Invalid Kernel

garuda-inxi
System:
Kernel: 6.16.10-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.2.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=d7a1a303-2bdd-495e-b886-b4c7920bab42 rw rootflags=subvol=@
vt.default_red=30,243,166,249,137,245,148,186,88,243,166,249,137,245,148,166
vt.default_grn=30,139,227,226,180,194,226,194,91,139,227,226,180,194,226,173
vt.default_blu=46,168,161,175,250,231,213,222,112,168,161,175,250,231,213,200
quiet loglevel=3
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 6.4.5 tk: Qt v: N/A info: frameworks v: 6.18.0
wm: kwin_wayland vt: 2 dm: SDDM Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: HP product: HP OmniDesk Desktop M02-0xxx v: N/A
serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 3 serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: HP model: 8D32 v: SMVB serial: <superuser required>
part-nu: BE9D5EA#ABE uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: AMI v: F.08
date: 08/12/2025
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 8700G w/ Radeon 780M Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Zen 4 gen: 4 level: v4 note: check built: 2022+ process: TSMC n5 (5nm)
family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x75 (117) stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA70520A
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 8 threads: 16 tpc: 2
smt: enabled cache: L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 8 MiB
desc: 8x1024 KiB L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2404 min/max: 423/5177 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: amd-pstate-epp governor: powersave cores: 1: 2404 2: 2404 3: 2404
4: 2404 5: 2404 6: 2404 7: 2404 8: 2404 9: 2404 10: 2404 11: 2404 12: 2404
13: 2404 14: 2404 15: 2404 16: 2404 bogomips: 134392
Flags-basic: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a
ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Phoenix1 vendor: Hewlett-Packard
driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-3 code: Phoenix process: TSMC n4 (4nm)
built: 2023+ pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: HDMI-A-1
empty: DP-1, DP-2, DP-3, DP-4, DP-5, DP-6, DP-7, Writeback-1
bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:15bf class-ID: 0300 temp: 29.0 C
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C200 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:3
chip-ID: 046d:0802 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_wayland driver: gpu: amdgpu display-ID: 0
Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 model: BenQ GW2270 serial: <filter> built: 2016 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 102 gamma: 1.2
size: 476x268mm (18.74x10.55") diag: 546mm (21.5") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: amd radeonsi platforms: device: 0 drv: radeonsi
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: radeonsi
wayland: drv: radeonsi x11: drv: radeonsi
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 compat-v: 4.5 vendor: amd mesa v: 25.2.4-arch1.1
glx-v: 1.4 direct-render: yes renderer: AMD Radeon Graphics (radeonsi
phoenix LLVM 20.1.8 DRM 3.64 6.16.10-zen1-1-zen) device-ID: 1002:15bf
memory: 500 MiB unified: no display-ID: :0.0
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.321 layers: 5 device: 0 type: integrated-gpu name: AMD
Radeon Graphics (RADV PHOENIX) driver: mesa radv v: 25.2.4-arch1.1
device-ID: 1002:15bf surfaces: N/A device: 1 type: cpu name: llvmpipe
(LLVM 20.1.8 256 bits) driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.2.4-arch1.1 (LLVM
20.1.8) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor wl: wayland-info
x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Radeon High Definition Audio
[Rembrandt/Strix] vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1640
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Family 17h/19h/1ah HD Audio
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4
speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 08:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C200 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:3
chip-ID: 046d:0802 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.16.10-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.8 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: Realtek RTL8852BE-VT PCIe 802.11ax Wireless Network
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: rtw89_8852bte v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:b520
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: e000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.0
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:2 chip-ID: 0bda:b86a
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter> bt-v: 5.3
lmp-v: 12 status: discoverable: no pairing: no class-ID: 6c0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 141.04 GiB (14.8%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Micron
model: MTFDKBA1T0QGN-1BN1AABHA size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: HPSQ050 temp: 26.9 C scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 126.95 GiB size: 126.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 8.31 GiB (6.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1024 MiB size: 1022 MiB (99.80%)
used: 648 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
ID-3: /home raw-size: 195.31 GiB size: 195.31 GiB (100.00%)
used: 462.1 MiB (0.2%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 126.95 GiB size: 126.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 8.31 GiB (6.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 126.95 GiB size: 126.95 GiB (100.00%)
used: 8.31 GiB (6.5%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 14.72 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
comp: zstd avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 35.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 30.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB note: est. available: 14.72 GiB used: 3.91 GiB (26.6%)
Processes: 410 Power: uptime: 1h 28m states: freeze,mem,disk
suspend: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 5.86 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 258 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1226 libs: 340 tools: octopi,paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.2.1 Shell: Bash v: 5.3.3 default: fish v: 4.1.1 running-in: konsole
inxi: 3.3.39
Garuda (2.11.1-1):
System install date:     2025-10-06
Garuda release:          251002
Last full system update: 2025-10-06
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut garuda-hardware-profile-standard
Windows dual boot:       Probably (Run as root to verify)
Failed units:
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Hello,
I have an invalid kernel problem, which is similar to pocman2’s.
The difference is that I didn’t apply the fix! Actually, I applied it yesterday, and it did indeed block me. I decided to reinstall, especially since I wanted a different flavor!
So, this morning I proceeded with the installation, which went as follows:
1- Disabling Secure Boot and deleting the keys.
2- Launching Ventoy and selecting Garuda grub normal.
3- Installation and reboot, then system update.
4- Configuring Secure Boot following Pyrotiger’s guide.
5-Reboot and enable Secure Boot.
6-Startup without problems and sbctl result.

sbctl status
Installed:      âś“ sbctl is installed
Owner GUID:     ccbc09cc-4db8-4b60-a058-ac59640b5045
Setup Mode:     âś“ Disabled
Secure Boot:    âś“ Enabled
Vendor Keys:    microsoft builtin-db builtin-db builtin-KE

However, when I performed an update, I received this response, which is in find garuda-inxi.
Reading the replies to Pacmon2, I noticed that the command: grub-install --target=x86_64-efi --efi-directory=/boot/efi --bootloader-id=“Garuda”
contained quotation marks around Garuda! Is this important?
Because in Pyrotiger’s tutorial, there aren’t any. Is that the cause of the problem? If so, is it enough to retype the command mentioned above to get everything back in order?
Thank you for your help!!

I don’t know the guides you mentioned and I don’t use secure boot, anyway, have you checked this?

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the guide

No, I don’t know it. I’ll look into it!

The only secureboot support that exists is the secureboot wiki article on the Garuda Linux wiki.

Garuda Linux has automations that are incompatible with sbctl.

When switching to Garuda’s official secureboot, make sure to remove sbctl and any leftovers completely.

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Hello,
A big thank you to Filo and TNE!! :ok_hand:
So I set up the wiki tutorial, and I got this result

󰛓 ❯ sudo garuda-secureboot
[sudo] Mot de passe de neo1 :
SecureBoot support is active.
SecureBoot is enabled.

Everything works: Windows 11 and Garuda start up, and SecureBoot is active on both operating systems.
Thank you

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