New updates have killed the system [2025 Sept 26th]

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I wonder whether there’s a common pattern of failure between our systems.

I don’t suppose you could add a few echo statements around code I found failing?

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
echo "------------ LOGS -------------"
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
  echo "before 'insmod bli' call"
  insmod bli
  echo "after 'insmod bli call"
fi

Though that would require booting into Live USB, mounting the partition wherever your /boot is, then chmod 666 /boot/grub/grub.cfg, and then kate /boot/grub/grub.cfg to open it. Ofc, this would take a bit of time due to needing to boot to usb.

Edit: assuming your problem system is EFI.

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The inxi -zv8 report:

System:
  Kernel: 6.12.48-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2509 quiet
    systemd.show_status=1 splash driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0
    i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.3.6 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0
    wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 20EQS1MY02 v: ThinkPad P50
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: 20EQS1MY02 v: SDK0J40697 WIN
    serial: <superuser required>
    part-nu: LENOVO_MT_20EQ_BU_Think_FM_ThinkPad P50
    uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: N1EETA2W (1.75 )
    date: 03/18/2024
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 20.1 Wh (100%) condition: 20.1/90.1 Wh (22.4%)
    volts: 12.62 min: 11.4 model: LGC 00NY492 type: Li-poly serial: <filter>
    charging: status: full control: start: 0% end: 100% cycles: N/A
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 32 GiB available: 31.17 GiB used: 3.8 GiB (12.2%)
  Message: For most reliable report, use superuser + dmidecode.
  Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
    max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: f301 part-no: G2BT-4AFP00 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 16 GiB
    speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: f301 part-no: G2BT-4AFP00 serial: <filter>
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-6820HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Skylake-S
    gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: 0xF0
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/3600 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900
    8: 900 bogomips: 43214
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
    intel_pt invpcid lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr
    mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
    pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep
    smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  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: 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 mitigation: TSX disabled
  Type: vmscape mitigation: IBPB before exit to userspace
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: Lenovo driver: i915 v: kernel
    arch: Gen-9 process: Intel 14n built: 2015-16 ports: active: eDP-1
    empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:191b
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107GLM [Quadro M1000M] vendor: Lenovo driver: nvidia
    v: 580.82.09 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550-580.xx+
    status: current (as of 2025-08; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx
    process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none empty: DP-3,DP-4,DP-5
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:13b1 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Chicony Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-8:4 chip-ID: 04f2:b52c
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
    compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: modesetting,nvidia
    alternate: fbdev,nouveau,nv,vesa dri: iris gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x04a7 built: 2015 res: mode: 1920x1080
    hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 chroma: red: x: 0.580 y: 0.349
    green: x: 0.341 y: 0.561 blue: x: 0.153 y: 0.125 white: x: 0.314 y: 0.329
    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: nvidia
    surfaceless: drv: nvidia x11: drv: iris inactive: wayland,device-1
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.2.3-arch1.2
    glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2)
    device-ID: 8086:191b memory: 30.44 GiB unified: yes
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 2 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu
    name: Quadro M1000M driver: nvidia v: 580.82.09 device-ID: 10de:13b1
    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 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GM107 High Definition Audio [GeForce 940MX]
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbc class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.48-1-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: 1.4.8 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-LM vendor: Lenovo driver: e1000e v: kernel
    port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b7 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s31f6 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 8260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
    speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24f3 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
  WAN IP: No WAN IP found. Connected to web? SSL issues? Try enabling dig
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:6 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.61 GiB used: 1.17 GiB (0.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: SNV3S1000G
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P3BR0A23 temp: 31.9 C
    scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Blade
    size: 14.59 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 2.1 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 1.00 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Generic model: Flash Disk
    size: 7.5 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
    spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8.07
    scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: /run/media/manjaro/usb drive raw-size: 7.5 GiB size: 7.5 GiB (99.97%)
    used: 1.17 GiB (15.6%) fs: exfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17
    label: usb drive uuid: 5FDB-73C9
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 512 MiB fs: vfat label: EFI
    uuid: 97C9-51DD
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 1024 MiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
    uuid: eae378fb-40ca-4fd3-b46c-58b1a88345b8
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 32 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
    uuid: eced3123-24e6-4e9e-9deb-da51e0417c7b
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 898.01 GiB fs: btrfs
    label: Manjaro uuid: 5be28fc1-be69-47de-b656-d5a869416fd4
  ID-5: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 5.1 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-6: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: 639E-4CF8
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 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: 1-1:2 info: Alcor Micro Flash Drive type: mass storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 200mA chip-ID: 058f:6387 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-5:3 info: SanDisk Cruzer Blade type: mass storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 224mA chip-ID: 0781:5567 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Device-3: 1-8:4 info: Chicony Integrated Camera 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: 04f2:b52c class-ID: 0e02
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-9:5 info: Validity Sensors VFS7500 Touch Fingerprint Sensor
    type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 138a:0090 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
  Device-5: 1-14:6 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth
    driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 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: 39.0 C pch: 37.5 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): fan-1: 0 fan-2: 0
