Stuck at 3 dots after app lag fix

whazzatt · 8 August 2023 12:08

Hi

Fresh installation, apps were lagging, so I searched and did this:

sudo pacman -Rdd xdg-desktop-portal-gnome
sudo pacman -S xdg-desktop-portal-gtk

…and now I’m stuck at the 3 dots and the system does not load. When I press ctrl+alt and any of the F keys, the dots just freeze. Pressing esc does nothing. I’ve accessed the system via installation disk to provide this:

[manjaro /]# inxi --full --admin --filter --width
12System:
  12Kernel 6.1.30-1-MANJARO 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 12.2.1
    12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_XFCE_2213 quiet
    systemd.show_status=1 splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=free
    nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  12Desktop Xfce 12v 4.18.1 12tk Gtk 12v 3.24.36 12info xfce4-panel 12wm xfwm 12v 4.18.0
    12dm N/A 12Distro Manjaro Linux 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Portable 12System Dell 12product Inspiron 3521 12v A12 12serial <filter> 12Chassis
    12type 8 12v A12 12serial <filter>
  12Mobo Dell 12model 06RYX8 12v A02 12serial <filter> 12UEFI-[Legacy] Dell 12v A12
    12date 10/25/2013
12Battery:
  12ID-1 BAT1 12charge 8.4 Wh (57.5%) 12condition 14.6/41.4 Wh (35.1%) 12volts 15.3
    12min 14.8 12model SANYO DELL 4WY7C42E 12type Unknown 12serial <filter>
    12status not charging
12CPU:
  12Info 12model Intel Core i3-3217U 12socket rPGA988B (U3E1) 12note check 12bits 64
    12type MT MCP 12arch Ivy Bridge 12gen core 3 12level v2 12built 2012-15
    12process Intel 22nm 12family 6 12model-id 0x3A (58) 12stepping 9 12microcode 0x21
  12Topology 12cpus 1x 12cores 2 12tpc 2 12threads 4 12smt enabled 12cache 12L1 128 KiB
    12desc d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB 12L2 512 KiB 12desc 2x256 KiB 12L3 3 MiB 12desc 1x3 MiB
  12Speed (MHz) 12avg 799 12high 800 12min/max 800/1800 12base/boost 1800/4000 12scaling
    12driver intel_cpufreq 12governor schedutil 12volts 0.8 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12cores
    121 800 122 800 123 798 124 800 12bogomips 14375
  12Flags avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  12Vulnerabilities
  12Type itlb_multihit 12status KVM: VMX disabled
  12Type l1tf 12mitigation PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  12Type mds 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  12Type meltdown 12mitigation PTI
  12Type mmio_stale_data 12status Unknown: No mitigations
  12Type retbleed 12status Not affected
  12Type spec_store_bypass 12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  12Type spectre_v1 12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
    conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  12Type srbds 12status Not affected
  12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
  12Device-1 Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics 12vendor Dell 12driver i915
    12v kernel 12arch Gen-7 12process Intel 22nm 12built 2012-13 12ports 12active LVDS-1
    12empty DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 12bus-ID 00:02.0 12chip-ID 8086:0166 12class-ID 0300
  12Device-2 Realtek Integrated Webcam HD 12driver uvcvideo 12type USB 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12bus-ID 1-1.4:5 12chip-ID 0bda:58c2
    12class-ID 0e02 12serial <filter>
  12Display 12server X.Org 12v 21.1.8 12compositor xfwm 12v 4.18.0 12driver 12X
    12loaded modesetting 12alternate fbdev,vesa 12dri crocus 12gpu i915 12display-ID :0.0
    12screens 1
  12Screen-1 0 12s-res 1366x768 12s-dpi 96 12s-size 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    12s-diag 414mm (16.31") 12monitors <missing: xrandr>
  12Monitor-1 LVDS-1 12model AU Optronics 0x45ec 12built 2011 12res 1366x768 12dpi 101
    12gamma 1.2 12size 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") 12diag 394mm (15.5") 12ratio 16:9
    12modes 1366x768
  12API OpenGL 12Message Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
12Audio:
  12Device-1 Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio 12vendor Dell 7
    12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12bus-ID 00:1b.0 12chip-ID 8086:1e20 12class-ID 0403
  12API ALSA 12v k6.1.30-1-MANJARO 12status kernel-api 12with aoss 12type oss-emulator
    12tools alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  12Server-1 JACK 12v 1.9.22 12status off 12tools N/A
  12Server-2 PipeWire 12v 0.3.75 12status n/a (root, process) 12tools pw-cli
  12Server-3 PulseAudio 12v 16.1 12status active (root, process)
    12with pulseaudio-alsa 12type plugin 12tools pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
12Network:
  12Device-1 Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet 12vendor Dell 12driver r8169
    12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12port 2000 12bus-ID 01:00.0
    12chip-ID 10ec:8136 12class-ID 0200
  12IF enp1s0 12state up 12speed 100 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac <filter>
  12Device-2 Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n 12vendor Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n +
    BT 4.0 12driver bcma-pci-bridge 12v N/A 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1
    12bus-ID 02:00.0 12chip-ID 14e4:4365 12class-ID 0280
12Bluetooth:
  12Device-1 Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 12driver btusb 12v 0.8 12type USB 12rev 2.0
    12speed 12 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12bus-ID 1-1.1:3 12chip-ID 0a5c:21d7 12class-ID fe01
    12serial <filter>
  12Report rfkill 12ID hci0 12rfk-id 0 12state down 12bt-service N/A 12rfk-block
    12hardware no 12software yes 12address see --recommends
12Drives:
  12Local Storage 12total 252.63 GiB 12used 10.54 GiB (4.2%)
  12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  12ID-1 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Crucial 12model CT240BX500SSD1
    12size 223.57 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s
    12tech SSD 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 041
  12ID-2 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12vendor SanDisk 12model Cruzer Glide 3.0
    12size 29.06 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 2.1
    12spd 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12tech N/A 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 1.00
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 223.57 GiB 12size 219 GiB (97.96%) 12used 10.54 GiB (4.8%)
    12fs ext4 12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sda1 12maj-min 8:1
12Swap:
  12Alert No swap data was found.
12Sensors:
  12System Temperatures 12cpu 47.0 C 12mobo N/A
  12Fan Speeds (RPM) 12cpu 0
12Info:
  12Processes 208 12Uptime 17m 12wakeups 1 12Memory 12total 8 GiB 12available 7.65 GiB
  12used 2.11 GiB (27.6%) 12igpu 64 MiB 12Init systemd 12v 253 12default graphical
  12tool systemctl 12Compilers 12gcc 13.1.1 12clang 15.0.7 12Packages 12pm pacman 12pkgs 1106
  12libs 365 12tools pamac 12pm flatpak 12pkgs 0 12Client Unknown Client:
  rcu_tasks_kthread 12inxi 3.3.28

