I’m trying to install 20.1-rc6 Mikah from a live usb boot but it’s stuck on the message
“Waiting for 2 module(s). (3400 second(s))”
Now the message is
“Waiting for 1 module(s). (9000 second(s))”
Please advise
Thanks
Peter
1 Like
Welcome to Manjaro!
Hopefully the wait is over by now and you successfully booted!.
Please read this:
and post some more information so we can see what’s really going on. Now we know the symptom of the disease, but we need some more probing to know where the origin lies…
An inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host would be the minimum required information… (Personally Identifiable Information like serial numbers and MAC addresses will be filtered out by the above command)
P.S. If you enter a bit more details in your profile, we can also see which Desktop Environment you’re using, which CPU/GPU you have, …
2 Likes
Fabby, thanks but problem solved for now.
I’m trying out different desktops etc. so installing from a usb stick and nothing permanently installed yet - I’ve already discounted Gnome, so trying xfce now.
Do you know which DEs are the most stable ?
Cheers.
All Manjaro flagship DE’s (xfce, kde and gnome) are pretty stable on 99,99% of possible hardware IMHO. If you are keen for a very stable system personally I would choose in your case the minimal version of xfce. But stability would not be a reason for me to select a DE but appearance and UI preference.
In Manjaro you can decide what branch you like to use, e.g. stable, testing or unstable which could have a bigger impact on stability than the selected DE.
3 Likes
Wollie, yes, UI is important as well. I’m using the stable branch.
There were a couple of things Gnome couldn’t do but so far happy with xfce.
A couple of system lockups so far which I think I have resolved :
- initially I installed updates from pamac in the UI but now I’m logging out of UI and running these from a tty.
- Google Chrome keeps freezing UI but so far Firefox has worked great.
I’m using Mikah - see details below if rqd.
[peter peter]# inxi -Fazy
System:
Kernel: 5.6.7-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.3.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.6-x86_64
root=UUID=89fc446c-8c9e-452c-b87c-c01e443f6db1 rw quiet apparmor=1
security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: Xfce 4.14.2 tk: Gtk 3.24.20 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm4
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: X58-USB3 serial: N/A BIOS: Award v: F1
date: 07/19/2010
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7 950 socket: 478 (1366) note: check
bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Nehalem family: 6 model-id: 1A (26) stepping: 5
microcode: 1D L1 cache: 64 KiB L2 cache: 8192 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 49679
Speed: 1630 MHz min/max: 1596/3060 MHz base/boost: 3200/4000 boost: enabled
volts: 0.7 V ext-clock: 133 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1619 2: 1619 3: 1619
4: 1619 5: 1619 6: 1619 7: 1619 8: 1619
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
Type: l1tf
mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
Type: mds
status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
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 generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GT215 [GeForce GT 240] driver: nouveau v: kernel
bus ID: 02:00.0 chip ID: 10de:0ca3
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.8 driver: nouveau unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa display ID: :0.0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2")
s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: VGA-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 size: 531x299mm (20.9x11.8")
diag: 609mm (24")
OpenGL: renderer: NVA3 v: 3.3 Mesa 20.1.7 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801JI HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1b.0 chip ID: 8086:3a3e
Device-2: NVIDIA High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 02:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0be4
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.6.7-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel port: de00 bus ID: 04:00.0
chip ID: 10ec:8168
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 9.32 TiB used: 876.52 GiB (9.2%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WDS240G2G0A-00JH30
size: 223.57 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 0400 scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA300 size: 2.73 TiB block size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s rotation: 7200 rpm
serial: <filter> rev: ABB0 scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-00MVWB0
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: AB50 scheme: MBR
ID-4: /dev/sdd vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-22Y5B1
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sde vendor: Western Digital model: WD20EARS-00MVWB0
size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
serial: <filter> rev: AB51 scheme: MBR
ID-6: /dev/sdf type: USB vendor: Seagate model: ST31000333AS
size: 931.51 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B
rotation: 7200 rpm serial: <filter> rev: 102D scheme: MBR
ID-7: /dev/sdg type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: External USB 3.0
size: 1.82 TiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B serial: <filter>
rev: 5438 scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 48.83 GiB size: 47.81 GiB (97.92%) used: 10.36 GiB (21.7%)
fs: ext4 block size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda1
Swap:
Alert: No Swap data was found.
