My problem is similar to this thread. I updated my system and had some issues. After installing all updates it now boots to prompt. The following thread helped me some
I am following the instructions. With startx I could start the GUI. But I can’t find the described settings. Some help would be appreciated.
When in the terminal what does systemctl status gdm report back?
gdm should dysplay the login screen.
Please report your system info so users have an idea what could be the issue.
The command asked provides the following response:
systemctl status gdm
> Unit gdm.service could not be found.
And if I try to enable it I get
systemctl enable gdm.service
> Failed to enable unit: Access denied
On top of that my brave browsers sync is not working anymore.
Below you find my system information.
System:
Kernel: 6.1.38-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.1.1
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
root=UUID=97edd2bb-94d6-46d3-a872-5fc965ae2865 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
Desktop: GNOME v: 44.3 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: gnome-shell dm: startx
Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASRock model: Z370 Extreme4 serial: <superuser required>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: P4.20 date: 10/31/2019
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i7-8700K bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Coffee Lake
gen: core 8 level: v3 note: check built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6
model-id: 0x9E (158) stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xF2
Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB
L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 2544 high: 3700 min/max: 800/4700 scaling:
driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 1253 2: 3700 3: 2166
4: 3700 5: 3700 6: 1455 7: 2111 8: 1724 9: 3700 10: 1100 11: 2222 12: 3700
bogomips: 88824
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
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: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Type: retbleed mitigation: IBRS
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: conditional,
RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
Type: tsx_async_abort mitigation: TSX disabled
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU102 [GeForce RTX 2080 Ti Rev. A] vendor: Gigabyte
driver: nvidia v: 535.54.03 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
status: current (as of 2023-07) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1e07 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microsoft Microsoft LifeCam HD-5001
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:9 chip-ID: 045e:076e class-ID: 0102
Display: server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.1.2
compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0
screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5560x1920 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: left res: 1080x1920 hz: 60 dpi: 82
size: 336x598mm (13.23x23.54") diag: 686mm (27.01") modes: N/A
Monitor-2: DP-2 pos: primary,center res: 2560x1440 hz: 60 dpi: 93
size: 697x392mm (27.44x15.43") diag: 800mm (31.48") modes: N/A
Monitor-3: DP-4 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 81
size: 600x340mm (23.62x13.39") diag: 690mm (27.15") modes: N/A
Monitor-4: HDMI-0 size-res: N/A modes: N/A
API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 NVIDIA 535.54.03 renderer: NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080
Ti/PCIe/SSE2 direct-render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio vendor: ASRock driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a2f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU102 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f7 class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Microsoft Microsoft LifeCam HD-5001
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-11:9 chip-ID: 045e:076e class-ID: 0102
Device-4: SteelSeries ApS Arctis 7 driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
type: USB rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-2:3
chip-ID: 1038:12ad class-ID: 0300
Device-5: Focusrite-Novation Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 2nd Gen
driver: snd-usb-audio type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0
bus-ID: 1-8:6 chip-ID: 1235:8202 class-ID: 0102
API: ALSA v: k6.1.38-1-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: 0.3.73 status: off tools: pw-cli
Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ethernet I219-V vendor: ASRock driver: e1000e v: kernel
port: N/A bus-ID: 00:1f.6 chip-ID: 8086:15b8 class-ID: 0200
IF: eno1 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Device-2: Ralink MT7610U (Archer T2U 2.4G+5G WLAN Adapter driver: mt76x0u
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 5-2:2
chip-ID: 148f:761a class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp5s0u2 state: up mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: wg-mullvad state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
RAID:
Hardware-1: Intel SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 port: f020
bus-ID: 00:17.0 chip-ID: 8086:2822 rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 9.08 TiB used: 1.58 TiB (17.4%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: TeamGroup
model: T-FORCE TM8FP7002T size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter>
fw-rev: EGFM15.2 temp: 56.9 C scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 maj-min: 259:3 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 960 EVO 500GB
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: 3B7QCXE7 temp: 43.9 C
scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Toshiba model: DT01ABA300
size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 5940 serial: <filter> fw-rev: ABB0 scheme: GPT
ID-4: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST3000DM008-2DM166
size: 2.73 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> fw-rev: CC26 scheme: GPT
ID-5: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 480GB
size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 04RL scheme: GPT
ID-6: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: SanDisk model: SSD PLUS 1000GB
size: 931.52 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 00RL scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%) used: 621.68 GiB (33.4%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
used: 612 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 621.68 GiB (33.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 1.82 TiB size: 1.82 TiB (100.00%)
used: 621.68 GiB (33.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 16 GiB used: 7.5 MiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swap
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 491 Uptime: 56m wakeups: 1 Memory: total: 16 GiB
available: 15.55 GiB used: 8.07 GiB (51.9%) Init: systemd v: 253
default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.1.1 alt: 12
clang: 15.0.7 Packages: 1654 pm: pacman pkgs: 1635 libs: 444
tools: gnome-software,pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 19 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.28```I’ve met with the same problem.
I found out that gdm package has been lost somewhere during the update. After installing gdm gui login came back.
So log in to tty and check if you have gdm installed:
pacman -Qi gdm
Good hint, I yield this
pacman -Qi gdm
> error: package 'gdm' was not found
Do I need to take care of anything special if reinstalling?
sudo pacman -Syu gdm
In my case, I did nothing special. Just installed gdm and voila my gui is back.
This fixed everything, thanks 
please change the solution to tandrey. he gave the important information that was necessary for solving the issue.
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