(x-posted from r/ManjaroLinux, I was told the answers here are better )
Hello, I recently built a PC and am having trouble installing an OS onto it. I tried originally booting from a live USB with Ventoy and Manjaro KDE (manjaro-kde-21.1.0-minimal-210817-linux513), but I could never get past the GRUB boot screen. I also tried installing Arch Linux, but it said something like āno EFI boot sectors foundā (I donāt remember exactly what it was). My friend whoās helped me with basically every Linux problem found me an older install of Manjaro KDE (manjaro-kde-18.1.2-191028-linux53), which does install, but when I boot to it, installing all the updates is a nightmare. I tried installing the 2000+ updates, and it took probably an hour on the āchecking inter-conflictsā step, and thereās no feedback during that step so I have no idea if itās even working or not. Also, if I try rebooting while this happens, the install is then broken and it fails to boot. I even tried rebooting after not even updating, but just looked at the list and it still failed to boot.
My friend suspects its the graphics card thatās causing the issue, as every other part is brand new except for that (thanks scalpers), and the 1050 TI is a few generations old. What should I do at this point? What makes sense to me is getting the latest version of Manjaro KDE with the Nvidia drivers that are on the old version that Iāve been installing, but of course I donāt know enough about Linux to know thatās 100% the problem.
Assuming you have an nvidia card you should have an onboard card on the mobo right? Maybe plug the video channel on the mobo during the install and later we work on the nvidia stuff. But I do have a manjaro install in a laptop which has a 1050ti so it is definitively doable.
Ok so if Iām following, Iām supposed to plug the cable into the mobo HDMI, then the nvidia HDMI? or just the mobo HDMI? I tried both, neither works; with the nvidia HDMI it shows the mobo splash screen and goes to the Manjaro KDE live USB GRUB boot menu, but with the mobo HDMI it shows nothing at all.
Plug on the mobo HDMI, se if it boots and you can install without the nvidia drivers, then you will have manjaro running and we tackle the nvidia setup.
I have a GTX 1050 Ti. No problems at all. Neither Open Source nouveau nor Proprietary nvidia. Both work. Howeverā¦ on the ISOs 10xx cards should work out of the box with nouveau if OpenSource or free is selected.
I think most consumer MOBOs these days do not have onboard graphics. Well, not just these days, I havenāt seen a consumer MOBO with onboard graphics in many years.
Indeed ! If the CPU does not have a GPU option the onboard HDMI will probably not work. (It took me a few minutes to figure that out, I have a B540 and ryzen 5 3600 (no internal gpu unit))
Highly not recommended to install via an old installer, as configs have changed a lot.
I would recommend you to try using manjaro-architectā¦ but the Manjaro team no longer releases the manjaro-architect ISO unfortunately, which makes me sad because thatās the ISO I mainly use. But itās probably because itās unmaintained now. It does get some updates though.
You could technically use it on the Live ISOā¦ but youād have to update that whole Live ISO to get the newest manjaro-architect because just updating manjaro-architect might break it due to partial upgrade and I donāt think thatāll work that well.
Edit: Oh also, the older ISO might be working because it contains the correct driver for your GPU, and the newer doesnāt by default. Itās a possibility. I wouldnāt know how to fix the issue thoughā¦ I stick with AMD because itās built into the kernel.
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