# Boot screen stuck on /dev/nvme0n1p5: clean, \*/\* files, \*/\* blocks

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**Category:** Newbie\
**Created:** [May 23, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345 "2022-05-23T01:43:58Z")\
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**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 1:43am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/1 "2022-05-23T01:43:58Z")

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\*\*My boot screen is stuck on /dev/nvme0n1p5: clean, _/_ files, _/_ blocks after a crash \*\*

My PC crashed today shortly after an update. I got a green screen (I get them every now and then because of some defect that my specific GPU model has) and rebooted my system. It always boots normally afterwards but now it’s stuck at this screen (pics below) and I have absolutely no idea how to fix this. I’d appreciate any help, I really don’t want to do a fresh install because I have important files.

![2](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/c/d/cd1d4aaaac3e6e47193c54d73b61877dd3c50d9c.jpeg)

I’m using KDE and AMD drivers. I believe that the drivers may have been corrupted during the update because i can’t “startx” in the TTY terminal. I’ve also tried updating my system in the TTY terminal too.

![1](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/8/6892a9ca8ea2bdd28b58e70889d6a6d13c2c9276.jpeg)

Thanks again. 🙂

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 1:50am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/2 "2022-05-23T01:50:57Z")

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What happens when you try to update from a TTY?

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**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/3 "2022-05-23T01:57:23Z")

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Typing sudo pacman -Syu just updates the system normally. No errors, nothing.

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/4 "2022-05-23T02:17:45Z")

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I see an error with flatpak above?

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**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:18am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/5 "2022-05-23T02:18:26Z")

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That’s right, I have no idea what it’s about.

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:21am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/6 "2022-05-23T02:21:41Z")

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I have no idea either. I don’t know what you have installed on the computer? Do you have flatpak installed? What does this show?

```auto
pacman -Qo /usr/lib/libXau.so.6

```

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**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:32am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/7 "2022-05-23T02:32:21Z")

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![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/8/e/8e81d0c7d41bf558ec60192c73d5a208e198016f.jpeg)

I do have flatpak installed, I run some flatpak packages. Also that’s what the terminal shows after typing the command.

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:39am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/8 "2022-05-23T02:39:04Z")

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I’m not sure what to suggest at this point. 🤔

Edit: Not sure if booting on the live ISO and arch-chroot and then update would make any difference?

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**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 4:50am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/9 "2022-05-23T04:50:38Z")

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When you log in from TTY, you could edit `/etc/default/grub` and remove `quiet` from `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX` line and update Grub. Reboot and see if you get some more boot messages and where in the process the booting gets stuck.

Edit:

Alternatively, in Grub boot menu, press **e** and remove `quiet` from boot parameters. Press Ctrl-x to boot.

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**Author:** ![pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/pebcak/32/100472_2.png) [@pebcak](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/pebcak)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 5:31am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/10 "2022-05-23T05:31:21Z")

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`libXau.so.6` is provided by the package [libxau](https://archlinux.org/packages/extra/x86_64/libxau/) which is required by flatpak:

```nohighlight
Name : libxau
Version : 1.0.9-4
Description : X11 authorisation library
Architecture : x86_64
URL : https://xorg.freedesktop.org/
Licenses : custom
Groups : None
Provides : None
Depends On : glibc
Optional Deps : None
Required By : flatpak libgtop libxcb
Optional For : mtools
Conflicts With : None
Replaces : None
Installed Size : 21.18 KiB
Packager : Andreas Radke <andyrtr@archlinux.org>
Build Date : Sat 21 May 2022 10:34:22 PM CEST
Install Date : Sun 22 May 2022 01:49:13 AM CEST
Install Reason : Installed as a dependency for another package
Install Script : No
Validated By : Signature

```

```auto
pacman -Ql libxau 
libxau /usr/
libxau /usr/include/
libxau /usr/include/X11/
libxau /usr/include/X11/Xauth.h
libxau /usr/lib/
libxau /usr/lib/libXau.so
libxau /usr/lib/libXau.so.6
libxau /usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0
libxau /usr/lib/pkgconfig/
libxau /usr/lib/pkgconfig/xau.pc
libxau /usr/share/
libxau /usr/share/licenses/
libxau /usr/share/licenses/libxau/
libxau /usr/share/licenses/libxau/COPYING
libxau /usr/share/man/
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/Xau.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauDisposeAuth.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauFileName.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauGetAuthByAddr.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauGetBestAuthByAddr.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauLockAuth.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauReadAuth.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauUnlockAuth.3.gz
libxau /usr/share/man/man3/XauWriteAuth.3.gz

```

```auto
/usr/lib/libXau.so
/usr/lib/libXau.so.6

```

are symbolic links pointing to `/usr/lib/libXau.so.6.0.0`. Perhaps they are broken somehow on your system.

Try reinstalling `libxau` and see if it resolves the issue. If that is the only one.

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [May 23, 2022, 2:01pm UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/11 "2022-05-23T14:01:10Z")

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I was going to suggest that but I didn’t want to go off on a flatpak adventure! 😆

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**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:36am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/13 "2022-05-24T01:36:24Z")

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Reinstalling libxau displays this:

![image](https://forum.endeavouros.com/uploads/default/original/3X/6/6/6661299e05492c8f37222b65b1194e9e9fd3941a.jpeg)

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**Author:** ![wordler](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/wordler/32/14412_2.png) [@wordler](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/wordler)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:45am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/14 "2022-05-24T01:45:24Z")

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Sudo -Rsn libxau? If not then remove everything regarding that by searching for it’s files. I use Angrysearch for that but Catfish might work. Strip the lot, update and start again.

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**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 1:58am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/15 "2022-05-24T01:58:55Z")

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Sudo -Rsn libxau displays “you are not permitted to use the -R option with libxau”

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**Author:** ![ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ricklinux/32/110798_2.png) [@ricklinux](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ricklinux)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/16 "2022-05-24T02:03:41Z")

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What happens if you force install it? 🤔

```auto
sudo pacman -Sf libxau

```

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**Author:** ![wordler](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/wordler/32/14412_2.png) [@wordler](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/wordler)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:03am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/17 "2022-05-24T02:03:44Z")

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Sorry there should be a space between sudo and -Rsn. If not you could try logging out and logging back in as root,then doing it although I’m not sure this is a good idea, I would wait to hear others ideas about this.

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:05am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/18 "2022-05-24T02:05:35Z")

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Also although -Rsn may remove the system files it will not remove anything within your home folder. You need to delete anything related to them.

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**Author:** ![ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/user_avatar/forum.endeavouros.com/ottoman42/32/52059_2.png) [@ottoman42](https://forum.endeavouros.com/u/ottoman42)\
**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:15am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/19 "2022-05-24T02:15:51Z")

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> error: Invalid option ‘-f’

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:17am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/20 "2022-05-24T02:17:59Z")

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Is it possible to save a copy of my files to a USB? I’m thinking of just doing a fresh install if there really is nothing to do 😕

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**Post date:** [May 24, 2022, 2:26am UTC](https://forum.endeavouros.com/t/boot-screen-stuck-on-dev-nvme0n1p5-clean-files-blocks/27345/21 "2022-05-24T02:26:35Z")

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To save your own files you will need to do a backup. To get a list of installed packages you can do pacman -Qe. That should dump a list in your home folder if I remember rightly. Perhaps @ricklinux can confirm this for me. A reinstall should be the last option though. You learn more if you can find a solution without doing that! 😁

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