I followed each of the non-optional steps in Architect. I opted to follow the suggested defaults for root and boot partitions and a swapfile. After editing pacman configuration and selecting a mirror near me, I choose yay+base devel and linux-latest. I’ve run this several times and chosen different DEs, including xfce, gnome, and kde. Each time the install ends in a basepkgs 255 error, and then dumps a lot of “package corrupted” and “invalid signature warnings”. As the installer quits it also spits out a message about segfaults in pacman.
What can I do to diagnose and correct this problem?
i installed m-a on a vm to test drive jade but ended up with enlightenment [as i could nt find jade desktop install option]. as for m-a, any version is ok [if i understand right] as every install is always fresh as its net-install.
did you check pacman cache / pacman-mirrors to update?
just try to re-install and it should be through by removing the error
I’ve tried the install several times with free and no n-free drivers, I’ve remade the liveusb from a freshly downloaded iso, and still the same error.
Pacman cache and mirrors: if you mean the options offered by m-a, then yes, I have tried both settings for the cache (transfer from live system and download fresh) and I’ve updated the mirror list and tried it with different mirrors, all with the same result. Is that what you meant?
255 seems to result in this case from outdated signatures. In preparation menu, use the option to update keyring and then proceed to install as normal. Alternatively, use a newer iso that already has up to date keyring.
I’ve done this using a freshly downloaded iso. For some reason none of the desktop liveusbs are working for me, though they seem to be more recent.
I downloaded the xfce version and tried booting with both free and non-free drivers. With free, it gave me only a blank screen with an unresponsive cursor on login to xfce. With non-free, xfce started, but I was unable to launch the installer, architect program, or a terminal before it froze. I wasn’t able to get a terminal with ctrl+alt+f6/f7 either.
try to install just cli [no desktop / wm]
you should get into tty login on the fresh install. after you boot into your installed system you can install / configure your xorg [i even tried just wayland and no xorg. i was able to get into sway as well as wayfirewith xwayland support. i opted this coz i could not get xorg up and running in first case so i tried wayland… now everything is fine with the same install running kde plasma and i3]
read the forum threads related to free / non-free drivers w r t your graphics
in most options, free drivers just works
i did just that ! i opted for enlightenment and lxdm and i was on enlightenment ! [test drove as a vm]
@withoutadolphin
i used the architect installer option from the regular iso. i get options to either opt for the graphical calamares installer OR choose architect. i opted for architect and did fase the base pkg issue which after refresh resolved. perhaps @Chrysostomus will elaborate. i have used plain architect installer AS WELL as the options mentioned above and i could get throough [both on clean install as well as VM]
the issue vanished ! i was infact trying to test drive @codesardine manjaro-JADE iso. i could get to live but was unable to complete the install on a VM, which made me opt to go for the architect install. architect did return base pkg issue butafter keys / mirrors refresh, i could easily get to cli install then choose the gui of my choice.
so in a way i could install from architect [option available in the jade iso]
I’ve now tried live usbs of several distros. CLI works, but none of xfce, KDE, or GNOME work on Manjaro, Arcolinux, and Debian. I suspect it’s an issue with my video card.
its safe to use non-free drivers.
i would suggest you to try out with wayland protocols. install sway from the manjaro repo. and you can execute from tty with sway
you can get to a gui and find out to get the correct xorg driver.
my personal experience, whenever i found display crash in xorg, i try out wayland and it mostly works
It seems to me that the log doesn’t fully capture the error you are getting. Can you try looking at the terminal during the installation and see what error you are getting?
The errors are different depending on the image. For xfce, I get either a black screen with unresponsive cursor, or a successful login to xfce but no programs will launch and it freezes soon after. With m-a I get something like this:
EDIT: Just to be clear, this was after refreshing pacman keys.
FWIW I also tried to install Arch, and it failed while running pacstrap. It gave errors like “SQUASHFS failed to read block” and “zstd decompression failed”. A search of Arch forums indicated that I should check the device for bad blocks but none were found. The forum thread said that if the drive was good, then the problem would be with the CPU.
So as it stands I’m pretty sure it’s a hardware problem. I’ve removed the CPU and graphics card and will be returning them since they’re still under warranty, so I can’t run more tests at the moment.