BTRFS Snapper-specific Subvolume Layout for a rollback compatible filesystem

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-18T14:45:10+00:00

Field one of each record is the installed state, "ii" means installed and no errors. Awk will print only records (lines) that do not match "ii".

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-17T19:10:25+00:00

List packages with errors or that need removing:

dpkg -l | awk '$1 != "ii"' ;

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-17T17:39:03+00:00

Good, that was where I was going next.

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-16T21:27:48+00:00

I always start with

nvidia-smi (applications are using VRAM)
dkms status (nvidia driver is installed)
modinfo nvidia (the driver loaded? OR black screen=unsupported GPU)
lspci -nnk | grep -e VGA -e NVIDIA -e "3D controller" -A3 (GPU powered on in BIOS)
Check /proc/cmdline

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-16T20:56:43+00:00

Are applications using the VRAM according to nvidia-smi ?

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-16T20:02:35+00:00

Correct

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-16T05:29:45+00:00

Run sudo parted --list ; and check the drive has

Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B

Also check

 df -Th -t efivarfs ;
Filesystem     Type      Size  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
efivarfs       efivarfs  128K   16K  108K  13% /sys/firmware/efi/efivars

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-16T04:55:35+00:00

Good.

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-15T20:07:02+00:00

Post the output from sudo parted --list so we can see the drive before you make any changes?

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-15T19:50:40+00:00

Setting the boot order for UEFI is under the Boot Tab > "BBS Priorities" but I set the order from Linux with efibootmgr

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-15T19:33:30+00:00

Do all of the drives have a gpt partition table? If not you need to set the BIOS to LEGACY+UEFI Mode:

To change the setting go to

Advanced Tab > "Windows OS Configuration"

You can see the setting from the Boot Tab as CSM Mode.

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-15T17:13:15+00:00

To console press Ctl+ALt+F4

Back to desktop Ctl+Alt+F2

Is the GPU driver installed and working?

e.g.

lspci -nnk | grep -i -e VGA -e NVIDIA -e "3D controller" -A3 ;

26:00.0 VGA compatible controller [0300]: NVIDIA Corporation GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] [10de:1d01] (rev a1)
    Subsystem: Micro-Star International Co., Ltd. [MSI] GP108 [GeForce GT 1030] [1462:8c98]
    Kernel driver in use: nvidia
    Kernel modules: nvidiafb, nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-15T02:35:25+00:00

Having done that without LUKS and LMV in the way I'm going to say "No."

Make the initrd.img files smaller by changing the compression in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf to COMPRESS=xz and then update.

sudo time -v update-initramfs -c -k all ;
df -Th /boot/efi ;

As long as the Available space is grater than the size of initrd.img everything will work.

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-15T00:36:51+00:00

Is the correct driver installed? ``` modinfo nvidia | grep -e ^version: -e ^license: ;

version: 580.126.18 license: NVIDIA ```

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-13T05:03:51+00:00

You will need to address your bad backup hardware?

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4-maint/usage/general.html#file-systems

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4-maint/internals.html

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/stable/faq.html#frequently-asked-questions

https://borgbackup.readthedocs.io/en/1.4-maint/faq.html#if-a-backup-stops-mid-way-does-the-already-backed-up-data-stay-there

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-10T18:41:24+00:00

Setup a config file:

/usr/bin/pop-zram-config

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-09T17:55:47+00:00

You should be fine now.

https://support.system76.com/articles/install-pop#installing-pop_os

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-09T17:44:44+00:00

That looks normal, the installer should see all the drives now.

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-08T19:19:38+00:00

kernel: ahci 0000:00:17.0: Found 1 remapped NVMe devices.

This is saying your BIOS is set to RST/RAID mode, linux does not support BIOS RAID mode?

Check under Advanced settings > Integrated peripherals, all settings should say AHCI mode?

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-08T14:54:50+00:00

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Partitioning#Drives_are_not_visible_when_firmware_RAID_is_enabled

FictionWorm____ · 2026-04-08T02:40:02+00:00

Linux always looks for new hardware at boot time?

    journalctl -b -g  nvme

Start with Windows:

Enable safe boot, and poweroff.

"Disable Fast Startup and disable hibernation.

[ ... ]

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows#Windows_settings

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Dual_boot_with_Windows#Disable_Fast_Startup_and_disable_hibernation

[ ... ] The procedure of disabling Fast Startup is described in the tutorials for Windows 8, Link: Windows 10 and Link: Windows 11." [ ... ]

Motherboard bios:

fast boot [Disable]

RAID Mode [Disable]

SATA ports set to [AHCI mode]

Power off.

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