No theme on new ISO

[pegasusearl]

hello. I just finished my fresh manjaro installation. New user new SSD. Using Manjaro with propietary nvidia driver option.

Using the new iso I downloaded today, manjaro-kde-23.1.3-240113-linux66, it install successfully but when I log in into desktop session, there no wallpaper, no panels. Only a cursor that I can move around.

However installing using old iso, manjaro-kde-23.0.4-231015-linux65, worked just fine.

I forgot to take a picture. but I don’t want to install the broken iso again, but I still have the home directory.

[linux-aarhus]

@pegasusearl

I forgot to take a picture

don’t bother - pictures are next to useless …

Did you remember to verify the ISO after download?

• [root tip] [How To] Forum mini guide to verify ISO signature

We have various scripts which can handle the task

• [root tip] [Utility Script] Using python to download and verify a Manjaro ISO
• Packages

You don’t need to install anything - just keep your system in sync - and no - you will not miss anything.

[Takakage]

Several others have reported something similar. They seem to have had success following forum member ydar’s suggestion to select X11 instead of Wayland at the log-in screen.

Install seems to work well, after a reboot the GUI is unusable

Looks like you’re using Wayland. Someone just a day or two ago had a similar problem, and I suggested that they try X11, they said it works for them. I think a lot of the Wayland issues have been worked on for the upcoming KDE/Plasma 6 release so things should work better then.

Fresh install: black screen with cursor after logging in

Maybe try selecting X11 instead of Wayland. You should see the option at the bottom of the login screen if I remember correctly.

[pegasusearl]

@linux-aarhus

Did you remember to verify the ISO after download?

hmm, I usually don’t verify checksum, I trust xdman 100%. It’s very reliable download manager.

I tested just now, the checksum matched.
I checked the file that are copied to the Ventoy USB drive instead of the downloaded one.

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One thing that I thought was a step back from the previous iso is the partition assignment for /boot/efi.

Usually I can just make a partition, and assign the mount point to /boot/efi. And just go to next step.
But this time, the installer complained and asked me to set the mount point to /boot. So I set it to /boot but the installer still complained.
Turns out I need to check the “boot” flag in there. Usually I don’t have to do that in previous iso installers. I was confused for a while.