So I screwed up my system a while ago and it wouldn't boot. But with timeshift to the rescue, I could successfully hop back to a working snapshot. However I can't for the life of me figure out how to make this snapshot my real new current system. I can edit boot parameters to target the snapshot like you see in my inxi (this is what I guess timeshift does when I hit restore), but then I seem to find myself in some Limbo, and updates I make don't persist into new snapshots. Then in a few days Timeshift will remove the snapshot I'm on while it's running... . Restoring the latest snapshot at this point zips me back to the state before I screwed up my system.
Edit: These are the steps I took:
- When the system wouldn't boot, I booted a working snapshot through GRUB.
- I opened timeshift, and hit restore on the same snapshot.
Thankful for help!
inxi:
```
System:
Kernel: 5.15.13-zen1-1-zen x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2022-01-28_14-00-01/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=69c29b79-da5a-4df5-a53b-917ce7295884 rw
rootflags=subvol=timeshift-btrfs/snapshots/2022-01-28_14-00-01/@ quiet splash
rd.udev.log_priority=3 vt.global_cursor_default=0 systemd.unified_cgroup_hierarchy=1
loglevel=3 mem_sleep_default=deep
Desktop: i3 4.20.1 info: i3bar vt: 7 dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: Gigabyte product: X570 AORUS ULTRA v: -CF serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: Gigabyte model: X570 AORUS ULTRA serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: F33i date: 04/23/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 9 5900X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 family: 0x19 (25)
model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 0 microcode: 0xA201009
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 12 tpc: 2 threads: 24 smt: enabled cache: L1: 768 KiB
desc: d-12x32 KiB; i-12x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 12x512 KiB L3: 64 MiB desc: 2x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 4029 high: 4830 min/max: 2200/4950 boost: enabled scaling:
driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: performance cores: 1: 3601 2: 4212 3: 3708 4: 3795 5: 3798
6: 3751 7: 4174 8: 4655 9: 4172 10: 4676 11: 3689 12: 3714 13: 3613 14: 3801 15: 4830 16: 3831
17: 3783 18: 4503 19: 4511 20: 4293 21: 3677 22: 3664 23: 3608 24: 4647 bogomips: 177602
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
Vulnerabilities:
Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
Type: l1tf status: Not affected
Type: mds status: Not affected
Type: meltdown status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
Type: spectre_v2
mitigation: Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP: always-on, RSB filling
Type: srbds status: Not affected
Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 [GeForce RTX 3070] vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nvidia v: 470.74
alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 08:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2484 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6.3:5
chip-ID: 046d:0843 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: x11 server: X.Org 1.21.1.3 compositor: picom v: git-dac85 driver: loaded: nvidia
display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1440 s-dpi: 108 s-size: 602x342mm (23.7x13.5") s-diag: 692mm (27.3")
Monitor-1: DP-0 res: 2560x1440 dpi: 109 size: 598x336mm (23.5x13.2") diag: 686mm (27")
OpenGL: renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 470.74 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: NVIDIA GA104 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 08:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228b class-ID: 0403
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 0a:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: SteelSeries ApS Arctis Pro Wireless type: USB
driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid bus-ID: 3-6.1.3:8 chip-ID: 1038:1294 class-ID: 0300
Device-4: Logitech Webcam C930e type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 3-6.3:5
chip-ID: 046d:0843 class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.13-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-2: sndio v: N/A running: no
Sound Server-3: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
Sound Server-4: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-5: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723
class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel I211 Gigabit Network vendor: Gigabyte driver: igb v: kernel port: f000
bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:1539 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: br-a75c55ff1e63 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: docker0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-3: virbr0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-5:2 chip-ID: 8087:0029
class-ID: e001
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: down bt-service: enabled,running rfk-block:
hardware: no software: yes address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.48 TiB used: 309.93 GiB (20.4%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDSC2CT120A3 size: 111.79 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 300i scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EARS-00Y5B1 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 0A80
scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 PRO 512GB size: 476.94 GiB
block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 2B6Q
scheme: MBR
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 78.12 GiB (100.00%) used: 41.5 GiB (53.1%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 1000 MiB size: 998 MiB (99.80%) used: 560 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 476.93 GiB size: 476.93 GiB (100.00%) used: 268.43 GiB (56.3%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 78.12 GiB (100.00%) used: 41.5 GiB (53.1%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 78.12 GiB size: 78.12 GiB (100.00%) used: 41.5 GiB (53.1%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.35 GiB used: 2.8 MiB (0.0%) priority: 100 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 16.8 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 32 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
Processes: 527 Uptime: 1m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.35 GiB used: 4.17 GiB (13.3%) Init: systemd
v: 250 tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1641 lib: 465
Client: Unknown Client: garuda-assistant inxi: 3.3.12
```