After the last update, the screen starts flashing and never starts again. Only using a snapshot.
I can’t change to open source driver in Manjaro settings and I install a different kernel but it doesn’t appear in grub
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Snapshot? Are you using it in a Virtual machine?
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I’m using BRFS. I use a snapshot to boot in, but after a reboot without any updates, the screen keeps blinking and the system never boots.
Can you change to another tty (ctrl+alt+F3)? If so get the journal:
journalctl -p3 -b
Also, try to update grub before restarting the system:
sudo mkinitcpio -P
sudo update-grub
[edit] If you’re using grub, of course…
I installed a new Manjaro Xfce system with open source drivers and after updates the same thing happened. Strange!
Which exact version of Manjaro did you install? Pushed updated ISOs which includes the current update. Maybe try to boot these.
manjaro xfce 25.0.7-250812
After installing kernel 6.6 LTS and updating grub, when restarting grub in advanced options it only allows you to choose 6.12 LTS.
O resultado de `journalctl -p3 -b` -
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: DMAR: [Firmware Bug]: No firmware reserved region can cover this RMRR [0x000000008d800000-0x000000008fffffff], contact BIOS vendor for fixes
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: usb 1-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: usb 1-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: usb 1-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: usb 1-7: device descriptor read/64, error -71
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 6013d4 [ PRIVRING ]
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: usb 1-7: device not accepting address 7, error -71
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: usb 1-7: device not accepting address 8, error -71
set 03 10:02:11 fo-satellitel50c kernel: usb usb1-port7: unable to enumerate USB device
set 03 10:02:20 fo-satellitel50c kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 6013d4 [ PRIVRING ]
set 03 10:02:26 fo-satellitel50c lightdm[910]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
set 03 10:02:36 fo-satellitel50c kernel: nouveau 0000:09:00.0: bus: MMIO read of 00000000 FAULT at 6013d4 [ PRIVRING ]
I will do now a simple system update from the XFCE 25.0.7 ISO in a VM. You can try to boot one of the 25.0.8 ISOs on your system, to see if you get a graphical interface.
I boot one of the 25.0.8 ISOs (Full) and I get the problem.
OK, so the 25.0.8 ISO is unbootable for your system and as soon as you update from 25.0.7 to the 25.0.8 you get your system also unbootable.
Now we have to figure out what the regression might be.
First provide the output of inxi -zv8c0 so we know with which hardware we are dealing with.
You can try to use the 25.1.x series of Mesa via this repo. Simply place it on top of [extra] in your /etc/pacman.conf file and use sudo pacman -Syuu to downgrade.
[mesa-251]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Server = https://download.manjaro.org/pkgs/mesa
You can also reinstall 25.0.7 add the mesa repo and upgrade to see if that change makes your system bootable again. If you already have 25.0.8 update applied you can go to the bootloader by pressing ESC key and select the bootloader entry. Press CTRL+E for edit and search for the words quiet and splash. Delete those and add 3 to the line. Then execute CTRL+x to start your session. You will land in a text console TTY. Login with your user.
Edit the /etc/pacman.conf with nano: sudo nano /etc/pacman.conf. Perform the downgrade and reboot.
Sending the output of inxi -zv8c0 -
System:
Kernel: 6.12.41-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-09-03_08-43-55/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.12-x86_64
root=UUID=75189557-88c6-47aa-ac94-8f52dffb0942 quiet splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
rootflags=defaults,compress=zstd:1,subvol=timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2025-09-03_08-43-55/@
Desktop: Xfce v: 4.20.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.48 wm: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
with: xfce4-panel tools: xfce4-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: TOSHIBA product: SATELLITE L50-C v: PSKWSE-01D00DEP
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: FF50 model: 06F2 v: Type2 - Board Version
serial: <superuser required> part-nu: PSKWSE uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: INSYDE v: 5.30 date: 03/25/2016
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.53 GiB used: 2.52 GiB (16.2%)
Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
Array-1: capacity: 16 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 8 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Kingston part-no: 99U5428-101.A00LF serial: <filter>
Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Kingston part-no: 99U5428-101.A00LF serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-5200U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Broadwell
gen: core 5 level: v3 note: check built: 2015-18 process: Intel 14nm
family: 6 model-id: 0x3D (61) stepping: 4 microcode: 0x2F
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 2 cores: 2 threads: 4 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB
desc: 2x256 KiB L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2196 min/max: 500/2700 scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq
governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2196 2: 2196 3: 2196 4: 2196 bogomips: 17566
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon
avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush 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 ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm
lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe 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 xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: indirect_target_selection status: Not affected
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: 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; BHI: Not
affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsa status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 5500 vendor: Toshiba driver: i915 v: kernel
arch: Gen-8 process: Intel 14nm built: 2014-15 ports: active: HDMI-A-1,eDP-1
empty: none bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:1616 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 930M] vendor: Toshiba driver: nouveau
v: kernel non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04;
EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm
built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1346 class-ID: 0302
Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.20.0
driver: X: loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: iris,nouveau
