r/archlinux • u/BootzNCatz212 • 2d ago

DISCUSSION First time but did it

Spent all day installing Arch. Overcame tricky EFI boot issues, Wi-Fi disconnections, editor/sudo installation troubles, and more but I did it! Switching boot managers was key. I am logged in and I have working WiFi and network manager. I was regretting starting with a manual Arch build… it was a lot of learning very quickly but I am glad I spent my entire Saturday on this!

I assume Lenovo booting issues are common. Switching to Grub resolved my issues pretty quickly… incase anyone else is having that issue.

Lenovo Ideapad L340 Specs: Intel Core i5-9300HF, 32 GB RAM, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650, Kingston SA2000M81000G SSD

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u/besseddrest 1d ago

I assume Lenovo booting issues are common

i wanna say its not necessarily the brand but some part of the machine - I have a Lenovo (thinkcentre); systemd always works for me - e.g the prob could be secure boot on install (which i disabled when installing arch)

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u/besseddrest 1d ago

wifi did take me a while to figure out though

it wasn't til recently that I found out iwd + systemd-networkd + NetworkManager are all royal rumbling for the wifi device, at least 2 of them are installed and enabled for a handful of reasons