Hi, @muzqs Thank you very much, it could be, but apparently it wasn’t that, it’s weird what happened, now I will answer as much as I can. It is solved.
Well, I’ll try to describe as best I can how I got here.
I created different isos to recover Mabox installed with Mabox isos. They all threw the same lightdm error. @napcok suggested disabling Picom but at that time I had no access to my installed Mabox, the keyboard was not responding so I couldn’t use Terminator, I had to do it in graphical mode with the mouse but I couldn’t open the side panels so nothing I could do. I decided to create an iso with Manjaro, the strange thing is that in the same pendrive Manjaro worked and Mabox didn’t. Why is the lightdm error generated with Mabox and not with Manjaro? Maybe we will never know.
Both isos were checked with cheksum and tested on other machines.
Sure that the isos were ok, I tried again, the Manjaro iso so I could access chroot. I verified that it was working on Mabox, mounted the partitions, and started to try, first with the update, pacman -Syu, tried with pamac and with yay, all failed, because of the errors I tried to update keys and mirrors, I didn’t succeed either, I tried to access the logs and systemd looking for errors and it didn’t work either.
Here are some excerpts of what happened.
I am not uploading everything because it is repeated over and over again.
~/Desktop lsblk -f 32 ✘
NAME FSTYPE FSVER LABEL UUID FSAVAIL FSUSE% MOUNTPOINTS
loop0
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/sfs/livefs
loop1
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/sfs/mhwdfs
loop2
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/sfs/desktopfs
loop3
squash 4.0 0 100% /run/miso/sfs/rootfs
sda
├─sda1
│ ext4 1.0 f0ef4674-ef5a-47f0-b140-84966410292f
├─sda2
│ swap 1 b6c8299f-6640-47b8-8545-24e0f88a4203
└─sda3
ext4 1.0 eaf47a78-5bb0-45b8-9857-8d7edfaebf7b
sdb
├─sdb1
│ vfat FAT32 MARTE EF71-4BE5
├─sdb2
│ vfat FAT32 JUPITER 98C0-D06A
└─sdb3
vfat FAT32 SAGITARIO EEE4-4FDC
sdc
├─sdc1
│ │ exfat 1.0 Ventoy B4DB-1A8E
│ ├─ventoy
│ │ iso966 Jolie MANJARO_XFCE_2421 2024-12-16-11-22-45-00 0 100% /run/miso/bootmnt
│ └─sdc1
│ exfat 1.0 Ventoy B4DB-1A8E
└─sdc2
vfat FAT16 VTOYEFI 8281-15CC
sr0
~/Desktop mabox-chroot -a ✔
zsh: command not found: mabox-chroot
~/Desktop manjaro-chroot -a 127 ✘
==> Mounting (MaboxLinux) [/dev/sda3]
--> mount: [/mnt]
--> mount: [/mnt/home]
[manjaro ~]# systemctl status lightdm
Running in chroot, ignoring command 'status'
[manjaro ~]# systemctlstatus lightdm
bash: systemctlstatus: command not found
[manjaro ~]# journalctl -u lightdm
Invalid unit name "�lightdm" escaped as "\xc3lightdm" (maybe you should use systemd-escape?).
-- No entries --
[manjaro etc]# pacman -Syu
:: Synchronizing package databases...
maboxlinux 22.5 KiB 10.8 KiB/s 00:02 [----------------------] 100%
core 141.4 KiB 98.2 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
extra 8.3 MiB 3.05 MiB/s 00:03 [----------------------] 100%
community.db failed to download
multilib 146.5 KiB 160 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from manjaro.kurdy.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from nnenix.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from forksystems.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from opencolo.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from nocix.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from coresite.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from ftp.rz.tu-bs.de : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed to synchronize all databases (failed to retrieve some files)
[manjaro etc]#
[manjaro etc]# sudo pacman -Syy archlinux-keyring manjaro-keyring
:: Synchronizing package databases...
