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[Muizzyranking]

I just installed switch to manjaro from Ubuntu but I’ve been having issues after installation. First, it takes a very long time to boot. Second, when I open the web browser and try to type something, it closes. even when I go to desktop settings and I go to the icon tab, it closes. I haven’t even done anything on it yet. please help because even if I want to switch back to Ubuntu, I still need to create the boot drive. I have nothing to work with.

[andreas85]

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[Nachlese]

@Muizzyranking

even if I want to switch back to Ubuntu, I still need to create the boot drive. I have nothing to work with.

Not a solution for now, but could come in handy later on:
use Ventoy to create your boot drive
Depending on how much space there is on the drive, you can put multiple .iso files on it and choose which one to boot
instead of having the whole drive occupied by just one bootable system.

[Muizzyranking]

I just installed manjaro and using is has been very difficult. First, it takes a very long time to boot and sometimes it just doesn’t boot and shows “failed to start tlp system startup/shutdown” that made me reinstall more than 3 times. Another problem is when i left it idle while installing Firefox, it went to sleep and didn’t come back up. The pc light was on but the screen is blank and I force shut it down and now it is stuck on the loading screen when I turned it back on.
I’m new to Linux generally and I just moved from Ubuntu to manjaro.

[Nachlese]

Neither here nor in your other … thread/question did you provide any useful system information or feedback.
Perhaps you should indeed stick to Ubuntu
which seemed to have worked for you so far

[bedna]

@Muizzyranking

“failed to start tlp system startup/shutdown” that made me reinstall more than 3 times.

I suspect a bios setting is not correct.

Make sure fast boot is disabled and efi is enabled.

And as above stated, we know nothing about your system or how you installed.

[HowTo] Request support

Difficulty: ★☆☆☆☆ Strong of its many members, the Manjaro support forum can provide you help whenever you have an issue with your Manjaro installation. But in order to work efficiently, we shall also ask you to follow three major points. Provide context Simply signaling an issue is rarely enough to understand how it occurred. It is thus important to provide details on how it happened: Detail prior actions leading to the issue. List solutions and guides you already tried, with links when…

[Nachlese]

@Muizzyranking

and shows “failed to start tlp system startup/shutdown”

Is TLP still the default?

Are you installing using a current .iso or a rather old one?

[fbt89]

Let me ask, did Ubuntu work? If not then what ever is not working now, is still not working. Maybe you just want to try KDE Plasma vs what ever Ubuntu is using now then why not try Kbuntu? But like others you really need to supply more info if you expect help.

[Muizzyranking]

I’m sorry. I’m new to all of this and I don’t know what other information I’m meant to provide. What other info do I need to provide?

[Muizzyranking]

Ubuntu did work and yes, I wanted to try something new.

[Muizzyranking]

I downloaded the iso yesterday from manaro’s website.

[Muizzyranking]

I sticked the boot drive in and I followed the installation procedure I was provided with, I didn’t do anything outside of that. Also, I do not know what other information I’m supposed to provide. What other information do I need to provide and how can I get them? Thank you.

[cscs]

@Nachlese

Is TLP still the default?

TLP might still be default on some of the community spin ISOs.

Its also unlikely to be related to the issues here … but rather just the last thing printed/seen on the screen.

Common enough when, for example, there are GFX problems.

@Muizzyranking

To begin please provide the output of

inxi -Fazy

(for more information on how to get and share information see the links above)

[Muizzyranking]

I checked my bios and there is no fast boot option. I changed the boot mode to UEFI and I get a “failed: failed to start light display manager” and “failed: failed to start TlP system startip/shutdown” and failed for user login management.

[cscs]

@Muizzyranking

I changed the boot mode to UEFI

You cannot install one way then try to boot another.
If it was installed in Legacy/BIOS … then you need to boot that way, or to start using UEFI then you will need to reinstall, making sure to boot the ISO in UEFI mode.
(there are conversion tutorials out there … but why suffer headaches when its a new install and a fresh one will only take a few minutes)

[Muizzyranking]

Starting a fresh installation with the UEFI boot mode. I already picked installation with open source drivers and now I’m on the installation page. Do I choose swap or no swap? Does it have any effect?

[cscs]

If you want to configure an alternative like zram then choose no SWAP.
We can configure it after the install.

(That is what I use… and I recently wrote a quick tutorial for someone else here: Awful performance since install - #2 by cscs)

Otherwise, yes, you will want some form of SWAP and if you dont want one of the other methods then go ahead and allow it to be created.

[Muizzyranking]

Now it’s installed and working, I don’t know if the problem will come up again but how do I get to the terminal from the boot so I can get system information for future questions. I’ve tried “e”, “CTR + c”, “ctrl + alt + F2”. It’s not taking me anywhere.

[cscs]

If you mean TTY then you dont need to get system information that way.
I can just input inxi -Fazy into your regular terminal.

As to how to get to TTY or runlevel 3 when needed then the steps are outlined in guides like this one:

[HowTo] Resolve an unbootable Manjaro (black screen, login failed, cant boot, etc)

When we have problems gaining access to our systems it is difficult to gather information, let alone fix any problems. Here we will cover common causes and solutions to ‘manjaro wont boot’. TTY If your desktop does not load properly then you might still be able to use most, if not all, functionality by dropping to a non-graphical TTY. By default your system will have multiple TTYs, with each corresponding to an Fx key. Your desktop is assigned to one as well - most often F1. You can chang…

@Muizzyranking

I’ve tried “e”, “CTR + c”, “ctrl + alt + F2”. It’s not taking me anywhere.

Ctrl+c is a common invocation for cancelling a currently running process in the terminal.
(example: ping google.com … wait a bit, hit ctrl+c … and it stops)

Ctrl+Alt+Fx (where x is a number, so F1, F2, F3, etc) is usually what we would use to drop to TTY from a currently running system. Such as from your desktop.
(note these numbers can vary - I believe Plasma desktop now boots into TTY2 [so ctrl+alt+F2] by default. Meaning in that case ctrl+alt+f3 would be a TTY, and ctrl+alt+F2 would bring you back to the desktop.)

The e part you are referring to is probably for editing boot options during boot . so this means at grub when selecting a kernel you would press e to edit … then make changes. Such as adding 3 to the options to boot into runlevel 3 (no gfx) as outlined in the guide above.

[soundofthunder]

There are many tutorials available. Here are a few that might be useful to bookmark.

That is all. Cheers.

• [How-To] How to Use the Terminal / TTY
• [How-To] Find System Information
• [How-To] Find Error Logs
• [How-To] Post Command Output and File Content as Formatted Text
• [How-To] Post Screenshots and Links
• [How-To] Update Manjaro as Safely as Possible
• [How-To] Update Manjaro the Smart Way
• [How-To] UEFI Install Guide
• [How-To] Understand EFI Boot process with GPT via Grub to Manjaro