Manjaro Install Live CD Stuck at "Reached target Graphical Interface"

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Yeah that is correct. I would try the following:

  1. Boot the manjaro install disk and edit the bootloader entry there with e and add there to the kernel parameter: systemd.unit=multi-user.target. Now it will stop at the login screen, but not the graphical one. Login there.
  2. Look at the xorg log: cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | less Is there an issue?
  3. If internet is available you can upload it: cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | curl -F'file=-' https://0x0.st and a link will be displayed.

However, i think the nvidia driver on that ISO seems not to support the GTX2080, but the log could say more.

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Here’s a picture of that log. I tried to do the command to upload it, but was getting an error that said “segmentation fault”

I’m not really experienced enough to make use of this log. Do you see any helpful info in it?

Also here’s what happens if I try to run the X command from this terminal, in case that is also helpful.

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Here’s the full log without doing ‘less’ if you want to look through it:

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Yes, it does not load the nvidia module for any reason… even driver=nonfree is set in the kernel parameter.

It should look like this:

[  8378.658] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[  8378.658] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/nvidia_drv.so
[  8378.664] (II) Module nvidia: vendor="NVIDIA Corporation"
[  8378.664] 	compiled for 1.6.99.901, module version = 1.0.0
[  8378.664] 	Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[  8378.664] (II) NVIDIA dlloader X Driver  460.56  Tue Feb 23 23:25:58 UTC 2021
[  8378.664] (II) NVIDIA Unified Driver for all Supported NVIDIA GPUs

Which ISO did you use? Please the full filename :slight_smile:

EDIT:
Ah when you are on the commandline, then run:

sudo systemctl start display-manager

Then check the xorg log again.

That is strange… i guess it is a typo or no internet is active. Check it with nmtui.

EDIT1:

It is also possible that the chip id of RTX2080 is not in the database and therefore mhwd did not load the nvidia driver.

lspci -nnkkvt

It have to be like this:

           +-02.0-[01]--+-00.0  NVIDIA Corporation GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] [10de:1c82]
           |            \-00.1  NVIDIA Corporation GP107GL High Definition Audio Controller [10de:0fb9]

10de:1c82 is the chip id. Could you tell which id is yours?

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Doing this just gives me a black screen with a blinking cursor that doesn’t let me type anything.

Here’s what I get when I do that:

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Yeah, probably just a typo I was trying to type what I was seeing on my phone screen but the formatting was probably a little off on my phone.

Here’s all the .iso files I have tried to use over the last few days, I tried a few different versions just to see if it would make any difference, but it never does.
manjaro-kde-21.0.1-210410-linux510.iso ← This one is the one that all screenshots are from
manjaro-xfce-21.0.1-210410-linux510.iso
manjaro-kde-21.0.1-210409-linux510.iso
manjaro-kde-21.0-210318-linux510.iso

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Strange, when i check the ID I get a match:

grep -o "1e82" /var/lib/mhwd/ids/pci/nvidia.ids

Could it be possible that you have integrated AMD GPU?

I will try these ISOs soon. But maybe try to boot the previous iso builds? Also kernel 5.10 and above tend to problems with nvidia sometimes. So maybe try kernel 5.4:

https://sourceforge.net/projects/manjarolinux/files/xfce/21.0.1/manjaro-xfce-21.0.1-minimal-210410-linux54.iso/download

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I have a AMD Ryzen 7 5800x. It does not have an integrated GPU. I am pretty sure none of the 5000 series have integrated graphics.

Ah, I didn’t know that. I’ll definitely give it a try!

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I gave the ISO you linked a try, and I’m still getting stuck at the same point. I also tried the KDE 20.2.1 version a try just now and tried both with and without proprietary drivers. Still no luck, always stuck at Reached target Graphical Interface. :frowning:

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Ok new path forward! now with new issues.

So I happen to have a radeon rx 580 4gb laying around that my buddy gave me after I helped him upgrade his pc last year. I popped out the 2080 and hooked up the rx 580 and was able to install manjaro like a breeze onto the ssd! Great!

I still want to use my 2080 though (I plan to switch between windows and Linux on separate drives regularly, at least for now) so I put the 2080 back in and when I try to boot, I see grub and everything just fine. But as soon as I Got past the grub menu my monitor just completely loses signal.

