I updated my laptop after quite a while and since then I have been getting a black screen after selecting the kernel. I have tried few different kernels, linux66, linux612 and linux61 as well. Have tried reinstalling the nvidia drivers also but to no avail, I am unable to even use nvidia-smi. It says
NVIDIA-SMI has failed because it couldn’t communicate with the NVIDIA driver. Make sure that the latest NVIDIA driver is installed and running.
The tty is also not visible, although it is there as I am able to login and reboot the system through it. Finally I used a live USB to chroot into the system and tried to complete any missing updates which also didn’t work. Really have no idea what to do other than reinstalling the whole system. Some useful info -
Output of sudo inxi -v7azy
System:
Kernel: 6.12.28-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1
clocksource: tsc avail: hpet,acpi_pm
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us
tz=Asia/Kolkata misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2503 quiet
systemd.show_status=1 splash driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1
radeon.modeset=1
Desktop: KDE Plasma v: ERR-101 tk: Qt v: N/A wm: kwin_x11 dm: N/A
Distro: Manjaro base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: AZOM product: EXIGO V2 v: N/A serial: N/A Chassis:
type: 10 serial: N/A
Mobo: AZOM model: EXIGO V2 powered by premamod.com serial: N/A
uuid: 4d5bfa80-f0ea-0000-0000-000000000000 UEFI: Prema Mod v: 1.06.09AOM v2
date: 04/12/2017
Memory:
System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.44 GiB used: 3.45 GiB (22.4%)
Array-1: capacity: 64 GiB slots: 4 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 16 GiB note: est.
Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: no module installed
Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2400 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64
total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill part-no: F4-2400C16-8GRS serial: N/A
Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: DDR4 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
speed: 2400 MT/s volts: curr: 1.2 min: 1.2 max: 1.2 width (bits): data: 64
total: 64 manufacturer: G.Skill part-no: F4-2400C16-8GRS serial: N/A
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-7600K socket: U3E1 bits: 64 type: MCP
arch: Kaby Lake gen: core 7 level: v3 note: check built: 2018
process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 9
microcode: 0xF8
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 4 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: 4099 min/max: 800/4200 base/boost: 4000/8300 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave volts: 1.1 V ext-clock: 100 MHz
cores: 1: 4099 2: 4099 3: 4099 4: 4099 bogomips: 30409
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
arch_capabilities 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 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
sgx 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: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode (locked)
Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
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 mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
Type: reg_file_data_sampling status: Not affected
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
prctl
Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
sanitization
Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: IBRS; IBPB: conditional; STIBP: disabled; RSB
filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected; BHI: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GP106M [GeForce GTX 1060 Mobile] vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of
2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm
built: 2016-2021 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,HDMI-A-1
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c20 class-ID: 0300 temp: 52.0 C
Device-2: Chicony USB 2.0 Camera driver: uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b5a7
class-ID: 0e02
Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.18 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.8
compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X: loaded: N/A unloaded: nvidia gpu: nouveau
display-ID: :0
Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: LG Display 0x046f built: 2014 res: 1920x1080
dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080 min: 800x600
API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia nouveau platforms: device: 0 drv: nouveau
device: 1 drv: swrast gbm: drv: nouveau surfaceless: drv: nouveau
inactive: wayland,x11
API: OpenGL v: 4.5 compat-v: 4.3 vendor: mesa v: 25.1.4-arch1.1
note: incomplete (EGL sourced) renderer: NV136, llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.6 256
bits)
API: Vulkan Message: No Vulkan data available.