How should I proceed?

Thanks

jrichard326 · 8 August 2023 12:34

Why do you need either of those on an xfce system? The problem you describe sounds related to a Plymouth issue.

What is going on with the kernel parameters? Noveau (Nvidia), Radeon? I see Intel graphics in your inxi output.

Aragorn · 8 August 2023 12:43

That cannot have affected the boot sequence of your system. The xdg-desktop-portal is simply the backend to the “file open/save” dialog in your desktop environment.

Whatever caused your system to hang must have been something else, and probably something that you did but that you’re not telling us.

Think back. Did you install or remove anything else? Did you change anything with regard to partitions or the system-wide configuration?

whazzatt · 8 August 2023 13:22

Hi, yes, I had to install something to make my broadcom wifi work. I followed instructions here:

whazzatt · 8 August 2023 15:57

I have no idea what’s going on here…

I shut down and restarted several times. On attempt 6, the system loaded.

Shut down, and back to the never ending 3 dots. Shut down, restart, shut down, repeat, and after 4 or 5 attempts it loads again.

Can anyone help?

 Kernel: 6.4.0-2-rt6-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.4-rt-x86_64
    root=UUID=395cc26a-6ae0-48dd-a41a-e6f780ed027a rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 3521 v: A12
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 8 v: A12
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 06RYX8 v: A02 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: A12 date: 10/25/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 8.4 Wh (57.5%) condition: 14.6/41.4 Wh (35.1%) volts: 15.3
    min: 14.8 model: SANYO DELL 4WY7C42E type: Unknown serial: <filter>
    status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-3217U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
    gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1048 high: 1800 min/max: 800/1800 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 798 2: 798 3: 798 4: 1800
    bogomips: 14367
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  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 status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed 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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Realtek Integrated Webcam HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.4:5 chip-ID: 0bda:58c2
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31") monitors: <missing: xrandr>
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x45ec built: 2011 res: 1366x768
    dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 7
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.4.0-2-rt6-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: 0.3.75 status: off tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n
    + BT 4.0 driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4365 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 0a5c:21d7
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 11.7 GiB (5.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 041 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 219 GiB (97.96%) used: 11.7 GiB (5.3%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 50.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 211 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.65 GiB
  used: 1.55 GiB (20.2%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 1111 libs: 365 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.28

brahma · 8 August 2023 16:30

try with different kernel, for example switch to the 6.1 and / or 5.15 and test with them…

andreas85 · 8 August 2023 17:19

IF you don’t need 6.4, stay with LTS-kernel (6.1)!

