After Updating Manjaro with pacman I can't login

[Dfdd]

Hi, I am quite new to Linux in general and yesterday I installed Manjaro, I made some updates and when I reboot the pc, I stopped being able to log in. What I did was literally this:

• Go to the ‘Manjaro Settings Manager’ application and install the Nvidia Drivers (which by the way, I got this on the console: ‘gpg: key 786C63F330D7CB92: no user id for key’).

• Reset the PC and log in … So far so good

• Then enter the ‘Add/Remove Software’ application and apply the updates that were available.

• Reset the PC and then here the problems began.

After doing exactly that then I stopped being able to login. I was trying to login and the screen puts black as if I was going to enter the desktop and then the login reapears.

Here I show you the output of the command “inxi --admin --verbosity = 7 --filter --no-host --width”

System:
  Kernel: 5.10.59-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0 
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.10-x86_64 
  root=UUID=0e5d26bf-7e55-45db-9023-0f10a30556af rw quiet splash apparmor=1 
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 s 
  Desktop: GNOME 40.3 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1 
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux 
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Acer product: Predator G3-572 v: V1.10 serial: <filter> 
  Mobo: KBL model: Sienta_KLS v: V1.10 serial: <filter> UEFI: Insyde v: 1.10 
  date: 08/22/2017 
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT1 charge: 36.5 Wh (100.0%) condition: 36.5/48.9 Wh (74.5%) 
  volts: 16.6 min: 15.2 model: COMPAL PABAS0241231 type: Li-ion 
  serial: <filter> status: Full 
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.52 GiB used: 2.13 GiB (13.7%) 
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 2 EC: None max-module-size: 16 GiB 
  note: est. 
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 size: 8 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s type: DDR4 
  detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) bus-width: 64 bits 
  total: 64 bits manufacturer: Micron part-no: 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 
  serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: ChannelB-DIMM0 size: 8 GiB speed: 2400 MT/s type: DDR4 
  detail: synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) bus-width: 64 bits 
  total: 64 bits manufacturer: Micron part-no: 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 
  serial: <filter> 
CPU:
  Info: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ socket: U3E1 bits: 64 
  type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake family: 6 model-id: 9E (158) stepping: 9 
  microcode: EA cache: L1: 256 KiB L2: 6 MiB L3: 6 MiB bogomips: 44817 
  Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz base/boost: 3400/8300 volts: 1.0 V 
  ext-clock: 100 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 900 2: 900 3: 900 4: 900 5: 900 
  6: 901 7: 900 8: 900 
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon art 
  avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid 
  cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est 
  f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window 
  hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm 
  mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat 
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts 
  rdrand rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 
  sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust 
  tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt 
  xsaves xtopology xtpr 
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled 
  Type: l1tf 
  mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable 
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable 
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI 
  Type: spec_store_bypass 
  mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp 
  Type: spectre_v1 
  mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization 
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional, 
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling 
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode 
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 
  v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:591b class-ID: 0300 
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 
  alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c20 
  class-ID: 0300 
  Device-3: Chicony HD WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus-ID: 1-9:4 
  chip-ID: 04f2:b5f7 class-ID: 0e02 
  Display: server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver: 
  loaded: modesetting,nvidia unloaded: intel,nouveau alternate: fbdev,nv,vesa 
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo> 
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel HD Graphics 630 (KBL GT2) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.1.6 
  direct render: Yes 
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI 
  driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a171 
  class-ID: 0403 
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.59-1-MANJARO running: yes 
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no 
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes 
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.33 running: no 
Network:
  Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter 
  vendor: Lite-On driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: 4000 bus-ID: 02:00.0 
  chip-ID: 168c:003e class-ID: 0280 
  IF: wlp2s0 state: down mac: <filter> 
  Device-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet 
  vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 
  bus-ID: 03:00.1 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200 
  IF: enp3s0f1 state: down mac: <filter> 
  IF-ID-1: enp0s20f0u2 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter> 
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global 
  broadcast: <filter> 
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link 
  WAN IP: <filter> 
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Lite-On type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-7:3 
  chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001 
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: down bt-service: enabled,running 
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends 
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found. 
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found. 
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 9.61 GiB (2.0%) 
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends 
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Micron model: 1100 MTFDDAV512TBN 
  size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s 
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: A020 scheme: GPT 
  Message: No optical or floppy data found. 
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 93.49 GiB size: 91.47 GiB (97.83%) used: 9.55 GiB (10.4%) 
  fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 label: N/A 
  uuid: 0e5d26bf-7e55-45db-9023-0f10a30556af 
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 100 MiB size: 96 MiB (96.00%) 
  used: 53.3 MiB (55.5%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sda1 
  maj-min: 8:1 label: ESP uuid: 5A99-0040 
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found. 
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A uuid: N/A 
  ID-2: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 382.33 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A 
  uuid: E0B60C97B60C6FF8 
  ID-3: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 1024 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery 
  uuid: 6AA6A089A6A056FB 
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900 
  Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Xiaomi Mi/Redmi series (RNDIS + ADB) type: CDC-Data 
  driver: rndis_host interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA 
  chip-ID: 2717:ff88 class-ID: 0a00 serial: <filter> 
  Device-2: 1-7:3 info: Lite-On type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 
  rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 04ca:3016 class-ID: e001 
  Device-3: 1-9:4 info: Chicony HD WebCam type: Video driver: uvcvideo 
  interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b5f7 
  class-ID: 0e02 
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s 
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900 
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.0 C mobo: 29.8 C 
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A 
Info:
  Processes: 245 Uptime: 1h 26m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 248 
  tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pacman: 1142 lib: 299 
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh (sudo) v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.06

the output of the command “sudo dmesg --level emerg,alert,crit,err,warn”:

[    0.128095] MDS CPU bug present and SMT on, data leak possible. See https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/hw-vuln/mds.html for more details.
[    0.128095]  #5 #6 #7
[    0.131829] ENERGY_PERF_BIAS: Set to 'normal', was 'performance'
[    0.496281] i8042: PNP: PS/2 appears to have AUX port disabled, if this is incorrect please boot with i8042.nopnp
[    0.498924] resource sanity check: requesting [mem 0xfdffe800-0xfe0007ff], which spans more than pnp 00:00 [mem 0xfdb00000-0xfdffffff]
[    0.498928] caller pmc_core_probe+0x7e/0x410 mapping multiple BARs
[    1.197665] usb: port power management may be unreliable
[    2.042823] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:01: WQ data block query control method not found
[    2.042825] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:01: WQ data block query control method not found
[    2.042827] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:01: WQ data block query control method not found
[    2.042829] wmi_bus wmi_bus-PNP0C14:01: WQ data block query control method not found
[    2.062992] i2c_hid i2c-SYNA7DB5:01: supply vdd not found, using dummy regulator
[    2.063012] i2c_hid i2c-SYNA7DB5:01: supply vddl not found, using dummy regulator
[    2.129363] r8169 0000:03:00.1: can't disable ASPM; OS doesn't have ASPM control
[    2.154638] nvidia: loading out-of-tree module taints kernel.
[    2.154651] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[    2.154652] Disabling lock debugging due to kernel taint

[    2.374702] NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86_64 Kernel Module  470.63.01  Tue Aug  3 20:44:16 UTC 2021
[    3.987932] [Firmware Bug]: ACPI(PEGP) defines _DOD but not _DOS
[    8.567716] kauditd_printk_skb: 15 callbacks suppressed
[ 4368.516214] ACPI Warning: \_SB.PCI0.PEG0.PEGP._DSM: Argument #4 type mismatch - Found [Buffer], ACPI requires [Package] (20200925/nsarguments-61)
[ 4370.348526] kauditd_printk_skb: 59 callbacks suppressed
[ 4379.132148] kauditd_printk_skb: 5 callbacks suppressed
[ 4393.567471] kauditd_printk_skb: 12 callbacks suppressed

I must also say that when I edit the boot parameters (when the grub screen) and add the letter s to the end of the line that starts with ‘linux’ word and I enter the rescue mode, log in and immediately exit I can incredibly login in the GUI and enter the desktop. Hence I assume that it has something to do with PAM that I read that it has deprecated modules and I know that it has to do with the login (I only know that jjj). So what can I do to solve this? I will greatly appreciate the help. Thanks in advance.

[El_Brujo]

I’d recommend to read the announcement threads every time you’re about to run an update.

From the latest announcement thread (This is a known issue):

[Stable Update] 2021-08-17 - Kernels, KDE Software, Nvidia, Firefox, Thunderbird, Mate

Known issues and solutions This is a wiki post; please edit as necessary. Please, consider subscribing to the Stable Updates Announcements RSS feed New issues: You might have issues to install this update by missing Maintainers keys. A possible solution might be: sudo rm -r /etc/pacman.d/gnupg sudo pacman-key --init sudo pacman-key --populate manjaro sudo pacman-key --populate archlinux sudo pacman -Syvv manjaro-keyring # just to test for key-problems, as this would fail However, we re…

For information on merging configuration files, I think the thread below is the best source around:

Good tutorial around pacnew needed

Hi all, I think the title says it all. Never worked with anything around it. Anything merging files and such. I have a vanilla setup, XFCE straight out of the tin and no modding… All in light of the oncomming update (PAM related especially) Thanks Melissa

You were able to boot in recovery mode, that’s all you need to start fixing this.

Hope that helps!

[Dfdd]

Thank for the links I’ll go to give a look

[CalibratedCabbage]

Get used to this.

[Dfdd]

@philm

PAM and PAMBASE got updated, which might prevent you from login

Due to updates from pambase and pam you might take care about any .pacnew files in /etc/pam.d as for example pam_tally, pam_tally2 and pam_cracklib got deprecated. Read in the ArchWiki about managing those files.

Typical issue:

For recovery, it is enough to boot with kernel option “systemd.unit=rescue.target”, then proceed into /etc/pam.d and merge “system-auth” and “system-auth.pacnew”

Regarding this bug, I don’t have any .pacnew file in that directory, so I don’t know what to do. I really need help with this. I will show you the content of the “system-auth” file to see if someone can tell me if there is something to change

#%PAM-1.0

auth       required                    pam_faillock.so      preauth
# Optionally use requisite above if you do not want to prompt for the password
# on locked accounts.
auth       [success=2 default=ignore]  pam_unix.so          try_first_pass nullok
-auth      [success=1 default=ignore]  pam_systemd_home.so
auth       [default=die]               pam_faillock.so      authfail
auth       optional                    pam_permit.so
auth       required                    pam_env.so
auth       required                    pam_faillock.so      authsucc
# If you drop the above call to pam_faillock.so the lock will be done also
# on non-consecutive authentication failures.

-account   [success=1 default=ignore]  pam_systemd_home.so
account    required                    pam_unix.so
account    optional                    pam_permit.so
account    required                    pam_time.so

-password  [success=1 default=ignore]  pam_systemd_home.so
password   required                    pam_unix.so          try_first_pass nullok shadow sha512
password   optional                    pam_permit.so

session    required                    pam_limits.so
session    required                    pam_unix.so
session    optional                    pam_permit.so

I will really really appreciate some help

[Dfdd]

Yeah, am already doing it and I have just started … have read about problems with PAM but none solution that fits me. That’s why I need help