When I set up Grub with dual-boot, I already had the issue of booting to a terminal instead of the selection of OS, but I brushed it off, since I could just type “exit” (sometimes I’d have to type it again in another Grub terminal that appeared shortly after) and it would show me the OS selections.

However, ever since I updated my computer to a new version of popOS, typing “exit” just puts me in a black screen. I tried running a grub fixer app, and resetting my grub configurations, but the issue is still there.

For now, I have to type a bunch of commands in order to boot my computer, which isn’t that bad, but the problem is that I’m not the only one using it, so I was wondering if anyone went through something similar and/or has a fix for this issue.

  • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    6 days ago

    Are there any errors in the journalctl logs? If you’re booting to blank screen or terminal there is likely a crash happening with the DE launching. Maybe that will give us more idea how to fix the issue.

    • Binette@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      5 days ago

      Here are all of my errors since the last boot

      jun 12 06:33:36 pop-os kernel: x86/cpu: VMX (outside TXT) disabled by BIOS
jun 12 06:33:36 pop-os kernel: x86/cpu: SGX disabled or unsupported by BIOS.
jun 12 06:33:36 pop-os kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\TBTS], AE_NOT_FOUND (20240827/psargs-332)
jun 12 06:33:36 pop-os kernel: ACPI Error: Skipping While/If block (20240827/psloop-426)
jun 12 06:33:36 pop-os kernel: ACPI BIOS Error (bug): Could not resolve symbol [\TBTS], AE_NOT_FOUND (20240827/psargs-332)
jun 12 06:33:36 pop-os kernel: ACPI Error: Skipping While/If block (20240827/psloop-426)
jun 12 06:33:36 pop-os kernel: rtw_8822bu 1-1:1.0: write register 0xc4 failed with -71
jun 12 06:33:37 pop-os kernel: 
jun 12 06:33:38 pop-os /usr/bin/nvidia-powerd[845]: Found unsupported configuration. Exiting...
jun 12 06:33:40 pop-os jackdbus[1226]: default: failed to stat "/var/lib/gdm3/.config/jack/conf.xml", error is 2 (No such file or directory)
jun 12 06:33:40 pop-os jackdbus[1226]: default: open() failed to open conf filename.
jun 12 06:33:42 pop-os gnome-session-binary[1259]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_bus_get_sync: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
jun 12 06:33:42 pop-os gnome-session-binary[1259]: GLib-GIO-CRITICAL: g_bus_get_sync: assertion 'error == NULL || *error == NULL' failed
jun 12 06:33:53 pop-os gdm-password][2665]: gkr-pam: unable to locate daemon control file
jun 12 06:33:53 pop-os jackdbus[2853]: default: failed to stat "/home/bintouali/.config/jack/conf.xml", error is 2 (No such file or directory)
jun 12 06:33:53 pop-os jackdbus[2853]: default: open() failed to open conf filename.
jun 12 06:33:35 pop-os systemd[2822]: Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
jun 12 06:33:35 pop-os systemd[2822]: Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
jun 12 06:33:35 pop-os systemd[2822]: Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
jun 12 06:33:37 pop-os systemd[2822]: Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
jun 12 06:33:37 pop-os systemd[2822]: Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
jun 12 06:33:37 pop-os systemd[2822]: Failed to start Application launched by gnome-session-binary.
jun 12 06:33:37 pop-os kernel: [drm:nv_drm_master_set [nvidia_drm]] *ERROR* [nvidia-drm] [GPU ID 0x00000100] Failed to grab modeset ownership
jun 12 06:33:39 pop-os gdm-launch-environment][1096]: GLib-GObject: g_object_unref: assertion 'G_IS_OBJECT (object)' failed
jun 12 06:39:11 pop-os gdm3[1061]: Gdm: Failed to list cached users: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer: activation request failed: a concurrent deactivation request is already in progress.
jun 12 06:39:17 pop-os systemd-cryptsetup[7406]: device-mapper: remove ioctl on cryptswap  failed: Device or resource busy
      • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        20 hours ago

        Sorry for the late reply, how did you get on with this?

        Try deleteing /home/bintouali/.config/jack/conf.xml

        nvidia-powerd is failing, whats your gpu? Is it supported?

        After that id try creating a new user and setting that as the default login, see if that fixes your issue. If it does then the problems are caused by some config files in your bintouali home dir.

        • Binette@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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          17 hours ago

          Thank you for the reply!

          I wasn’t too well versed with linux, so I didn’t look at journalctl at all on this computer.

          my gpu is gigabyte geforce gtx 1660 ti 6 gb oc

          • Auth@lemmy.worldEnglish
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            17 hours ago

            Are you using the proprietary nvidia driver? You can check using nvidia-smi in terminal