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1277 libs: 324 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://distrohub.kyiv.ua/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://mirror.futureweb.be/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.dc.uz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://bd.mirror.vanehost.com/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://edgeuno-bog2.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://repo.ialab.dsu.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    9: https://cofractal-ewr.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://irltoolkit.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    11: https://mirrors.cicku.me/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    12: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://mirror.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://mirror.telepoint.bg/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://mnvoip.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    16: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    17: https://mirror.alpix.eu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    18: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    19: https://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    20: https://manjaro.syxpi.fr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    21: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    22: https://mirror.kamtv.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    23: https://quantum-mirror.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    24: https://mirrors.aliyun.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    25: https://mirror1.sox.rs/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    26: https://repo.iut.ac.ir/repo/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    27: https://mirrors.manjaro.org/repo/stable/$repo/$arch
    28: http://ftp.uni-kl.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    29: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    30: https://ftp.gwdg.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    31: https://mirror.mobinhost.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    32: https://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    33: https://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    34: https://mirror.freedif.org/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    35: https://mirror.2degrees.nz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    36: https://mirrors2.manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    37: https://manjaro.grena.ge/stable/$repo/$arch
    38: https://mirrors.sonic.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    39: https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    40: https://mirrors.eric.ovh/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    41: https://mirror.easyname.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    42: https://ftpmirror1.infania.net/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    43: https://mirror.nyist.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    44: https://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    45: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    46: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    47: https://mirror.archlinux.tw/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    48: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
    49: https://fosszone.csd.auth.gr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    50: https://mirror.23m.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    51: https://mirror.dimensiondata.com/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    52: http://ossmirror.mycloud.services/os/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    53: https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    54: https://mirror.xenyth.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    55: https://mirror.koddos.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    56: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    57: https://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    58: https://ask4.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    59: https://mirror.hostiko.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    60: https://mirror.leitecastro.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    61: https://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    62: https://mirror.vinehost.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    63: https://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    64: https://codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    65: https://volico.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    66: https://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    67: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    68: https://mirrors.jlu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    69: https://southfront.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    70: https://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    71: https://nocix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    72: https://nnenix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    73: https://mirror.meowsmp.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    74: https://free.nchc.org.tw/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    75: https://mirror.bouwhuis.network/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    76: https://ftp.caliu.cat/pub/distribucions/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    77: https://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    78: https://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    79: https://mirror.komelt.dev/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    80: https://mirrors.ft.uam.es/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    81: https://ipng.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    82: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    83: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    84: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    85: https://mirrors.nic.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    86: https://manjaro.mirror.ac.za/stable/$repo/$arch
    87: https://mirrors.atlas.net.co/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    88: https://mirror.ufro.cl/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    89: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    90: https://muug.ca/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    91: https://mirrors.gigenet.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    92: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    93: https://mirror.init7.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    94: https://mirror.alwyzon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    95: https://ftp.psnc.pl/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    96: https://manjaro.mirror.wearetriple.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    97: https://mirror.ibakerserver.pt/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    98: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    99: https://coresite.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    100: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    101: https://ziply.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    102: https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    103: https://manjaro.repo.cure.edu.uy/stable/$repo/$arch
    104: https://manjaro.mirror.liquidtelecom.com/stable/$repo/$arch
    105: https://manjaro.mirrors.lavatech.top/stable/$repo/$arch
    106: https://mirror.nju.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    107: https://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    108: https://mirrors.up.pt/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    109: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    110: https://mirror.kku.ac.th/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    111: https://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    112: https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    113: https://manjaro.ynh.ovh/stable/$repo/$arch
    114: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    115: https://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    116: https://mirror.phoepsilonix.love/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    117: https://mirrors.pku.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    118: https://mirror.it4i.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    119: https://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    120: https://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    121: https://mirrors.xtom.jp/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    122: https://gsl-syd.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    123: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    124: https://manjarolinux-mirror.cloud.mu/stable/$repo/$arch
    125: https://opencolo.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 255
  1: cpu: 3.8% command: zsh pid: 18865 mem: 9.08 MiB (0.0%)
  2: cpu: 3.2% command: plasmashell pid: 18196 mem: 289.6 MiB (0.9%)
  3: cpu: 2.1% command: Xorg pid: 18046 mem: 162.2 MiB (0.5%)
  4: cpu: 1.8% command: kwin_x11 pid: 18145 mem: 169.9 MiB (0.5%)
  5: cpu: 1.5% command: dolphin pid: 18775 mem: 131.7 MiB (0.4%)
  Memory top: 5 of 255
  1: mem: 289.6 MiB (0.9%) command: plasmashell pid: 18196 cpu: 3.2%
  2: mem: 169.9 MiB (0.5%) command: kwin_x11 pid: 18145 cpu: 1.8%
  3: mem: 162.2 MiB (0.5%) command: Xorg pid: 18046 cpu: 2.1%
  4: mem: 131.7 MiB (0.4%) command: dolphin pid: 18775 cpu: 1.5%
  5: mem: 124.4 MiB (0.3%) command: kate pid: 18835 cpu: 0.8%
Info:
  Processes: 255 Power: uptime: 4m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.42 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
    power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
    tool: systemctl
  Compilers: N/A Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.39
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Too late, reinstall in progress.

