DataDrake

Hmmm. I figured as much. it's the only way I can get into the desktop though. Which is even more confusing, because it should be loading the same drivers as it did on the Live USB, no?

stylste

I did update the system, I installed it using a Live USB i downloaded maybe an hour before that. When you say "use the kernel you want", is it as easy as changing that string of text? How do I know what to enter? Are there other steps involved in updating the kernel? Sorry, total noob about that stuff.

        vasiliospavlos How do I know what to enter?

        Copy the kernel version you want from /boot/efi/EFI/com.solus-project
        to
        /boot/efi/EFI/loader.conf
        e.g.
        if in /boot/efi/EFI/com.solus-project folder there is kernel-com.solus-project.current.5.3.18-140
        you edit the /boot/efi/EFI/loader.conf file to read
        default Solus-current-5.3.18-140
        On the next reboot the kernel current-5.3.18-140 will be used

            stylste

            okay, so update.

            I don’t have any of those folders (except boot,
            obviously). I am nearly certain I installed with UEFI in mind but there’s a ‘grub’ folder.

            inside of ‘boot’ there are four archives which appear to be kernel names / versions.

            should I reinstall as UEFI and see if that’s the case?

            Edit: well tried reinstalling as UEFI. That was a colassal mistake. Same issue now I don’t have grub to enable ‘nomodeset’ (black screens, monitors turn off from no signal)

            edit 2: now I can’t even get past my motherboards boot screen. Cool.

            edit 3: the saga continues. I’m running the live USB. Just going to format the SSD and start over (again)

            edit 4: SSD formatted and awaiting instructions lol

              Do you have any other linux dist. instlled on your ssd now or earlier?

                Is there any other disk mounted on the system?
                Edit
                What is the output of
                lsblk
                on the teminal?

                  stylste

                  I got this error when running sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/nvme0n1 bs=1M

                  dd: error writing '/nvme0n1': No space left on device
                  1+0 records in
                  0+0 records out
                  0 bytes copied, 0.000540503 s, 0.0 kB/s

                  edit: I just changed the command to sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/nvme0n1 bs=1M

                  it appears to be running (no errors yet). In top it shows dd running at 90% CPU 🙂

                  edit #2: Okay, weird, it ran for a while, but then still gave me an error:

                  dd: error writing '/dev/nvme0n1': No space left on device
                  953870+0 records in
                  953869+0 records out
                  1000204886016 bytes (1.0 TB, 932 GiB) copied, 784.706 s, 1.3 GB/s

                  I'm learning a metric ton! Now what?

                    Install nvme-cli to check your disk for errors
                    sudo eopkg install nvme-cli
                    and run it
                    sudo nvme smart-log /dev/nvme0n1

                      It did not like that. TON of "failed" errors when installing the pkg. Like, dozens.

                      Says no space left on device. Going to reboot live USB and try again.

                      stylste

                      here's the output from sudo nvme smart-log /dev/nvme0n1

                      critical_warning : 0
                      temperature : 45 C
                      available_spare : 100%
                      available_spare_threshold : 10%
                      percentage_used : 0%
                      data_units_read : 17,305
                      data_units_written : 2,058,962
                      host_read_commands : 241,815
                      host_write_commands : 2,122,446
                      controller_busy_time : 14
                      power_cycles : 24
                      power_on_hours : 1
                      unsafe_shutdowns : 10
                      media_errors : 0
                      num_err_log_entries : 33
                      Warning Temperature Time : 0
                      Critical Composite Temperature Time : 0
                      Temperature Sensor 1 : 45 C
                      Temperature Sensor 2 : 54 C
                      Thermal Management T1 Trans Count : 0
                      Thermal Management T2 Trans Count : 0
                      Thermal Management T1 Total Time : 0
                      Thermal Management T2 Total Time : 0

                        stylste

                        output appears to be the same

                        Smart Log for NVME device:nvme0n1 namespace-id:ffffffff
                        critical_warning : 0
                        temperature : 45 C
                        available_spare : 100%
                        available_spare_threshold : 10%
                        percentage_used : 0%
                        data_units_read : 17,312
                        data_units_written : 2,058,962
                        host_read_commands : 241,954
                        host_write_commands : 2,122,446
                        controller_busy_time : 14
                        power_cycles : 24
                        power_on_hours : 1
                        unsafe_shutdowns : 10
                        media_errors : 0
                        num_err_log_entries : 34
                        Warning Temperature Time : 0
                        Critical Composite Temperature Time : 0
                        Temperature Sensor 1 : 45 C
                        Temperature Sensor 2 : 54 C
                        Thermal Management T1 Trans Count : 0
                        Thermal Management T2 Trans Count : 0
                        Thermal Management T1 Total Time : 0
                        Thermal Management T2 Total Time : 0