Garuda hyprland looping in login screen

Issues & Assistance Hyprland
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Hi people! :smiley:
I’m new here and with an Arch-based distro, so please be easy on me.
A little bit of context, recently (a couple of weeks ago) I’ve installed Garuda Hyprland in my laptop (Lenovo Legion with Intel 10th gen i5 and Nvidia 1660Ti, 2 SSD’s of 1Tb each and 32 gigs of RAM) in wich I’ve already have Windows installed (in one of the SSD’s). Until now I didn’t had any problems.
Today after booting up and reached the login screen I enter a loop where I entered my password and the system tried to start but ended returning to the login screen.
After searching here, I was able to find a way to enter the system; first by entering the shell (by clicking Ctrl+Alt+F3) and then running ‘exec hyprland’.
But I don’t know if I have to do this after every boot (I haven’t reboot the system yet, waiting to post this first)
So my questions are:

  1. Does anybody have encountered the same or a similar problem?
  2. Does anybody knows what cause it?
  3. Can be fixed it? How can I do it?

Thanks on advance, I edit this once I reboot and check if it miraculously resolved or not.

Edit: Yep, after rebooting I had to enter the shell again and run “exec hyprland” to enter the system. :sweat_smile:
If you need more information just tell me. :saluting_face: :sweat_smile:

In the meantime I’ll share my inxi output here:

garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.12.4-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
    clocksource: tsc avail: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
    root=UUID=69697418-780c-4599-b930-36edf92128f7 rw rootflags=subvol=@
    quiet resume=UUID=150f86c8-1167-42e1-9bf7-b19bdc6e195f loglevel=3 ibt=off
  Desktop: Hyprland v: 0.45.2 with: waybar tools: avail: swayidle,swaylock
    vt: 3 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: LENOVO product: 81Y6 v: Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Lenovo Legion 5 15IMH05H
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: LENOVO model: LNVNB161216 v: SDK0J40679 WIN
    serial: <superuser required> part-nu: LENOVO_MT_81Y6_BU_idea_FM_Legion 5
    15IMH05H uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: LENOVO v: EFCN59WW
    date: 06/09/2023
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 15.5 Wh (31.0%) condition: 50.0/60.0 Wh (83.4%)
    power: 25.2 W volts: 15.7 min: 15.4 model: Celxpert L19C4PC0 type: Li-poly
    serial: <filter> status: charging cycles: 905
  Device-1: hid-f4:73:35:8a:67:25-battery model: Keyboard K380 serial: N/A
    charge: N/A status: discharging
  Device-2: hidpp_battery_0 model: Logitech MX Master 3S serial: <filter>
    charge: 50% rechargeable: yes status: discharging
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-10300H bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake
    gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
    model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xFC
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 cores: 4 threads: 8 tpc: 2
    smt: enabled cache: L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB
    desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 900 min/max: 800/4500 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
    governor: powersave cores: 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 6: 900 7: 900
    8: 900 bogomips: 39999
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA TU116M [GeForce GTX 1660 Ti Mobile] vendor: Lenovo
    driver: nvidia v: 565.77 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 550.xx+
    status: current (as of 2024-09; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
    process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: none
    off: DP-1,eDP-1 empty: HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2191
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Bison Integrated Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 5986:212b
    class-ID: 0e02
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.15 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.4
    compositor: Hyprland v: 0.45.2 driver: X: loaded: nvidia
    unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
    gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch d-rect: 3840x1080 display-ID: 1
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: primary,left model: DP serial: <filter> built: 2022
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 120 dpi: 81 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1
    size: 597x336mm (23.5x13.23") diag: 685mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  Monitor-2: eDP-1 pos: right model: BOE Display 0x08e8 built: 2019
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 120 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 scale: 1
    size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9
    modes: 1920x1080
  API: Vulkan v: 1.4.303 layers: 5 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: NVIDIA
    GeForce GTX 1660 Ti driver: N/A device-ID: 10de:2191
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM
    18.1.8 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000
    surfaces: xcb,xlib,wayland
  API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH cAVS vendor: Lenovo driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:06c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: Lenovo
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.12.4-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
  Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: wireplumber status: active 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin
    4: pw-jack type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:06f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp0s20f3 state: up mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Lenovo driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
    port: 3000 bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp8s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Info: services: NetworkManager, smbd, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.2
    lmp-v: 11 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c010c
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 22.08 GiB (1.2%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD Green SN350 1TB 2G0C size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 236050WD temp: 29.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000P3PSSD8
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: P9CR40A temp: 32.9 C
    scheme: GPT
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 22.08 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 588 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:6
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 22.08 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
  ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 22.08 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
  ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 896.84 GiB size: 896.84 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 22.08 GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.25 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
    comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 8
    dev: /dev/zram0
  ID-2: swap-2 type: partition size: 34.38 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:8
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.0 C pch: 42.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
  Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.25 GiB used: 4.11 GiB (13.1%)
  Processes: 269 Power: uptime: 56m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 12.45 GiB services: thermald,upowerd
    Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1504 libs: 422 tools: pacseek,paru pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: garuda-inxi
    default: fish v: 3.7.1 running-in: foot inxi: 3.3.36
Garuda (2.6.26-1):
  System install date:     2024-12-11
  Last full system update: 2024-12-19 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
  Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
  Failed units:
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Just one question

What if you do exec Hyprland?

Because we have exec Hyprland instead of exec hyprland

Maybe this is the issue, but it is working on other’s machine , including mine :thinking:

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I don’t see the hyprstart file anywhere, so I suppose that is one issue. :melting_face:
I’m creating it and will see if it works. :thinking:
Thanks for answering :smile:

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It didn’t work. :cry:
I created the file ‘hyprstart’ first inside the “/usr/bin/” dir and after in the “/usr/local/sbin” dir, but neither of them worked out. :melting_face:
Thanks anyway, I’ll keep checking it out :saluting_face:

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Hmm… that’s really strange :sweat_smile:
just a silly question , just in case if you would have forgotten , which I don’t think …
Did you gave it executable permissions ?

The file should be in /usr/local/bin :eyes:

And , can you give me the full ISO name of the ISO file that you are using

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Try also this

Hyprland
start Hyprland
start hyprland

I never used exec, IIRC :smiley:

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Yep, it has the permissions :saluting_face:
And the ISO name I used for installation was this one:
garuda-hyprland-linux-zen-240428

Sorry for the late response. :sweat_smile:

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The first command works to start Hyprland, but still having the same issue.
My system is not able to start Hyprland by his own, I have to do it manually, otherwise I end up going in a loop when logging in. :frowning_face:

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Try to restore a working snapshot.

Check the Nvidia part

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Already tried it, it didn’t work. :smiling_face_with_tear:
I decided to instal Arch Linux instead :joy:
Sooo, I’ll be closing this thread. :saluting_face:
Thanks anyway for all the support. :raised_hands:t4:
Happy holidays. :christmas_tree:

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In tty as root

ln -s /usr/lib/libhyprutils.so.2 /usr/lib/libhyprutils.so.1

or via chroot from live ISO.

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This does indeed solve the issue, thx! Are we certain this fix won’t cause issues down the road though?

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