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Nw, could you let me know how it works out?
I have a feeling I’ll have to reinstall as well.

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Trying Kubuntu this time around, I just can’t find the motivation to deal with this on her laptop, which she only uses to start a browser. Switching distro usually results in reinstalling Manjaro a couple of weeks later though. We’ll see how it goes.

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Literally my experience. Had some, possibly, grub-related issue some months back. Figured, I’ve been reinstalling Manjaro too much already, and maybe I ought to try another distro.

Tried Linux Mint - everything worked like a charm until… I found that the OS shutsdown, but not laptop’s power. Over 2 days of troubleshooting I found that it’s kernel related. Some issue with ACPI, and out of a few available kernels I could switch between all were affected (minus the older version of mint that would get deprecated in 2 months from the install).

It turned out the issue was inherited from Ubuntu kernel as I saw the same issue reported against Ubuntu kernel… meaning no Ubuntu based distro was probably free from that issue. Ended up switching back to Manjaro. :persevere:

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Have you done this already?

Beforehand I would uninstall install-grub.

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Yes I did. Sadly, it had no effect.
After performing that, I’m still having the same issue with system halting whilst executing grub.cfg on loading of bli module.

" Beforehand I would uninstall install-grub."

I couldn’t install anything such as grub within that live boot chroot environment due to domain recognition issues with anything mirror related. So uninstalling to re-install wouldn’t work. I tried adding nameservers like 1.1.1.1 or 8.8.8.8 manually, but with no luck.

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Could you try to disable the bli module of Grub?

chmod -x /etc/grub.d/25_bli

Edit:

The bli module seems to write some EFI variables. Could it be that there is some problem with that? For example I remember a few years ago a system that had problems because it’s UEFI variable memory was full (it was quite old system to be fair)

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Did you downgrade and re-intall grub (via running install-grub.sh plus re-generate the config (via running update-grub.sh)? This should result into what was installed before the update that broke the bootloader. (From the logs i tend to think the new grub version has an issue with the device. This bug report is also for a Lenovo laptop, although seemingly a newer model.)

