Update failed, won't boot, black screen

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My Manjaro just broke, I got a notification that there were about 40 new packages earlier (yesterday evening or earlier today). Usually I wait a day or two, but in this case I had an application (GoLand) that suddenly refused to start with 'execv failed : Permission failed". So I foolishly figured I do the 40 updates, and then rebooted the machine. After the updates the machine won’t boot anymore.

I can’t see any messages in the stable update section in the forum that there are supposed to be an update today. Unfortunately I did not check there first. Was this update not intended for stable?

Now when I boot, I get only a black screen and a blinking cursor, I can’t switch to another tty, there is no grub menu, etc. I booted from a USB and tried the following:

[manjaro@manjaro-cinnamon ~]$ sudo mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt
[manjaro@manjaro-cinnamon ~]$ sudo manjaro-chroot /mnt
sh-5.0# sudo pacman -Syyu
:: Synchronizing package databases…
core 169.5 KiB 4.87 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
extra 1999.1 KiB 44.4 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
community 6.3 MiB 106 MiB/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
multilib 188.6 KiB 0.00 B/s 00:00 [######################] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade…
there is nothing to do
sh-5.0#

Everything is backed up, so I CAN do a full reinstall right now, but I did that just a few weeks ago, so I really do not want to do that again so soon. Can this be fixed? Thanks…

Inxi says that I run Kernel 5.8, but that is because I am running from a USB now. I use kernel 5.4…

inxi -Fazy

12System:
12Kernel 5.8.16-2-MANJARO x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 10.2.0
12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_CINNAMON_2012 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor
12Desktop Cinnamon 4.8.0 12tk GTK 3.24.23 12wm Muffin 12dm N/A 12Distro Manjaro Linux
12Machine:
12Type Desktop 12System Inet_AB 12product N/A 12v N/A 12serial
12Mobo ASUSTeK 12model PRIME B450M-A 12v Rev X.0x 12serial
12UEFI [Legacy] American Megatrends 12v 2006 12date 11/13/2019
12CPU:
12Info 6-Core 12model AMD Ryzen 5 3600 12socket AM4 12bits 64 12type MT MCP 12arch Zen 2
12family 17 (23) 12model-id 71 (113) 12stepping N/A 12microcode 8701013
12L1 cache 384 KiB 12L2 cache 3072 KiB 12L3 cache 31.2 MiB
12flags avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
12bogomips 86279
12Speed 3118 MHz 12min/max 2200/3600 MHz 12base/boost 3600/4200 12boost enabled
12volts 1.1 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12Core speeds (MHz) 121 2790 122 1863 123 1859 124 2793
125 1868 126 1862 127 1858 128 2792 129 2791 1210 1862 1211 1859 1212 1863
12Vulnerabilities 12Type itlb_multihit 12status Not affected
12Type l1tf 12status Not affected
12Type mds 12status Not affected
12Type meltdown 12status Not affected
12Type spec_store_bypass
12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
12Type spectre_v1
12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
conditional, RSB filling
12Type srbds 12status Not affected
12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
12Device-1 AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
12vendor Sapphire Limited Nitro+ 12driver amdgpu 12v kernel 12bus ID 08:00.0
12chip ID 1002:67df
12Display 12server X.Org 1.20.9 12driver amdgpu,ati 12unloaded modesetting
12alternate fbdev,vesa 12display ID :0 12screens 1
12Screen-1 0 12s-res 5760x1080 12s-dpi 96 12s-size 1524x285mm (60.0x11.2")
12s-diag 1550mm (61")
12Monitor-1 DisplayPort-0 12res 1920x1080 12hz 60 12dpi 82
12size 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") 12diag 686mm (27")
12Monitor-2 DisplayPort-1 12res 1920x1080 12hz 60 12dpi 82
12size 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") 12diag 686mm (27")
12Monitor-3 DVI-D-0 12res 1920x1080 12hz 60 12dpi 82 12size 598x336mm (23.5x13.2")
12diag 686mm (27")
12OpenGL 12renderer Radeon RX 580 Series (POLARIS10 DRM 3.38.0 5.8.16-2-MANJARO
LLVM 11.0.0)
12v 4.6 Mesa 20.2.3 12direct render Yes
12Audio:
12Device-1 AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
12vendor Sapphire Limited 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12bus ID 08:00.1
12chip ID 1002:aaf0
12Device-2 AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver snd_hda_intel
12v kernel 12bus ID 0a:00.4 12chip ID 1022:1487
12Device-3 Logitech Logitech BRIO 12type USB
12driver hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid,uvcvideo 12bus ID 4-4:2
12chip ID 046d:085e 12serial
12Sound Server ALSA 12v k5.8.16-2-MANJARO
12Network:
12Device-1 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver r8169 12v kernel 12port f000 12bus ID 07:00.0
12chip ID 10ec:8168
12IF enp7s0 12state up 12speed 1000 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac
12Drives:
12Local Storage 12total 3.46 TiB 12used 170.98 GiB (4.8%)
12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
12ID-1 /dev/sda 12vendor Toshiba 12model TR200 12size 223.57 GiB 12block size
12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12serial 12rev 15.3
12ID-2 /dev/sdb 12vendor Western Digital 12model WD20EZRZ-00Z5HB0 12size 1.82 TiB
12block size 12physical 4096 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12serial
12rev 0A80
12ID-3 /dev/sdc 12vendor Samsung 12model SSD 850 EVO 500GB 12size 465.76 GiB
12block size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12serial
12rev 1B6Q
12ID-4 /dev/sdd 12vendor Samsung 12model SSD 850 EVO 1TB 12size 931.51 GiB
12block size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12serial
12rev 3B6Q
12ID-5 /dev/sde 12type USB 12vendor Generic 12model Flash Disk 12size 58.59 GiB
12block size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12serial 12rev 8.07
12Partition:
12ID-1 / 12raw size 931.51 GiB 12size 915.89 GiB (98.32%) 12used 170.82 GiB (18.7%)
12fs ext4 12block size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sdd1
12Swap:
12Alert No Swap data was found.
12Sensors:
12System Temperatures 12cpu 47.2 C 12mobo N/A 12gpu amdgpu 12temp 38.0 C
12Fan Speeds (RPM) N/A 12gpu amdgpu 12fan 820
12Info:
12Processes 326 12Uptime 43m 12Memory 31.36 GiB 12used 2.87 GiB (9.2%) 12Init systemd
12v 246 12Compilers 12gcc 10.2.0 12Packages 12pacman 1283 12lib 366 12flatpak 0
12Client Unknown Client: systemd 12inxi 3.1.08
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2

