Hoping to avoid reinstalling

Thanks @Mirdarthos. See above.

It looks as if it was successful. But before attempting the upgrade, check the installed kernel(s). From the chroot environment, run and provide the output of:

mhwd-kernel --listinstalled

[manjaro-gnome /]# mhwd-kernel --listinstalled
Currently running: 6.5.5-1-MANJARO (linux65)
The following kernels are installed in your system:

  • linux414
  • linux419
  • linux510
  • linux54
    [manjaro-gnome /]#

Just a couple of side notes.

That directory would be populated when the mount occurs during boot. Since you’ve chrooted in, it’s not there. As you’ve already realised, you probably don’t need anything in there.

That’s not a good place for permanent mounts, it’s better to create /media or /data and put your mount points in there, eg /media/data.

Thanks, point noted. In the new year when I have a bit more time I’m planning to add an extra drive and will at that point probably do a fresh install and I’ll follow your advice. meanwhile though I have some urgent work to do and I need the current setup back up asap!

This one isn’t available in the repositories anymore:

$ mhwd-kernel -l
available kernels:
* linux419
* linux510
* linux515
* linux54
* linux61
* linux65
* linux66
* linux67
* linux61-rt
* linux65-rt
* linux66-rt

So it would seem you have skipped quite a few updates. So refresh the mirror and mirror list, like @brahma said:

And then attempt a full upgrade:

pamac upgrade && pamac upgrade --aur --devel || echo -e '\033[0;91mThere was an error upgrading the system. AUR packages not upgraded.\e[0m'

This will update your system and ONLY if that was successful update any AUR packages.

a Reminder: While use of the AUR is possible, it’s neither recommended nor supported.

I recommend pamac instead of pacman, especially for newcomers as pamac was developed by Manajaro (developers) for Manjaro and just takes care of more thing than pacman. For example:

[manjaro-gnome /]# mhwd-kernel -li && mhwd -l -li
Currently running: 6.5.5-1-MANJARO (linux65)
The following kernels are installed in your system:
   * linux414
   * linux419
   * linux510
   * linux54
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          video-nvidia            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!
> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1c82) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
          video-nvidia            2023.03.23               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-470xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-390xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0380:8086:3e92) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


[manjaro-gnome /]# 

[manjaro-gnome /]# pacman -Qs nvidia
local/egl-wayland 2:1.1.13-1
    EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-2
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/lib32-nvidia-utils 545.29.06-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/libvdpau 1.5-2
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/linux419-nvidia 545.29.06-2 (linux419-extramodules)
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/linux510-nvidia 545.29.06-2 (linux510-extramodules)
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/linux54-nvidia 545.29.06-2 (linux54-extramodules)
    NVIDIA drivers for linux
local/manjaro-gdm-check 20180419-1
    Systemd service to disable wayland if Nvidia closed drivers are active
local/mhwd-nvidia 545.29.06-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 545.29.06
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.157-9
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 390.157
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.223.02-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 470.223.02
local/nvidia-utils 545.29.06-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.17-2 (xorg-drivers)
    Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards
[manjaro-gnome /]#
[manjaro-gnome /]# ldconfig
[manjaro-gnome /]# 

[manjaro-gnome /]# ls /etc/modprobe.d
mhwd-gpu.conf  uvcvideo.conf
[manjaro-gnome /]# find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-mhwd.conf
/etc/X11/mhwd.d/nvidia.conf
[manjaro-gnome /]# 

In view of the output from the commands @brahma suggested, should I proceed with the full upgrade? (The echo part confuses me: is that part of the command?)

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Yes, you can copy-and-paste the whole command. I made it so the it alerts you if it was successful or not.

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That didn’t go well:

[manjaro-gnome /]# pamac upgrade && pamac upgrade --aur --devel || echo -e '\033[0;9

1mThere was an error upgrading the system. AUR packages not upgraded.\e[0m'
Warning: Building packages as dynamic user
Warning: Setting build directory to /var/cache/pamac
Preparing...
Synchronizing package databases...
Refreshing AUR...                                                               
Cloning nordvpn-bin build files...                                              
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
System has not been booted with systemd as init system (PID 1). Can't operate.
Failed to connect to bus: Host is down
Error: Failed to prepare transaction: Failed to clone nordvpn-bin build files


There was an error upgrading the system. AUR packages not upgraded.
[manjaro-gnome /]# 


were you connected to internet before you chrooted?
if yes, did you rerun the update:
pacman-mirrors -f 5 && pacman -Syyu

Yes, connected to the internet, and I’ve just rerun it and “there is nothing to do”!

