Green screen after fresh install. Suspect Nvidia GPU of laptop

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Hello.

I have jumped from Linux mint onto Manjaro. My intital experience is one of delight!
I have two Macbooks, one 13" with only integrated Intel GPU and another one 15" with Intel GPU plus a Nvidia Geforce GT 650M 1GB VRAM.
Both models are Macbook Pro from 2012.

I had very good success with the 13" which is using the integrated Intel GPU only.
But when installing on to the 15" which is my main computer I just get random green screens upon boot. I manage to get inside sometimes to the system, and sometimes not.

I tried a second time to reinstall and the first thing I did was an update of all the software, restarted and then back to green screen. Restarting again allows me to enter the system at times but when I enter the OS the GNOME settings have obviously been affected after the green screen.

I notice the following: The dock will not pop up automatically any more when I bring the mouse pointer down as is the default behaviour, I have to click the “Activites” button to reach it. Moreover the order of the dock have suddenly changed and the “Show Applications” button is to the right end of the dock instead of the left.

Now, what can I do to prevent this green screen issues?
Can I switch off the Nvidia GPU somehow and only use the Intel?
I guess the open source drivers are reacting somehow to my Nvidia GPU since everything is running smoothly on my 13" Macbook.

Is the beautiful GNOME looks worth it? Should I switch to XFCE to have a more stable experience?

One last thing, the green screen I get is not 100% green, it is showing traces of a random mess of small red & white pixels when looking closely. Obviously GPU related I think.

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Here is my system info:

