I've just gotten a basic Arch system (w/ LUKS encryption) manually set up after a bunch of trial and error, at this point I'm able to boot and login as root just fine, but the system can't connect to the internet (I'm using Ethernet specifically).
I've been advised to install NetworkManager onto the system, which I did, but couldn't then start NetworkManager.service due to dbus.socket failing to start. attached is a screenshot of journalctl at the point dbus crashes. any help? feel free to ask for more context