First boot stuck at "loading initial ramdisk"

[chicagonyc]

Hello.

I have a Threadripper 1950X and Nvidia 1050 system with 128Gb RAM and UEFI that has previously run Ubuntu without a problem. I have also installed Garuda on three other machines with no problems whatsoever.

I'm trying to install Garuda (Gnome) on this Threadripper machine and the problem I have is that, after what looked like a trouble-free install from the Live image, upon bootup the only thing I see is "Loading Linux linux-zen" then "Loading initial ramdisk".

I tried boot repair using the Live disk and I get the same issue. I was able to chroot into the installation from the live CD but I'm not sure what to do there.

I tried using the "backup initramfs" under Advanced Options in GRUB but that got me the same result.

I tried pressing F2 to show more startup text but that didn't do anything.

Please let me know other things I can try. Thank you!

[filo]

Computer doesn’t boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message

While there are many potential reasons why your installation doesn’t boot to a desktop, the primary reason is that the graphics drivers haven’t loaded correctly so your login/display manager (DM) doesn’t start. This is why you get a “black screen” or stuck at an [ OK ] Started some service message. The normal reason for this is that you have the incorrect driver version for the kernel. This can happens when the mirror you are updating from is not fully synchronised, or times out, and so y…

[chicagonyc]

Thank you. I was able to use CTRL-ALT-F2 to get a text prompt. I logged in, and did a full system update successfully with pacman. Now it even has the 5.16.7 zen kernel. I rebooted, but got the same hang.

Next, I tried to "startx", and I know see there is an error: "Fatal Server error" "No screens found". It references a log file, which has a lot of text in it, including error messages that a bunch of modules do not exist, like nouveau, nv, fbdev, vesa. Here is a picture of it:

Should I go to the dkms step, or is there something obvious here I can try?

[chicagonyc]

The dkms step fixed the problem!!! Yay! Thank you so much for the pointer.