Okay, good. Now you should be able to log in. Enter your username, hit enter, then password, hit enter.
ok, now I’m just at the terminal
I can tell you one thing. Your motherboard UEFI Firmware (Bios) is way out of date. I’m not sure what revision your board is? But I’ve looked at all of them and it’s outdated by a huge number.
I haven’t the slightest idea of how to update that, but would it cause this issue?
Meaning you’re logged in, right?
Try this:
sudo systemctl restart sddm
Or this for X11:
startx /usr/bin/startplasma-x11
Or this for Wayland:
/usr/lib/plasma-dbus-run-session-if-needed /usr/bin/startplasma-wayland
And yes. Your motherboard interacts with the firmware, which interacts with the hardware and software, like Ethernet and Wi-Fi. Having it as up-to-date as possible can most times avoid what looks like hardware failure, but is just really a case of them not being able to work with each other.
…I’m on x11, but something tells me this is incredibly broken
It could but I can’t say for sure what caused your issue. I can only say that the updated UEFI Firmware (Bios) is extremely important for Ryzen Cpu as it provides a new AGESA which controls all power settings.
How would I update it?
There are two ways to update it. First you need to know you have the proper Bios for the board in question when you download it. If i look up B650 AORUS ELITE AX it doesn’t even show the version you are running. What revision is your motherboard?
I just checked the box and didn’t find anything, where would I figure that out?
One option is to use the q-flash plus button on the motherboard. The other option is to flash it from q-flash in the Bios settings screen as far as i know. I don’t use Gigabyte boards but on my MSI it can done similarly.
It will be imprinted on the motherboard. Usually the tag on the box will show Rev 1.0/1.1 or 1.2
…I don’t understand most of these words…
- what is q-flash?
- what is the info I’m looking for?
- what do I do with the q-flash button?
Edit: Here is part one in case you need to go over it and understand what you are doing.
Edit: Couple of ways of doing it.
If you’re gonna be updating your BIOS, like @manuel said, a backup is now strongly recommended. Make sure you do this before going any further.
For a kernel install/update, it’s not a big deal, but for BIOS… massive deal.
It doesn’t happen often, and is very unlikely to, but you could lose everything.
I’m guessing you can boot into Windows just fine? If so, just use that for now, and when you get the chance (like an HDD/SSD or the cloud) to back up, then you update your BIOS.
I agree with @anon93652015 and @manuel. You need to know also what you are doing or you can ruin the board and it’s toast. Right now personally i would be backing up your files and reinstalling. Then if understand how to do the Bios update you can accomplish that later. It looks like it can be done directly online downloading it on the fly and flashing it. Or you download the updated bios file and put the file on a usb stick to update it.
Edit: Right now you can’t even get internet let alone boot to a desktop. I’m just informing you it’s way outdated.
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Is the outdated BIOS the most likely thing to cause my internet issues? I can deal with it later if not, I just need to fix my internet and be on my way. I really wouldn’t expect the BIOS to be the problem, given the fact that it was working totally fine a week ago, I can connect to my router login page and use it fine, etc.
edit: I can also ping other devices on my network just fine
Something that also happened about a week ago is that the LTS jumped from 6.6.xx to 6.12.xx. Remember, kernels interact with the firmware, which interact with your hardware.
Can I downgrade my kernel back to 6.6?
You can do it some other time. But it could be a factor. I have no way of knowing if it will make any difference. It may not make a difference to this problem but overall it definitely will make a difference. It’s outdated by many newer versions. So I’m just suggesting that it’s something you should do at some point in the future.
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