After update not starting

[andresivanov]

[jonathon]

Manjaro doesn't boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message

While there are many potential reasons why your Manjaro installation doesn't boot to a desktop, the primary reason is that the graphics drivers haven't loaded correctly so your login/display manager (DM) doesn't start. This is why you get a "black screen" or stuck at an [ OK ] Started some service message. The normal reason for this is that you have the incorrect driver version for the kernel. This happens when the mirror you are updating from is not fully synchronised and so has differen…

Tutorial: How to magically fix most computers that will not boot after a manjaro update!

Hello fellow Manjaro peoples! Recently I have seen a lot of panicking because update XX/XX/XX broke their system, and now they get something like Error: Cannot access tty. You have been dropped to an emergency shell.Or Job control turned off: You are on your own. Good luck! There is nothing to worry about, and you should be up in about 15-20 minutes! Here is how. Step 1. Find, or prepare a Manjaro bootable medium (USB, DVD (etc.)) Step 2. Go into your BIOS, and set your computer to boot fro…

[andresivanov]

What to do if I have sections in LUKS

[SGS]

[jonathon]

Also:

How to chroot into an encrypted root partition

Disclaimer: I finally tested the process myself. But I got the ideas initially from the posts in the old Manjaro forum, this one in particular. When an installed encrypted system fails to boot to TTY (command line) or when the (correct) password fails to open the encryption after an update the user might try to repair the system by chrooting it. Chroot stands for change root and means to switch to a different root file system at runtime. First find out the name of the encrypted device with…