I feel like this is still a better place to be in than I was before because I’m assuming there is more I can do to fix this issue now that I actually have manjaro installed?

If needed I’m happy to pop the rx580 back in to do whatever might need to be done to sort this out, but ultimately I want to use the 2080.

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OK i just tested it and the nvidia driver gets installed without problems with mhwd. However… You can install the nvidia driver also manually:

  1. Boot the iso like above into the commandline.
  2. Run this to install the driver:
sudo mhwd --install pci video-nvidia --pmconfig /opt/mhwd/pacman-mhwd.conf
  1. since you cant reboot here you have to remove nouveau driver manually:
sudo modprobe -r nouveau
sudo modprobe -r ttm
sudo modprobe -r drm_kms_helper
sudo modprobe -r drm
  1. and load nvidia driver:
sudo modprobe nvidia
sudo modprobe nvidia-drm
  1. now start the display-manager:
sudo systemctl start display-manager

Hope it works :slight_smile:

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Man, thank you for putting so much effort into trying to help me with this!

Ok so when I put in

It said command not found, but I figured you probably meant modprobe because I saw it in the log when doing the install, so I tried that and it seemed to work I did the next command but when get to sudo modprobe -r drm_kms_helper it says sudo: stop: drm_kms_helper is in use.

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Oh also, when I did the install command I got a bunch of warnings,is that normal?

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yeah correct.

Sorry, was a typo :see_no_evil:

You forgot: --pmconfig /opt/mhwd/pacman-mhwd.conf which points the packages of the iso.

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Oh! I had no idea that was part of the command! I have to read this all on my phone to put it in and the code goes off the screen and I had no idea it scrolled to the right! Lol

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Ok so when I do the full command I still get loads of warnings.

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And its still saying that the module is in use.

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I’m in! Thank you so much for your help!

So I went back to my installation that I did using the amd gpu and put nomodeset in the grub menu and after doing that I was able to do alt-f2 to get to the terminal and then ran the command you gave for installing the nvidia driver,

mhwd --install pci video-nvidia

then I rebooted and now I’m in!

Sorry to any future people looking at this thread for answers if you don’t have a different gpu to use temporarily.

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Have you tried not using the Nvidia drivers and just using the open source drivers?

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I had the same problem trying to install manjaro KDE.

Running the first command to install the nvidia drivers (on the tty) just solved my problem. After point 2 my manjaro live desktop pops up allowing me to install manjaro successfully.

Thank you so much.

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anyone getting this issue again (especially with hyper-v):

  1. start live session with any driver
  2. strg + alt + f2 into tty
  3. sudo pacman -Sy
  4. sudo pamac install xorg-server
  5. sudo systemctl restart sddm

gui will boot and you can start working

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I tried to install in Hyper-V and got the same problem (XFCE Manjaro 21). My solution:
Change to second console with CTRL+ALT+F2 and log in
Edit ~/.xinitrc:

SESSION=${1:-xfce-session} → SESSION=${1:-xfce4-session}
*) dbus_args+=(„$1“) → *) dbus_args+=(„$SESSION“)

→ no driver problem, more a Xorg-server not started problem. In my opinion the ~/.xinitrc is wrong, I opended a ticket long time ago but there seems to be no interest in fixing this :slight_smile:

Hope this helps!

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Hyper-V installation, same problem. I’m a Linux noob.

  1. to 4. work fine.

Failed to restart sddm.service: Unit sddm.services not found.

my root folder is empty. Am I at the wrong folder?

Any tips?

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Coming back to this thread months later because I’ve decided to come back to manjaro.

Nothing about my pc specs has really changed since the initial post so obviously still run into the same issue as when I originally posted.

I’m able to easily overcome this issue the by just doing alt-f2 after I get to the “Reached target graphical interface” message and then I login using the provided username and password, then just type:

sudo mhwd --install pci video-nvidia

Once that command runs it automatically boots me into the install media’s desktop and I’m able to use it like normal and install manjaro.

This is what works for my issue. I see some people have posted in here about similar issues that don’t seem to be related to nvidia gpus. I doubt this fix works for them. Hopeful one of their answers will solve the problem for you if your issue isn’t nvidea gpu related.

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