Help requested following nVidia driver update

Could some kind soul please walk me through getting my system back.
System boots fine but X server fails to start.

Graphics card: nVidia G92 [GeForce 8800 GTS 512]
Kernel: x86_64 Linux 5.4.85-1-MANJARO

$ cat /var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    40.515] (--) Log file renamed from "/var/log/Xorg.pid-815.log" to "/var/log/Xorg.0.log"
[    40.516] 
X.Org X Server 1.20.10
X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    40.516] Build Operating System: Linux Manjaro Linux
[    40.516] Current Operating System: Linux rigsby-manjaro 4.19.163-1-MANJARO #1 SMP Fri Dec 11 17:21:11 UTC 2020 x86_64
[    40.516] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.19-x86_64 root=UUID=3788d943-583e-4f9f-82f2-6b84d1ed636b rw quiet udev.log_priority=3 resume=UUID=dc86afd5-a6e8-4876-9e1c-c9ada34e014e
[    40.516] Build Date: 16 December 2020  10:33:32PM
[    40.516]  
[    40.516] Current version of pixman: 0.40.0
[    40.516]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    40.516] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
(++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
(WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    40.516] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Fri Jan  8 19:19:21 2021
[    40.516] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    40.516] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    40.516] (==) ServerLayout "Layout0"
[    40.516] (**) |-->Screen "Screen0" (0)
[    40.516] (**) |   |-->Monitor "Monitor0"
[    40.516] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[    40.516] (**) |-->Input Device "Keyboard0"
[    40.516] (**) |-->Input Device "Mouse0"
[    40.516] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    40.516] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    40.516] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    40.517] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[    40.517] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    40.517] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/OTF" does not exist.
[    40.517]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    40.517] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/Type1" does not exist.
[    40.517]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    40.517] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi" does not exist.
[    40.517]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    40.517] (WW) The directory "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi" does not exist.
[    40.517]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    40.517] (==) FontPath set to:
/usr/share/fonts/misc,
/usr/share/fonts/TTF
[    40.517] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    40.517] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[    40.517] (WW) Hotplugging is on, devices using drivers 'kbd', 'mouse' or 'vmmouse' will be disabled.
[    40.517] (WW) Disabling Keyboard0
[    40.517] (WW) Disabling Mouse0
[    40.517] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    40.517]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    40.517]    X.Org Video Driver: 24.1
[    40.517]    X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[    40.517]    X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    40.517] (++) using VT number 1

[    40.517] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    40.518] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    40.521] (--) PCI:*(1@0:0:0) 10de:0600:10de:0502 rev 162, Mem @ 0xe6000000/16777216, 0xd0000000/268435456, 0xe4000000/33554432, I/O @ 0x00009000/128, BIOS @ 0x????????/131072
[    40.521] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    40.521] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    40.521] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    40.523] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    40.523]    compiled for 1.20.10, module version = 1.0.0
[    40.523]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    40.523] (II) LoadModule: "nvidia"
[    40.523] (WW) Warning, couldn't open module nvidia
[    40.523] (EE) Failed to load module "nvidia" (module does not exist, 0)
[    40.523] (EE) No drivers available.
[    40.523] (EE)
Fatal server error:
[    40.523] (EE) no screens found(EE)
[    40.523] (EE)
Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support
at http://wiki.x.org
for help.
[    40.523] (EE) Please also check the log file at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log" for additional information.
[    40.523] (EE)
[    40.523] (EE) Server terminated with error (1). Closing log file.

need return

inxi -Fza --no-host 

Please post the output of mhwd -li and pacman -Qs nvidia.

Thank you for your help. Issue has been resolved :+1:

$ mhwd -li
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!

$ pacman -Qs nvidia
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.4-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libvdpau 1.4-1
Nvidia VDPAU library
local/mhwd-nvidia 455.45.01-3
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 455.45.01
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.138-1
MHWD module-ids for nvidia 390.138
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.16-2 (xorg-drivers)
Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards

I think your problem is that no nvidia driver is installed. Try running sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300.

$ sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
[sudo] password for fig:
> Skipping already installed config 'video-linux' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:0600) Display controller nVidia Corporation G92 [GeForce 8800 GTS 512]

I see, the required driver for that particular GPU is not readily available in the Manjaro repositories, so you need to follow this guide to manually install them.

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Thank you. I shall report back soon.

Success!

Thank you very much.
Is there anything I need to consider in the future? Will I need to repeat this process when kernels are updated?

No, it’ll do it automatically.

Excellent! :slightly_smiling_face:
Thank you, again. Awesome community. :+1:

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