Hey everyone! I've been using Pop!_OS and I'm considering switching machines, possibly to Arch, but I haven't backed up my data in a while (yeah, I know, that's a rookie mistake!). Until now, I never had any crashes, but now I'm facing the infamous 'Oh no! Something is wrong' screen after booting. I've tried accessing TTY, running `fsck`, and updating my bootloader and packages for both `boot` and `root` partitions, but no luck. I really want to avoid restoring from a backup that's over a month old. Any tips or tricks to help me fix this issue?
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After hours of troubleshooting, I found that my issue was related to updating the bootloader. I initially mounted the wrong directory while trying to update systemd-boot, which was a mistake. I used the correct commands from Pop!_OS's support page to perform the update, unmounted the partitions, and rebooted. Thankfully, that resolved the problem and I was able to log in again!
It might be worth checking if your disk has any corruption or issues. Sometimes, hardware problems can cause boot failures, so running diagnostics could save you a lot of headaches.
I already checked with smartctl and badblocks, and it seems like my disk is fine.
For troubleshooting, you can create a second user and install a fallback window manager like Openbox. Just run `sudo adduser newusername` and then `sudo apt install openbox`. When you reboot, see if you can log in with this new user. If you can, the issue might be with your original user’s configuration. You can reset those configurations and hopefully fix things!
Even the login isn’t loading for me. I thought about the problem coming before the kernel loaded, but I'm relieved it’s not that. I’m starting to think it might be a deeper issue. Thanks for the suggestion, though!
Glad to hear you figured it out!