maboxlinux
maboxlinux 22.5 KiB 13.9 KiB/s 00:02 [----------------------] 100%
core 141.4 KiB 87.5 KiB/s 00:02 [----------------------] 100%
extra 8.3 MiB 3.09 MiB/s 00:03 [----------------------] 100%
community.db failed to download
multilib 146.5 KiB 160 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from manjaro.kurdy.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from nnenix.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from forksystems.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from codingflyboy.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from opencolo.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from nocix.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from coresite.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from ftp.rz.tu-bs.de : The requested URL returned error: 404
error: failed to synchronize all databases (failed to retrieve some files)
[manjaro etc]# suo mv /etc/pacman.d/gnupg{,.old}
bash: suo: command not found
[manjaro etc]# sudo mv /etc/pacman.d/gnupg{,.old}
[manjaro etc]# fatal library error, lookup self
^C
[manjaro etc]# sudo pacman-key --init
gpg: /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/trustdb.gpg: trustdb created
gpg: no ultimately trusted keys found
fatal library error, lookup self
gpg: starting migration from earlier GnuPG versions
gpg: porting secret keys from '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/secring.gpg' to gpg-agent
gpg: migration succeeded
==> Generating pacman master key. This may take some time.
gpg: Generating pacman keyring master key...
gpg: directory '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d' created
gpg: revocation certificate stored as '/etc/pacman.d/gnupg/openpgp-revocs.d/9031F8D7F17C6A882017EC6049BBE2694ADCD745.rev'
gpg: Done
==> Updating trust database...
gpg: marginals needed: 3 completes needed: 1 trust model: pgp
gpg: depth: 0 valid: 1 signed: 0 trust: 0-, 0q, 0n, 0m, 0f, 1u
[manjaro etc]# sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro
==> Appending keys from archlinux.gpg...
fatal library error, lookup self
==> Appending keys from manjaro.gpg...
==> Locally signing trusted keys in keyring...
[manjaro ~]# pacman -T
[manjaro ~]# pacman -S --sync
error: only one operation may be used at a time
[manjaro ~]# pacman -S
error: no targets specified (use -h for help)
[manjaro ~]# pacman -S mirrors
error: target not found: mirrors
[manjaro ~]# pacman update --force-refresh --no-aur
pacman: unrecognized option '--force-refresh'
[manjaro ~]# pamac update --force-refresh --no-aur
Preparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
Refreshing maboxlinux.db...
Refreshing core.db...
Refreshing extra.db...
Error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from manjaro.kurdy.org : The requested URL returned error: 404
Error: failed retrieving file 'community.db' from nnenix.mm.fcix.net : The requested URL returned error: 404
Error: failed retrieving file 'community.files' from ftp.rz.tu-bs.de : The requested URL returned error: 404
failed to retrieve some files
Failed to synchronize databases
Resolving dependencies...
Checking inter-conflicts...
Warning: dependency cycle detected:
Warning: pam will be installed before its systemd-libs dependency
Warning: dependency cycle detected:
Warning: harfbuzz will be installed before its freetype2 dependency
Warning: dependency cycle detected:
Warning: qt6-multimedia-ffmpeg will be installed before its qt6-multimedia dependency
Warning: dependency cycle detected:
Warning: libcamera-ipa will be installed before its libcamera dependency
Warning: dependency cycle detected:
Warning: mhwd-nvidia will be installed before its mhwd-db dependency
Warning: dependency cycle detected:
Warning: plasma-workspace will be installed before its plasma-integration dependency
After this it started to work as if it could perform the upgrade and of course ended in error as follows
Error: xdg-desktop-portal-gtk: signature from "Jan Alexander Steffens (heftig) <jan.steffens@gmail.com>" is unknown trust
Error: xf86-video-intel: signature from "Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust
Error: xfce4-notifyd: signature from "Evangelos Foutras <foutrelis@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust
Error: xfsprogs: signature from "Tobias Powalowski <tobias.powalowski@googlemail.com>" is unknown trust
Error: xorg-xauth: signature from "Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust
Error: xorg-xinit: signature from "Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust
Error: yt-dlp: signature from "Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>" is unknown trust
Error: Failed to commit transaction: invalid or corrupted package (PGP signature):
[manjaro ~]#
When I was about to turn it off to stop, something happened and it seemed to come back on the update, it did all the downloading process, etc. and when it reached the hooks, at #66 it hung, I left it for a while to see if it would free, and there was no case, after more than an hour of waiting, I decided to reset the machine.
