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Black screen / Plymouth freeze / SquashFS errors on Lenovo IdeaPad 320-15IAP (80XR) #451

Description

@mkr-infinity

Black Screen / Plymouth Freeze / SquashFS Errors on Lenovo IdeaPad 320-15IAP (80XR)

Device Information

Component Details
Laptop Lenovo IdeaPad 320-15IAP (80XR)
CPU Intel Pentium N4200
GPU Intel HD Graphics 505
RAM 4GB
Boot Mode Legacy BIOS
Display Resolution 1366x768

Issue

The Archcraft live ISO fails to boot properly on this device.


Observed Problems

  • Black screen after boot/logo
  • Freeze at:
    Starting Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen...
    
  • Blinking cursor on some boot attempts
  • Screen corruption/artifacting sometimes appears
  • Sometimes reaches TTY/login terminal only
  • Graphical session/display manager does not load properly

Errors Observed

SQUASHFS error: xz decompression failed, data probably corrupt
A start job is running for Rebuild Dynamic Linker Cache

Things Tested

  • Rufus DD mode
  • Re-downloaded ISO
  • Different USB ports
  • nomodeset
  • i915.modeset=0
  • plymouth.enable=0
  • Removed quiet splash
  • Disabled Secure Boot

Additional Observations

  • System boots partially in some cases
  • TTY/login terminal sometimes works
  • Freeze usually happens during Plymouth/display startup

Possible Related Components

  • Plymouth
  • Mesa / i915 Intel graphics
  • LightDM / Xorg
  • SquashFS / live filesystem loading

Thank you please solve it regards @mkr-infinity ❤️

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