=()
Edit: Noticing the vfio_iommu_type1 module above, I removed it and uninstalled/reinstalled kernel 515 with still no joy.
How much I wanted this to work but it did not. Unfortunately there was no change in behavior. Once kernel 510 loses support, I would probably have to re-install the whole system from scratch and hope that it actually works. In the meantime, I will try rebooting with a live manjaro-kde iso (kernel 515) and see how that one behaves.
Thank you for spending time to troubleshoot with me. This topic remains unsolved.