Regarding stability i blacklisted any grub related packages. From my /etc/pacman.conf

IgnorePkg   = grub-theme-manjaro grub update-grub install-grub

install-grub was never installed on any of my systems, but i’m just afraid of accidents :wink:

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Maybe I should remove the package install-grub to be part of the default install medias. Seems updating grub in MBR still creates some issues.

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Seems like all this file contains is that quoted if statement with the module load.
I suppose I could comment out this if statement from the /boot/grub/grub.cfg. I’ll give it a go after 20mins or so once my files back up finishes.

That’s quite curious. Do you know how one would check for such issue? Based on the logs I gathered, it seems the halt happens after triggering some init function after the bli load. I’m guessing there’s something within that function that’s problematic.

I’m unsure of how I would go about doing that. I followed the tutorial linked, but I didn’t see any downgrading action. I assume if I uninstall it & reinstall it, I’ll just get the latest version back, no?

This looks highly promising for going forward. I think I’ll just ignore these package updates as well when I get the system sorted.

In my case the disk’s partition table is GPT.
So GPT could be affected as well.

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With MBR I mean the master boot record and the similar in UEFI BIOS. The last time Arch needed to proper install grub was back in 08-2022: Arch Linux - News: Grub bootloader upgrade and configuration incompatibilities However, since we have the package install-grub pre-installed, it seems more breakage can happen. Old issue with configs: FS#75701 : grub 2:2.06.r322.gd9b4638c5-1 issue

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Whoah!

Commenting these lines out from /boot/grub/grub.cfg:

Seemed to have allowed the system to reach the grub menu. Further more, as the 5s timeout ended, it just booted into my system.

I’ve got to say I’m surprised. I was expecting the commenting out of this module load to cause issues further down the grub.cfg. But no issues seem to have happened.

I haven’t tried logging into my system or doing anything inside yet. I’ll probably do further testing to see if all is good tomorrow … as it’s sleep time in my time zone.

But I’ve got to wonder… what was the purpose of the BLI module then if it’s … preliminary… seemingly… not needed? Is it some quality of life stuff?

@philm Do you think there’s any connection to what install-grub did that relates to BLI module?

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Hmm, needs more investigation. You can move out the /etc/grub.d/25_bli file from /etc/grub.d folder on your system: GNU GRUB Manual 2.12: bli

You may also want to add the following to your /etc/pacman.conf

NoExtract = etc/grub.d/25_bli

Pacman: Skip files from being installed to System

Then update grub.cfg via update-grub and double-check if the BLI section got removed.

Issue I found in the Arch Forum:

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The script does not change any grub configuration items or files.

The default/grub is read and other information is extracted from the system.

GRUB maintenance tasks are executed based on the information but no changes to configuration are made outside what grub-install or grub-mkconfig provides. nor is the installation mode changed.

As noted by @philm the issue requires more investigation but the issue on the Arch BBS indicates it to be rooted with GRUB.

EDIT:
This is entiirely speculation…

Since the BLI module is writing data to NVRAM intended to be read by the operating system - I am fhinking - if the NVRAM has run out of space?

I recall issues going back years - where the installer would break with a cryptic message - not enough space on device - and the message was thrown on attempt to write a new boot entry to NVRAM.

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Got it, thanks for clearing it up.

Also, I did a check on the status of efivarfs as EFI vars were mentioned a couple of times here. It seems that it still has a good deal of free space available. So whatever the BLI module initialization was, it’s likely not lack of efi vars storage. :thinking:

$ df -h /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
Filesystem      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
efivarfs        154K   84K   65K  57% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars
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I had the same issue, when upgrading the newest Grub package using pacman with my Lenovo P50. Your suggestion worked for me as well.

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Seems since Arch is not updating the grub install but Garuda does it, we have a similar issue on an older PC: GRUB update broke normal laptop boot - Issues & Assistance - Garuda Linux Forum

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-grub/2025-09/msg00001.html

Most likely this created the regression with bli: commands/bli: Set LoaderTpm2ActivePcrBanks runtime variable - grub.git - GNU GRUB

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Proper fix is now added to grub packages: https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/grub-devel/2025-09/msg00194.html

@DurpiuKalnas can you retest it?

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