hi guys. I need help. my system can’t start after the update. the update went normally but when I now start my system I see this [IMG_20260503_083524] I’m using an encrypted root partition and it’s btrfs. I booted the system with a manjaro cinnamon sd card and tried to chroot: [manjaro@manjar…

Be sure to then also stick with the udev hook instead of the systemd hook, and with keymap and consolefont instead of sd-vconsole.

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thanks for your reply. I booted my manjaro cinnamon sdcard as before. then I did: [manjaro@manjaro-cinnamon ~]$ sudo su - [manjaro-cinnamon ~]# lsblk --fs NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS loop0 squash 4.0 …

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I’ll try with Code blocks. but I’m not sure how to apply code blocks to a text. there’s no preview and the tutorial is uninformative. [image] Takakage: Please explain what you mean by this. Do you mean you changed encrypt to sd-encrypt in the /etc/mkinitcpio.conf hooks, for example? by that …

Stick with your second hooks example, and make sure your kernel parameters are correct: [image] Systemd hooks in initramfs, boot a system with encrypted root, unencrypted /boot - no passwd prompt Support I figured it out. It now works. It’s a different synta…

[image] synthakai: I’ll try with Code blocks. but I’m not sure how to apply code blocks to a text. I’ve fixed your posts above. :wink: One way of formatting pasted output is to select the pasted text and click the </> button at the top of the Reply window, but for long outputs it will likely…

[image] Takakage: Stick with your second hooks example, and make sure your kernel parameters are correct if I stick to the example, that would mean that I’ll effectively replace encrypt with sd-encrypt. is that what I need to do? here are the partitions: [manjaro-cinnamon ~]# lsblk -f NAME…

[image] synthakai: if I stick to the example, that would mean that I’ll effectively replace encrypt with sd-encrypt. is that what I need to do? If you do that, then you should also change /etc/default/grub, because then it needs the new syntax with luks.name=. After changing both /etc/mkini…

[image] Aragorn: If you do that, then you should also change /etc/default/grub, because then it needs the new syntax with luks.name=. ok, I’ll keep the simple encrypt hook then, and not introduce sd-encrypt

[image] Aragorn: Be sure to then also stick with the udev hook instead of the systemd hook, and with keymap and consolefont instead of sd-vconsole thanks. that is a brilliant suggestion. let me check if it works…

My system can’t start after the 2026-05-02 Stable update

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Takakage 3 May 2026 23:22 2

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