I came across a minor graphical issue during the user creation part in the Garuda Linux Installer. I haven’t came across any other issues during the install process. I booted the iso using ventoy and selected grub2 mode. I took a screenshot of the graphical issue and uploaded it to imgur, the image can be viewed here.
I do have one other issue that happens after the first reboot and sign-in. It sometimes seems not to copy/install the custom pre-configured files in the ~/ directory such as; .bash_profile, .bashrc, .profile, etc. It also doesn’t copy/install the fish configuration files either. Although this issue is easily remedied by copying the files from the iso, doing so after install is annoying.
System:
Kernel: 6.15.8-zen1-2-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
misobasedir=garuda root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_CINNAMON_BROADWING quiet
systemd.show_status=1 checksum=y systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
rdinit=/vtoy/vtoy
Desktop: Cinnamon v: 6.4.10 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 tools:
avail: cinnamon-screensaver vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda
base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: MSI model: Z270 GAMING M3 (MS-7A62) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> uuid: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 1.70 date: 07/03/2018
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-7700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake
gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9 microcode: 0xF8
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: 800 min/max: 800/4800 scaling: driver: intel_pstate
governor: powersave cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800
8: 800 bogomips: 67200
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM204 [GeForce GTX 970] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: nvidia v: 575.64.05 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx)
arch: Maxwell code: GMxxx process: TSMC 28nm built: 2014-2019 pcie: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: none off: DVI-D-1,DVI-I-1
empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:13c2 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microdia Dual Mode Camera (8006 VGA) driver: hid-generic,usbhid
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-14:5
chip-ID: 0c45:8006 class-ID: 0301
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 driver: X:
loaded: nvidia unloaded: modesetting,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa
gpu: nvidia,nvidia-nvswitch display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3840x1080 s-dpi: 95 s-size: 1027x292mm (40.43x11.50")
s-diag: 1068mm (42.04")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 note: disabled pos: primary,left
model: Asus VH238 serial: <filter> built: 2011 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60
scale: 100% (1) dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26")
diag: 584mm (23") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
Monitor-2: DVI-I-1 note: disabled pos: right model: Asus VH238
serial: <filter> built: 2011 res: mode: 1920x1080 hz: 60 scale: 100% (1)
dpi: 96 gamma: 1.2 size: 509x286mm (20.04x11.26") diag: 584mm (23")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 640x480
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Info: Tools: gpu: nvidia-settings,nvidia-smi x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_avs bus-ID: 00:1f.3
chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fbb class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.15.8-zen1-2-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.4.7 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: Broadcom BCM4352 802.11ac Dual Band Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: ASUSTeK PCE-AC56 Dual-Band driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A
modules: bcma pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 06:00.0
chip-ID: 14e4:43b1 class-ID: 0280
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2500 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 07:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:e0b1 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp7s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: enp0s20f0u5 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Motorola PCS moto g power (2022) driver: rndis_host v: kernel
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:6
chip-ID: 22b8:2e24 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: Realtek Bluetooth Radio driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8771
class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.73 TiB used: 299.92 GiB (4.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:2 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD BLACK SN770 250GB size: 232.89 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 731100WD temp: 50.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC M.2 PCIe SSD size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: APF1M3R1 temp: 37.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Silicon Power
model: SPCC Solid State Disk size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 8293
scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 1TB
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 2B6Q scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0001 scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Kingston model: SA400S37120G
size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: B1E1 scheme: MBR
ID-7: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Hitachi model: HDT721010SLA360
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: A31B scheme: GPT
ID-8: /dev/sdf maj-min: 8:80 vendor: Seagate model: BUP Slim SL
size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0304 scheme: GPT
Partition:
Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.57 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: 43.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 60 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.57 GiB used: 6.66 GiB (42.8%)
Processes: 286 Power: uptime: 40m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.19 GiB services: csd-power,upowerd
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1204 libs: 321 tools: paru Compilers:
gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: fish v: 4.0.2
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.38
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 'multilib' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
warning: database file for 'chaotic-aur' does not exist (use '-Sy' to download)
Garuda (2.7.3-2):
System install date: 2025-08-14
Last full system update: 2025-08-14 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut nvidia-dkms
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units: snapper-cleanup.service