LightDM failure in Calamares installer

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Hi, I'm a relatively new user to Linux & Garuda and I'm getting an error upon first time installation, my Spec is MSI alpha 15 B5EEK (Ryzen 7, RX6600M), I have checked the ISO itself and its fine, I also use Ventoy, I will paste the log below, Thanks in advance for your help.

garuda-inxi
System:
  Kernel: 6.2.2-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC lang=en_US
    keytable=us tz=UTC misobasedir=garuda
    root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_CINNAMON_RAPTOR quiet systemd.show_status=1
    ibt=off systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1 driver=nonfree
    nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1 rdinit=/vtoy/vtoy
  Desktop: Cinnamon v: 5.6.7 tk: GTK v: 3.24.37 wm: muffin vt: 7 dm: LightDM
    v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: Alpha 15 B5EEK v: REV:1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-158L v: REV:1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: E158LAMS.108 date: 04/07/2022
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 75.7 Wh (91.1%) condition: 83.1/87.4 Wh (95.1%)
    volts: 16.8 min: 15.4 model: MSI Corp. MS-158L type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: not charging
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800H with Radeon Graphics bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Zen 3 gen: 4 level: v3 note: check built: 2021-22
    process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x50 (80) stepping: 0
    microcode: 0xA50000C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 1x16 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1575 high: 3200 min/max: 1200/4462 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 3200 2: 1200
    3: 1200 4: 1200 5: 1200 6: 3200 7: 1200 8: 1200 9: 3200 10: 1200 11: 1200
    12: 1202 13: 1200 14: 1200 15: 1200 16: 1200 bogomips: 102214
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 23 [Radeon RX 6600/6600 XT/6600M] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-2 code: Navi-2x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
    built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none
    empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:73ff class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: AMD Cezanne [Radeon Vega Series / Radeon Mobile Series]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-5 code: Vega
    process: GF 14nm built: 2017-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s ports: active: eDP-1 empty: none
    bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:1638 class-ID: 0300 temp: 35.0 C
  Device-3: Bison HD Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-4:4
    chip-ID: 5986:211b class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu
    unloaded: modesetting,radeon alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 mapped: eDP model: AU Optronics 0x80ed built: 2017
    res: 1920x1080 hz: 144 dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x193mm (13.54x7.6")
    diag: 394mm (15.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo
    missing.
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD Navi 21/23 HDMI/DP Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab28
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Renoir Radeon High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4
    speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:1637 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: AMD ACP/ACP3X/ACP6x Audio Coprocessor vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_rn_pci_acp3x v: kernel
    alternate: snd_pci_acp3x,snd_pci_acp5x,snd_pci_acp6x,snd_acp_pci,snd_rpl_pci_acp6x,snd_pci_ps,snd_sof_amd_renoir,snd_sof_amd_rembrandt
    pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s
    bus-ID: 07:00.5 chip-ID: 1022:15e2 class-ID: 0480
  Device-4: AMD Family 17h/19h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s bus-ID: 07:00.6 chip-ID: 1022:15e3
    class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.2-zen1-1-zen running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.66 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: MEDIATEK MT7921K Wi-Fi 6E 80MHz driver: mt7921e v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:0608
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: KYE Systems (Mouse Systems) GF3000F Ethernet Adapter type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid bus-ID: 3-1:2 chip-ID: 0458:6001 class-ID: 0301
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: MediaTek Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 0e8d:0608 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 3.21 TiB used: 1.94 TiB (60.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Kingston model: OM8PCP3512F-AI1
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: ECFK52.8 temp: 27.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 type: USB vendor: Philips
    model: USB Flash Drive size: 14.45 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD20EZRX-00D8PB0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> rev: 1065 scheme: MBR
  ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 type: USB vendor: Toshiba model: MQ04UBF100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: HDD
    rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.01 GiB used: 216 MiB (1.4%) priority: 100
    dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 53.2 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
  GPU: device: amdgpu temp: 38.0 C device: amdgpu temp: 35.0 C mem: 32.0 C
    fan: 0 watts: 4.00
Info:
  Processes: 411 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 6062 Memory: 15.01 GiB
  used: 1.95 GiB (13.0%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1218
  libs: 314 tools: paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.0 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.25
warning: database file for 'garuda' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'core' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'extra' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'community' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'chaotic-aur' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
Garuda (2.6.15-1):
  System install date:     2023-03-09
  Last full system update: 2023-03-09 ↻
  Is partially upgraded:   No
  Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
  Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
  Failed units:            [email protected]

Error displayed = Installation Failed
boost.python error in job "display manager"
Details:

<class 'TypeError'>
DMlightdm.find_preferred_greeter() missing 1 required positional argument: 'greeters_dir'

Traceback:
File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/displaymanager/main.py", line 1017, in run
    dm_message = dm.greeter_setup()

File "/usr/lib/calamares/modules/displaymanager/main.py", line 666, in greeter_setup

greeter_path = self.find_preferred_greeter()

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Hi @Btd1p, it was discovered shortly after the new Garuda release that there was an issue with installing the LightDM display manager (I think there are three spins that use it). I'm not sure on the specifics but I believe there was a change in the Calamares installer that had something to do with it.

I'm under the impression it was fixed, although you will have to download a new version of the ISO. Hopefully someone will chime in with a known good ISO number you can try.

What is the version of the ISO you downloaded (full file name) and when did you download it?

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Hi, Thanks for your reply i downloaded the ISO around 2 hours ago & its --- garuda-cinnamon-linux-zen-230305.iso ----- That would be great if someone would post a link to a Cinnamon version of a modified ISO with the fix?

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I have the same issue with the same ISO - garuda-cinnamon-linux-zen-230305.iso

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@Btd1p @avg-wee-peng there is a release candidate ISO which has been reported to resolve this issue if you would like to give it a shot: https://iso.builds.garudalinux.org/iso/garuda/cinnamon/230308/

Please note it is always possible for an ISO that is still in testing to have its own set of issues. If you run into any problems please speak up so someone can take a look.

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Hi, I have tried this iso 230308 & it doesn't boot to the installer environment, I have attached a screenshot of the errors.

VirtualBox_Garuda Cinnimon_10_03_2023_08_48_01
VirtualBox_Garuda Cinnimon_10_03_2023_08_48_011280×800 4.55 KB

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Hi @Btd1p, before you give up on that ISO can you give it another try? I don't think that error message is related to the ISO.

  • Make sure you verify the checksum of the ISO after you download it. Download the sha256 file, then run sha256sum /path/to/ISO and check the values match.
  • Try re-flashing again.
  • What flashing program are you using? Try using Ventoy, it is very reliable.
  • If none of that helps, try a different USB drive if you can.
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Hi, Thanks very much for your help, my issue this time was with the download, after following your steps I have successfully booted & installed to hdd. Now to tweaking ;)....Thanks again.

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