Downloaded the latest ISO of KDE Plasma.
Set secure boot off, UEFI enabled.
Boot the ISO off USB drive.
Install with wipe disk selection.
Once complete it does not reboot.
There appears to be an efi partition. (fat and ext4, the fat is marked esp & boot)
What am I missing?
[HowTo] Provide System Information
inxi in a terminal or in console.sudo inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width
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Kernel: 6.1.19-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2205 quiet systemd.show_status=1
splash driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 dm: SDDM
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: System76 product: Serval WS v: serw9 serial: N/A
Chassis: type: 10 serial: N/A
Mobo: System76 model: Serval WS v: serw9 serial: N/A
UEFI-[Legacy]: American Megatrends v: 1.05.10RSA1-1 date: 07/11/2016
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 75.2 Wh (100.0%) condition: 75.2/79.9 Wh (94.1%)
volts: 17.1 min: 14.8 model: Notebook BAT type: Li-ion serial: <filter>
status: full
Device-1: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech Wireless Mouse M510
serial: <filter> charge: 55% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes
status: discharging
Memory:
RAM: total: 15.58 GiB used: 2.64 GiB (16.9%)
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB
note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A1G43DB0-CPB serial: <filter>
Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: no module installed
Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2133 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
manufacturer: Samsung part-no: M471A1G43DB0-CPB serial: <filter>
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-6700K socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake-S gen: core 6 level: v3 note: check built: 2015
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x5E (94) stepping: 3
microcode: 0xF0
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3612 high: 4000 min/max: 800/4200 base/boost: 4000/8300
scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 1.3 V
ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 4000 2: 4000 3: 4000 4: 4000 5: 4000 6: 4000
7: 900 8: 4000 bogomips: 64026
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida
intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor
movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm
pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp
rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
vulnerable
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional,
RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 970M] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 525.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-02)
arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-19 pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports:
active: DP-1,DP-2,eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1,LVDS-1,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 10de:1618 class-ID: 0300 temp: 47.0 C
Device-2: Acer BisonCam NB Pro type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-10:4
chip-ID: 5986:066d class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1524x285mm (60.00x11.22")
s-diag: 1550mm (61.04")
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: center model: ViewSonic VX2452 Series serial: <filter>
built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: right model: ViewSonic VX2452 Series serial: <filter>
built: 2019 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 94 gamma: 1.2
size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-3: eDP-1 pos: primary,left model: LG Display 0x046c built: 2014
res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 128 gamma: 1.2 size: 382x215mm (15.04x8.46")
diag: 438mm (17.3") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 800x600
API: OpenGL v: 4.3 Mesa 22.3.5 renderer: NV124 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbb
class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.19-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 running: no
Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 3b:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:e0a1 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp59s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 3d:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:3165 class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp61s0 state: down mac: <filter>
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-11:5 chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 931.52 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS500G2B0B-00YS70 family: WD Blue / Red / Green SSDs size: 465.76 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.3 speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 20WD temp: 32 C scheme: GPT
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 89d 21h cycles: 459
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Western Digital model: WD
Blue SA510 M.2 2280 500GB size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B sata: 3.2 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: 52008100 temp: 26 C scheme: MBR
SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED cycles: 37 read: 27 KiB
written: 9 KiB
Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
uuid: E00C-B47E
ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 465.46 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: ac90d677-88b5-47d7-b562-11913ffbbe1e
ID-3: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.8 GiB fs: iso9660
ID-4: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
uuid: 623B-25B9
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: LighTuning ES603 Swipe Fingerprint Sensor
type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 100mA chip-ID: 1c7a:0603 class-ID: 0000
Device-2: 1-6:3 info: Logitech Unifying Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c52b class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-10:4 info: Acer BisonCam NB Pro type: Video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 5986:066d
class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-11:5 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: Bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 8087:0a2a class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 2-1:2 info: ASMedia ASM1051E SATA 6Gb/s bridge ASM1053E ASM1153
3Gb/s ASM1153E bridge type: Mass Storage driver: uas interfaces: 1 rev: 3.1
speed: 5 Gb/s chip-ID: 174c:55aa class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 46.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 220 Uptime: 28m wakeups: 3 Init: systemd v: 252 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 clang: 15.0.7 Packages: pm: pacman
pkgs: 1201 libs: 324 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh (sudo)
v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.25
There is no swap file or partition.
Can you post fdisk -l on console ?
Disk model: WDC WDS500G2B0B
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 4A56EF85-F756-B54B-87EA-E5F27242BFD1
Device Start End Sectors Size Type
/dev/sda1 4096 618495 614400 300M EFI System
/dev/sda2 618496 976768064 976149569 465.5G Linux filesystem
Disk /dev/sdb: 465.76 GiB, 500107862016 bytes, 976773168 sectors
Disk model: SA510 M.2 2280 5
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 33553920 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000
Device Boot Start End Sectors Size Id Type
/dev/sdb1 * 64 7976067 7976004 3.8G 0 Empty
/dev/sdb2 7976068 7984259 8192 4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
Disk /dev/loop0: 93.04 MiB, 97562624 bytes, 190552 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop1: 867.48 MiB, 909623296 bytes, 1776608 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop2: 1.89 GiB, 2031001600 bytes, 3966800 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disk /dev/loop3: 921.39 MiB, 966148096 bytes, 1887008 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
your topic states that you cant boot after install, and in your first post it says that you cant reboot after install… so what is it?
The machine will not boot. After install, after shutdown and power off/on, it does not boot.
Nothing shows on the screen (black) and the drive lights flickers occasionally.
It has not booted from the on board drive (which was specified as the target of the install) since the install completed.
I boots from the usb drive just fine.
check that you are booting from the disk you installed to. This is done in bios config.
did you installed it with open source drivers or proprietary?
chroot and provide logs:
manjaro-chroot -a
logs from the failed boot:
journalctl -b-1 -p4 --no-pager
I can only boot from the usb drive.
When I run manjaro-chroot -a it returns:
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1. Check your device.map.
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/sda2]
--> mount: [/mnt]
--> mount: [/mnt/boot/efi]
jornalctl produces:
Specifying boot ID or boot offset has no effect, no persistent journal was found.
chroot was successful… but there are no logs, it just doesnt even boot…
looks like its related to how you installed it… check the boot priority in your uefi
It offers 2 options, Manjaro and UEFI.
Both produce the same, nothing. A blank screen and the disk access light blinks occasionally.
As for the install, I use the graphical installer, chose to use the entire disk. There are no UEFI or other options.
from chroot reinstall grub:
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=manjaro --recheck
if there were no errors, update it:
mkinitcpio -P && update-grub
reboot and see
Ok, so there are errors.
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
EFI variables are not supported on this system.
grub-install: error: efibootmgr failed to register the boot entry: No such file or directory.
Does it make sense to just redo the install?
And, if so, since this current result is from following the instructions here: https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/UEFI_-_Install_Guide
What should I do different? Should I have a swap partition? How big? Should I wipe the drive with gparted before hand?
Obviously, need to set UEFI active and secure boot disabled.
were you chrooted when you run the grub install command?
and also post output from:
test -d /sys/firmware/efi && echo efi || echo bios
Yes, I was chrooted.
The output of the test command is just ‘efi’, nothing else.
I the meantime, though, I rebooted and it is now ok.
I’m at a loss.
I really appreciate all the help.
Do you think it is safe to just carry on?
what do you mean its ok? you normally booted into your installation?
yes, that is correct.
try shutting down your pc, and see if everything works… if yes, i would say its fixed…
I’ll let you know. I’m confused…