In that reset allowed me to return to Mabox installed and I managed to disable Picom with the mouse and everything seems to work, performed the update, or I think it did, now I must focus on pacnew, pacsave and recover keys and mirrors, but Mabox is working.
For what it’s worth, here is the result of inxi -zv8
[manjaro /]# cat /etc/os-release
NAME="Mabox Linux"
PRETTY_NAME="Mabox Linux"
ID=manjaro
ID_LIKE=arch
BUILD_ID=rolling
ANSI_COLOR="32;1;24;144;200"
HOME_URL="https://manjaro.org/"
DOCUMENTATION_URL="https://wiki.manjaro.org/"
SUPPORT_URL="https://forum.manjaro.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://docs.manjaro.org/reporting-bugs/"
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL="https://manjaro.org/privacy-policy/"
LOGO=manjarolinux
[manjaro /]# inxi -zv8
12System:
12Kernel 6.12.4-1-MANJARO 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 14.2.1 12clocksource tsc
12avail hpet,acpi_pm 12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=es_ES keytable=es tz=UTC
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_XFCE_2421 quiet systemd.show_status=1 splash apparmor=1
security=apparmor driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
12Desktop Xfce 12v N/A 12tools 12avail i3lock 12dm N/A 12Distro Mabox 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
12Type Desktop 12Mobo ASUSTeK 12model P5KPL-AM SE 12v X.0x 12serial <filter>
12uuid c074c914-fc15-de11-acb3-00248cc5adc8 12BIOS American Megatrends 12v 0702 12date 08/20/2010
12Battery:
12Message No system battery data found. Is one present?
12Memory:
12System RAM 12total 4 GiB 12available 3.81 GiB 12used 1.29 GiB (34.0%) 12igpu 8 MiB
12Array-1 12capacity 4 GiB 12slots 2 12modules 2 12EC None 12max-module-size 2 GiB 12note est.
12Device-1 DIMM A1 12info double-bank 12type DDR2 12detail synchronous 12size 2 GiB 12speed 667 MT/s
12volts N/A 12width (bits) 12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer N/A 12part-no N/A 12serial N/A
12Device-2 DIMM B1 12info double-bank 12type DDR2 12detail synchronous 12size 2 GiB 12speed 667 MT/s
12volts N/A 12width (bits) 12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer N/A 12part-no N/A 12serial N/A
12PCI Slots:
12Slot 1 12type PCIe 12status available 12length short 12volts 3.3 12bus-ID N/A
12Slot 2 12type PCI 12status available 12length short 12volts 3.3 12bus-ID N/A
12Slot 4 12type PCIe 12status available 12length short 12volts 3.3 12bus-ID N/A
12CPU:
12Info 12model Pentium E5200 12socket LGA775 (775) 12note check 12bits 64 12type MCP 12arch Penryn 12level v1
12built 2008 12process Intel 45nm 12family 6 12model-id 0x17 (23) 12stepping 6 12microcode 0x60B
12Topology 12cpus 1x 12dies 1 12clusters 1 12cores 2 12smt <unsupported> 12cache 12L1 128 KiB
12desc d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB 12L2 2 MiB 12desc 1x2 MiB
12Speed (MHz) 12avg 1200 12min/max 1200/2500 12base/boost 2500/3800 12scaling 12driver acpi-cpufreq
12governor schedutil 12volts 1.2 V 12ext-clock 200 MHz 12cores 121 1200 122 1200 12bogomips 10005
12Flags acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl
dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht lahf_lm lm mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe
pdcm pebs pge pni pse pse36 pti rep_good sep sse sse2 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tsc vme xtpr
12Vulnerabilities
12Type gather_data_sampling 12status Not affected
12Type itlb_multihit 12status KVM: VMX unsupported
12Type l1tf 12mitigation PTE Inversion
12Type mds 12status Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode; SMT disabled
12Type meltdown 12mitigation PTI
