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Rawtoast225

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Registered: 2024-01-17

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[Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

I'm having a ton of trouble getting to my windows manager. I'm passing grub and it seems like it's going to initialize, and then it hangs on an underscore. I'm using SDDM and Plasma.

I can get the 'journalctl -b -1' contents, and anything yellow or red is here. I'm on my phone,  so excuse any inaccuracies

kernel: Speculative Return Stack Overflow: IBPN-extending microcode not applied!
kernel: Speculative Return Stack Overflow: Warning: see <link> for mitigation options
kernel: pci 0000:00:002: can't derive routing for PCI INT A
kernel: pci 0000:00:002: PCI INT A not connected
kernel: apci PNP0C14:03 duplicate WMI GUID <id> (first instance was on PNP0C14:00
kernel: nvme nvme0: missing or invalid SUBNQN field
kernel: 8-0:1.0: config failed, hub doesn't have any ports! (err -19)
kernel: razerkbd: loading out-of-tree modules taints kernel.
kernel: asus_wmi: Failed to get WMI notify code: AE_NOT_FOUND
kernel: asus_wmi: Failed to get event during flush -5
kernel: platform regulatory.0: Direct firmware load for regulatory.db failed with error -2
(udev-worker)[533]: event16: Failed to call EVIOCSKEYCODE with scan code 0x7c, and key code 90 : Invalid argument
kernel: USB 7-1: Warning! Unlikely big volume range (=18944), cval->res is probably wrong
kernel: USB 7-1: [6] FU [Mic capture volume] ch=1, Val = -18944/0/1
kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: HCI Enhanced Setup Connection command is advertised, but not supported.
dbus-broker-launch[631]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.home1' failed: The systems unit 'dbus-org.freedesktop.home1.service' could not be found.

I've gone through my Pacman log and removed things like Bluetooth that I installed since the last reboot that would mess with the kernel, but no dice so far.

Any help or advice would be appreciated

Last edited by Rawtoast225 (2024-01-17 02:35:17)

Rawtoast225

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Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

Forgot kernel info

Linux version 6.7.0-zen3-1-zen

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,232

Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

Nothing useful here, try adding

systemd.unit=multi-user.target

to the kernel parameters of the GRUB entry to see whether you reach a console, if you do and have a network connection post the journal of a failed boot

sudo journalctl -b-1 | curl -F 'file=@-' 0x0.st `

and post the link you get.

Which system/graphics cards and drivers?

Rawtoast225

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Registered: 2024-01-17

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Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

AMD 6700 XT GPU - AMDGPU Mesa drivers
Ryzen 7800X3D - I don't know

Where do I add those parameters? Is it in the grub edit menu, or in a file somewhere?

Rawtoast225

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Registered: 2024-01-17

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Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

Could I run the command you sent from a live environment where I'm chroot? That would be easiest, I think

Rawtoast225

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Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

https://0x0.st/H0X7.txt

Rawtoast225

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Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

I am actually reaching a terminal!

Rawtoast225

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Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

I got it! The issue was a poorly written config file in /etc/sddm.conf, so I solved it with

 cp /usr/lib/sddm/sddm.conf.d/default.conf /etc/sddm.conf 

2ManyDogs

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Re: [Solved] Static Underscore on Boot

Rawtoast225, I am glad you got this solved, but please stop multiposting. If you are the last person to post in a thread, please edit your existing reply if you need to add more information.