Black screen on boot due to Nvidia drivers

excellent404 · 29 October 2024 11:32

Some time ago I updated packages and after that my PC doesn’t boot. After GRUB menu there was a black screen. No cursor, no messages and no possibility to switch to another TTY with Ctrl+Alt+Fn. I could only press Ctrl+Alt+Del to reboot. Adding “3” to the line with “linux” in the GRUB menu didn’t help either - still black screen. But I have a USB live flash and I can boot with proprietary drivers and use chroot.

I guess the problem is caused by Nvidia driver issues based on the error log:

[manjaro /]# journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog --no-pager
Oct 25 13:01:12 pc systemd-modules-load[328]: Failed to find module 'nvidia'
Oct 25 13:01:12 pc systemd-modules-load[328]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-drm'
Oct 25 13:01:12 pc systemd-modules-load[328]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-uvm'
Oct 25 13:01:15 pc sddm[866]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 25 13:01:17 pc sddm[866]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 25 13:01:19 pc sddm[866]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 25 13:01:19 pc sddm[866]: Could not start Display server on vt 2
Oct 25 13:15:19 pc dbus-broker-launch[743]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' failed.

What I have already tried:

Update packages/system

pacman-mirrors -c all
pacman-mirrors -f 5
pacman -Syyuu && yay -Syyuu
pacman -S linux linux-firmware
pacman -S $(pacman -Qnq)
pamac upgrade
pamac upgrade --aur --devel

Reconfigure GRUB

grub-install /dev/sda
grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg
mkinitcpio -P -k 5.15.167-1-MANJARO
update-grub

Reinstall Nvidia drivers and remove free drivers

mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-390xx
mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
mhwd -f -i pci video-nvidia-390xx
mhwd -r pci video-linux

Find module ‘nvidia’ / Change nvidia drivers

If I install the drivers that are suitable for the system (i.e. video-nvidia-390xx), then after reboot I get the error mentioned above Failed to find module 'nvidia'.

Here’s what else:

[manjaro /]$ nvidia-modprobe # nothing happens
[manjaro /]$ modprobe -S 5.15.167-1-MANJARO nvidia
modprobe: FATAL: Module nvidia not found in directory /lib/modules/5.15.167-1-MANJARO
[manjaro /]$ ls -lhA /lib/modules/5.15.167-1-MANJARO/extramodules/
total 264K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196K Sep 28 03:02 vboxdrv.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  23K Sep 28 03:02 vboxnetadp.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  43K Sep 28 03:02 vboxnetflt.ko.xz

It turns out that the error Failed to find module 'nvidia' occurs because the required module really does not exist.

Here’s what’s interesting. If I remove suitable drivers and install any/latest? nvidia, the module will be found:

[manjaro /]$ mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-390xx && mhwd -i pci video-nvidia
[manjaro /]$ nvidia-modprobe
[manjaro /]$ modprobe -S 5.15.167-1-MANJARO nvidia
[manjaro /]$ ls -lhA /lib/modules/5.15.167-1-MANJARO/extramodules/
total 51M
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 891K Sep 20 04:13 nvidia-drm.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 695K Sep 20 04:13 nvidia-modeset.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  59K Sep 20 04:13 nvidia-peermem.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8.6M Sep 20 04:13 nvidia-uvm.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  40M Sep 20 04:13 nvidia.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 196K Sep 28 03:02 vboxdrv.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  23K Sep 28 03:02 vboxnetadp.ko.xz
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  43K Sep 28 03:02 vboxnetflt.ko.xz

But on next boot I get the following error:

Oct 27 15:20:00 pc kernel: NVRM: The NVIDIA GeForce GTX 550 Ti GPU installed in this system is
                           NVRM:  supported through the NVIDIA 390.xx Legacy drivers. Please
                           NVRM:  visit http://www.nvidia.com/object/unix.html for more
                           NVRM:  information.  The 550.120 NVIDIA driver will ignore
                           NVRM:  this GPU.  Continuing probe...
Oct 27 15:20:03 pc sddm[867]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 27 15:20:06 pc sddm[867]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 27 15:20:08 pc sddm[867]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 27 15:20:08 pc sddm[867]: Could not start Display server on vt 2
Oct 27 15:38:12 pc dbus-broker-launch[746]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' failed.

Copy modules from USB

$ cp /lib/modules/5.15.49-1-MANJARO/extramodules/nvidia* /mnt/lib/modules/5.15.167-1-MANJARO/extramodules/

No difference from the original error.

Switch to free drivers

mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-390xx
mhwd -r pci video-nvidia
mhwd -a pci free 0300

Also doesn’t help:

[manjaro /]# journalctl --boot=-1 --priority=3 --catalog --no-pager
Oct 28 12:44:24 pc sddm[866]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 28 12:44:26 pc sddm[866]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 28 12:44:28 pc sddm[866]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Oct 28 12:44:28 pc sddm[866]: Could not start Display server on vt 2
Oct 28 13:33:20 pc kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] No Caching mode page found
Oct 28 13:33:20 pc kernel: sd 7:0:0:0: [sdg] Assuming drive cache: write through
Oct 28 13:33:25 pc dbus-broker-launch[741]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' failed.

