r/voidlinux • u/Whoami6383 • 6d ago

Void Fails to Boot

Went to boot Void Linux this morning and I was greeted with the following line:

debugfs: 'netdev:p2p-dev-wlo1' already exists in 'phy0'

Not sure what that is all about. I did change the light-gtk-greeter.conf the last time I used Void Linux. Could that be the issue?

I also performed a system upgrade on Aug 09 and rebooted my computer without issue after the upgrade.

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u/pantokratorthegreat 6d ago

You can revert last changes and check if it was their fault.

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u/Whoami6383 6d ago edited 6d ago

Didn't think of that. However, I did reboot after the system upgrade and my computer booted fine.

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u/Simple_Hamster_4096 6d ago

Are you using wpa_supplicant and NetworkManager?

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u/Whoami6383 6d ago

Yes, using both.

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u/YareYareDazexd 6d ago

My understanding is that according to the Handbook, you either use one or another to avoid possible misconfigurations or unexpected behavior. The other one that you won't use shouldn't be in /var/services/ in case you have both wpa_supplicant and NetworkManager there

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u/furryfixer 6d ago

The handbook is misleading. You are correct, but I would like to clarify. NetworkManager requires a back-end. The default is wpa_supplicant. iwd is also often used. One of those packages needs to be installed, even though their respective runit services should NOT be active at the same time as NetworkManager.

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u/Whoami6383 6d ago edited 6d ago

"The handbook is misleading." I agree. Both were installed when I installed Void using the Void Live ISO.

I haven't done anything to either NetworkManager or wpa_supplicant and neither were upgraded during the system upgrade on 08/09/2026.

For additional responses, I will be unavailable until late Aug 27 or early Aug 28. I have an abnormal sleep schedule.

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u/Linguistic-mystic 4d ago

If you need only Wifi, you can get rid of Network Manager. I’m running only iwd (with the impala TUI) and not missing NM.

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u/Whoami6383 4d ago

Okay, I was somewhat incorrect in my initial post. It wasn't that Void Linux wasn't booting, it was that lightdm wasn't working. My hunch that the change I made to lightdm.conf (not light-gtk-greeter.conf stated in my OP) was the culprit was correct.

After undoing the change I made to lightdm.conf, lightdm worked and I was able to login to the XFCE desktop.