No one has any ideas on how to solve this?

3

Perhaps this?

:man_shrugging:

4

Nope, ‘sudo pacman-mirrors -g && sudo pacman -Syyu’ did nothing…

5

I’ll give it one more hour, if there are no more suggestions, I will reinstall my system…I rather spend a day reinstalling my system, than spending hours or days waiting for a solution that might not come…

6

Maybe you did a partial update, without being completely ready in the repo, it is good habit to make backup copies before updates

7

Maybe, but this update showed up early in the morning or late last night, so they should be updated. (just checked, and one of the two Swedish servers are updated now. I did the update a few hours ago though).

I got Cinnamon version 4.8, which is weird (todays stable update had cinnamon version 4.6.7 in it). Feels like I got a testing/unstable update or something…

I am pretty sure my system is completely broken though, I probably have to reinstall anyway…

8

On the live usb mount your disks then chroot to get access to your system.

After that, the first thing you need to do is check /var/log/pacman.log to see what may have broken your system. I suspect an update from xorg, kernel could be the problem

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Well here is the part that is from today:

/var/log/pacman.log

[2020-12-03T14:53:16+0100] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -Syyu’
[2020-12-03T14:53:16+0100] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-12-03T14:53:17+0100] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-12-03T14:53:41+0100] [ALPM] running ‘firefox-pre.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:53:41+0100] [ALPM] transaction started
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded archlinux-appstream-data (20201020-1 -> 20201128-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded js78 (78.5.0-1 -> 78.5.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded libcups (2.3.3+121+g63ffc5cd7-1 -> 1:2.3.3op1-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-desktop (4.6.4-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-settings-daemon (4.6.4-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-menus (4.6.1-1 -> 4.8.1-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-control-center (4.6.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded python-xapp (2.0.0-1 -> 2.0.2-1.1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded xapp (1.8.10-1 -> 2.0.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-screensaver (4.6.0-1.1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-session (4.6.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cjs (4.6.0-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded libinput (1.16.3-1 -> 1.16.4-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded enchant (2.2.11-2 -> 2.2.12-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded muffin (4.6.3-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded gnupg (2.2.23-1 -> 2.2.25-0.1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nemo (4.6.5-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon (4.6.7-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cinnamon-translations (4.6.2-1 -> 4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded imagemagick (7.0.10.43-1 -> 7.0.10.45-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded cups (2.3.3+121+g63ffc5cd7-1 -> 1:2.3.3op1-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:42+0100] [ALPM] upgraded hidapi (0.10.0-2 -> 0.10.1-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded firefox (83.0-1 -> 83.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded ostree (2020.3-2 -> 2020.8-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded flatpak (1.8.3-1 -> 1.9.2-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-faudio (20.11-1 -> 20.12-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded lightdm-slick-greeter (1.4.1-1 -> 1.5.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded lightdm-settings (1.4.2-1 -> 1.5.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> NOTE: We have enabled autologin for all users.
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> NOTE: Reboot your system the first time, so changes will take affect.
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET]
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded manjaro-release (20.2rc-1 -> 20.2-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nemo-fileroller (4.6.0-1.1 -> 4.8.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nemo-preview (4.6.0-1.1 -> 4.8.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nemo-python (4.6.0-1.1 -> 4.8.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nemo-share (4.6.0-1.1 -> 4.8.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded nemo-terminal (4.6.0-1.1 -> 4.8.0-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded pix (2.4.11-1 -> 2.6.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded popsicle (1.3.0.r0.gb9d9332-1 -> 1.3.0.r1.g1685d80-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded qbittorrent (4.3.0-1 -> 4.3.1-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded timeshift (20.11.1.r1.g3391f69-3 -> 20.11.1.r3.g08d0e59-2)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Attempting to enable Cronie services…
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Attempting to enable Cronie services…
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] installed gtksourceview4 (4.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded xed (2.6.2-1 -> 2.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded xf86-video-intel (1:2.99.917+912+gad5540f6-1 -> 1:2.99.917+913+g9236c582-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server-common (1.20.9.r21.g5c400cae1-1 -> 1.20.10-0)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded xorg-server (1.20.9.r21.g5c400cae1-1 -> 1.20.10-0)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded xviewer (2.6.2-1 -> 2.8.0-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:43+0100] [ALPM] upgraded youtube-dl (2020.11.26-1 -> 2020.11.29-1)