Maybe this doesn’t help me because the linux kernel version on the USB and the main system are slightly different:

From live USB:

[manjaro /]$ mhwd-kernel --listinstalled
Currently running: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO (linux515)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux515

From TTY:

$ mhwd-kernel --listinstalled
Currently running: 5.15.167-1-MANJARO (linux515)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux515

By the way, I managed to get the TTY after boot several times, but now it’s gone again. I don’t know what it depends on. Maybe it happened between driver reinstallations (¯_(ツ)_/¯).

Additional info:

[manjaro /]$ mhwd-kernel --list
available kernels:
   * linux419
   * linux510
   * linux515
   * linux54
   * linux61
   * linux610
   * linux611
   * linux612
   * linux66
   * linux61-rt
   * linux610-rt
   * linux611-rt
   * linux66-rt



[manjaro /]$ mhwd --list
> 0000:03:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         network-r8168            2023.09.12                true            PCI


> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1244) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    video-nvidia-390xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2024.05.06                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0380:8086:0102) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2024.05.06                true            PCI


[manjaro /]$ mhwd --listinstalled
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    video-nvidia-390xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI



[manjaro /]$ mhwd-gpu --check
xorg configuration symlink valid...

[manjaro /]$ mhwd-gpu --status
:: status
  xorg configuration file: '/etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf'

[manjaro /]$ inxi -G --tty
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 390.151
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2 driver: X: loaded: N/A
    failed: nvidia gpu: i915
  API: EGL v: 1.5 drivers: crocus,kms_swrast,swrast platforms: gbm,surfaceless,device
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: mesa v: 24.2.4-arch1.0.1 note: incomplete (EGL
    sourced) renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits), Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1)
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.

[manjaro /]$ pacman-mirrors -G
stable

[manjaro /]$ cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf | grep -v "#"
MODULES=()
BINARIES=()
FILES=()
HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf kms block keyboard keymap consolefont filesystems fsck)

[manjaro /]$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/mhwd-gpu.conf
blacklist nouveau
blacklist ttm
blacklist drm_kms_helper
blacklist drm

[manjaro /]$ cat /etc/modules-load.d/mhwd-gpu.conf
nvidia
nvidia-drm

[manjaro /]$ cat /lib/modprobe.d/nvidia-390xx-utils.conf
blacklist nouveau

[manjaro /]$ cat /lib/modules-load.d/nvidia-390xx-utils.conf
nvidia-uvm

[manjaro /]$ ls -lhA /boot/*
-rw------- 1 root root  52M Oct 29 12:28 /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64-fallback.img
-rw------- 1 root root  12M Oct 29 12:27 /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 7.8M Sep 10 21:18 /boot/intel-ucode.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   23 Sep 12 14:36 /boot/linux515-x86_64.kver
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  11M Oct 22 14:22 /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64

/boot/grub:
total 48K
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Jun 25  2022 fonts
-rw------- 1 root root 8.2K Oct 29 12:32 grub.cfg
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1.0K Jun 25  2022 grubenv
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root  20K Oct 24 10:24 i386-pc
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 4.0K Oct 24 10:24 locale
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4.0K Jun 25  2022 themes

/boot/memtest86+:
total 148K
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 145K Jan  9  2024 memtest.bin

[manjaro /]$ ls -lhA /etc/mkinitcpio.d/*
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 396 Jun 24  2022 /etc/mkinitcpio.d/linux515.preset

Edit:
The issue was solved by changing the kernel version from 5.15 to 6.1

linux-aarhus · 29 October 2024 11:36

Did you search before posting?

There has been dozens of topices lately on exactly Nvidia and black screen on boot.

Kobold · 29 October 2024 11:39

Hello and Welcome to the community, isn’t your GPU not supported from nvidia 470.xx legacy driver?

I would recommend to maybe install nouveau driver per chroot, to get in your Linux again for a successfull boot and look from there again.

Edit:
For more Boot information, i recommend to disable Plymouth (Could also help with the Black screen at first place):

Open /etc/default/grub and remove the word splash & quiet from the Grub command line.

Then save the File and use this command:
sudo grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg

In addition you can also remove plymouth hook from /etc/mkinitcpio.conf

Then save the File and use this command:
sudo mkinitcpio -P

excellent404 · 29 October 2024 12:14

Yes. A lot. I’ve been looking for an answer for a long time. That’s why I wrote down what I’ve already tried - I found all this in other topics, but nothing helped.

excellent404 · 29 October 2024 12:27

Based on the information from the Nvidia website (nvidia dot com/en-us/drivers/unix/legacy-gpu/) (sorry, not allowed to post link), my GPU is supported by 390.xx drivers, not 470.xx.

Am I correct in understanding that nouveau is video-linux driver that I have already tried to install in point 6. Switch to free drivers with mhwd -a pci free 0300? Anyway I will try again.