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 37 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 218 Uptime: 3h 35m Memory: 11.70 GiB used: 1.62 GiB (13.8%)
Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 Packages: pacman: 1159 lib: 377
flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash (sudo) v: 5.0.18 running in: xfce4-terminal
inxi: 3.1.05
1 Like
Kernel 5.6 is no longer supported - you will get in trouble when you try to update. Install another supported kernel, soon and remove 5.6. Info about kernel support you find in #announcements.
2 Likes
Wollie,
Thanks, I’m installing the 5.4.64-1 LTS and 5.8.6-1 kernels and will remove the 5.6.7-1.
Linux kernel install is taking a long time ?
In the new grub.cfg file the last written line is
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
but is not closing and switching files.
Shall I leave it running ? It’s already been a couple of hours ?
Linux kernel 5.4 lts installed and now default.
Unable to install 5.8 it says done but no option appears in the grub menu when booting
Please advise
Output of:
parted --list
ls /boot/linux*
set -x
sudo update-grub
Please?
Is this from inside the UI ?
For the future:
-
when someone asks something like this:
commandIt’s always from the terminal…
-
When someone says:
-
Go to System Settings
-
type
composit -
Click Compositor
That’s GUI
- Both of the above are UIs (User interfaces)
Thanks, I know that.
I am aware some users have had issues running updates/upgrades from the GUI and instead have logged out of the GUI and used the tty instead.
Fails at the first command
[peter@peter ~]$ sudo parted --list
[sudo] password for peter:
Model: ATA WDC WDS240G2G0A- (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 240GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 52.4GB 52.4GB primary ext4 boot
3 52.4GB 226GB 174GB primary ext4
2 226GB 240GB 13.8GB primary linux-swap(v1)
Model: ATA TOSHIBA DT01ACA3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 3001GB 3001GB ext4
Warning: Error fsyncing/closing /dev/sdc1: Input/output error
Retry/Ignore?
I’ll disconnect the sdc drive and re-run …
I only use the GUI when it’s just 1 - 5 packages and the terminal for everything else.
It looks like you have a hardware problem and that might be the cause…
Did reconnecting /dev/sdc solve your problem?
I disconnected sdc drive
Outputs
sudo parted --list
[peter@peter ~]$ sudo parted --list
[sudo] password for peter:
Model: ATA WDC WDS240G2G0A- (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 240GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 52.4GB 52.4GB primary ext4 boot
3 52.4GB 226GB 174GB primary ext4
2 226GB 240GB 13.8GB primary linux-swap(v1)
Model: ATA TOSHIBA DT01ACA3 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdb: 3001GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 3001GB 3001GB ext4
Model: ATA WDC WD10EARS-22Y (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdc: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/4096B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 1000GB 1000GB primary ext4
Model: ATA WDC WD20EARS-00M (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdd: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 2000GB 2000GB primary ext4
Model: Seagate FreeAgent (scsi)
Disk /dev/sde: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 32.3kB 1000GB 1000GB primary ext3
Model: TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 (scsi)
Disk /dev/sdf: 2000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
1 1049kB 2000GB 2000GB primary ext4
[peter@peter ~]$
sudo ls /boot/linux*
[peter@peter ~]$ ls /boot/linux*
/boot/linux54-x86_64.kver
[peter@peter ~]$
set -x
[peter@peter ~]$ set -x
++ echo -ne '\033]0;peter@peter:~\007'
[peter@peter ~]$
sudo update-grub
[peter@peter ~]$ sudo update-grub
+ sudo update-grub
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64-fallback.img
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
done
++ echo -ne '\033]0;peter@peter:~\007'
[peter@peter ~]$
1 Like
So you’re running in CSM / BIOS mode and then the last output is to be expected for kernel 5.4:
So Success! Congratulations! All is well!
This topic was automatically closed 3 days after the last reply. New replies are no longer allowed.