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM] running ‘20-systemd-sysusers.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-daemon-reload.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-tmpfiles.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-udev-reload.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM] running ‘30-systemd-update.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM] running ‘90-mkinitcpio-install.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux419.preset: ‘default’
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-4.19-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-4.19-x86_64.img
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.19.160-1-MANJARO
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-12-03T14:53:44+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-12-03T14:53:45+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-12-03T14:53:45+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2020-12-03T14:53:45+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-12-03T14:53:45+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-12-03T14:53:45+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-4.19-x86_64.img
[2020-12-03T14:53:46+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-12-03T14:53:46+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux419.preset: ‘fallback’
[2020-12-03T14:53:46+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-4.19-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-4.19-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2020-12-03T14:53:46+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 4.19.160-1-MANJARO
[2020-12-03T14:53:46+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-12-03T14:53:47+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-12-03T14:53:47+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-12-03T14:53:47+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-12-03T14:53:49+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-12-03T14:53:50+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2020-12-03T14:53:50+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-12-03T14:53:52+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-12-03T14:53:52+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-4.19-x86_64-fallback.img
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux54.preset: ‘default’
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64.img
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.4.80-2-MANJARO
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-12-03T14:53:56+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-12-03T14:53:57+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-12-03T14:53:57+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2020-12-03T14:53:57+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-12-03T14:53:57+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-12-03T14:53:57+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64.img
[2020-12-03T14:53:58+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-12-03T14:53:58+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Building image from preset: /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux54.preset: ‘fallback’
[2020-12-03T14:53:58+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64 -c /etc/mkinitcpio.conf -g /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64-fallback.img -S autodetect
[2020-12-03T14:53:58+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Starting build: 5.4.80-2-MANJARO
[2020-12-03T14:53:58+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [base]
[2020-12-03T14:53:58+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [udev]
[2020-12-03T14:53:59+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [modconf]
[2020-12-03T14:53:59+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [block]
[2020-12-03T14:54:01+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
[2020-12-03T14:54:02+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [keymap]
[2020-12-03T14:54:02+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
[2020-12-03T14:54:04+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Generating module dependencies
[2020-12-03T14:54:04+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Creating gzip-compressed initcpio image: /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64-fallback.img
[2020-12-03T14:54:08+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] ==> Image generation successful
[2020-12-03T14:54:08+0100] [ALPM] running ‘dbus-reload.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:08+0100] [ALPM] running ‘detect-old-perl-modules.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:08+0100] [ALPM] running ‘firefox-post.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:08+0100] [ALPM] running ‘fix-appstream-data.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:08+0100] [ALPM-SCRIPTLET] archive usr/share/app-info/xmls/community.xml.gz fixed
[2020-12-03T14:54:09+0100] [ALPM] running ‘glib-compile-schemas.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:09+0100] [ALPM] running ‘gtk-update-icon-cache.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:09+0100] [ALPM] running ‘manjaro-printer.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:09+0100] [ALPM] running ‘texinfo-install.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:09+0100] [ALPM] running ‘update-desktop-database.hook’…
[2020-12-03T14:54:09+0100] [ALPM] running ‘update-mime-database.hook’…
[2020-12-03T15:29:20+0100] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -Syyu’
[2020-12-03T15:29:20+0100] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-12-03T15:29:20+0100] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade
[2020-12-03T17:46:53+0100] [PACMAN] Running ‘pacman -Syyu’
[2020-12-03T17:46:53+0100] [PACMAN] synchronizing package lists
[2020-12-03T17:46:53+0100] [PACMAN] starting full system upgrade