I have no Plymouth:

[manjaro /]$ cat /etc/mkinitcpio.conf | grep plymouth
[manjaro /]$ find / -iname plymouth
[manjaro /]$ pacman -Rsn plymouth plymouth-theme-manjaro 
error: target not found: plymouth
error: target not found: plymouth-theme-manjaro

soundofthunder · 29 October 2024 12:36

https://nvidia.com/en-us/drivers/unix/legacy-gpu/

This allows others to easily copy/paste if they wish to.

Kobold · 29 October 2024 13:30

Open /etc/default/grub and remove the word splash & quiet from the Grub command line.

yeah, you right.

Do you have Timeshift, that you can roll back your system and give us your full system informations?

Edit:

May i ask you, which Kernel you had in use, before you installed LTS 5.15?

And did you try LTS 6.1 and LTS 6.6?

Okay here comes the highly possible stupid question from me, but just to get sure. You did used sudo for all your commands above in your Topic, right?

Because im missing it in your terminal output that you posted there

BG405 · 29 October 2024 17:24

This isn’t correct. Just one y and one u. Also better to separate those commands.

excellent404 · 30 October 2024 08:58

Removed. No difference.

My grub.cfg:

[manjaro /]# cat /boot/grub/grub.cfg 
#
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
#
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
#

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
  load_env
fi
if [ "${next_entry}" ] ; then
   set default="${next_entry}"
   set next_entry=
   save_env next_entry
   set boot_once=true
else
   set default="${saved_entry}"
fi

if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
  menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
  menuentry_id_option=""
fi

export menuentry_id_option

if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
  set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
  save_env saved_entry
  set prev_saved_entry=
  save_env prev_saved_entry
  set boot_once=true
fi

function savedefault {
  if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
    saved_entry="${chosen}"
    save_env saved_entry
  fi
}

function load_video {
  if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
    insmod all_video
  else
    insmod efi_gop
    insmod efi_uga
    insmod ieee1275_fb
    insmod vbe
    insmod vga
    insmod video_bochs
    insmod video_cirrus
  fi
}

set menu_color_normal=light-gray/black
set menu_color_highlight=green/black

if [ x$feature_default_font_path = xy ] ; then
   font=unicode
else
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6  85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
fi
    font="/usr/share/grub/unicode.pf2"
fi

if loadfont $font ; then
  set gfxmode=auto
  load_video
  insmod gfxterm
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos6'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6  85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
else
  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
fi
insmod gfxmenu
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_24.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_48.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_bold_16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/dejavu_sans_mono_12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-18.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b12.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b14.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b16.pf2
loadfont ($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/terminus-b18.pf2
insmod png
set theme=($root)/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt
export theme
if [ x$feature_timeout_style = xy ] ; then
  set timeout_style=hidden
  set timeout=5
# Fallback hidden-timeout code in case the timeout_style feature is
# unavailable.
elif sleep --interruptible 5 ; then
  set timeout=0
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Manjaro Linux' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-simple-85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364' {
        savedefault
        load_video
        set gfxpayload=keep
        insmod gzio
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ext2
        set root='hd0,msdos6'
        if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6  85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
        fi
        linux   /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364 rw  apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
        initrd  /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64.img
}
submenu 'Advanced options for Manjaro Linux' $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-advanced-85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364' {
        menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 5.15.167-1-MANJARO x64)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.15.167-1-MANJARO x64-advanced-85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364' {
        savedefault
                load_video
                set gfxpayload=keep
                insmod gzio
                insmod part_msdos
                insmod ext2
                set root='hd0,msdos6'
                if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
                  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6  85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
                else
                  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
                fi
                linux   /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364 rw  apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
                initrd  /boot/intel-ucode.img /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64.img
        }
        menuentry 'Manjaro Linux (Kernel: 5.15.167-1-MANJARO x64 - fallback initramfs)' --class manjaro --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-5.15.167-1-MANJARO x64-fallback-85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364' {
                load_video
                set gfxpayload=keep
                insmod gzio
                insmod part_msdos
                insmod ext2
                set root='hd0,msdos6'
                if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
                  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6  85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
                else
                  search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root 85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
                fi
                linux   /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364 rw  apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
                initrd  /boot/initramfs-5.15-x86_64-fallback.img
        }
}

### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/15_ostree ###
### END /etc/grub.d/15_ostree ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
  insmod bli
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/25_bli ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
menuentry 'Windows 10 (on /dev/sda1)' --class windows --class os $menuentry_id_option 'osprober-chain-D690631D906302FB' {
        savedefault
        insmod part_msdos
        insmod ntfs
        set root='hd0,msdos1'
        if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1  D690631D906302FB
        else
          search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root D690631D906302FB
        fi
        parttool ${root} hidden-
        drivemap -s (hd0) ${root}
        chainloader +1
}
set timeout_style=menu
if [ "${timeout}" = 0 ]; then
  set timeout=10
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###
if [ "$grub_platform" = "efi" ]; then
        menuentry 'UEFI Firmware Settings' $menuentry_id_option 'uefi-firmware' {
                fwsetup
                }
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/30_uefi-firmware ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###
### END /etc/grub.d/35_fwupd ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries.  Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment.  Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f  ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
  source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f  $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
  source $prefix/custom.cfg
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_snapshots-btrfs ###
### END /etc/grub.d/41_snapshots-btrfs ###

### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###
if [ "${grub_platform}" == "pc" ]; then
    menuentry "Memory Tester (memtest86+)" --class memtest86 --class gnu --class tool {
        search --fs-uuid --no-floppy --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos6 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos6 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos6  85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
        linux16 /boot/memtest86+/memtest.bin 
    }
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/60_memtest86+ ###

I tried to boot with this options:

linux   /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364 rw  apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
linux   /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364 rw 3 apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
linux   /boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64 root=UUID=85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364 rw  apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3 3

No

What information do you mean? I have provided quite a lot of information in the Additional info section.