System:
  Kernel: 5.15.16-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=5b00aa74-4572-4c1b-883d-63755cb04e4e rw quiet
    cryptdevice=UUID=7c5bb4e0-2f2e-42aa-966f-96aefda76d1b:luks-7c5bb4e0-2f2e-42aa-966f-96aefda76d1b
    root=/dev/mapper/luks-7c5bb4e0-2f2e-42aa-966f-96aefda76d1b splash
    apparmor=1 security=apparmor
    resume=/dev/mapper/luks-e47fa923-04f4-4257-9db4-b14b68389573
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME 41.3 tk: GTK 3.24.31 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 41.3
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Apple product: MacBookPro9,1 v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 10 v: Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Apple model: Mac-4B7AC7E43945597E v: MacBookPro9,1
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: Apple v: MBP91.88Z.00DA.B00.1804091930
    date: 04/09/2018
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.0 Wh (80.4%) condition: 51.0/75.2 Wh (67.8%)
    volts: 12.3 min: 10.9 model: SMP bq20z451 type: Li-ion serial: N/A
    status: Charging cycles: 770
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.7 GiB used: 1.24 GiB (16.1%)
  RAM Report:
    permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-3820QM bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Ivy Bridge
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 0x21
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1512 high: 2815 min/max: 1200/3700 scaling:
    driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1197 2: 1197 3: 1213
    4: 1287 5: 1313 6: 1877 7: 2815 8: 1197 bogomips: 43112
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
    constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts ept erms
    est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase 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 rdrand
    rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
    syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic
    xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  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: 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: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
    IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Apple driver: i915
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition] vendor: Apple
    driver: nouveau v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:0fd5 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Apple FaceTime HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8509 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.Org 1.21.1.4 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 3360x1050 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 889x277mm (35.0x10.9")
    s-diag: 931mm (36.7")
  Monitor-1: XWAYLAND0 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 129
    size: 330x210mm (13.0x8.3") diag: 391mm (15.4")
  Monitor-2: XWAYLAND1 res: 1680x1050 hz: 60 dpi: 129
    size: 330x210mm (13.0x8.3") diag: 391mm (15.4")
  OpenGL: renderer: NVE7 v: 4.3 Mesa 21.3.4 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:1e20
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107 HDMI Audio vendor: Apple driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e1b class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.16-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.20 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.43 running: no
Network:
  Device-1: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM57765 Gigabit Ethernet PCIe driver: tg3
    v: kernel port: N/A bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:16b4 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp2s0f0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Broadcom BCM4331 802.11a/b/g/n driver: bcma-pci-bridge v: N/A
    modules: bcma bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:4331 class-ID: 0280
  IF-ID-1: wlp3s0b1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
    bus-ID: 2-1.8.1.3:9 chip-ID: 05ac:821d class-ID: fe01
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
  Device-1: luks-7c5bb4e0-2f2e-42aa-966f-96aefda76d1b maj-min: 254:0
    type: LUKS dm: dm-0 size: 438.03 GiB
  Components:
  p-1: sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 438.03 GiB
  Device-2: luks-e47fa923-04f4-4257-9db4-b14b68389573 maj-min: 254:1
    type: LUKS dm: dm-1 size: 8.8 GiB
  Components:
  p-1: sdb3 maj-min: 8:19 size: 8.8 GiB
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 913.05 GiB used: 10.14 GiB (1.1%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Apple model: SSD SM512E
    size: 465.92 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 7A1Q scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: KingMAX model: SSD 480GB
    size: 447.13 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4E scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 438.03 GiB size: 430.09 GiB (98.19%)
    used: 10.14 GiB (2.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/dm-0 maj-min: 254:0
    mapped: luks-7c5bb4e0-2f2e-42aa-966f-96aefda76d1b label: N/A
    uuid: 5b00aa74-4572-4c1b-883d-63755cb04e4e
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 440 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: 6C2C-865F
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.8 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/dm-1 maj-min: 254:1
    mapped: luks-e47fa923-04f4-4257-9db4-b14b68389573 label: swap
    uuid: 646939f1-17cc-41e0-879e-cba469de2215
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 200 MiB fs: vfat label: EFI
    uuid: 67E3-17ED
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 464.51 GiB fs: hfsplus label: OSX
    uuid: f7570295-fb9f-385e-8298-72ac36b8ab8d
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: 1-1.1:3 info: Apple FaceTime HD Camera type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
    chip-ID: 05ac:8509 class-ID: 0e02 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
  Hub-5: 2-1.8:3 info: Microchip (formerly SMSC) 2.0 Hub ports: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 0424:2513 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 2-1.8.1:4
    info: Broadcom BCM2046B1 USB 2.0 Hub (part of BCM2046 Bluetooth) ports: 3
    rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 94mA chip-ID: 0a5c:4500 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.8.1.3:9 info: Apple Bluetooth USB Host Controller
    type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 05ac:821d class-ID: fe01
  Device-2: 2-1.8.2:5 info: Apple Built-in IR Receiver type: HID
    driver: appleir,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA
    chip-ID: 05ac:8242 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 2-1.8.3:6 info: Apple Internal Keyboard/Trackpad (ISO)
    type: Keyboard,HID,Mouse driver: apple,bcm5974,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s power: 40mA chip-ID: 05ac:0253 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-7: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 58.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 294 Uptime: 0m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 250 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 clang: 13.0.0 Packages: pacman: 1154 lib: 306
  flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.12

Edit: Some data was missing regarding the GPU, I installed two more utilities that allowed Termninal to show it and updated the information.

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Please also return

mhwd -l -d
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I am astounded how random this green screen issue is. It seems I get it about 50% of the time I boot up my computer, and the other 50% I get inside the system (with a somewhat wonky Gnome configuration.) Or rather, rebooting once after a green screen always allows me to enter the system.

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:0fd5)
  Display controller nVidia Corporation GK107M [GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2021.12.18
   INFO:	Hybrid bumblebee solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	6
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-nvidia-390xx
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2021.12.18
   INFO:	Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:	3
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 

   NAME:	video-modesetting
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.01.13
   INFO:	X .org modesetting video driver.
   PRIORITY:	1
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	* 

   NAME:	video-vesa
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2017.03.12
   INFO:	X .org vesa video driver.
   PRIORITY:	0
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	* 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:0166)
  Display controller Intel Corporation 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics Controller
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2021.12.18
   INFO:	Hybrid bumblebee solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	6
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 

   NAME:	video-modesetting
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.01.13
   INFO:	X. org modesetting video driver.
   PRIORITY:	1
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	* 

   NAME:	video-vesa
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2017.03.12
   INFO:	X .org vesa video driver.
   PRIORITY:	0
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	* 


Warning: no configs for USB devices found!
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If I were you I would probably try out the hybrid driver profile:

sudo mhwd -i pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee
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Thanks for your support.