12Type mmio_stale_data 12status Unknown: No mitigations
12Type reg_file_data_sampling 12status Not affected
12Type retbleed 12status Not affected
12Type spec_rstack_overflow 12status Not affected
12Type spec_store_bypass 12status Vulnerable
12Type spectre_v1 12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Retpolines; STIBP: disabled; RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not
affected; BHI: Not affected
12Type srbds 12status Not affected
12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
12Device-1 Intel 82G33/G31 Express Integrated Graphics 12vendor ASUSTeK P5KPL-VM 12driver i915 12v kernel
12arch Gen-4 12process Intel 65n 12built 2006-07 12ports 12active VGA-1 12empty none 12bus-ID 00:02.0
12chip-ID 8086:29c2 12class-ID 0300
12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.15 12with Xwayland 12v 24.1.4 12driver 12X 12loaded intel
12unloaded fbdev,modesetting 12alternate vesa 12dri i915 12gpu i915 12display-ID :0.0
12Monitor-1 VGA-1 12model Samsung SA300/SA350 12serial <filter> 12built 2010 12res 1600x900 12dpi 92
12gamma 1.2 12chroma 12red 12x 0.639 12y 0.341 12green 12x 0.325 12y 0.624 12blue 12x 0.153 12y 0.039 12white 12x 0.314
12y 0.329 12size 443x249mm (17.44x9.8") 12diag 508mm (20") 12ratio 16:9 12modes 1600x900, 1440x900,
1280x800, 1152x864, 1024x768, 832x624, 800x600, 640x480, 720x400
12API EGL 12v 1.5 12hw 12drv intel i915 12platforms 12device 0 12egl 1.4 12drv i915 12device 1 12drv swrast 12gbm
12egl 1.4 12drv i915 12surfaceless 12egl 1.4 12drv i915 12inactive wayland,x11
12API OpenGL 12v 4.5 12compat-v 2.1 12vendor mesa 12v 24.3.4-arch1.1 12note incomplete (EGL sourced)
12renderer i915 (: G33), llvmpipe (LLVM 19.1.7 128 bits)
12Info 12Tools 12api eglinfo,glxinfo 12de kscreen-doctor 12x11 xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
12Audio:
12Device-1 Intel NM10/ICH7 Family High Definition Audio 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver snd_hda_intel
12v kernel 12bus-ID 00:1b.0 12chip-ID 8086:27d8 12class-ID 0403
12API ALSA 12v k6.12.4-1-MANJARO 12status kernel-api 12tools alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
12Server-1 sndiod 12v N/A 12status off 12tools aucat,midicat,sndioctl
12Server-2 JACK 12v 1.9.22 12status off 12tools N/A
12Server-3 PipeWire 12v 1.2.7 12status off 12with wireplumber 12status off 12tools pw-cli,wpctl
12Server-4 PulseAudio 12v 17.0-43-g3e2bb 12status off 12with pulseaudio-alsa 12type plugin
12tools pacat,pactl,pamixer,pavucontrol
12Network:
12Device-1 Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver r8169 12v kernel 12pcie
12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12port e800 12bus-ID 01:00.0 12chip-ID 10ec:8136 12class-ID 0200
12IF enp1s0 12state up 12speed 100 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac <filter>
12IP v4 <filter> 12type dynamic noprefixroute 12scope global 12broadcast <filter>
12IP v6 <filter> 12type noprefixroute 12scope link
12Info 12services No services found.
12WAN IP <filter>
12Bluetooth:
12Message No bluetooth data found.
12Logical:
12Message No logical block device data found.
12RAID:
12Message No RAID data found.
12Drives:
12Local Storage 12total 240.09 GiB 12used 31.22 GiB (13.0%)
12ID-1 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Hitachi 12model HDS728080PLAT20 12family Deskstar 7K80
12size 76.69 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed <unknown> 12tech N/A 12serial <filter>
12fw-rev A21B 12temp 41 C
12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 3y 57d 9h 12cycles 4039 12Old-Age 12UDMA CRC errors 7873
12alert Bad cable/connection?
