USB Installer Boots but unable to Install KDE

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I have created a USB Installer, and am able to boot from it with my Lenovo IdeaPad 5i Pro (11th Gen Intel(R) Core™ i5-1135G7 @ 2.40GHz 2.42 GHz). However, the screen flickers on/off once at the Desktop, if I click the screen goes black until I click again. Therefore, I am unable to try out / install Manjaro.
For information, I have created other USB Installers for different distros, and they all behave in the same way.
I would really like to install Manjaro KDE, is there anything I can do to resolve this issue?
Thank you.

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Which version of Manjaro are you trying to install ?
Can you download the latest version here: Release 202211150747 · manjaro/release-review · GitHub

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Thank you. But I am unable to get to the terminal to obtain this information. The graphics is too broken for me to be able to do anything. Currently, I have Windows 11 installed.

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Hi, I have created a Live USB from the latest KDE Plasma full download from manjaro.com. I have experienced this issue with broken graphics, making it impossible to do anything on other distros too.

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secure boot needs to be disabled in bios
fast boot disabled in bios - you may not have this option
fast startup disabled in windows…

and try booting the iso with this parameter:
i915.enable_psr=0
here is a link where you add this parameter during booting the usb

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You haven´t tried to download the image from Github.

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Adding this parameter worked perfectly, and enabled me to boot the USB Live CD. I was then able to install Manjaro.
However, when I boot I get the same issue as before. Is there a permanent fix? Do I need to add the parameter again? If so, how?

Thank you

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yes, you need to make it permanent, so in the grub menu press E, and add the parameter again, for example after udev.log_priority=3 i915.enable_psr=0, and boot with it, and now open this:
kate /etc/default/grub
and in this line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT inside the quotes add this parameter:
i915.enable_psr=0
dont remove anything from there!, just add it to existing parameters, save the file, update grub:
sudo update-grub
reboot

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Thank you for the instructions. However, I do not see Grub on boot. And when I reach the Desktop, the display is so broken it’s unusable. How should I proceed? Thank you again.

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you mentioned above that you are using windows, so i assumed you were dual booting… so you installed only manjaro?
so boot normally and enter into TTY, press ctrl+alt+f2 - or f1-f6 keys, enter your username/password, and do this:
sudo nano /etc/default/grub
and in this line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT inside the quotes add this parameter:
i915.enable_psr=0
dont remove anything from there!, just add it to existing parameters, save the file with ctrl+x, update grub:
sudo update-grub
reboot:
systemctl reboot

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Thank you so much. This worked perfectly. (Yes, I decided to erase Windows and just use Manjaro).

I now have another issue. The display resolution is set at 2880 x 1800. Whereas the default resolution for my laptop should be 2240 x1400. This setting is not present in Settings - Display Configuration though. How can I fix this please?

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first update your system, reboot;
install the 6.0 kernel - not the rc/rt one - reboot, you should automatically boot with it, just to be sure check with: uname -r if you are running the 6.0, and check the resolution…
also check with:
xrandr -q
if the resolution is detected

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Thank you. I have poor internet over the weekend, so will follow your instructions, and update my system on Monday then report back :smile:

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