Background
While updating my Manjaro-KDE installation, the battery died (it was unplugged). After plugging in, I attempted to boot the device, but have been unable to fully boot.
Dilemma
During boot, I am unable to get to a splash screen for my installation or arrive at any login prompt. Instead, I am only able to progress to a command screen that states the following:
error: file '/boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64.img' not found.
Press any key to continue...
Pressing any key or waiting will eventually lead to the device’s manufacturer boot screen (Dell Logo) and is unresponsive to any further input.
This is my personal laptop. Hoping that there’s something I can do that will allow me to successfully boot into my installation again.
Luckily, I have the following details from previous troubleshooting:
$ inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host
System: Kernel: 5.4.64-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64 root=UUID=9fe73c41-0e8b-469c-9e83-5f137ea0bd44 rw quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=94e1781d-ac46-4d26-987a-d04445f1116f:luks-94e1781d-ac46-4d26-987a-d04445f1116f
root=/dev/mapper/luks-94e1781d-ac46-4d26-987a-d04445f1116f
resume=/dev/mapper/luks-94e1781d-ac46-4d26-987a-d04445f1116f
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.19.5 tk: Qt 5.15.0 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Dell product: XPS 13 9360 v: N/A serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 9 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0TPN17 v: A00 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 2.12.0 date: 05/26/2019
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 51.4 Wh condition: 51.4/60.0 Wh (86%) volts: 8.6/7.6 model: SMP DELL TP1GT61 type: Li-poly
serial: <filter> status: Full
Memory: RAM: total: 7.38 GiB used: 1.78 GiB (24.1%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU: Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-8550U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 8E (142)
stepping: A (10) microcode: D6 L2 cache: 8192 KiB bogomips: 32012
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 400/4000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 779 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 786 6: 800 7: 767 8: 799
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c
flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt
invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe
pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap
smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx
vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
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 mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel UHD Graphics 620 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 chip ID: 8086:5917
Device-2: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-5:5 chip ID: 0bda:568b serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.8 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: intel unloaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa
display ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: eDP1 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 168 size: 290x170mm (11.4x6.7") diag: 336mm (13.2")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 620 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 20.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel Sunrise Point-LP HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl
bus ID: 00:1f.3 chip ID: 8086:9d71
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.64-1-MANJARO
Network: Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel port: f040 bus ID: 3a:00.0 chip ID: 8086:2526
IF: wlp58s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-3:3 chip ID: 8087:0025
IF-ID-1: proton0 state: unknown speed: 10 Mbps duplex: full mac: N/A
IP v4: <filter> scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> virtual: stable-privacy scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 166.94 GiB (70.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Micron model: PC300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB size: 238.47 GiB block size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: 20005A00 scheme: GPT
Message: No Optical or Floppy data was found.
RAID: Message: No RAID data was found.
Partition: ID-1: / raw size: 229.37 GiB size: 224.77 GiB (97.99%) used: 166.94 GiB (74.3%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 label: N/A
uuid: 9fe73c41-0e8b-469c-9e83-5f137ea0bd44
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 300.0 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 440 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
label: N/A uuid: D16D-AF8F
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.80 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2 dev: /dev/dm-1 label: N/A
uuid: 9d869365-1fa1-4db3-963e-6bc3d22516d9
Unmounted: ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 size: 229.37 GiB fs: crypto_luks label: N/A uuid: 94e1781d-ac46-4d26-987a-d04445f1116f
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 size: 8.80 GiB fs: crypto_luks label: N/A uuid: a5462c71-179f-4071-8f86-5926364e4f4a
USB: Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 12 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 1-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB2742 ports: 2 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0424:2742
Device-1: 1-1.2:4 info: Validity Sensors VFS7552 Touch Fingerprint Sensor type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 138a:0091 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-3:3 info: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 8087:0025
Device-3: 1-5:5 info: Realtek Integrated_Webcam_HD type: Video driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip ID: 0bda:568b serial: <filter>
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip ID: 1d6b:0003
Hub: 2-1:2 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) USB5742 ports: 2 rev: 3.1 speed: 5 Gb/s chip ID: 0424:5742
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 310 Uptime: 11h 32m Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 clang: 10.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1399
lib: 331 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running in: yakuake inxi: 3.1.05
So far, the only fix I’ve attempted to do was replace quiet
with systemd.unit=multi-user.target
on the line beginning with “linux” in the GRUB editor from the Manjaro GRUB menu, but pressing F10 (or Ctrl-x) doesn’t follow with a successful boot.
I also have a Live USB of Manjaro Architect (5.4 kernel) that I can boot into if that might assist any repair (aside from a full re-installation).