Aragorn · 9 August 2023 01:55

That sounds like a race condition, creating a chicken-and-egg problem. Your system needs something during the boot process — possibly the Broadcom driver — but it’s not available yet when the system tries to appeal unto it, while the rest of the system tries to continue booting, and then grinds to a halt because of the dependency that wasn’t met.

It shouldn’t happen, but unfortunately, it does. under certain circumstances.

As the others have said, try a different kernel — preferably one of the LTS kernels, i.e. 6.1, 5.15, 5.10, or 4.19.

whazzatt · 9 August 2023 09:02

I pressed shift at boot and tried an older kernel. After doing so, the system would not load - I tried dozens of times and sat staring at the 3 dots each time. Pressing an F button simply froze whatever was happening.

So I did a fresh installation of the image I downloaded from the site in April (because that image worked fine until a recent update). All I did was install and update. The one difference is that I chose propriety drivers, which automatically installed my broadcom wifi, so I did not have to tamper like I did last time.

After the update, the system loaded the first time. I tried again, and it did not load 7 times in a row. It loaded on the eighth time.

There are no other kernels installed to try.

I cannot gamble in this manner each time I want to use my laptop. Please help.

Kernel: 6.1.41-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=05cf2b6b-a2d9-411d-b9cd-122a505ecb07 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
    security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Inspiron 3521 v: A12
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 8 v: A12
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 06RYX8 v: A02 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI-[Legacy]: Dell v: A12 date: 10/25/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 0.8 Wh (5.5%) condition: 14.6/41.4 Wh (35.1%) volts: 15.2
    min: 14.8 model: SANYO DELL 4WY7C42E type: Unknown serial: <filter>
    status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i3-3217U bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
    gen: core 3 level: v2 built: 2012-15 process: Intel 22nm family: 6
    model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 tpc: 2 threads: 4 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 128 KiB desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 512 KiB desc: 2x256 KiB
    L3: 3 MiB desc: 1x3 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1049 high: 1800 min/max: 800/1800 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 798 2: 1800 3: 800 4: 800
    bogomips: 14374
  Flags: avx ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  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 status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed 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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-7 process: Intel 22nm built: 2012-13 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Realtek Integrated Webcam HD driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-1.4:5 chip-ID: 0bda:58c2
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915
    display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1366x768 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 361x203mm (14.21x7.99")
    s-diag: 414mm (16.31")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x45ec built: 2011 res: 1366x768
    hz: 60 dpi: 101 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6") diag: 394mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1366x768
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio vendor: Dell 7
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
    class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.41-1-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: 0.3.75 status: off tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet vendor: Dell
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 2000
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8136 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp1s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM43142 802.11b/g/n vendor: Dell Wireless 1704 802.11n
    + BT 4.0 driver: wl v: kernel modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4365 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Broadcom BCM43142 Bluetooth 4.0 driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 0a5c:21d7
    class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 223.57 GiB used: 10.94 GiB (4.9%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 041 scheme: MBR
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 223.57 GiB size: 219 GiB (97.96%) used: 10.94 GiB (5.0%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 44.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 185 Uptime: 6m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 8 GiB available: 7.65 GiB
  used: 1.86 GiB (24.3%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
  pkgs: 1076 libs: 340 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.28

Aragorn · 9 August 2023 09:10

What did you think we were trying to do, then?

whazzatt · 9 August 2023 09:18

I did not imply that anyone’s past replies were not attempts to help.

Having not solved the problem, I need help going forward.

brahma · 11 August 2023 05:57

are you on RAID? check with:
inxi -R
and does this happens everytime you start the pc?
are you dual booting with windows? if yes, check if fast startup is disabled…
also check if fast boot is disabled in your bios/uefi - you may not have this option…

when it happens again, provide logs from the failed boot:
journalctl -b-1 -p4 --no-pager