'Failed to start Load Kernel Modules' after reboot

I updated the system, after the reboot I get the following error:
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
systemctl says:

Failed insert module 'nvidia': Exec format error
Failed insert module 'nvidia_drm': Exec format error
Failed insert module 'nvidia_uvm': Exec format error

Could you help me please?

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Thanks for the answer, but how can I provide logs when my system is not booting?

Can you login in tty2 with ctrl+alt+f2?

You can also boot the Manjaro USB stick, chroot into the system and read the log files.

Yeah, but how does this help me? Sorry for the noob-question… :see_no_evil:

Ok, I’m trying this now. Get back to you as soon, as I get results!

So here it is:

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    12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=de_DE keytable=de
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    systemd.show_status=1 apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=nonfree
    nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  12Console N/A 12wm kwin_x11 12Distro Manjaro Linux 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Desktop 12Mobo MSI 12model Z87-G43 (MS-7816) 12v 1.0 12serial N/A
    12UEFI American Megatrends 12v 1.11 12date 05/09/2015
12Battery:
  12Message No system battery data found. Is one present?
12Memory:
  12RAM 12total 19.48 GiB 12used 3.48 GiB (17.9%)
  12Array-1 12capacity 32 GiB 12slots 4 12EC None 12max-module-size 8 GiB 12note est.
  12Device-1 ChannelA-DIMM0 12type DDR3 12detail synchronous 12size 2 GiB
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  12Device-2 ChannelA-DIMM1 12type DDR3 12detail synchronous 12size 8 GiB 12speed
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    12manufacturer Kingston 12part-no 99U5471-002.A00LF 12serial <filter>
  12Device-4 ChannelB-DIMM1 12type DDR3 12detail synchronous 12size 8 GiB 12speed
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    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi
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  12Type l1tf
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  12Type mds 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT disabled
  12Type meltdown 12mitigation PTI
  12Type spec_store_bypass
    12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
  12Type spectre_v1
    12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling
  12Type srbds 12mitigation Microcode
  12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
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    12non-free 515.xx+ 12status current (as of 2022-06) 12arch Pascal
    12process TSMC 16nm 12built 2016-21 12pcie 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16
    12bus-ID 01:00.0 12chip-ID 10de:1b81 12class-ID 0300
  12Display 12server X.Org 12v 21.1.3 12compositor kwin_x11 12driver 12X 12loaded nvidia
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  12Screen-1 0 12s-res 3840x2160 12s-dpi 157 12s-size 621x341mm (24.45x13.43")
    12s-diag 708mm (27.89")
  12Monitor-1 DP-4 12res 3840x2160 12hz 60 12dpi 157 12size 621x341mm (24.45x13.43")
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  12OpenGL 12renderer N/A 12v N/A 12direct render N/A
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    12vendor Micro-Star MSI 12driver snd_hda_intel 12bus-ID 3-7:4 12v kernel
    12bus-ID 00:1b.0 12chip-ID 0951:16a4 12class-ID 0300 12chip-ID 8086:8c20
    12class-ID 0403 12serial <filter>
  12Device-2 NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel
    12pcie 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12lanes 16 12bus-ID 01:00.1 12chip-ID 10de:10f0
    12class-ID 0403
  12Device-3 Creative Labs EMU20k2 [Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Series]
    12driver snd_ctxfi 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 1 12bus-ID 04:00.0
    12chip-ID 1102:000b 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-4 Kingston HyperX 7.1 Audio 12type USB
    12driver hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid
  12Sound Server-1 ALSA 12v k5.15.32-1-MANJARO 12running yes
  12Sound Server-2 JACK 12v 1.9.21 12running no
  12Sound Server-3 PulseAudio 12v 15.0 12running yes
  12Sound Server-4 PipeWire 12v 0.3.51 12running yes
12Network:
  12Device-1 Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    12vendor Micro-Star MSI 12driver r8169 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s
    12lanes 1 12port d000 12bus-ID 03:00.0 12chip-ID 10ec:8168 12class-ID 0200
  12IF enp3s0 12state up 12speed 1000 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac <filter>
  12IP v4 <filter> 12type dynamic noprefixroute 12scope global 12broadcast <filter>
  12IP v6 <filter> 12type noprefixroute 12scope link
  12WAN IP <filter>
12Bluetooth:
  12Device-1 Broadcom BCM20702A0 Bluetooth 4.0 12type USB 12driver btusb 12v 0.8
    12bus-ID 3-8.2:11 12chip-ID 0a5c:21e8 12class-ID fe01 12serial <filter>
  12Report rfkill 12ID hci0 12rfk-id 1 12state up 12address see --recommends
12Logical:
  12Message No logical block device data found.
12RAID:
  12Message No RAID data found.
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    12model WDS100T3X0C-00SJG0 12size 931.51 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B
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    12rev 111130WD 12temp 44.9 C
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  12ID-2 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Samsung 12model SSD 850 EVO 500GB
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    12sata 3.1 12speed 6.0 Gb/s 12type SSD 12serial <filter> 12rev 1B6Q 12temp 30 C
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  12ID-3 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12vendor Western Digital 12model WD10EACS-00ZJB0
    12family Caviar Green 12size 931.51 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B
    12sata 2.5 12speed 3.0 Gb/s 12type N/A 12serial <filter> 12rev 1B01 12temp 38 C
  12SMART yes 12state enabled 12health PASSED 12on 3y 85d 2h 12cycles 9491
  12ID-4 /dev/sdc 12maj-min 8:32 12type USB 12vendor Generic 12model Flash Disk
    12size 7.62 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type SSD
    12serial <filter> 12rev 8.07
  12SMART Message Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  12Optical-1 /dev/sr0 12vendor TSSTcorp 12model CDDVDW SH-S223L 12rev SB04
    12dev-links cdrom
  12Features 12speed 48 12multisession yes 12audio yes 12dvd yes
    12rw cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram 12state running
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 863.15 GiB 12size 848.53 GiB (98.31%) 12used 347.75 GiB (41.0%)
    12fs ext4 12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p5 12maj-min 259:5 12label N/A
    12uuid f4ff806d-a91a-4eac-8fec-7fa6c738d5d8
12Swap:
  12Alert No swap data was found.
12Unmounted:
  12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1p1 12maj-min 259:1 12size 100 MiB 12fs fat (32 bit) 12label N/A
    12uuid C89F-3F79
  12ID-2 /dev/nvme0n1p2 12maj-min 259:2 12size 16 MiB 12fs N/A 12label N/A 12uuid N/A
  12ID-3 /dev/nvme0n1p3 12maj-min 259:3 12size 67.74 GiB 12fs ntfs 12label N/A
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  12ID-5 /dev/sda1 12maj-min 8:1 12size 146.48 GiB 12fs ntfs 12label N/A
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    12uuid 2022-04-16-05-50-10-00
  12ID-9 /dev/sdc2 12maj-min 8:34 12size 4 MiB 12fs N/A 12label MISO_EFI
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12Sensors:
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  12Fan Speeds (RPM) N/A 12gpu nvidia 12fan 0%
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I hope this helps…

