Grub works, no X, can’t open TTY

Yep, I’ve been the guy who tells this to people, and I’ve seen many threads in which you’ve been the guy who actually helps people; I’m hoping for the latter in this case. I can’t access my computer, so my ability to provide detailed information is limited to what I can remember and what I can enter by phone.

I can’t find my inxi dump or the forum thread that used to have it, but here’s some info that may help.

  • nvidia propriety graphics (2080 super), no integrated gpu
  • Manjaro i3
  • stable branch

I would normally follow these instructions, but can’t get to TTY. I vaguely remember a grub flag that might help, but can’t seem to find documentation of it.