Can no longer run rpm-ostree

Bazzite
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tried to rebase to an older stable image to see if older nvidi drivers would solve my blackscreen problems, (it didn’t) and now i can’t run any rpm-ostree commands of any kind. If I try I get this error message;

error: Loading sysroot: Failed to invoke RegisterClient: GDBus.Error:org.freedesktop.DBus.Error.NameHasNoOwner: Could not activate remote peer ‘org.projectatomic.rpmostree1’: startup job failed

system is completely borked, and as a noob I have no idea what to do.
Is there anything I can do to fix this, or am I reinstalling??

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Troubleshooting Steps

1.	Check Service Status: Verify if the rpm-ostree service is running.

systemctl status rpm-ostreed.service

If it’s not running, try starting it:

sudo systemctl start rpm-ostreed.service

2.	Reboot: A simple reboot might resolve temporary issues with the service or D-Bus.
3.	Check D-Bus Status: Inspect the D-Bus system for errors:

systemctl status dbus

You might also want to restart D-Bus:

sudo systemctl restart dbus

4.	Examine Logs: Look at the system logs to get more details on why the service failed.

journalctl -xe

5.	File System Consistency: If there are file system errors, they might need to be repaired, especially if using an immutable setup. Booting into a rescue mode or live environment may be required.
6.	Check for Updates: Ensure that your system and all related packages are up to date.

sudo rpm-ostree upgrade

Hope that helps!

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Thanks for the help, it is the rpm-ostreed.service not running.
Tried to restart it but it fails and core dumps each time.
Rebooting was the first thing I tried - no help there.
dbus is all good.

the coredump shows this;
A start job for unit rpm-ostreed.service has begun execution.
░░
░░ The job identifier is 2011.
Aug 26 11:55:30 bazzite rpm-ostree[4764]: Reading config file ‘/etc/rpm-ostreed.conf’
Aug 26 11:55:30 bazzite rpm-ostree[4764]: **
Aug 26 11:55:30 bazzite rpm-ostree[4764]: rpm-ostreed:ERROR:src/libpriv/rpmostree-util.cxx:510:gboolean rpmostree_deployment_get_layered_info(OstreeRepo*, OstreeDeployment*, gboolean*, guint*, char**, char***, char***, GVariant**, GVariant**, GVariant**, GError**): assertion failed: (g_variant_dict_lookup (dict, “rpmostree.modules”, “^as”, &layered_modules))
Aug 26 11:55:30 bazzite rpm-ostree[4764]: Bail out! rpm-ostreed:ERROR:src/libpriv/rpmostree-util.cxx:510:gboolean rpmostree_deployment_get_layered_info(OstreeRepo*, OstreeDeployment*, gboolean*, guint*, char**, char***, char***, GVariant**, GVariant**, GVariant**, GError**): assertion failed: (g_variant_dict_lookup (dict, “rpmostree.modules”, “^as”, &layered_modules))
Aug 26 11:55:30 bazzite systemd[1]: rpm-ostreed.service: Main process exited, code=dumped, status=6/ABRT
░░ Subject: Unit process exited

this seems to be the problem;
rpm-ostreed:ERROR:src/libpriv/rpmostree-util.cxx:510:gboolean rpmostree_deployment_get_layered_info(OstreeRepo*, OstreeDeployment*, gboolean*, guint*, char**, char***, char***, GVariant**, GVariant**, GVariant**, GError**): assertion failed: (g_variant_dict_lookup (dict, “rpmostree.modules”, “^as”, &layered_modules))

but I have no idea what it means.

Think I should report this as a bug??

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You still can try to roll back.

sudo rpm-ostree rollback

Or you can try to rebase the system.

sudo rpm-ostree rebase

But you are right when you think that it’s probably a bug. I really don’t know. That’s beyond my knowledge.

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Can’t run rpm-ostree rollback,or rebase, or any rpm-ostree commands. rpm-ostree is broken. thats the problem.
Will report it as a bug. Meanwhile working on backing up all my dotfiles and profiles/configs to start over.
Guess I’m going back to Nobara for now. Too bad, I really liked Bazzite.