Hi, after upgrading my manjaro kernel from 6.5.13-6 to 6.6.7-4, it fails to boot into the KDE desktop (black screen after HP’s logo). I cannot switch to other tty. REISUB can be used to reboot.
Also, I’ve downloaded the newest manjaro-kde-23.1.0-minimal-231215-linux66.iso but it cannot boot into the KDE desktop neither with open source driver nor with property driver.
The previous kernel 6.5.13-6 works well. Could the settings from 6.5.13-6 be affecting the ability to switch to another GPU driver in 6.6.7-4? If not, what steps should I take to resolve this issue?
I will provide more system information later. Thank you for your help!
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!
Stay away from 6.6 series for now, as 6.5 is also EOL, you might want to go back to 6.1 as the previous LTS. Unless you’re willing to stay on that EOL kernel, though it might impose package versioning problem sooner or later.
You might want to check for any lines marked EE in /var/log/Xorg.0.log[.old], as well as:
$ sudo systemctl status sddm
as it’s the one responsible for booting up the graphical session.
Considering the newness of the hardware I would suggest as high kernel as possible.
6.6 would seem like a reasonable choice, but if it is not working then I might try 6.7, even if it is rc.
As you mentioned, the previous kernel version (6.5.13-6) works well. You can use GRUB to boot into this older kernel for now until you find a solution. When booting, press Esc or a similar key to view detailed boot messages. Look for any error messages or warnings that might give you clues about what’s going wrong. Make sure your graphics drivers are compatible with the new kernel. If you were using proprietary drivers, you might need to reinstall or update them to match the kernel version. For open-source drivers, ensure that they are also up to date.
Interesting, my brother just got a new laptop from his work, and HP Z series, forget the model, but he tried the major Manjaro editions, XFCE, Plasma and Gnome and he said they all failed to boot into the Desktop as well. But his machine is an Intel based unit with Nvidia. I say this is because he wanted to know what I did to the DeLinuxCo to make it work, I said nothing, it’s just a spin of Manjaro, Cinnamon, it uses Kernel 6.6 and that is the only change.
If anyone here having their issue is willing to try I would like to know if it indeed does boot while the others do not?
Also, if you are able to get to a command line, try adding “amdgpu” to the initial ramdisk
edit /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
Add amdgpu to the modules array
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES=(piix ide_disk reiserfs)
MODULES=(amdgpu)
# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image. This is run last, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries included by a given hook
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
I modified /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and generate new initramfs-fallback.img. It failed to boot into desktop with the “6.6.7-4 (fallback initramfs)” option in GRUB.
But Xorg.0.log.old is different, without “failed” words.
@aijizhilv maybe try to boot into linux67 and see if the upcoming kernel of 2024 fixes your issues. Else keep 6.5 running. Normally we will maintain that one for another month or so.
6.7.0-rc6-1 (Experimetal) can boot to desktop, but it comes with severe screen flickering issues. I’ve given up on try with new kernel, and have confirmed that 6.1 LTS works fine, which can be an alternative kernel after EOL of 6.5.13-6.
I’ll mark this issue as solved once 6.6 LTS or later version can successfully boot to desktop. Thanks to everyone who has provided suggestions in this thread!