I have been trying three times to install the recommended bumblebee driver, once from Gnome, once from Kde and once from Xfce. Everytime it results in the system being bricked after the next restart.

Last time I made sure to gather as much information here as possible and I would appreciate if anyone could have a look into the following data to spot what is wrong.

From running the bumblebee install I get this:

> Installing video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
:: Synchronizing package databases...
 core downloading...
 extra downloading...
 community downloading...
 multilib downloading...
warning: xf86-video-intel-1:2.99.917+916+g31486f40-2 is up to date -- skipping
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
warning: dependency cycle detected:
warning: primus will be installed before its bumblebee dependency

Packages (12) egl-wayland-2:1.1.9+r3+g582b2d3-1  eglexternalplatform-1.1-2  primus-20151110-9  bumblebee-3.2.1-22  lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils-390.147-2  lib32-primus-20151110-4  libxnvctrl-390xx-390.147-1  linux510-bbswitch-0.8-109  linux510-nvidia-390xx-390.147-7  linux515-bbswitch-0.8-23  linux515-nvidia-390xx-390.147-7  nvidia-390xx-utils-390.147-3

Total Download Size:   104.94 MiB
Total Installed Size:  241.26 MiB

:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n]
:: Retrieving packages...
Y
 nvidia-390xx-utils-390.147-3-x86_64 downloading...
 lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils-390.147-2-x86_64 downloading...
 linux515-nvidia-390xx-390.147-7-x86_64 downloading...
 linux510-nvidia-390xx-390.147-7-x86_64 downloading...
 linux515-bbswitch-0.8-23-x86_64 downloading...
 linux510-bbswitch-0.8-109-x86_64 downloading...
 libxnvctrl-390xx-390.147-1-x86_64 downloading...
 primus-20151110-9-x86_64 downloading...
 lib32-primus-20151110-4-x86_64 downloading...
 bumblebee-3.2.1-22-x86_64 downloading...
 egl-wayland-2:1.1.9+r3+g582b2d3-1-x86_64 downloading...
 eglexternalplatform-1.1-2-any downloading...
checking keyring...
checking package integrity...
loading package files...
checking for file conflicts...
checking available disk space...
:: Processing package changes...
installing primus...
installing eglexternalplatform...
installing egl-wayland...
installing libxnvctrl-390xx...
installing nvidia-390xx-utils...
==> If you run into trouble with CUDA not being available, run nvidia-modprobe first.
Optional dependencies for nvidia-390xx-utils
    xorg-server-devel: nvidia-xconfig
    opencl-nvidia-390xx: OpenCL support
installing bumblebee...
Don't forget to add yourself to the 'bumblebee' group to use Bumblebee
Optional dependencies for bumblebee
    xf86-video-nouveau: nouveau driver [installed]
    nouveau-dri: 3D acceleration features fo nouveau
    bbswitch: switch on/off discrete card [pending]
    nvidia: NVIDIA kernel driver [pending]
    virtualgl: alternative back-end for optirun
    lib32-virtualgl: run 32bit applications with optirun
    lib32-primus: faster back-end for optirun [pending]
installing lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils...
Optional dependencies for lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils
    lib32-opencl-nvidia
installing lib32-primus...
installing linux510-nvidia-390xx...
In order to use nvidia module, reboot the system.
installing linux510-bbswitch...
installing linux515-nvidia-390xx...
In order to use nvidia module, reboot the system.
installing linux515-bbswitch...
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/7) Creating system user accounts...
Creating group 'bumblebee' with GID 56.
Creating group 'nvidia-persistenced' with GID 143.
Creating user 'nvidia-persistenced' (NVIDIA Persistence Daemon) with UID 143 and GID 143.
(2/7) Reloading system manager configuration...
(3/7) Reloading device manager configuration...
(4/7) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
(5/7) Updating module dependencies...
(6/7) Refreshing PackageKit...
(7/7) Updating the desktop file MIME type cache...
bumblebee: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
nvidia-390xx-utils: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
libxnvctrl-390xx: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
xf86-video-intel: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
lib32-primus: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
lib32-nvidia-390xx-utils: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
linux510-nvidia-390xx: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
linux510-bbswitch: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
linux515-nvidia-390xx: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
linux515-bbswitch: install reason has been set to 'explicitly installed'
modprobe: ERROR: could not insert 'bbswitch': No such device
xorg configuration file: '/etc/X11/mhwd.d/intel.conf'
Created symlink /etc/systemd/system/multi-user.target.wants/bumblebeed.service → /usr/lib/systemd/system/bumblebeed.service.
> Successfully installed video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee

