Updates got my system really broken

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System:
Kernel: 6.2.7-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
misobasedir=garuda root=miso:LABEL=GARUDA_DR460NIZEDGAMING_RAPTOR quiet
systemd.show_status=1 ibt=off driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0
i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.27.3 tk: Qt v: 5.15.8 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
Distro: Garuda Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: MSI model: Z270 GAMING PRO (MS-7A59) v: 1.0
serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 2.70
date: 06/30/2018
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-7600K bits: 64 type: 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: 0x8E
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
desc: 1x6 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 3567 high: 4975 min/max: 800/5000 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 4975 2: 801 3: 3800
4: 4692 bogomips: 30399
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere [Radeon RX 470/480/570/570X/580/580X/590]
vendor: XFX Pine driver: amdgpu v: kernel arch: GCN-4 code: Arctic Islands
process: GF 14nm built: 2016-20 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
ports: active: DP-1,DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 01:00.0
chip-ID: 1002:67df class-ID: 0300 temp: 58.0 C
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: amdgpu unloaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: amdgpu display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 1524x285mm (60.00x11.22")
s-diag: 1550mm (61.04")
Monitor-1: DVI-D-1 mapped: DVI-D-0 pos: right model: Dell S2409W
serial: <filter> built: 2008 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 531x298mm (20.91x11.73") diag: 609mm (24") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-2: DP-1 mapped: DisplayPort-0 pos: primary,left model: Asus VE228
serial: <filter> built: 2011 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 92 gamma: 1.2
size: 531x299mm (20.91x11.77") diag: 551mm (21.7") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
Monitor-3: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-A-0 pos: center model: LG (GoldStar) TV
serial: <filter> built: 2008 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 69 gamma: 1.5
size: 708x398mm (27.87x15.67") diag: 1321mm (52") ratio: 16:9 modes:
max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 22.3.6 renderer: AMD Radeon RX 480 Graphics
(polaris10 LLVM 15.0.7 DRM 3.49 6.2.7-zen1-1-zen) direct-render: Yes
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: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio [Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: XFX Pine driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s
lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 1002:aaf0 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Creative Labs EMU20k2 [Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Series]
driver: snd_ctxfi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1
bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 1102:000b class-ID: 0403
Sound API: ALSA v: k6.2.7-zen1-1-zen running: yes
Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.67 running: yes
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: e1000e
v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp0s31f6 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Realtek Bluetooth Radio type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
bus-ID: 1-4:3 chip-ID: 0bda:8771 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
Report: bt-adapter ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 6.2 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKW256G7
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: PSF100C temp: 40.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:1 vendor: Intel model: SSDPEKKW256G7
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: PSF100C temp: 38.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT1000MX500SSD1
size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 023 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Western Digital
model: WD1001FALS-00E3A0 size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1D05
scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWE140 size: 3.64 TiB
block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD
rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: FP2A scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Crucial model: CT275MX300SSD1
size: 256.17 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: R021 scheme: GPT
ID-7: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 type: USB vendor: SanDisk
model: Ultra USB 3.0 size: 28.64 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: 1.00 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)
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 31.31 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 48.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: amdgpu temp: 58.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: amdgpu fan: 1050
Info:
Processes: 210 Uptime: 20m wakeups: 0 Memory: 31.31 GiB
used: 3.31 GiB (10.6%) Init: systemd v: 253 default: graphical
tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.1 Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1818
libs: 514 tools: octopi,paru Shell: fish v: 3.6.0 default: Bash v: 5.1.16
running-in: konsole 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:     2024-01-11
Last full system update: 2024-01-11 ↻
Is partially upgraded:   No
Relevant software:       snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot:       <superuser required>
Failed units:            snapper-cleanup.service

Garuda-inxi from a live ISO

After running updates and rebooting I can no longer log into my system. Starting a wayland session leads to no signal to the monitors and starting a x11 session gives me a black screen with a movable mouse cursor but moving it is all it can do.

Switching to a tty (ctrl + alt + f#) just gives me a black screen with no text to log in.

I also can’t boot into a snapshot because keyboards seem to have quit working in grub.

Running snapper on a live ISO gives me a error saying “Failed to retrieve filesystem list”. Is there a way to manually restore a snapshot?

I am kind of at a loss as to what to try now.

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Use live ISO, Garuda Welcome, chroot, or garuda-chroot -a in terminal, and upd again.

As always, backup your needed files.

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garuda-chroot -a
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sde2.  Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sde2.  Check your device.map.
==> ERROR: No Linux partitions detected!

This is what I get when trying to use garuda-chroot -a. /dev/sde is the USB thumdrive I booted off of with ventory. After this failed attempt I was able to mount the partition and browse the subvolume with dolphin.

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It must look like this

sudo garuda-chroot -a
==> Detected systems:
 --> 0) Arch_Linux
 --> 1) Garuda_Linux
 --> 2) Garuda_Linux
==> Select system to mount [0-2] :

seems you miss the sudo.

BTW, 0-3 are Garuda :smiley:

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I get the same output using sudo

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I finally figured out how to mount btrfs subvolumes correctly and managed to chroot into my system manually. ran update, upd was a command not found, and update-grub. Neither one of those fixed the system but they did get my keyboard working in grub again, allowing me to boot and restore a working snapshot.

Thank you for the help.

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Just an alias in fish (on many DE’s) for update = garuda-update.

Glad to read you could fix it. :slight_smile:

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After a little investigating it turn out that the problem was because of the switch to dbus-broker by arch. It kept a huge list of systemd services from starting. Choosing to stay with dbus-daemon allowed me to update without breaking anything.

The keyboard not working in grub seemed to be cause by me rebooting with the reset button on my PC due to having no options to reboot gracefully. Powering the system down completely or booting a usb and then rebooting properly is what fixed my keyboard in grub.

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This is number 2 in the selection?

I used the recommended number 1 everywhere and had no problems at all.

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Well, experience is the best teacher, but then unexpected questions come again. :smiley:

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Yes option 2 is the only one that worked for me. Option 1 seems to have broken dbus for me after looking at what depends on dbus. My install should be fairly stock Dr460nized Gaming with just a few things I used that weren’t included and a few things removed that I don’t use but nothing that should have any affect on dbus.

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