(06-04-2020, 11:19 AM)tophneal Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 11:12 AM)7tubb9 Wrote: It goes it but doesn't feel like it is properly seated, as if it goes in "too easy", also no click.  It is nearly impossible to get it out after inserting it.

It's a common problem, especially with shorter fingernails, to have issues pushing the SD in far enough to pop it in or out. Many people carry something small with their SDs to help with that part. That SD slot doesn't have the most audible click to it, but you should be able to feel it.

(06-04-2020, 11:57 AM)7tubb9 Wrote: omg, ok, I did that and it finally booted to the manjaro loading splash but it seems to be loading forever.

(06-04-2020, 12:01 PM)tophneal Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 11:57 AM)7tubb9 Wrote: omg, ok, I did that and it finally booted to the manjaro loading splash but it seems to be loading forever.

That's likely b/c of the speed limitations. You might try booting from a USB drive (USB2 port only, I think.)

(06-04-2020, 12:09 PM)7tubb9 Wrote: If I don't want to risk messing anything up and keep doing this how long do I have to wait?  It has been over 20 mins it seems

(06-04-2020, 12:32 PM)tophneal Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 12:09 PM)7tubb9 Wrote: If I don't want to risk messing anything up and keep doing this how long do I have to wait?  It has been over 20 mins it seems

Woah! That's way too long. What OS are you trying to boot from SD?

I know some XFCE Manjaro images had an issue of not showing video output at boot until you press ESC (after X time, which you've surely surpassed here.)

Regardless, if this is a fresh install, never been fully booted on your SD, I'd hit the power now and try again. If the content becomes corrupt, you can to write the image to it again.

(06-04-2020, 12:51 PM)7tubb9 Wrote: I tried again and it still was loading forever, so I pressed the ESC key and it popped up with "Installation aborted" with a terminal prompt

(06-04-2020, 12:53 PM)tophneal Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 12:51 PM)7tubb9 Wrote: I tried again and it still was loading forever, so I pressed the ESC key and it popped up with "Installation aborted" with a terminal prompt

What img are you booting from your SD? Sounds like one of the Manjaro eMMC installer images.

(06-04-2020, 12:54 PM)7tubb9 Wrote: Yes it is... Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-pbpro-20.04-emmc-installer-20.04

(06-04-2020, 12:57 PM)tophneal Wrote:

(06-04-2020, 12:54 PM)7tubb9 Wrote: Yes it is... Manjaro-ARM-kde-plasma-pbpro-20.04-emmc-installer-20.04

Ok, that explains some things. Go ahead and boot from it again, and try giving it a bit longer to wait. If you can, make sure it's plugged in. After about 30m, if you're not able to interact with the installer, I'd suggest checking the Manjaro forums to see if anyone's mentioned anything similar to this.

(06-04-2020, 01:43 PM)7tubb9 Wrote: I booted again and waited 30 mins then pressed ESC, the installer popped up!  I went throught it and when it was done, it tried to reboot but there was an error on calling the sleep function so I just turned it off myself.  When I took out the SD card and turned it on it when back to the black screen that was happening before I started any of this.