As far as I remember, I have not used other kernels. I installed the system from the same USB a year or two ago.

No

No, because when using manjaro-chroot all commands are executed by the root user. Otherwise I would get the following error, which did not happen:

$ mhwd -r pci video-nvidia-390xx
Error: You cannot perform this operation unless you are root!

Are there any other reasons to use sudo?

Correct me if I’m wrong.

excellent404 · 30 October 2024 09:02

Why?

From man pacman:

-y “Passing two --refresh or -y flags will force a refresh of all package databases, even if they appear to be up-to-date.”
-u “Pass this option twice to enable package downgrades”

Using yy is mandatory after changing mirrors with pacman-mirrors -f.

Kobold · 30 October 2024 12:49

I think we have a misunderstanding. Please look closer to the grub path, which i gave you. I was talking about the other grub file.

Uff, look at the code

I have no experience if/how (negatively) it can impact on your system now… please look in future at the details.

Maybe revert this edit? Restart the system and this time, edit the right file?

After you done, you should able to see where your system stuck… also post the code/output from:

/etc/default/grub

I have been lucky to have not much experience gained yet around chroot,
possible you right. I wasn’t aware that sudo isn’t needed in chroot.

If you want to have a system which you always can rely on, you should use Timeshift.

The default system rollback, just takes few minutes. If you don’t store massive data on your Root drive.

soundofthunder · 30 October 2024 15:14

Then it may be time to update to a later LTS kernel. As you have been using 5.x I’d suggest first trying Kernel 6.1 (LTS), and if that works as expected, you might consider switching to 6.6 (LTS) for comparison.

Note that 6.12 (LTS) is expected to be made available very soon, so there’s yet another to experiment with.

Manjaro Kernels

I’m afraid not everyone in the forum is 100% fluent with English.

System information is likely what was meant;
Please provide the full output of:

inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width

This is usually the minimum information requested and can often give others an insight into factors that might be contributing.

The output is filtered to not reveal personally identifiable information; such as hardware serial numbers, for example.

You are correct; sudo is not required in a chroot environment; after successfully running manjaro-chroot -a you are already the Super User, and capable of using or abusing your system any way you like.

While this is technically accurate, it is however unnecessary in a typical update scenario, after already sorting mirrors with pacman-mirrors.

It seems this can often be a confusing topic; however, I’ll paste some relevant comments from the Pacman Mirrors Manjaro Wiki page which might help:

Note:- Bold enhancement added to highlight the main point.

These commands will sort mirrors;

from fastest to slowest; and then perform an update:

sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack && sudo pacman -Syu

to your local region; and then perform an update:

sudo pacman-mirrors --continent && sudo pacman -Syu

Either of these are typically all that is needed.

To your issue.

As previously mentioned there are many references to black screen issues in connection with nvidia graphics. Others may likely be able to offer advice regarding nvidia, whereas I cannot; I use AMD graphic exclusively.

I have however filtered the forum search for you; limiting results to the last 7/8 months with the following search term:

Search: black screen nvidia

Hopefully this will increase your chances of finding a similar solution.

Good luck.

excellent404 · 31 October 2024 08:47

No, no, no, sorry, I confused you. I didn’t edit /boot/grub/grub.cfg - it’s just the result of grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg. I removed “quiet” from /etc/default/grub as you pointed. Here it is:

[manjaro /]# cat /etc/default/grub
GRUB_DEFAULT=saved
GRUB_TIMEOUT=5
GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden
GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR="Manjaro"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3"
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=""

# If you want to enable the save default function, uncomment the following
# line, and set GRUB_DEFAULT to saved.
GRUB_SAVEDEFAULT=true

# Uncomment to disable submenus in boot menu
#GRUB_DISABLE_SUBMENU=y

# Preload both GPT and MBR modules so that they are not missed
GRUB_PRELOAD_MODULES="part_gpt part_msdos"

# Uncomment to enable booting from LUKS encrypted devices
#GRUB_ENABLE_CRYPTODISK=y

# Uncomment to use basic console
GRUB_TERMINAL_INPUT=console

# Uncomment to disable graphical terminal
#GRUB_TERMINAL_OUTPUT=console

# The resolution used on graphical terminal
# note that you can use only modes which your graphic card supports via VBE
# you can see them in real GRUB with the command 'videoinfo'
GRUB_GFXMODE=auto