I am ready to reinstall my system now, but if you can see what happened, then I might try to save the system. Otherwise, I will reinstall…

I do have a timeshift snapshot from this morning, but my feeling is that that won’t help. I am not even seeing the GRUB menu when booting up, so it feels beyond repair…

10

Not even when holding shift? If you could get to GRUB, you could append “3” to the list of kernel parameters to see if that makes it boot to a tty.

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I have tried holding down shift, and it does not help. Still just a black screen and a blinking prompt. I cannot change TTY… :frowning:

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Have you tried downgrading/changing the kernel, recreating the GRUB configuration?

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I don’t know how, but if you explain how, I will try it…

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And then you can use mhwd-kernel to install/remove a new one. To downgrade the current one, I believe the downgrade program is the simplest to use (or you can install it with pacman -U from the package cache). sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg regenerates the GRUB configuration.

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I am using 4.19 and 5.4 (two lts/recommended kernels), is there even a point in downgrading them? And to which version?

Should I go straight to sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg?

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I just ran it, here is the result :

sh-5.0# sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
Generating grub configuration file ...
Found theme: /usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-5.4-x86_64-fallback.img
Found linux image: /boot/vmlinuz-4.19-x86_64
Found initrd image: /boot/amd-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-4.19-x86_64.img
Found initrd fallback image: /boot/initramfs-4.19-x86_64-fallback.img
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sde1.  Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sde1.  Check your device.map.
Found memtest86+ image: /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin
done

Sde must be my USB i am booting from.

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Your pacman.log indicates that both kernels have been updated. So naturally to the previous version.

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Oh, I though you meant 5.3 or something, but you meant 5.4.x-1 :slight_smile:

I ran the grub thing, and rebooted and no change…So I’ll try downgrading the kernel now…

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Downgrade the 5.4 kernel did not help either. I am going to bed now, and most likely I will reinstall first thing in the morning, unless someone came up with a truly genius idea while I am getting my beauty sleep. :slight_smile:

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I am pretty sure we can say that this issue was caused by myself and my tinkering with my computer. Long story short, I had just added another old drive, that happened to contain a “boot sector” (not sure of the name?) and this just happened at the about same time as I made the update. Anyway the computer most likely got confused and tried to boot on the wrong drive.

It could probably have been solved fairly easily, but I didn’t realize this until I had already reinstalled Manjaro, and had the exact same boot issue on a clean install.

And me being confused about Cinnamon 4.8 and 4.6.7 was just me not being able to read the package list correctly.

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