Most interesting in that information seems to be:
warning: primus will be installed before its bumblebee dependency

After that I did

run nvidia-modprobe

Following with sudo dmesg | grep -i Nvidia resulting in this:

   ~  nvidia-modprobe                                                                            127 ✘ 
   ~  sudo nvidia-modprobe                                                                         1 ✘ 
   ~  sudo dmesg | grep -i nvidia                                                                  1 ✘ 
[    3.207064] audit: type=1400 audit(1643255700.402:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe" pid=319 comm="apparmor_parser"
[    3.208203] audit: type=1400 audit(1643255700.405:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe//kmod" pid=319 comm="apparmor_parser"
[    3.810773] nouveau 0000:01:00.0: NVIDIA GK107 (0e7150a2)
[    4.277237] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input17
[    4.312519] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input18
[    4.321313] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input19
[    4.321532] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input20
[    4.321593] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=10 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input21
[    4.321680] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=11 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input22
[  420.280909] nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
[  420.296984] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 508
[  420.297274] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
               NVRM: nouveau, rivafb, nvidiafb or rivatv 
               NVRM: was loaded and obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
               NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
[  420.297277] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
[  420.297378] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered the Nvlink Core, major device number 508
[  481.234118] nvidia-nvlink: Nvlink Core is being initialized, major device number 508
[  481.234328] NVRM: The NVIDIA probe routine was not called for 1 device(s).
               NVRM: nouveau, rivafb, nvidiafb or rivatv 
               NVRM: was loaded and obtained ownership of the NVIDIA device(s).
               NVRM: driver(s)), then try loading the NVIDIA kernel module
[  481.234331] NVRM: No NVIDIA graphics adapter probed!
[  481.234421] nvidia-nvlink: Unregistered the Nvlink Core, major device number 508

Finally I did sudo inxi -Gazy with this response:

   ~  sudo inxi -Gazy                                                                                ✔ 
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Apple driver: i915
    v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GK107M [GeForce GT 650M Mac Edition] vendor: Apple
    driver: nouveau v: kernel alternate: nvidia_drm,nvidia bus-ID: 01:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:0fd5 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: Apple FaceTime HD Camera type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-1.1:3 chip-ID: 05ac:8509 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: server: X.org 1.21.1.3 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Message: Unable to show advanced data. Required tool glxinfo missing.

I found the last three commands from this thread:

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Hi there, the installation looks OK.
But I dont know that you should be trying to modprobe the nvidia.
Bumblebee means things work by using the intel by default, nvidia when called by primusrun or optirun
Example:

glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'
primusrun glxinfo | grep 'renderer string'

Configure Graphics Cards - Manjaro

I guess the main thing would be … do you still get the green screen problem?

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I do not get the green screen problem but my system refuses to boot after a restart…
It just freezes after bumblebee installation finished and I follow by restarting.

Gnome: After fresh install plus updates = Green screen
Xfce: After updates OK - but cant connect external monitor through display port
KDE: After updates OK - but cant connect external monitor through display port

I am fine to run either Xfce or KDE but I need to get the displayport (thunderbolt on macbook) to work, and I thought bumblebee will allow me to do that since using specific drivers for the Nvidia instead of open source ones…?

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Ah. I realize this may have to do with Gnome defaulting to wayland (instead of X11).

The displayport stuff is maybe a different issue. (maybe a different thread?)

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I guess you are right that it is about wayland. I started a new thread. Thanks.