Arch Linux

vibeisveryo

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Registered: 2021-06-21

Posts: 4

On Arch (Linux), system hangs immediately or shortly after boot

Hi there!

My system hangs immediately or shortly after reaching the login stage. Sometimes I am able to click on things/enter my username, at which point it asks for password before hanging while I am typing. Happens both with and without GDM; on GDM, mouse freezes and system doesn't accept any input (for example, caps lock doesn't cause keyboard light to light up); without GDM, the cursor which was previously flickering stops flickering, and similarly, system stops accepting input (including ctrl+alt+fx to switch tty)

Happens both on this Arch install and an Ubuntu install I did to see if Arch specifically was the problem. Weirdly it happened on Ubuntu's live USB too, though it doesn't seem to happen on Arch's live USB.

I saw this thread and tried

random.trust_cpu=on

which did not work. I also checked if linux-firmware was installed (it was). This is a fresh install - only things I have installed other than what's listed in the arch base guide are networkmanager, xorg, gnome, and firefox.

Here's the journalctl output: http://ix.io/3qFN

paulkerry

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From: Sheffield, UK

Registered: 2014-10-02

Posts: 611

Re: On Arch (Linux), system hangs immediately or shortly after boot

Have you installed/enabled https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Microcode ?

Also is your system low on entropy ( https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Haveged )?

cat /proc/sys/kernel/random/entropy_avail

If yes, install, run and enable https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Rng-tools