<a name="tldr-solution-cause-manjaro-211-now-defaults-to-kernel-513-laptops-with-a-nvidia-dgpu-may-fail-to-boot-the-desktop-environment-half-the-time-you-can-either-a-change-to-510-lts-kernel-b-install-optimus-manager-and-enable-it-instead-1" class="anchor" href="#tldr-solution-cause-manjaro-211-now-defaults-to-kernel-513-laptops-with-a-nvidia-dgpu-may-fail-to-boot-the-desktop-environment-half-the-time-you-can-either-a-change-to-510-lts-kernel-b-install-optimus-manager-and-enable-it-instead-1"> TLDR Solution & Cause: Manjaro 21.1+ now defaults to kernel 5.13. Laptops with a NVIDIA dGPU may fail to boot the desktop environment half the time. You can either a) Change to 5.10 LTS kernel b) Install optimus-manager and enable it instead The last update caused a new issue, but only for a fre…

I found the solution. nvidia prime without optimus-manager is again the cause. Yes it is stable on 5.10, so for users who want to stay on prime that is a solution. For those that want to use 5.13/5.14: Install optimus-manager Comment out the two lines in etc/sddm.conf (KDE ONLY) per: https://git…

Fresh install: 50% Boot success rate (Laptops with Nvidia dGPU)

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Fabby 6 September 2021 08:55 2

Please read this:

Especially the section about Linux kernels, then try with 5.10 LTS.

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