Hello there,
I’ll try to be as quickly as possible
problems i had
I recently updated to the latest stable version available, and it didn’t go very well at all. After updating, I noticed some applications were correctly updated, like pamac, and I thought everything was fine, but after rebooting and logging into a new session, my machine froze and I was left with a grey background, where I could still see the pointer, but couldn’t move it.
Luckily for me I use timeshift, so I reverted to the last available snapshot (it’s Manjaro 20.05)
solutions i tried
- making as much space as possible to avoid partial update, and trying to update again
- downloading the latest available ISO, and do a clean installation
you guessed it – both ended up with the same grey screen
other weird problems
I haven’t been able to login into a Xorg session for quite some time, and I don’t know the reason, never bothered to check
last thing you need to know
After updating to Manjaro 20.05, I experienced the same issue, and it was related to my SSD. Adding the following kernel boot parameters fixed it: nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=14000
and radeon.modeset=1
here’s the output of inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
System:
Kernel: 5.12.16-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.12-x86_64
root=UUID=ed67ac47-70a6-4d76-9a54-a2445101cc2d rw quiet splash
nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us=14000 apparmor=1 security=apparmor
udev.log_priority=3 radeon.modeset=1 foo=bar
Console: tty 2 DM: GDM 40.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Swift SF314-41 v: V1.10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: PK model: Strongbow_PK v: V1.10 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.10
date: 03/17/2021
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 33.0 Wh (73.0%) condition: 45.2/47.8 Wh (94.5%)
volts: 11.8 min: 11.2 model: LGC KT0030G020 type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: Discharging
Memory:
RAM: total: 9.71 GiB used: 875 MiB (8.8%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: AMD Ryzen 5 3500U with Radeon Vega Mobile Gfx
bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen family: 17 (23) model-id: 18 (24)
stepping: 1 microcode: 8108109 cache: L2: 2 MiB bogomips: 33550
Speed: 1222 MHz min/max: 1400/2100 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz):
1: 1222 2: 1221 3: 1219 4: 1221 5: 1222 6: 1221 7: 1261 8: 1332
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
bmi2 bpext clflush clflushopt clzero cmov cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid
cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid
fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibpb irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mca
mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl
npt nrip_save nx osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb
perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36
rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sep sev sev_es sha_ni skinit smap smca sme
smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 succor svm svm_lock syscall tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale v_vmsave_vmload vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt
xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
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 AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Picasso vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: amdgpu v: kernel
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15d8 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-4:3
chip-ID: 04f2:b5c5 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: server: X.org 1.20.11 compositor: gnome-shell driver: loaded: vesa
tty: 240x67
Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
Device-1: AMD Raven/Raven2/Fenghuang HDMI/DP Audio
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:15de class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Raven/Raven2/FireFlight/Renoir Audio Processor
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_pci_acp3x v: kernel
alternate: snd_rn_pci_acp3x bus-ID: 03:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2
class-ID: 0480
Device-3: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.12.16-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 0.125.0 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 14.2 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.31 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp1s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Lite-On type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-2.4:4
chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Permissions: Unable to run lvs. Root privileges required.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 323.18 GiB (67.8%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: PC SN520 SDAPNUW-512G-1014 size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 15.8 Gb/s lanes: 2 rotation: SSD
serial: <filter> rev: 20110000 scheme: GPT
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 250 GiB size: 245.02 GiB (98.01%) used: 199.51 GiB (81.4%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 label: N/A
uuid: ed67ac47-70a6-4d76-9a54-a2445101cc2d
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%)
used: 25.3 MiB (26.3%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4
label: N/A uuid: 12B0-3373
ID-3: /mnt/D684B21C84B1FF55 raw-size: 212.83 GiB size: 212.83 GiB (100.00%)
used: 123.65 GiB (58.1%) fs: fuseblk dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
label: N/A uuid: D684B21C84B1FF55
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 13 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: 27993cc5-534a-49db-9e32-40b32606f0e8
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 512 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: 85B3-8AF4
ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 size: 505 MiB fs: <superuser required>
label: N/A uuid: 2852D21552D1E818
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:2 info: Logitech G203 Gaming Mouse type: Mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c084 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Chicony HD WebCam type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b5c5
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-4: 3-2:2 info: Genesys Logic Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 05e3:0608 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2.3:3 info: LighTuning EgisTec Touch Fingerprint Sensor
type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 1c7a:0570 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 3-2.4:4 info: Lite-On type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001
Hub-5: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: 30.0 C gpu: amdgpu temp: 44.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 228 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 248 tool: systemctl
Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1287 pacman: 1275 lib: 299 flatpak: 8
snap: 4 Shell: Zsh (login) v: 5.8 running-in: tty 2 inxi: 3.3.05
Thanks for reading, any suggestion?