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Tanuki41

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2024-11-13

Posts: 6

[SOLVED] I think I broke my system

I have this install for about 8 months now, installed it with the archinstall script with KDE and Systems bootloader, which I switched to Grub. I was using my system normally and then all my software and DE just crashed, I was left with a black screen with only my cursor. When I tried to restart the system it left me with the same screen, it loads Grub normally but fail to load anything like the login manager after that, just a black box with my cursor. I can't open my terminal or anything. I tried to use some of the Linux fallback thing and my BTRFS snapshots but they didn't work. Any ideas?

Last edited by Tanuki41 (2025-04-20 23:00:14)

mackin_cheese

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Registered: 2025-01-07

Posts: 477

Re: [SOLVED] I think I broke my system

are you able to get into another tty?

Tanuki41

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2024-11-13

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED] I think I broke my system

Just the Grub stuff, since apparently it's all good with it. Also I found out I still have systemd boot loader installed when I was in the UEFI, tried to load the system from there, only difference was that the black box hat a a space highlighted as a console, but I couldn't interact with it.

Tanuki41

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From: Brazil

Registered: 2024-11-13

Posts: 6

Re: [SOLVED] I think I broke my system

Nevermind. I did have access to another TTY, logged in the system through Ctrl + Alt + F3. Turns out I just ran out of space, thx for the help.