Manjaro not booting; stuck at boot screen

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Hello, my Manjaro installation used to work perfectly fine before I tried logging out and logging back in one time because I added my user to the uucp group and I was greeted by a black screen with a few messages saying

[  OK  ] Finished Hold until boot process finishes up.
[  OK  ] Started CUPS Scheduler.
[  OK  ] Finished Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen.

instead of the login screen. I sat for minutes and nothing else happened.
there were the same messages after rebooting, sometimes the messages never show up and It’s just the boot splash screen.
here’s what I found in journalctl -p 3 -b

May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Field [ABOD] at bit offset/length 48/8192 exceeds size of target Buffer (4160 bits) (20220331/dsopcode-198)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Field [ABOR] at bit offset/length 8240/16 exceeds size of target Buffer (4160 bits) (20220331/dsopcode-198)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
May 09 16:28:25 proto-travelmatep653m kernel: ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
May 09 16:28:26 proto-travelmatep653m bluetoothd[384]: src/plugin.c:plugin_init() Failed to init vcp plugin
May 09 16:28:26 proto-travelmatep653m bluetoothd[384]: src/plugin.c:plugin_init() Failed to init mcp plugin
May 09 16:28:26 proto-travelmatep653m bluetoothd[384]: src/plugin.c:plugin_init() Failed to init bap plugin
May 09 16:28:26 proto-travelmatep653m bluetoothd[384]: Failed to set mode: Failed (0x03)
May 09 16:28:32 proto-travelmatep653m sddm[461]: Failed to read display number from pipe
May 09 16:28:34 proto-travelmatep653m sddm[461]: Failed to read display number from pipe
May 09 16:28:35 proto-travelmatep653m sddm[461]: Failed to read display number from pipe
May 09 16:28:35 proto-travelmatep653m sddm[461]: Could not start Display server on vt 1

systemctl --failed reported no failures.
here’s my inxi report If that helps. (inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width)

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.26-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=2cde4d65-1f94-4c3a-bfd5-b14b6a622991 rw quiet splash
    resume=UUID=a9309d54-1056-453d-b804-c5df2b44f531 udev.log_priority=3
  Console: tty 2 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: TravelMate P653-M v: V2.15
    serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Acer model: TravelMate P653-M v: V2.15 serial: <filter> UEFI: Phoenix
    v: 2.15 date: 10/21/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 50.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 50.3/66.6 Wh (75.5%)
    volts: 12.2 min: 11.1 model: SONYCorp AS10D3E type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
    status: full
Memory:
  System RAM: available: 3.61 GiB used: 445.8 MiB (12.0%)
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 8 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: no module installed
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Kingston part-no: ACR16D3LS1KFG/4G serial: <filter>
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: no module installed
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-3230M socket: rPGA988B (U3E1) note: check bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15
    process: Intel 22nm family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9
    microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 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: 1800 high: 3200 min/max: 1200/3200 base/boost: 2600/2600
    scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 0.9 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1200 2: 1600 3: 3200 4: 1200 bogomips: 20760
  Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb
    ept erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs
    ida lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx
    pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts
    rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  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: retbleed 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
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
    driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Suyin HD WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.5:4 chip-ID: 064e:c400
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 driver: X: loaded: vesa gpu: i915
    tty: 170x48
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x46ec serial: <filter> built: 2010
    res: 1366x768 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL Message: GL data unavailable in console for root.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.26-1-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: 0.3.70 status: off with: wireplumber status: off
    tools: pw-cli,wpctl
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: off with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> scope: link
  Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57761 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
    vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:16b0
    class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver driver: btusb v: 0.8
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.4:3
    chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
    rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 447.13 GiB used: 201.39 GiB (45.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT480BX500SSD1
    family: Micron Client SSDs size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.3 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 041 temp: 33 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 1y 147d 16h cycles: 779
    written: 7.41 TiB
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ■■■■■■■■ model: DVD-RAM UJ8C2 rev: 1.00
    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: 438.88 GiB size: 430.92 GiB (98.19%)
    used: 201.39 GiB (46.7%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda2
    maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A uuid: 2cde4d65-1f94-4c3a-bfd5-b14b6a622991
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 312 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
    label: N/A uuid: D5E8-AD06
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 7.95 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: swap
    uuid: a9309d54-1056-453d-b804-c5df2b44f531
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 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-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.4:3 info: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver
    type: bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 chip-ID: 8087:07da
    class-ID: e001
  Device-2: 1-1.5:4 info: Suyin HD WebCam type: video driver: uvcvideo
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 064e:c400 class-ID: 0e02
  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 Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.6:3 info: LighTuning ES603 Swipe Fingerprint Sensor
    type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1c7a:0603 class-ID: 0000
  Device-2: 2-1.7:4 info: Gemalto (was Gemplus) GemPC Twin SmartCard Reader
    type: smart card driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 08e6:3437 class-ID: 0b00
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 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: 3-2:4 info: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (MTP mode) type: still
    imaging,abstract (modem),CDC-data driver: cdc_acm interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 96mA
    chip-ID: 04e8:6860 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 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: 38.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 128 Uptime: 23m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 1337 libs: 379 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash (sudo)
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: tty 2 inxi: 3.3.27