12ID-2 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12vendor Western Digital 12model WD1600AABS-61PRA0
12family Caviar Blue Serial ATA 12size 149.05 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B
12speed <unknown> 12tech N/A 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 6H05 12temp 42 C
12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 4y 310d 0h 12cycles 6594 12Old-Age 12UDMA CRC errors 19150
12alert Bad cable/connection?
12ID-3 /dev/sdc 12maj-min 8:32 12vendor SanDisk 12model Cruzer Blade 12size 14.34 GiB 12block-size
12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 2.0 12spd 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12speed <unknown>
12tech N/A 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 1.00
12SMART Message Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
12Optical-1 /dev/sr0 12vendor TSSTcorp 12model CDDVDW SH-S203D 12rev SB00 12dev-links cdrom
12Features 12speed 48 12multisession yes 12audio yes 12dvd yes 12rw cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram 12state running
12Partition:
12ID-1 / 12raw-size 28.32 GiB 12size 27.71 GiB (97.83%) 12used 14.3 GiB (51.6%) 12fs ext4 12block-size 4096 B
12dev /dev/sda3 12maj-min 8:3 12label N/A 12uuid eaf47a78-5bb0-45b8-9857-8d7edfaebf7b
12ID-2 /home 12raw-size 46.41 GiB 12size 45.38 GiB (97.78%) 12used 16.91 GiB (37.3%) 12fs ext4
12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sda1 12maj-min 8:1 12label N/A 12uuid f0ef4674-ef5a-47f0-b140-84966410292f
12Swap:
12Alert No swap data was found.
12Unmounted:
12ID-1 /dev/dm-0 12maj-min 254:0 12mapped ventoy 12size 3.64 GiB 12fs N/A 12label MANJARO_XFCE_2421
12uuid 2024-12-16-11-22-45-00
12ID-2 /dev/dm-1 12maj-min 8:33 12mapped sdc1 12size 14.31 GiB 12fs N/A 12label N/A 12uuid N/A
12ID-3 /dev/sda2 12maj-min 8:2 12size 1.95 GiB 12fs swap 12label N/A
12uuid b6c8299f-6640-47b8-8545-24e0f88a4203
12ID-4 /dev/sdb1 12maj-min 8:17 12size 29.53 GiB 12fs fat (32 bit) 12label MARTE 12uuid EF71-4BE5
12ID-5 /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18 12size 78.13 GiB 12fs fat (32 bit) 12label JUPITER 12uuid 98C0-D06A
12ID-6 /dev/sdb3 12maj-min 8:19 12size 38.83 GiB 12fs fat (32 bit) 12label SAGITARIO 12uuid EEE4-4FDC
12ID-7 /dev/sdc1 12maj-min 8:33 12size 14.31 GiB 12fs N/A 12label Ventoy 12uuid B4DB-1A8E
12ID-8 /dev/sdc2 12maj-min 8:34 12size 32 MiB 12fs N/A 12label VTOYEFI 12uuid 8281-15CC
12USB:
12Hub-1 1-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 12ports 2 12rev 1.1 12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) 12lanes 1
12mode 1.1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0001 12class-ID 0900
12Device-1 1-1:2 12info Holtek Keyboard 12type keyboard,HID 12driver hid-generic,usbhid 12interfaces 2
12rev 1.1 12speed 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.0 12power 100mA 12chip-ID 04d9:1503 12class-ID 0300
12Device-2 1-2:3 12info Silicon Labs USB OPTICAL MOUSE 12type mouse 12driver hid-generic,usbhid
12interfaces 1 12rev 2.0 12speed 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.0 12power 100mA 12chip-ID 10c4:8108
12class-ID 0301
12Hub-2 2-0:1 12info full speed or root hub 1
This was the best solution, the one that allowed me to continue using Mabox.
Now it’s behaving a bit erratically, I think I’ll get it to respond as usual.
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Well, it seems that I have recovered my Mabox installed since June 2023 I am still trying to find out, what was the fault and what was the solution to it. I am intrigued to know how I managed to log in.
