Can't enter my desktop after system update | Arch Linux Community | Page 1

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:11 PM

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When I re-install "broadcom-wl", the error messages goes away. But my desktop still wont show up.

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:16 PM

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hi, is this on grub? if so look for the line where it says linux and add nomodeset at the very end of that line

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i wanna see if it gives additional info or just works

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:22 PM

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Hi, snail. Yes, it is on GRUB. Not quite sure If I understand, could you explain further? Where do I find this line?

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:22 PM

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oh sorry, press e when hovering over the entry

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the menu should change with a lot of text

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the line begins with "linux", then look to the end of it you should find "ro" and maybe with other settings, add nomodeset in there

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then press ctrl + x to boot

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:29 PM

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Ahh, you mean the menu where I choose between which kernel to use?

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:29 PM

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yeps

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i'm wondering if you're using a display manager and it's just crashing

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:30 PM

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I don't have that menu at the momet, I got some issues some months back. So I just use SuperGrubDisk everytime I start my system.

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:30 PM

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never heard of that before, does it work differently than grub?

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:31 PM

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Seems like it works to press E, I will check now.

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When hovering over linux-lts, I press E. I can't see any line with "linux" or "ro" - i will upload a picture.

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knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:35 PM

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it's down below but it says rw, changed parameter i guess

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there's where you should add nomodeset

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rw loglevel=3 quiet nomodeset

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for example

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it's also only temporary so the next reboot will change back to defaults

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:37 PM

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You mean, the screen which shows on my picture?

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I can't see any "rw". I will check.

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:39 PM

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here

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:39 PM

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Damn, I'm blind af. Sorry. Thanks. I will try now.

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:41 PM

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no worries

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:42 PM

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Do I need to save it somehow, or I just press "ctrl - x" ?

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:42 PM

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just ctrl + x

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:45 PM

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I did it, but it just shows a white blinking dot in the upper left corner.

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I can try again.

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:46 PM

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guess it didn't work, you'll have to chroot to check for what's crashing in the logs

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 5:48 PM

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Aight. Thanks for trying. I'll will try chroot.

knotty mural Nov 3, 2023, 5:51 PM

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you're most welcome, check for journalctl --list-boots
then to select the boot log do journalctl -b -1

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hopefully that gives a lead on what's causing the hang

jaunty cloud Nov 3, 2023, 6:34 PM

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I fixed it. I don't know why, but nvidia-lts was missing. I have not deleted it, do system updates delete packages?

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Thanks for the journalctl tips.

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