Live USB goes to black screen after selected Garuda on GRUB menu

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If the KDE barebones boots without issues them a kernel issue is a distinct possibility.

Test the Xfce live boot, as it also uses the LTS kernel. If that also boots correctly then a kernel issue is looking likely.

You have not given enough details about which solutions you have tested.

Did you also test out the free driver option at install?

Did you test out the proposed solutions on this thread in the FAQ:

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…