So, after updating my system, Garuda refuses to boot. I’ve searched this forum up and down, I have done everything from simply changing my kernel, to downgrading my linux-firmware-amdgpu, to even getting extremely frustrated and formatting my drive before doing a fresh installation and update with only a few additional apps before my restart.
And, the same result. It doesn’t seem to be hardware related, because I could load in to a snapshot and boot games just fine; and everything functions totally fine under a Windows 10 installation. I am about to pull my hair out and have no idea what to try next, below is my inxi file, any help would be greatly appreciated. I had to boot in to a USB environment to get it.
System:
Kernel: 6.13.5-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1 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: 6.4.8 tk: GTK v: 3.24.49 wm: Muffin v: 6.4.1 tools:
avail: cinnamon-screensaver,xautolock vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: B450M Pro4 serial: <superuser required>
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: P5.30 date: 08/04/2021
CPU:
Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 5600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3+ gen: 3 level: v3 note: check
built: 2022 process: TSMC n6 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33) stepping: 2
microcode: 0xA201210
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 1 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3593 min/max: 550/4468 boost: enabled scaling: driver: amd-pstate-epp
governor: powersave cores: 1: 3593 2: 3593 3: 3593 4: 3593 5: 3593 6: 3593 7: 3593 8: 3593
9: 3593 10: 3593 11: 3593 12: 3593 bogomips: 83845
Flags: 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] Navi 10 [Radeon RX 5600 OEM/5600 XT / 5700/5700 XT]
vendor: Gigabyte driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: RDNA-1 code: Navi-1x process: TSMC n7 (7nm)
built: 2019-20 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: DP-2
empty: DP-1,DP-3,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 09:00.0 chip-ID: 1002:731f class-ID: 0300
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6 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: DP-2 mapped: DisplayPort-1 model: Acer VG270 P serial: <filter> built: 2020 res:
mode: 1920x1080 hz: 144 scale: 100% (1) dpi: 82 gamma: 1.2 size: 598x336mm (23.54x13.23")
diag: 686mm (27") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.304 layers: 4 device: 0 type: discrete-gpu name: AMD Radeon RX 5700 XT
(RADV NAVI10) driver: N/A device-ID: 1002:731f surfaces: xcb,xlib device: 1 type: cpu
name: llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 256 bits) driver: N/A device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: xcb,xlib
API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo x11: xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD/ATI] Navi 10 HDMI Audio driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 09:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:ab38 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASRock
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 0b:00.4
chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: C-Media Blue Snowball driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1
speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 0d8c:0005 class-ID: 0300
serial: <filter>
API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: N/A
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 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: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASRock
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: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 2.79 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WDS500G2B0C-00PXH0
size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 211070WD temp: 34.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-08RKKA0 size: 931.51 GiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 0A80 scheme: MBR
ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: TeamGroup model: TM8PS7512G size: 476.94 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 3A0 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: TeamGroup model: T-FORCE 1TB size: 953.87 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 61.5
scheme: MBR
ID-5: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: SanDisk model: Cruzer Glide size: 29.82 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0 spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A
serial: <filter> fw-rev: 1.26 scheme: MBR
SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
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: 31.27 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 max-streams: 12 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 47.6 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 50.0 C mem: 50.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 0
Info:
Memory: total: 32 GiB available: 31.27 GiB used: 3.21 GiB (10.3%)
Processes: 312 Power: uptime: 9m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle wakeups: 0
hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 12.47 GiB
services: csd-power,upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1237 libs: 361 tools: paru Compilers: gcc: 14.2.1 Client: Unknown
Client: garuda-rani inxi: 3.3.37
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-06-29
Last full system update: 2025-06-29 ↻
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: <superuser required>
Failed units:
Addition: My GPU is very specifically an RX 5700 XT.