# Uncomment to allow the kernel use the same resolution used by grub
GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=keep

# Uncomment if you want GRUB to pass to the Linux kernel the old parameter
# format "root=/dev/xxx" instead of "root=/dev/disk/by-uuid/xxx"
#GRUB_DISABLE_LINUX_UUID=true

# Uncomment to disable generation of recovery mode menu entries
GRUB_DISABLE_RECOVERY=true

# Uncomment this option to enable os-prober execution in the grub-mkconfig command
GRUB_DISABLE_OS_PROBER=false

# Uncomment and set to the desired menu colors.  Used by normal and wallpaper
# modes only.  Entries specified as foreground/background.
GRUB_COLOR_NORMAL="light-gray/black"
GRUB_COLOR_HIGHLIGHT="green/black"

# Uncomment one of them for the gfx desired, a image background or a gfxtheme
#GRUB_BACKGROUND="/usr/share/grub/background.png"
GRUB_THEME="/usr/share/grub/themes/manjaro/theme.txt"

# Uncomment to get a beep at GRUB start
#GRUB_INIT_TUNE="480 440 1"

# Uncomment to ensure that the root filesystem is mounted read-only so that
# systemd-fsck can run the check automatically. We use 'fsck' by default, which
# needs 'rw' as boot parameter, to avoid delay in boot-time. 'fsck' needs to be
# removed from 'mkinitcpio.conf' to make 'systemd-fsck' work.
# See also Arch-Wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Fsck#Boot_time_checking
#GRUB_ROOT_FS_RO=true

I should, but for some reason it doesn’t happen - black screen with no reaction to Ctrl+Alt+Fn

Yes, now I have experienced it myself. It could have been much simpler…

Maybe. I’ll try.

# From Live USB environment USING manjaro-chroot
[manjaro /]# inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width --tty
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2131 quiet systemd.show_status=1
    apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0
    i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Console: N/A Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z68P-DS3 v: x.x serial: N/A
    uuid: 00000000-0000-0000-0000-50e5495080bf BIOS: Award v: F4 date: 07/21/2011
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 8 GiB available: 7.68 GiB used: 2.67 GiB (34.8%)
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB note: check slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: 8-bit Parity
    max-module-size: 4 GiB note: est.
  Device-1: A0 info: single-bank type: N/A size: 4 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s
    volts: N/A width (bits): data: 196 total: 256 manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A
    serial: N/A
  Device-2: A1 info: single-bank type: N/A size: 4 GiB speed: 1333 MT/s
    volts: N/A width (bits): data: 2244 total: 2304 manufacturer: N/A
    part-no: N/A serial: N/A
  Device-3: A2 type: no module installed
  Device-4: A3 type: no module installed
PCI Slots:
  Slot: 0 type: PCI status: available length: long volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A
  Slot: 0 type: PCI status: available length: long volts: 3.3 bus-ID: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2300 socket: 478 (1155) note: check bits: 64
    type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge gen: core 2 level: v2 built: 2010-12
    process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42) stepping: 7
    microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1945 min/max: 1600/3100 base/boost: 2900/4000 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 1.0 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
    cores: 1: 1945 2: 1945 3: 1945 4: 1945 bogomips: 22356
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept est
    flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
    pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp rep_good
    sep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
    tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-6 code: Sandybridge
    process: Intel 32nm built: 2011 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 390.151
    non-free: series: 390.xx+ status: legacy (EOL~2022-11-22) last:
    release: 390.157 kernel: 6.0 xorg: 1.21 arch: Fermi code: GF1xx
    process: 40/28nm built: 2010-2016 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1244 class-ID: 0300
  Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.13 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.2 driver: X:
    loaded: N/A failed: nvidia gpu: i915 display-ID: :0
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 size-res: N/A modes: 1024x768, 800x600, 848x480, 640x480
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: intel crocus platforms: device: 1 drv: crocus
    device: 2 drv: swrast gbm: drv: kms_swrast surfaceless: drv: swrast
    inactive: wayland,x11,device-0
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 3.3 vendor: mesa v: 24.2.4-arch1.0.1
    note: incomplete (EGL sourced) renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits),
    Mesa Intel HD Graphics 2000 (SNB GT1)
  API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
    chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF116 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0bee class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Goldvish S.A. DEXP Intension (GH-310)
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 chip-ID: 1c1f:2024 class-ID: 0300
  API: ALSA v: k5.15.49-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.2.5 status: off with: pipewire-media-session
    status: off tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0 status: off with: pulseaudio-alsa type: plugin
    tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: de00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  Info: services: No services found.
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.37 TiB used: 730.28 GiB (52.0%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 family: WD Blue / Red / Green SSDs size: 465.76 GiB
    block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B sata: 3.3 speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 20WD temp: 27 C
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 312d 12h cycles: 902
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100 family: 3.5"
    DT01ACA... Desktop HDD size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.0 speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> fw-rev: A750 temp: 30 C
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 2y 209d 5h cycles: 4086
  ID-3: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 vendor: Kingston model: DataTraveler 3.0
    size: 7.33 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.1
    spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: N/A serial: <filter> fw-rev: PMAP
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 80 GiB size: 78.44 GiB (98.05%) used: 55.13 GiB (70.3%)
    fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 label: N/A
    uuid: 85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
  ID-2: /hdd raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 639.44 GiB (68.6%) fs: fuseblk block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdb1
    maj-min: 8:17 label: N/A uuid: 52A84C44A84C2935
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 60 GiB size: 58.76 GiB (97.93%)
    used: 35.7 GiB (60.8%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sda7
    maj-min: 8:7 label: N/A uuid: aa1661c6-64c3-4a19-8ef1-41e378178d4c
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 50 MiB fs: ntfs
    label: Зарезервировано системой uuid: D690631D906302FB
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 120 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 00066AAF066AA4FE
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 1 KiB fs: N/A label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 520 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: FACCD9BECCD974FB
  ID-5: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 205 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 8C04FCFA04FCE7DA
  ID-6: /dev/sdg1 maj-min: 8:97 size: 3.41 GiB fs: N/A
    label: MANJARO_KDE_2131 uuid: 2022-06-24-20-11-10-00
  ID-7: /dev/sdg2 maj-min: 8:98 size: 4 MiB fs: N/A label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: 3ECF-2322
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.2:3 info: Goldvish S.A. DEXP Intension (GH-310)
    type: audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 1c1f:2024 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-1.3:4 info: SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
    type: keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.0 power: 98mA
    chip-ID: 1c4f:0002 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-1.4:5 info: Logitech G102/G203 LIGHTSYNC Gaming Mouse
    type: mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 300mA
    chip-ID: 046d:c092 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-1.5:6 info: Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3/G4/SE9 G2/50 Kyson
    type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 498mA
    chip-ID: 0951:1666 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 8087:0024
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.4:3 info: Alcor Micro Flash Card Reader/Writer
    type: mass storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 power: 250mA
    chip-ID: 058f:6362 class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0
    speed: 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 40.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Repos:
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1612 libs: 444 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
    pkgs: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.conf
    1: https://download.sublimetext.com/arch/stable/x86_64
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: https://manjaro.kurdy.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirror.raiolanetworks.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    4: https://ohioix.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  Message: No process data available.
Info:
  Processes: 0 Power: uptime: 25m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
    avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
    suspend, test_resume image: 3.05 GiB Init: systemd v: 256
    default: graphical tool: systemctl
  Compilers: clang: 18.1.8 gcc: 14.2.1 Shell: systemd (sudo) inxi: 3.3.36

