[SOLVED] after manual install stuck on _

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i tried installing arch manually with KDE plasma desktop, after rebooting it shows this

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@mental garnet reboot and pick fallback

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1 second

it does the same

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switch ttys and systemctl status sddm

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i can disable sddm through bin bash cuz i dont have AUR or cant intall ttys cuz im either stupid or stupid

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what?

@pliant pagoda systemctl disable sddm

sudo pacman -S ly

sudo systemctl enable ly

reboot

he doesnt know where to run those commands in the first place

.aw getty

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Getty

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Getty

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@mental garnet switch to tty2

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i disabled systemctl so i habe terminal?...

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no, ctrl+alt+f2

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sddm*

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press this

sddm runs on tty1

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done

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switch to tty2, login, and then run:

systemctl status sddm

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lme try this first

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don't do that

ly is not the default display manager for kde

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worked tho-

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send an image

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uninstall sddm then

since you use ly now

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as of 6.5 plasma-login replaces sddm. https://invent.kde.org/plasma/plasma-desktop/-/issues/91

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this too

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ly is kinda ugly ngly

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it's a tui display manager

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you can change the config to have animations

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just wanna use the same greeter as from archinstall

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archinstall gives you a display manager based on which profile you pick, it's not a hard requirement

@mental garnet mkdir -p ~/.config/ly && cp /etc/ly/config.ini ~/.config/ly

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is there any way to use it with manual install?

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use what?

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the same greeter as archinstall gives on kde

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sddm is going to be replaced with plasma-login soon

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oh ok

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archinstall gives sddm

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so for now i have to use lu for no issues?

ly*

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@mental garnet do this, then change the config

it depends.. you could have troubleshooted the issue if you had listened to me in the beginning of this thread

install of installing a separate display manager

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i mean i cant open second ttyl on that screen

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yes you can

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this one

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i tried

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.aw getty

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Getty

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Getty

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if you "tried" then how did you install ly?

or enable it?

what do you mean you cant open tty2 if you just did the above

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cant on the "_" screen

installed ly with modifying grub entry

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ctrl+alt+f2

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to make it biottin /bin/bash

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no don't do that

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why tho

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that's not how you install it

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are you trolling

If you need to switch between ttys after Ly's start you also have to disable getty on Ly's tty to prevent "login" from spawning on top of it

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i boot into /bin/bash and pacman -S ly

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no?

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systemctl disable [e-mail]

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what?

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i lirerally explained

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you put that in your grub config?

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in grub you press e

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no

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okay

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those are commands you run within linux, not within grub

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look, you modify grub entry to add init=/bin/bash at the end of linux line

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no

do not do that

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Why not?

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and it boots you into linux console

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yep

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it's unnecessary

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If their TTY is not working, then switching their init is fine

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what?

sddm is hogging tty1

/bin/bash is a shell

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They switched their init to bash, giving them a command line, and disabled SDDM from there

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that's unnecessary

they can switch to tty2 and do it there

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i enabled sddm so i can record video

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?

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They said they tried switching to a different TTY and it didn't work

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who needs sddm for recording videos?

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Maybe they were confused, but anyways it doesn't matter now

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because they hit the wrong key combination probably

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see?

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so i can show

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You might need to press the fn key as well

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disnt work

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@pliant pagoda

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fn key for laptops is needed

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all of that is unnecessary

how did they switch their init?

did they chroot in?

if they were chrooted in they can run the commands there

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lemme record

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the video above shows they failed to switch ttys

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here

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By setting the kernel parameter init=, you can change the init to something besides systemd, such as a bash shell

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that is unnecessary

read the above

to switch it in the first place they need to be chrooted in

since they are unable to switch ttys

as seen in the above videos

if they are already chrooted in they can run commands from there

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You can change kernel parameters from GRUB

as shown above

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its not THAT hard bruh

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just chroot in

it exists for a reason

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That would take longer though

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yep

i tried tho ist didnt eork

work*

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2-4 commands

mount then arch-chroot

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But you also need to boot into the ISO

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my iso is taking long to get ready

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Switching the init requires pressing a key, typing a short phrase in, and then pressing another key

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yep

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You can try another function key like F[3-6] if you want and already haven't tried that

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its all probably cuz i didnt install drivers tho

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What GPU do you have?

If Plasma is working fine with ly though, I don't think that should be an issue

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RTX 3050 Laptop GPU(GA107M)

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just ly is ugly

and hard to customize

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No that's fine, I just mean that your drivers are probably fine if Plasma is properly booting up

If you want to check though, you can try running nvidia-smi from within Plasma or some other command line

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well i mean on archinstall it worked fine

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i mean i didnt install at all i thought i will install at the system

in the system*

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Oh, I see

Then for now, disable SDDM, and then from the command line, install the nvidia-open package

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@mental garnet

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sry for not answering

drivers worked

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... solved

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sorry