Hi I am Lit and I use this account if I didn’t find solution, anyway, while back I was very happy to switch from Windows to Manjaro, while setting up the installation it stacks at 78%, checked on the task manager it’s still working but doesn’t do anything mhwd -a pci free 0200 --pmconfig /opt/mhwd/pacman-mhwd.conf
I waited hours and still the same problem I have no idea how to fix it
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog --no-pager
Specifying boot ID or boot offset has no effect, no persistent journal was found.
Your machine appears to be quite old (I haven’t seen HD3000 in quite a while) – You might wish to check with the Linux hardware compatibility database, when possible:
Would automatically install any free drivers available for a PCI Network card
Manjaro Wiki - Configure Graphics Cards
the following command would result in the automatic detection and installation of the best available free driver for a pci-connected graphics card:
actually this isn’t my first time using Linux on this machine I did run linux on it using Debian years ago and then Manjaro and then Dual booting with the same distro but then back with just Manjaro bc you know Windows
In that case you can likely provide the system information, irrespective of:
There are no time limits here.
Someone will no doubt see the information however long it may take to post it. This information will assist those wishing to help, and may highlight other contributing factors.
*(I should add a section there for starting zram right away… in the example it would be systemctl start systemd-zram-setup@zram0.service instead of a restart)
If inxi and mhwd are hanging … this might indicate a deeper issue.
Usually something like broken drivers or similar is what would cause inxi to stutter indefinitely.
(like very broken … usually inxi will run fine regardless)
We might also wonder about which ISO is being used? Is it very old?
Well one, I got ISO from official website, and two, the Intel and the AMD driver was back 2011 I guess? because my laptop I use is HP Pavilion dv6-6051sf Entertainment Notebook back in 2011 which I can still do gaming on it (for example Fallout:NV, Minecraft, or making games with Godot ect…) running all on Linux without giving my eye on Windows uh…
Idk why keep forgetting stuff, when I install those two drivers on Windows, It installed but it gets me to BSOD which lead us to display problem and that surprisingly happen with Manjaro installation
while live boots (other distro) it works fine but after installation, you get into different problems, for examples, with Xubuntu snap apps didn’t work, with Debian right before get into installation, It whole crashed, same but boot to installation directly it stops you at Networks settings, you get the idea
I’ve been fixing this issue a week ago right after my birthday, did Google it, Asking ChatGPT, Looking through Reddit , it didn’t give good results
This is whole background for unknown reason why this happen.
I’d like to give my solution is killing one diver and one to go maybe it fix the issue
and you guys know how right?
The inxi -zv8 that @Nachlese gave is basically an abbreviated version of virtually the same command.
It’s likely much more information will be requested by others before coming close to a solution, provide as much as is requested; take as much time as you need;
and provide useful feedback.
inxi --debug 30
Starting inxi debugging data collector...
Loading required debugger Perl File:: modules...
Debugger data going into:
/home/jo/.local/share/inxi/inxi-mint-2024-10-26_060954-3.3.13-00
Note: for dmidecode, smartctl, lvm data you must be root.
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Collecting audio data...
Collecting bluetooth data...
Collecting dev, label, disk, uuid data, df...
Collecting Xorg log and xorg.conf files...
Collecting X, xprop, glxinfo, xrandr, xdpyinfo data, Wayland info...
Collecting networking data...
Collecting Perl module data (this can take a while)...
Collecting system data...
Collecting system files data...
----------------------------------------
Constructing /sys ls data...
Building /sys file list...
Parsing /sys files...
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Constructing /proc ls data...
Building /proc file list...
Adding /proc files...
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Creating inxi output file now. This can take a few seconds...
Starting inxi from: /usr/bin/
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Creating tar.gz compressed file of this material...
File: inxi-mint-2024-10-26_060954-3.3.13-00.tar.gz
Removing /home/jo/.local/share/inxi/inxi-mint-2024-10-26_060954-3.3.13-00...
Directory removed.
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Uploading to: ftp.smxi.org/incoming
File to be uploaded:
/home/jo/.local/share/inxi/inxi-mint-2024-10-26_060954-3.3.13-00.tar.gz
Connected to FTP server.
Uploaded file successfully!
Goodbye.
Debugger data generation and upload completed. Thank you for your help
It’s a Linux Mint Vera system - not Manjaro
and that resulting file is not uploaded to be seen here
I wonder why inxi -zv8
would not ever finish and generate any output
that is really strange
It is ok if you don’t want to share - the consequence of it is just that no one can help …
You can just say that you don’t want to share it, though.
But why would that command not produce any output for you ?
Reinstall Manjaro (from scratch); make sure to verify the ISO with the provided checksum (see the Download page).
This time, let the Calamares Installer handle everything; do not try to install your specific network and graphics drivers.
Manjaro should still install without them.
Once Manjaro is installed, the kernel might provide the necessary modules (drivers) in any case. Note that this is purely a guess. If network doesn’t function OOTB, only then consider configuring the drivers manually.
(From a TTY at the login screen (sddm) might be the best approach).
Regarding the graphics drivers; being that they are AMD; albeit older AMD, it’s likely they will work as expected.
During installation, choose the erase disk partitioning method and make sure to configure swap space – there is a dropdown where you can choose what you need; that is, the With/Without Hibernation options.
If you are using the manual partitioning method, make sure to configure a swap partition according to your needs; with only 4 GB of physical RAM, I suggest an 8 GB (or even 12 GB) swap partition would be a fair choice.
(Using the erase disk method only defaultswap sizes will be used)
When I start the Bootable USB, Manjaro does not start, it leaves a completely black screen with the word GRUB written in the upper left corner and it does not progress from there. I have made the USB with Balena Etcher and I don’t know how to solve the problem