Please note that I run it in a Live USB environment using manjaro-chroot , so some information may be distorted.

soundofthunder · 31 October 2024 09:05

In that case, output from both within and outside the chroot environment could be posted (clearly marked). Most should recognise the differences.

You have no swap space configured; you might wish to change that sooner rather than later. There are plenty of tutorials and also the Arch/Manjaro Wikis to guide you, if needed.

You are clearly multi-booting Windows and Linux.

If you can still boot into Windows, please make sure that that Fast Startup is disabled; in an administrative command prompt:

powercfg /h off

Your Z68P-DS3 may (or may not) be UEFI capable; it was manufactured more or less in the early transition from BIOS/MBR to UEFI.

This is only an observation but it may be useful for those wishing to help, to know you’re booting in BIOS/MBR mode.

You are using possibly the original (F4) BIOS dated 2011-07-21. This is probably not doing you any favours.

I note the latest available BIOS for your motherboard seems to be (F9) released on 2012-03-21. It will incorporate all previous improvements and security fixes that came before it.

Updating your BIOS would be a positive step and likely fix some issues you might not have even been aware of.

Please verify that this is in fact for your motherboard:

GA-Z68P-DS3 BIOS

With regard the Nvidia configuration, I must defer to others with more knowledge on the topic; I use AMD graphics exclusively.

Good luck.

excellent404 · 31 October 2024 09:25

Within - is posted above.

Outside:

# From Live USB environment OUTSIDE manjaro-chroot
$ inxi --admin --verbosity=8 --filter --no-host --width --tty
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.49-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2131 quiet systemd.show_status=1
    apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0
    i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.5 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Gigabyte model: Z68P-DS3 v: x.x
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Award v: F4 date: 07/21/2011
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.68 GiB used: 2.9 GiB (37.8%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
PCI Slots:
  Permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i5-2300 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Sandy Bridge
    gen: core 2 built: 2010-12 process: Intel 32nm family: 6 model-id: 0x2A (42)
    stepping: 7 microcode: 0x2F
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 256 KiB
    desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB L3: 6 MiB
    desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2068 high: 2994 min/max: 1600/3100 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1658 2: 1959 3: 1663
    4: 2994 bogomips: 22356
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept est
    flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
    pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdtscp rep_good
    sep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc
    tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf
    mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT disabled
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: disabled, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 2nd Generation Core Processor Family Integrated Graphics
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen6 process: Intel 32nm
    built: 2011 ports: active: VGA-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0102 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF116 [GeForce GTX 550 Ti] driver: nvidia v: 390.151
    alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: series: 390.xx+
    status: legacy-active (EOL~late 2022) arch: Fermi code: GF1xx
    process: 40/28nm built: 2010-16 pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1244 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 92 s-size: 530x301mm (20.87x11.85")
    s-diag: 610mm (24")
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 mapped: HDMI-0 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") modes: 1024x768, 800x600, 848x480, 640x480
  OpenGL: renderer: GeForce GTX 550 Ti/PCIe/SSE2 v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 390.151
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 6 Series/C200 Series Family High Definition Audio
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 1-1.2:3 v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 1c1f:2024 chip-ID: 8086:1c20 class-ID: 0300
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF116 High Definition Audio driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: gen: 2 speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1
    chip-ID: 10de:0bee class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Goldvish S.A. DEXP Intension (GH-310) type: USB
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.49-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.52 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Gigabyte driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: de00 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 1.37 TiB used: 730.28 GiB (52.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WDS500G2B0A-00SM50 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 20WD
    scheme: MBR
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ACA100
    size: 931.51 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: A750 scheme: MBR
  ID-3: /dev/sdg maj-min: 8:96 type: USB vendor: Kingston
    model: DataTraveler 3.0 size: 7.33 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: N/A serial: <filter> rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: /mnt raw-size: 80 GiB size: 78.44 GiB (98.05%) used: 55.13 GiB (70.3%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6 maj-min: 8:6 label: N/A
    uuid: 85758d15-3065-42c3-a0ed-5f2a49e9d364
  ID-2: /mnt/hdd raw-size: 931.51 GiB size: 931.51 GiB (100.00%)
    used: 639.44 GiB (68.6%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: N/A
    uuid: 52A84C44A84C2935
  ID-3: /mnt/home raw-size: 60 GiB size: 58.76 GiB (97.93%)
    used: 35.7 GiB (60.8%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda7 maj-min: 8:7 label: N/A
    uuid: aa1661c6-64c3-4a19-8ef1-41e378178d4c
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 50 MiB fs: ntfs
    label: \xd0\x97\xd0\xb0\xd1\x80\xd0\xb5\xd0\xb7\xd0\xb5\xd1\x80\xd0\xb2\xd0\xb8\xd1\x80\xd0\xbe\xd0\xb2\xd0\xb0\xd0\xbd\xd0\xbe \xd1\x81\xd0\xb8\xd1\x81\xd1\x82\xd0\xb5\xd0\xbc\xd0\xbe\xd0\xb9
    uuid: D690631D906302FB
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 120 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 00066AAF066AA4FE
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 520 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: FACCD9BECCD974FB
  ID-5: /dev/sda5 maj-min: 8:5 size: 205 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 8C04FCFA04FCE7DA
  ID-6: /dev/sdg1 maj-min: 8:97 size: 3.41 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-7: /dev/sdg2 maj-min: 8:98 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: 3ECF-2322
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.2:3 info: Goldvish S.A. DEXP Intension (GH-310)
    type: Audio,HID driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid interfaces: 4
    rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 1c1f:2024 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-1.3:4 info: SiGma Micro Keyboard TRACER Gamma Ivory
    type: Keyboard,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1c4f:0002 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 1-1.4:5 info: Logitech G102/G203 LIGHTSYNC Gaming Mouse
    type: Mouse,HID driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA chip-ID: 046d:c092 class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-1.5:6 info: Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3/G4/SE9 G2/50
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 498mA chip-ID: 0951:1666 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 8 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.4:3 info: Alcor Micro Flash Card Reader/Writer
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 250mA chip-ID: 058f:6362 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 53 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 41%
Repos:
  Packages: pacman: 1237 lib: 333 flatpak: 0
  Active pacman repo servers in: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
    1: http://ftp.rz.tu-bs.de/pub/mirror/manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    2: http://manjaro.barata.pt/stable/$repo/$arch
    3: https://mirrors.sjtug.sjtu.edu.cn/manjarostable/$repo/$arch
    4: http://kambing.ui.ac.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    5: https://mirror.philpot.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    6: https://ct.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    7: https://mirror.tuchola-dc.pl/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    8: https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    9: https://manjaro.ipacct.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    10: https://mirrors.ucr.ac.cr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    11: http://kibo.remi.lu/stable/$repo/$arch
