Hi, after today’s update, I’m facing a major issue: on reboot I only see the blinking cursor on the blank screen: the login greeter no longer appears; I am able to login to Desktop only by going to tty, log in there, and typing startx
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My inxi:
Summary
System: Kernel: 4.14.247-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.14-x86_64 root=UUID=0d37cf27-2ff0-4234-a80e-4be323299166 rw i915.fastboot=1
i915.error_capture=N i915.guc_log_level=0 i915.semaphores=0 quiet "acpi_osi=Windows 2009" libahci.ignore_sss=1
random.trust_cpu=on pcie_aspm=force scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=1 nowatchdog nmi_watchdog=0 mitigations=off
nospec_store_bypass_disable noibrs noibpb nopti nospec nospectre_v1 nospectre_v2 l1tf=off mds=off tsx=on
tsx_async_abort=off no_stf_barrier kvm-intel.vmentry_l1d_flush=never audit=0 loglevel=0 udev.log_priority=0
rd.udev.log_priority=0 rd.systemd.show_status=false net.ifnames=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=0
zswap.enabled=0 ipv6.disable=1 noresume
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 2 dm: LightDM 1.30.0
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP ProBook 6470b v: A1029D1102 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10
serial: <filter>
Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 179C v: KBC Version 42.38 serial: <filter> BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68ICE Ver. F.73
date: 08/07/2018
Battery: ID-1: BAT0 charge: 60.1 Wh (97.9%) condition: 61.4/61.4 Wh (100.0%) volts: 12.2 min: 10.8
model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion serial: <filter> status: Unknown
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Touch Keyboard K400 Plus serial: <filter>
charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Device-2: hidpp_battery_1 model: Logitech Wireless Mobile Mouse MX Anywhere 2S serial: <filter>
charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Memory: RAM: total: 15.55 GiB used: 2.37 GiB (15.2%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU: Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3210M bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58)
stepping: 9 microcode: 20 cache: L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 19963
Speed: 2486 MHz min/max: 1200/3100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2486 2: 1736 3: 2773 4: 3021
Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de
ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm
mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36
pts rdrand rdtscp rep_good sep smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Vulnerable
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: vulnerable
Type: mds status: Vulnerable; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown status: Vulnerable
Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
Type: spectre_v1 status: Vulnerable: __user pointer sanitization and usercopy barriers only; no swapgs barriers
Type: spectre_v2 status: Vulnerable, IBPB: disabled, STIBP: disabled
Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: picom v: git-86c54 driver: loaded: intel display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.2x8.0") s-diag: 414mm (16.3")
Monitor-1: LVDS1 res: 1366x768 hz: 60 dpi: 112 size: 310x170mm (12.2x6.7") diag: 354mm (13.9")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2) v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.2 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k4.14.247-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.37 running: no
Network: Device-1: TP-Link Archer T9UH v1 [Realtek RTL8814AU] type: USB driver: 8814au bus-ID: 4-3:2 chip-ID: 2357:0106
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlan0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth: Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical: Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID: Message: No RAID data found.
Drives: Local Storage: total: 698.65 GiB used: 93.39 GiB (13.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT250MX500SSD1 size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 023 scheme: MBR
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 465.76 GiB size: 457.45 GiB (98.22%) used: 50.82 GiB (11.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
label: N/A uuid: 0d37cf27-2ff0-4234-a80e-4be323299166
ID-2: /home/<filter>/mounts/servicedisk raw-size: 232.88 GiB size: 228.23 GiB (98.00%) used: 42.57 GiB (18.7%)
fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: servicedisk uuid: 8412b438-5d7b-48bd-bfb1-46666bb7ac64
Swap: Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted: Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB: Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024
class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 1-1.2:3 info: VIA Labs VL813 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 2109:2813 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-1.2.1:4 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid
interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Hub-4: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1.6:3 info: Broadcom HP Portable SoftSailing type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 12 Mb/s chip-ID: 0a5c:21e1 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
Hub-6: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 4-3:2 info: TP-Link Archer T9UH v1 [Realtek RTL8814AU] type: Network driver: 8814au interfaces: 1
rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 864mA chip-ID: 2357:0106 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 45.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 169 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 6 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages:
pacman: 1711 lib: 439 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.06
Another downside is that in this way, the ~/.xprofile
no longer works.
EDIT:
I also experienced: when I logout, on the next login, the startup elements doesn’t start, but the worst thing… two system freeze.
I’m going to restore from timeshift.