gpu: i915 display-ID: :0.0 note: <missing: xdpyinfo/xrandr>
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: Samsung SyncMaster serial: <filter> built: 2007
res: 1280x1024 dpi: 86 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.635 y: 0.353 green:
x: 0.302 y: 0.580 blue: x: 0.141 y: 0.102 white: x: 0.310 y: 0.329
size: 376x301mm (14.8x11.85") diag: 482mm (19") ratio: 5:4
modes: 1280x1024, 1920x1080, 1152x864, 1280x720, 1024x768, 832x624,
800x600, 720x480, 640x480, 720x400
Monitor-2: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x0456 built: 2014 res: 1366x768
dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.580 y: 0.345 green: x: 0.337 y: 0.573
blue: x: 0.157 y: 0.118 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
modes: 1366x768
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia nouveau platforms:
device: 0 drv: nouveau device: 1 drv: iris device: 2 drv: swrast gbm:
drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.1.7-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 5500 (BDW
GT2) device-ID: 8086:1616 memory: 15.17 GiB unified: yes
Info: Tools: api: eglinfo,glxinfo de: xfce4-display-settings x11: xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Broadwell-U Audio vendor: Toshiba driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0 chip-ID: 8086:160c class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Intel Wildcat Point-LP High Definition Audio vendor: Toshiba
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:9ca0
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.41-1-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: 1.4.7 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: Intel Wireless 3160 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:08b3 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp7s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Toshiba driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: 4000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:4 chip-ID: 8087:07dc
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 72.78 GiB (7.6%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0A0
scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: TSSTcorp model: CDDVDW SU-208GB rev: TF01
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 267.78 GiB size: 267.78 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.54 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 label: N/A
uuid: 75189557-88c6-47aa-ac94-8f52dffb0942
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 632 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 label: N/A
uuid: DC9A-8497
ID-3: /home raw-size: 267.78 GiB size: 267.78 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.54 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 label: N/A
uuid: 75189557-88c6-47aa-ac94-8f52dffb0942
ID-4: /run/media/fo/DADOS raw-size: 390.62 GiB size: 390.62 GiB (100.00%)
used: 60.24 GiB (15.4%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: DADOS
uuid: AAB6ABECB6ABB76B
ID-5: /var/cache raw-size: 267.78 GiB size: 267.78 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.54 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 label: N/A
uuid: 75189557-88c6-47aa-ac94-8f52dffb0942
ID-6: /var/log raw-size: 267.78 GiB size: 267.78 GiB (100.00%)
used: 12.54 GiB (4.7%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda8 maj-min: 8:8 label: N/A
uuid: 75189557-88c6-47aa-ac94-8f52dffb0942
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 2 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 label: N/A
uuid: 28104bf5-476c-42bd-8fdc-f32c0c2727df
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: B45E-5B32
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 292.35 GiB fs: ntfs label: WIN
uuid: 9624757B24755F65
ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 519 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 1EA08D4DA08D2BF9
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 11 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Holtek E-Signal LUOM G10 Mechanical Gaming Mouse
type: mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 04d9:a09f class-ID: 0300
Hub-2: 1-3:3 info: Genesys Logic USB 2.0 Hub / D-Link DUB-H4 ports: 4
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 100mA
chip-ID: 05e3:0606 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-6:4 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:07dc class-ID: e001
Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:8001
class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0
speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 53.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1123 libs: 345 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
1: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
2: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
3: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
CPU top: 5 of 232
1: cpu: 19.5% command: firefox pid: 1376 mem: 586.2 MiB (3.6%)
2: cpu: 5.1% command: Xorg pid: 834 mem: 108.8 MiB (0.6%)
3: cpu: 3.8% command: firefox pid: 1808 mem: 287.3 MiB (1.8%)
4: cpu: 3.0% command: firefox pid: 3461 mem: 258.1 MiB (1.6%)
5: cpu: 2.5% command: firefox pid: 1599 mem: 296.2 MiB (1.8%)
Memory top: 5 of 232
1: mem: 586.2 MiB (3.6%) command: firefox pid: 1376 cpu: 19.5%
2: mem: 296.2 MiB (1.8%) command: firefox pid: 1599 cpu: 2.5%
3: mem: 287.3 MiB (1.8%) command: firefox pid: 1808 cpu: 3.8%
4: mem: 286.3 MiB (1.7%) command: soffice.bin pid: 2616 cpu: 0.6%
5: mem: 261.6 MiB (1.6%) command: firefox pid: 1548 cpu: 1.8%
Info:
Processes: 232 Power: uptime: 20m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB services: upowerd,xfce4-power-manager
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.38
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mhwd -li will give you a clue which driver profiles are installed. But it seems to be an Intel laptop with i915 driver in modesetting for your Intel HD Graphics 5500 plus using the nouveau drivers for your NVIDIA GM108M [GeForce 930M]. Downgrade mesa and see if that solves your issue.
I couldn’t downgrade (I followed the procedures, but…) and I lost the system because the snapshot (Brfs) is also having problems. Maybe I’ll install the system again, but which version (I apologize if I’m being too basic).
If the following repo was added to your pacman.conf it should be able to use the older mesa still.
[mesa-251]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Server = https://download.manjaro.org/pkgs/mesa
pacman -Q mesa will give you the version you currently have installed. sudo pacman -Syyuu will perform a downgrade. You can still try to reinstall 25.0.7, apply the mesa-251 repo and do then a system upgrade.
Thank you!
So this means the mesa update was the culprit on your system. After using 25.1.x series your system works normal again?
I will install the system again and make the suggested changes.
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