First - am I posting this in the correct category? Sorry if the answer is no.
Anyway, I am on the manjaro stable branch (Kernel version 6.18.38-1-MANJARO), and updated last Monday (the 13th). However, since this update, I have been having persistent issues with booting.
I have manjaro installed on an encrypted external SSD, which I boot into from a laptop via a USB connection. The laptop was purchased from on amazon (third-party, chinese, provided as-is with no warrentry, etc.), and came with windows 10 (and, of course, no BIOS support). Admittedly this was a bad choice, but I was kind of broke at the time (still am!).
I performed my last update via sudo pacman -Syu in in the tty, and ran the install-grub and update-grub scripts provided by manjaro to ensure that the grub bootloader was in-sync with any upstream changes in the OS.
After booting into windows (secure boot disabled by the way!), I connect my drive, and after entering my key and letting the boot start, the process often hangs indefinitely. This time it was okay, but the last time it was not, so:
❯ journalctl -b -1 -p err
Jul 21 13:59:28 gaia kernel: x86/cpu: SGX disabled or unsupported by BIOS.
Jul 21 13:59:28 gaia kernel: tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087>
Jul 21 13:59:28 gaia kernel: tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087>
Jul 21 13:59:29 gaia kernel:
Jul 21 13:59:29 gaia kernel: intel_oc_wdt INT3F0D:00: probe with driver intel_oc_wdt failed with error -13
Jul 21 13:59:32 gaia bluetoothd[577]: Failed to set default system config for hci0
Jul 21 14:00:09 gaia kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.PGON due to previous error (AE_AML_LOOP_TIMEOUT) (20250807/psparse-529)
Jul 21 14:00:09 gaia kernel: ACPI Error: Aborting method \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PG00._ON due to previous error (AE_AML_LOOP_TIMEOUT) (20250807/psparse-529)
Does this help narrow it down?
I do not think updating my BIOS is a realistic prospect, given my computer’s provenance. Is there some workaround on the manjaro side of things? I would have thought so, given that I have only been experiencing this issue after the update.
Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
P.S.
❯ inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 6.18.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 16.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.18-x86_64
root=UUID=6bfd7758-ca72-4114-a735-34205333443b rw quiet
cryptdevice=UUID=24290f5f-0fc0-468c-8e3d-ac8c2cd971d6:luks-24290f5f-0fc0-468c-8e3d-ac8c2cd971d6
root=/dev/mapper/luks-24290f5f-0fc0-468c-8e3d-ac8c2cd971d6 splash
udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.6.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.27.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 1 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: HASEE product: W650KJ1_KK1 v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: W650KJ1_KK1
serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HASEE model: W650KJ1_KK1 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> Firmware: UEFI vendor: American Megatrends
v: 1.09.01 date: 12/25/2018
Battery:
ID-1: hidpp_battery_0 charge: 74% condition: N/A volts: 3.95 min: N/A
model: Logitech G502 LIGHTSPEED Wireless Gaming Mouse type: N/A
serial: <filter> charging: status: discharging cycles: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Pentium Gold G5420 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
level: v2 built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158)
stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xFA
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: 4 MiB desc: 1x4 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/3800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 bogomips: 30399
Flags-basic: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities:
Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: ghostwrite 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 mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: old_microcode status: Not affected
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
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: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; 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
Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel CoffeeLake-S GT1 [UHD Graphics 610] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20
ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:3e90 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Mobile] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: nvidia v: 580.173.02 alternate: nouveau,nova_core,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-580.xx+ status: legacy-active (EOL~2028-09-xx) arch: Pascal
code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 8 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c8d class-ID: 0302
Device-3: Chicony USB2.0 Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-2:2 chip-ID: 04f2:b59e
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.24 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.13
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x0781 built: 2017 res: mode: 1920x1080
hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64")
diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel iris drv: nvidia platforms: device: 0
drv: nvidia device: 2 drv: iris device: 3 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast
surfaceless: drv: nvidia wayland: drv: iris x11: drv: iris
inactive: device-1
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.6 vendor: intel mesa v: 26.1.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics 610 (CFL GT1)
device-ID: 8086:3e90 memory: 22.81 GiB unified: yes display-ID: :1.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.350 layers: 2 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
name: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 driver: nvidia v: 580.173.02
device-ID: 10de:1c8d surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi
wl: wayland-info x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.18.38-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.6.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 02:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp2s0f1 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3168NGW [Stone Peak] driver: iwlwifi
v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0
chip-ID: 8086:24fb class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 3168 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 8087:0aa7
class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.15 TiB used: 373.41 GiB (31.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Phison model: SATA SSD size: 238.47 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 61.2 scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Phison model: SATA SSD
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 61.2 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Hitachi model: HTS545025B9A300
size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: C60F scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Samsung model: PSSD T7
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 465.46 GiB size: 457.09 GiB (98.20%)
used: 373.41 GiB (81.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 253:0
mapped: luks-24290f5f-0fc0-468c-8e3d-ac8c2cd971d6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 688 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 24 GiB available: 23.35 GiB used: 4.92 GiB (21.1%)
Processes: 236 Power: uptime: 1h 23m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 9.25 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 261 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2172 libs: 505 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 22.1.6 gcc: 16.1.1 alt: 12/13/14/15 Shell: Zsh
v: 5.9.1 default: Bash v: 5.3.15 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.41
