EDIT: I kinda solved it by installing Wayland (with Nvidia card, Ouch!) to replace Xorg. Not sure if this is gonna last though. Perhaps Manjaro is the one I’m gonna throw out FIRST if anything happens from now on.

What should be the first line of defense? Timeshift?

This happened after I installed AUR package masterpdfeditor and 2 applications from github (some hashing algorithm programs, I think they were “Dilithium” and “Latice-based-cryptography-main”, one of them was provided by NIST.)

If using GUI: I login, black screen for few seconds, then back at login screen.

If going to ctrl+alt+f2, login successful, then startx, see picture provided (higher quality).

I tried adding a new user, but result is the same.

I have a live usb to do the Timeshift. (I can also chroot if necessary… But I’m not extremely professional)

  • daniyeg@lemmy.ml
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    ah classic mistake of installing AUR packages on manjaro. been there done that. check your logs and search for errors, it probably overwrote/deleted some xorg config that you must either manually add back or regenerate. sorry i can’t help further im a linux noobie but that was my issue when this happened to me.

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    9 months ago

    Start by not using Manjaro. Seriously this won’t be the first time this happens to you. It’s not a great distro. Consider EndevourOS if you want Arch without the command line install.

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      9 months ago

      Have you even looked at the picture they posted or do you just reply with nonsense by default when you see the word “Manjaro”?

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        9 months ago

        Yeah the picture looks exactly like my experiences with Manjaro. Thanks

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          9 months ago

          I’ve always suspected that Manjaro detractors might be mostly Linux beginners who do stupid stuff then give up at the first sign of trouble.

          You’re not exactly doing your best to change my mind.

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            The AUR is intended to be used with the official Arch repos; Manjaro repos are often weeks or sometimes even up to a month behind. Even the Manjaro devs put a warning for this reason.

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              9 months ago

              So what if they’re behind. AUR packages have dependency requirements too. They won’t install if dependencies are not met. Unless you force it — but that wouldn’t be their fault.

              So how can an AUR package break something if it’s not installed?

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    Manjaro is not up-to-date with Arch repos. Using AUR in Manjaro is a huge mistake.

    If you wanna use AUR, I suggest you to go all in with Arch itself

    However I still recommend you to use AUR as less as possible, cause too many AUR can mess even with Arch

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      I’m using 75 AUR packages without any issues and I’ve been using Manjaro for 4 years. But I’m really worried now that you’ve said that. 😬 When should I begin to expect AUR trouble? Does it happen on the 5th year? What if I reinstall, do I get another 4 years?

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    If you have it setup timeshift should work…

    But please know that the AUR + Manjaro is not a supported or recommend combination. The AUR is intended to be used with the official Arch repos; Manjaro repos are often weeks or sometimes even up to a month behind. Even the Manjaro devs put a warning for this reason.
    Not only that, the Manjaro base packages often aren’t even built with the same flags as Arch base packages; which is probably what happened here.
    Consider using EndeavorOS or archinstall , else this won’t be the last time something like this happens.

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    One of your steps should be to throw Manjaro in the trash and install EndeavourOS instead.

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        I would usually agree but Manjaro is a broken piece of garbage. Use Arch or Endeavour if you want to gain experience on an arch based distro.