I recently reinstalled Garuda KDE Dragonised with two monitors, and it works as expected, but as soon as I try and boot with only one monitor connected, I can't get past "Loading initial ramdisk" after selecting Garuda in GRUB. Any idea how to get past it, or how I can prevent this from happening again?
Can you provide your inxi-Fza
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where can I get this from?
Go to terminal and type inxi-Fza them copy and paste here with ~~~ before and after it
not sure how to get a normal terminal open if I can't boot, and the grub one from pressing C didn't recognise the command so I'm guessing that's a different thing entirely
Try pluging in your two monitors then boot , login then please provide?
I'm away for the weekend and only brought one 
Are you dual booting?
This can still be done from the terminal.
First:
How to boot to run level 3:
Then:
Posting outputs & logs via the terminal:
Termbin is an open source terminal/netcat based pastebin type service.
Usage:
inxi -Faz | nc termbin.com 9999
sudo dmesg | nc termbin.com 9999
journalctl -b0 -p4 | nc termbin.com 9999
cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log | nc termbin.com 9999
Termbin accepts large log outputs without any size restrictions from my limited experience using it.
See:
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Yes, and I'm using windows to type this rn.
Last night when I wasn't looking, windows did an update and now the name of my garuda partition, and the filesystem is changed and grub is in rescue mode. It sabotaged my partition again. Unbelievable. I've learned my lesson, buying another small SSD so I don't have to have this cancer running alongside linux lol. Might have to put fixing the monitor issue on hold
If you end up reinstalling, then do the installation without your secondary monitor connected. Be sure to have a snapshot using only your laptop monitor saved.
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will do, thanks so much for your help!! <3
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I'm home now on a new install with the same problem, but at least now I've got the inxi -Fza output:
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen root=UUID=bdc23692-a79c-45e0-a2f0-9f968b6d38db
rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet splash rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0
systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 info: latte-dock wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: Z170M-PLUS v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1803 date: 05/09/2016
Battery: Device-1: sony_controller_battery_a4:53:85:9b:83:6f model: N/A serial: N/A charge: N/A
status: Full
CPU: Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i5-6600K bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Skylake-S family: 6
model-id: 5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: EA cache: L2: 6 MiB
flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 27999
Speed: 4200 MHz min/max: 800/4200 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 4200 2: 4124 3: 4200 4: 4200
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics: Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 530 vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:1912 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: Gigabyte driver: N/A
alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:13c2 class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: loaded: modesetting
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.0x11.2") s-diag: 582mm (22.9")
Monitor-1: DP-1 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 96 size: 509x286mm (20.0x11.3") diag: 584mm (23")
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 530 (SKL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.1 direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbb class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Sony DualShock 4 [CUH-ZCT2x] type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,sony,usbhid
bus-ID: 1-10:6 chip-ID: 054c:09cc class-ID: 0300
Device-4: JMTek LLC. USB PnP Audio Device type: USB driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
bus-ID: 1-3:4 chip-ID: 0c76:161f class-ID: 0300
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.3-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: no
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.35 running: yes
Network: Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASUSTeK driver: e1000e v: kernel port: f040
bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 1.94 TiB used: 25.36 GiB (1.3%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVPV128HDGM-00000 size: 119.24 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter>
rev: BXW7300Q temp: 48.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM001-1ER164 size: 1.82 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
serial: <filter> rev: CC26 scheme: GPT
Partition: ID-1: / raw-size: 118.99 GiB size: 118.99 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.36 GiB (21.3%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%) used: 562 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 118.99 GiB size: 118.99 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.36 GiB (21.3%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 118.99 GiB size: 118.99 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.36 GiB (21.3%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 118.99 GiB size: 118.99 GiB (100.00%) used: 25.36 GiB (21.3%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap: Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.53 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 29.8 C mobo: 27.8 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 227 Uptime: 4m wakeups: 1 Memory: 15.53 GiB used: 2.55 GiB (16.4%) Init: systemd
v: 249 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1365 lib: 373 Shell: fish
v: 3.3.1 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.06
(note: just in case this matters, I usually change to nvidia in optimus manager on every fresh install, but this time optimus just doesn't exist.. 
but anyway, I ran a game and it appears to be running on the GTX 970, which is good)
installing optimus and switching to nvidia seems to have fixed everything? very odd considering this configuration is now identical to what I had when I made the original post.. but ok I guess 
big thanks to you both though 
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having the same issue again, stuck at loading initial ramdisk after switching to a one monitor setup, but I can get into tty terminal, so that could help
(I've tried using fallback kernels and also disabling KMS/adding nomodeset for nvidia/intel/optimus from looking at other similar topics)
Booting without "quiet" gives me this:
[FAILED] Failed to start Deactivate Plymouth Boot Screen.
Running journalctl -b0 -p4
gives me this:
https://termbin.com/9rtuz
Running sudo dmesg
gives me this:
https://termbin.com/4f43
Running cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
gives me this:
https://termbin.com/dqdn
And even though I gave output for this before, it's likely different now, so, inxi -Faz gives:
https://termbin.com/f4t5
It is plymouth bug. Check this topic and follow instruction. Plymouth boot screen bug
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I followed this and now when I boot it gets past the plymouth thing and puts me into tty1, but I don't know what to do with that 
(note: if I remove 'quiet' from kernel parameters I can still see references to plymouth when booting up, even though it gets past them, idk if that's a bad thing or not)
Enter startx in terminal.
oh, I see.
I'm in the desktop environment now but it's a little slow, the resolution is wrong, I can only see the background, super key does nothing and top bar is gone
kill then restart latte.