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IneedHelp

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

OK - here's my theory: OP is using the UEFI boot menu  to launch the ISO that's still plugged in (either via CD-ROM or USB) and there is no actual install (or it's hidden from the boot menu).

yes exactly!!
i can't find it in msi boot options/order like i used to. I have to spam f11 and select the UEFI SETUP version (the already installed one and not the live usb iso) which would lead me into tty log in screen.

Last edited by IneedHelp (2025-01-29 16:33:58)

V1del

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

yeah I got that far, did you read my link on chrooting? Do you know what we talk about when we talk about "your root partition", "mounting", "EFI boot manager"? Do any of these terms ring any kind of bell or are you just winging something when we tell you to "mount your partitions"?

Maybe from the ISO

(fdisk -l; efibootmgr -uv; lsblk -f) | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

IneedHelp

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

Yes I understand these terms

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

(fdisk -l; efibootmgr -uv; lsblk -f) | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st

 https://0x0.st/88_k.bin 

V1del

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

right, so from this position (this in in the chroot, right?)

pacman -Syu linux
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB
#Let's make sure
grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot --bootloader-id=GRUB --removable
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

should give you a GRUB entry in

efibootmgr -v

is that the case? From there you should be able to reboot?

IneedHelp

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

Ok so I did all of the steps (in chroot via live usb) and I was also able to find GRUB in efibootmgr -v  but when I try to boot into it, it would send me into tty login again but the grub is findable in msi boot menu (f11) (Is being sent to tty part of the step?).

Last edited by IneedHelp (2025-01-31 03:04:24)

V1del

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

potentially, do you actually land in the actual system? can you start GDM from the TTY? Can we get a journal from that system covering a GNOME start attempt failure?

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

Sorry but could you elaborate please? For me gnome started automatically when I select arch linux from grub(back when arch was booting up fine)

V1del

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

systemctl start gdm #This should start the login screen
sudo journalctl -b | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st #should get us a log that contains information on your real system

IneedHelp

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

Ok error:

Failed to start gdm.service: Unit gdm.service not found.

Found a post about someone having the same issue where they were told to just reinstalled gdm (the OP didn't say anything back to the post)

Did a systemctl list-unit-files and there's no gdm.service

Last edited by IneedHelp (2025-01-31 12:38:50)

V1del

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

Then what have you installed or setup to "automatically land in GNOME"? are you in your system or does uname -a still list archiso ?

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

I used archinstall with the gnome profile.

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

I think I found the issue my studs account is missing (it's in home dir but I can't login to it) and when I try passwd studs it says

 
passwd: user 'studs' does not exist 

I got the gnome to boot so should I mark this post as solved? (I have no idea how I should fix thr user missing issue)

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Re: Gnome unbootable after windows 10 installation for dual boot [Solved]

wait nvm let me mark as solved as im now extract the files to a usb and trying to get all the files out and try a fresh reinstall