Arch Linux

tbolinski

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Registered: 2022-03-09

Posts: 2

Sometimes Arch Linux doesn't start correctly.

When I start my system i get this output:
nvidia-gpu 0000:2600.3: i2c timeout error e0000000
ucsi_cgg 0-0008: i2c_transfer failed -110
ucsi_cgg_init failed - -110

And then nothing happens after that. When I reboot it usually works, sometimes on the first try, sometimes on the second one. Is this some issue i can fix?

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,292

Re: Sometimes Arch Linux doesn't start correctly.

The output is not the cause. The sporadic nature suggests a early loading KMS race issue which can be alleviated by setting up https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Kernel … _KMS_start

tbolinski

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Registered: 2022-03-09

Posts: 2

Re: Sometimes Arch Linux doesn't start correctly.

I am attaching a photo of what I see during the login, maybe that will help. It looks like it happens after starting the Display manager.

https://i.ibb.co/smXqZc7/IMG-4130.jpg

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Last edited by 2ManyDogs (2022-03-09 13:00:53)

loqs

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Registered: 2014-03-06

Posts: 18,982

Re: Sometimes Arch Linux doesn't start correctly.

It looks like it happens after starting the Display manager.

Does `systemctl status lightdm.service` show the DM is running?  Have you tried the solution suggeste by V1del?  An alternative solution to the same issue is LightDM#LightDM_does_not_appear_or_monitor_only_displays_TTY_output.