are you chrooted? if not, chroot and provide output from this:
mhwd -l && mhwd -li

To have a booting system is excellent news:
check logs what modules failed.

You don’t need extra steps with live iso then.
So… 1. update your system, 2. (re)install kernel headers, 3. reinstall nvidia drivers.

These should do it… definitely probably maybe.

@brahma yes, I’m on LiveOS now and this is was the output from:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width

@freggel.doe aren’t these the modules I already wrote in the first post? :thinking:

@zbe sounds good! Could you tell me how to do this from terminal? Always done it from GUI before… :see_no_evil:

so chroot into your system, run this command:
sudo manjaro-chroot -a
then rerun update again:
pamac update
any errors post here

Was done in a few seconds. Only one warning:

Warning: python-pyqt5: local (5.15.6-7.1) is newer than extra (5.15.6-7)                   

ok, now post output from this command:
mhwd-kernel -li && mhwd -l && mhwd -li

sorry, but I got an error from manjaro-chroot, even if it worked:

grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdc1.  Check your device.map.

Don’t know if this is important…

Output from mhwd-kernel -li && mhwd -l && mhwd -li:

Currently running: 5.15.32-1-MANJARO (linux515)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux515
   * linux517
> 0000:03:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         network-r8168            2016.04.20                true            PCI


> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1b81) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          video-nvidia            2021.12.18               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-470xx            2021.12.18               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-390xx            2021.12.18               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI


> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          video-nvidia            2021.12.18               false            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!

ok so now reinstall nvidia drivers:
sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia
post any errors here…
the grub error is for the usb, so ignore it

Warning: a version of config 'video-nvidia' is already installed!
Use -f/--force to force installation...

I guess, I should use -f/--force, right?

no it would be better to uninstall it and install it again:
uninstall:
sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia
install again:
sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia

Ok, that worked (with only a few warnings). Should I reboot now or do I have to do something else?

now run these:
update-grub
mkinitcpio -P
exit
systemctl reboot
and hopefully you boot normally