    12: http://ftp.riken.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    13: https://manjaro.c3sl.ufpr.br/stable/$repo/$arch
    14: https://ba.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    15: https://mirror.netcologne.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    16: http://mirror.dacentec.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    17: http://manjaro.melbourneitmirror.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    18: http://mirror.inode.at/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    19: https://mirror.math.princeton.edu/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    20: https://osmirror.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    21: http://ftp.caliu.cat/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    22: https://www.uex.dk/public/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    23: http://pet.inf.ufsc.br/mirrors/manjarolinux/stable/$repo/$arch
    24: https://mirrors.ustc.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    25: http://mirror.ragenetwork.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    26: http://mirror.rise.ph/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    27: http://mirror.datacenter.by/pub/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    28: https://mirror.clarkson.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    29: http://mirror.catn.com/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    30: https://repo.sadjad.ac.ir/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    31: https://mirrors.dotsrc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    32: https://mirror.netzspielplatz.de/manjaro/packages/stable/$repo/$arch
    33: http://ftp.tsukuba.wide.ad.jp/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    34: http://manjaro.telecoms.bg/stable/$repo/$arch
    35: http://manjaro.dcc.uchile.cl/stable/$repo/$arch
    36: https://mirrors.ocf.berkeley.edu/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    37: http://ftp.free.org/mirrors/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    38: http://ftp.linux.org.tr/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    39: https://mirror.espoch.edu.ec/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    40: http://mirror.upb.edu.co/manjarostable/$repo/$arch
    41: http://mirrors.tuna.tsinghua.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    42: http://free.nchc.org.tw/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    43: http://ftp.cuhk.edu.hk/pub/Linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    44: https://mirrors.netix.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    45: https://ftp.lysator.liu.se/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    46: https://mirror.yandex.ru/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    47: http://ftp.tu-chemnitz.de/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    48: https://mirror.dkm.cz/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    49: http://mirror.xeonbd.com/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    50: http://mirrors.serverhost.ro/manjaro/packages/stable/$repo/$arch
    51: http://mirror.ventraip.net.au/Manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    52: http://distro.ibiblio.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    53: http://kartolo.sby.datautama.net.id/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    54: https://mirror.zetup.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    55: http://mirror.infotronik.hu/mirrors/pub/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    56: https://mirrors.shu.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    57: https://repo.rhindon.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    58: https://download.nus.edu.sg/mirror/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    59: https://mirror.cedia.org.ec/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    60: http://ftp.snt.utwente.nl/pub/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    61: https://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/repo.manjaro.org/repos/stable/$repo/$arch
    62: http://mirror.truenetwork.ru/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    63: https://mirrors.shuosc.org/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    64: https://ftp.halifax.rwth-aachen.de/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    65: http://manjaro.mirrors.uk2.net/stable/$repo/$arch
    66: https://manjaro.moson.eu/stable/$repo/$arch
    67: http://linorg.usp.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    68: https://manjaro.mirror.garr.it/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    69: http://mirror.ufam.edu.br/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    70: https://ftp.cc.uoc.gr/mirrors/linux/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    71: https://mirror.koddos.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    72: https://mirrors.zju.edu.cn/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    73: http://mirror.chmuri.net/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    74: https://manjaro.cu.be/stable/$repo/$arch
    75: http://repo.manjaro.org.uk/stable/$repo/$arch
    76: http://ftp.belnet.be/mirrors/manjaro/stable/$repo/$arch
    77: http://mirror.is.co.za/mirrors/manjaro.org/stable/$repo/$arch
    78: http://manjaro.mirror.ac.za/stable/$repo/$arch
Processes:
  CPU top: 5 of 224
  1: cpu: 17.6% command: firefox pid: 2035 mem: 601.2 MiB (7.6%)
  2: cpu: 8.5% command: xorg pid: 1338 mem: 99.7 MiB (1.2%)
  3: cpu: 7.4% command: firefox pid: 2160 mem: 294.1 MiB (3.7%)
  4: cpu: 3.2% command: kwin_x11 pid: 1426 mem: 162.7 MiB (2.0%)
  5: cpu: 2.4% command: firefox pid: 2323 mem: 212.5 MiB (2.7%)
  Memory top: 5 of 224
  1: mem: 601.2 MiB (7.6%) command: firefox pid: 2035 cpu: 17.6%
  2: mem: 327.1 MiB (4.1%) command: plasmashell pid: 1470 cpu: 0.3%
  3: mem: 294.1 MiB (3.7%) command: firefox pid: 2160 cpu: 7.4%
  4: mem: 212.5 MiB (2.7%) command: firefox pid: 2323 cpu: 2.4%
  5: mem: 182.8 MiB (2.3%) command: firefox pid: 3803 cpu: 0.2%
Info:
  Processes: 224 Uptime: 48m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.0 clang: 13.0.1
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.19

Yes, I can. I’ll check.

soundofthunder · 31 October 2024 09:32

I have updated my post (above).

Again, good luck.

excellent404 · 31 October 2024 12:23

I installed kernel version 6.1 and after that I was able to boot.

In essence, this is not a solution to the original problem, but the problem is gone and I hope it won’t come back.

Anyway thank you all for taking the time and trying to help.

I’ll take that into consideration.

soundofthunder · 31 October 2024 15:32

As a Manjaro system and software is updated over time, later kernels are progressively expected to remain compatible while also adding feature and improvements. As software improves so does the need for updated and compatible kernel features.

However, with older hardware, it can sometimes become a trade-off; between the latest and whichever works for your machine.

I’m glad the 6.1 (LTS) works for you. Cheers.

BG405 · 31 October 2024 15:42

I’d suggest that post -#12- #7 actually is the solution (also confirmed in post #12), in this case, re. trying linux61. We’ll see.

Kobold · 31 October 2024 15:52

Hey but i was faster