Info: Tools: api: clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
de: kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor gpu: gputop, intel_gpu_top, lsgpu,
nvidia-settings, nvidia-smi wl: wayland-info x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo,
xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a170
class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GP106 High Definition Audio vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f1
class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.12.28-1-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: 1.4.5 status: n/a (root, process)
with: pipewire-media-session status: off tools: pw-cat,pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 17.0-43-g3e2bb status: off with: 1: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin 2: pulseaudio-jack type: module tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet vendor: CLEVO/KAPOK
driver: alx v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: d000
bus-ID: 6e:00.0 chip-ID: 1969:e0a1 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp110s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Intel Wireless 8265 / 8275 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 1
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 71:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:24fd class-ID: 0280
IF: wlp113s0 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Info: services: NetworkManager, systemd-timesyncd, wpa_supplicant
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Device-1: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB
rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-11:6 chip-ID: 8087:0a2b
class-ID: e001
Report: btmgmt ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: N/A
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 762 GiB used: 312.6 GiB (41.0%)
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Western Digital
model: WDS500G3X0C-00SJG0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: 111110WD temp: 58.9 C
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 1y 276d 18h cycles: 2,898
read-units: 21,500,519 [11.0 TB] written-units: 27,092,176 [13.8 TB]
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:5 vendor: Samsung model: MZVPV256HDGL-00000
size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: BXW7300Q temp: 43.9 C
SMART: yes health: PASSED on: 3y 7d 8h cycles: 7,155
read-units: 63,734,057 [32.6 TB] written-units: 100,187,937 [51.2 TB]
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: HP model: USB Flash Drive
size: 57.77 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 2.0
spd: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 tech: SSD 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: 70.65 GiB size: 68.99 GiB (97.65%) used: 62.04 GiB (89.9%)
fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 label: N/A
uuid: 31147878-f10d-4130-8b91-9b44b52cba29
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
used: 340 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1
maj-min: 259:1 label: NO_LABEL uuid: C1C8-531D
ID-3: /home raw-size: 390.63 GiB size: 383.42 GiB (98.15%)
used: 250.56 GiB (65.4%) fs: ext4 block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/nvme0n1p4
maj-min: 259:4 label: N/A uuid: 4f48f405-a167-4e8a-95fe-5ab54e2d5f08
Swap:
Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 3.98 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: 73006f3f-9947-4e96-9b56-bad5aeafcb36
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1p1 maj-min: 259:6 size: 499 MiB fs: ntfs label: Recovery
uuid: CC5288C45288B4AC
ID-3: /dev/nvme1n1p2 maj-min: 259:7 size: 100 MiB fs: fat (32 bit)
label: N/A uuid: 128B-A0C8
ID-4: /dev/nvme1n1p3 maj-min: 259:8 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A
uuid: N/A
ID-5: /dev/nvme1n1p4 maj-min: 259:9 size: 237.05 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 40D48E42D48E39E4
ID-6: /dev/nvme1n1p5 maj-min: 259:10 size: 843 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
uuid: 542EC4222EC3FACE
ID-7: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 4.16 GiB fs: N/A label: MANJARO_KDE_2503
uuid: 2025-05-26-07-05-21-00
ID-8: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 4 MiB fs: N/A label: MISO_EFI
uuid: EB01-4A96
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 16 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-2:2 info: Synaptics type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
power: 100mA chip-ID: 06cb:0078 class-ID: ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-2: 1-4:3 info: Pixart Imaging Gaming Mouse type: mouse,keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s)
lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 093a:2533 class-ID: 0300
Device-3: 1-6:4 info: HP USB Flash Drive 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: 300mA chip-ID: 03f0:1985 class-ID: 0806
serial: <filter>
Device-4: 1-10:5 info: Chicony USB 2.0 Camera type: video driver: uvcvideo
interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
power: 500mA chip-ID: 04f2:b5a7 class-ID: 0e02
Device-5: 1-11:6 info: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface type: bluetooth
driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1
mode: 1.1 power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0a2b class-ID: e001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 10 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: 50.0 C pch: 70.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau
temp: 52.0 C
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 225 Power: uptime: 33m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep
avail: s2idle wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot,
suspend, test_resume image: 6.13 GiB services: org_kde_powerdevil,
power-profiles-daemon, upowerd Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical
tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 2474 libs: 551 tools: pamac,yay pm: flatpak
pkgs: 0 Compilers: clang: 20.1.6 gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: N/A (sudo)
running-in: pty pts/0 inxi: 3.3.38
Output of mhwd -li
Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-linux 2024.05.06 true PCI
video-nvidia 2025.01.13 false PCI
Output of mhwd-kernel -li
Currently running: 6.12.28-1-MANJARO (linux612)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
* linux612
* linux66
Let me know if any else information is needed. Thanks for the help