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

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Methinks the above should be clear enough. You’ve got a hardware problem. :man_shrugging:

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what tests should I run to make sure It is/isn’t a hardware issue? or to pinpoint what may be wrong in hardware?

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I thought maybe BIOS update since this is so old … but it looks to be as recent as is available.

I might look here for more;

sudo dmesg --level=emerg,alert,crit,err
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shows the same messages as the top of my journalctl report

[    0.166206] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Field [ABOD] at bit offset/length 48/8192 exceeds size of target Buffer (4160 bits) (20220331/dsopcode-198)
[    0.166224] ACPI BIOS Error (bug): AE_AML_BUFFER_LIMIT, Field [ABOR] at bit offset/length 8240/16 exceeds size of target Buffer (4160 bits) (20220331/dsopcode-198)
[    0.174669] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.174675] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
[    0.174679] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.174683] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
[    0.177628] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.177628] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
[    0.177628] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.177628] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
[    0.178377] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.178381] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
[    0.178386] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.178389] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
[    0.179233] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.179238] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOD] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
[    0.179242] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Opcode is not deferred [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-411)
[    0.179246] ACPI Error: AE_TYPE, Could not execute arguments for [ABOR] (BufferField) (20220331/nsinit-419)
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For more info you can look around in /var/log/*

When it comes to suggestions …

First you might try an older kernel.

As to ACPI errors in general…

I feel like this response is pretty decent:
https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/476600/acpi-errors-how-why-and-whats-the-deal

Cross reference with this:
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/DSDT

(such as using acpi_osi="!Windows2012")

But thats to do with how to configure your system with an old/problematic table or some other similar situation … not for ‘fixing’ failing hardware.

For troubleshooting/state of the hardware can also run some other tests … like hw-probe … or from outside the system … such as memtest or any of the utilities in UltimateBootDisk.

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GRUB has no older kernels unfortunately, just fallback initramfs which doesn’t work either.
memtest successful, no errors.
boot.log ends with “Starting Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen.”, sometimes “Starting Bluetooth Service.” or “Starting Hostname Service.”
hw-probe didn’t find anything wrong.
I also tried to liveboot and that worked, Manjaro along with the KDE Plasma desktop loaded successfully (from the live USB), so I think It’s safe to say there’s nothing going wrong hardware-wise… I think I need to backup and reinstall

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you only need to add older kernel LTS ( 5.15 , 5.10 , 5.4 )
you can do that with USB live manjaro and chroot
and adding menu grub to appears
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=menu
and choose in advanced config > others kernels

sudo manjaro-chroot -a
pacman-mirrors -c all
pacman -Syy
pacman -S linux54 linux510 linux515 linux-54-headers linux510-headers linux515-hearders
mkinitcpio -P
nano /etc/default/grub ( Ctrl+x for save)
update-grub
exit ( end-chroot )
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failed to boot on all of the kernels…

10

is there 2 DDR3 memory inside ?
do you have try failback initramfs ?

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only 1, and It’s a 4GB DDR3 (my bad)
tried on latest kernel to no avail

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can you under chroot , provide link return

sudo manjaro-chroot -a
journalctl -b -1 | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io 
journalctl -b -2 | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io
journalctl -b -3 | curl -F 'f:1=<-' ix.io  
exit ( end-chroot)
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http://ix.io/4vC9 journalctl -b -1
http://ix.io/4vCa journalctl -b -2
http://ix.io/4vCb journalctl -b -3

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no display ( pipe ) for sddm ,
trouble on ACPI ABOR /ABOD

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think we can ignore ACPI, It has been having troubles forever but It booted still.
how do I fix the display pipe though?

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I backed up my drive and reinstalled my OS, works now.
Thanks everyone for their time.

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