so you are up to date…
the outputs above also look ok…
post also output from:
inxi -zav7
and logs from the failed boot:
journalctl -b-1 -p4 --no-pager

[manjaro-gnome /]# inxi -zav7
12System:
  12Kernel 6.5.5-1-MANJARO 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 13.2.1 12clocksource tsc
    12available hpet,acpi_pm 12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_GNOME_2304 quiet systemd.show_status=1 splash
    driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  12Desktop GNOME 12tk GTK 12v 3.24.38 12dm N/A 12Distro Manjaro Linux 12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
  12Type Desktop 12Mobo ASUSTeK 12model PRIME Z370-A 12v Rev X.0x 12serial <filter>
    12UEFI-[Legacy] American Megatrends 12v 0606 12date 12/12/2017
12Battery:
  12Message No system battery data found. Is one present?
12Memory:
  12System RAM 12total 16 GiB 12available 15.49 GiB 12used 3.44 GiB (22.2%)
  12Array-1 12capacity 32 GiB 12slots 2 12modules 2 12EC None 12max-module-size 16 GiB 12note est.
  12Device-1 ChannelA-DIMM1 12type no module installed
  12Device-2 ChannelA-DIMM2 12type DDR4 12detail synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) 12size 8 GiB
    12speed 2400 MT/s 12volts 12curr 1.2 12width (bits) 12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer Corsair
    12part-no CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 12serial N/A
  12Device-3 ChannelB-DIMM1 12type no module installed
  12Device-4 ChannelB-DIMM2 12type DDR4 12detail synchronous unbuffered (unregistered) 12size 8 GiB
    12speed 2400 MT/s 12volts 12curr 1.2 12width (bits) 12data 64 12total 64 12manufacturer Corsair
    12part-no CMK16GX4M2A2400C14 12serial N/A
12CPU:
  12Info 12model Intel Core i7-8700 12socket LGA1151 12bits 64 12type MT MCP 12arch Coffee Lake 12gen core 8
    12level v3 12note check 12built 2018 12process Intel 14nm 12family 6 12model-id 0x9E (158) 12stepping 0xA (10)
    12microcode 0xF4
  12Topology 12cpus 1x 12cores 6 12tpc 2 12threads 12 12smt enabled 12cache 12L1 384 KiB
    12desc d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB 12L2 1.5 MiB 12desc 6x256 KiB 12L3 12 MiB 12desc 1x12 MiB
  12Speed (MHz) 12avg 869 12high 1631 12min/max 800/4600 12base/boost 3200/8300 12scaling 12driver intel_pstate
    12governor powersave 12volts 1.0 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12cores 121 800 122 800 123 1631 124 800 125 800 126 800 127 800
    128 800 129 800 1210 800 1211 800 1212 800 12bogomips 76831
  12Flags 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art
    avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de
    ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu fsgsbase
    fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single
    lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe
    pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand rdseed rdtscp
    rep_good sdbg sep smap smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2
    tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec
    xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  12Vulnerabilities
  12Type gather_data_sampling 12mitigation Microcode
  12Type itlb_multihit 12status KVM: VMX disabled
  12Type l1tf 12mitigation PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT vulnerable
  12Type mds 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  12Type meltdown 12mitigation PTI
  12Type mmio_stale_data 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  12Type retbleed 12mitigation IBRS
  12Type spec_rstack_overflow 12status Not affected
  12Type spec_store_bypass 12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl
  12Type spectre_v1 12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
  12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation IBRS, IBPB: conditional, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  12Type srbds 12mitigation Microcode
  12Type tsx_async_abort 12mitigation TSX disabled
12Graphics:
  12Device-1 Intel CoffeeLake-S GT2 [UHD Graphics 630] 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver i915 12v kernel
    12arch Gen-9.5 12process Intel 14nm 12built 2016-20 12ports 12active none 12empty DP-2, HDMI-A-2, HDMI-A-3,
    HDMI-A-4 12bus-ID 00:02.0 12chip-ID 8086:3e92 12class-ID 0380
  12Device-2 NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] 12driver nouveau 12v kernel 12non-free 545.xx+
    12status current (as of 2023-11; EOL~2026-12-xx) 12arch Pascal 12code GP10x 12process TSMC 16nm
    12built 2016-2021 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12ports
    12active DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 12empty DP-1 12bus-ID 01:00.0 12chip-ID 10de:1c82 12class-ID 0300 12temp 41.0 C
  12Device-3 Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 12driver snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 12type USB 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12bus-ID 1-5.4.1:9 12chip-ID 046d:082d 12class-ID 0102 12serial <filter>
  12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.9 12with Xwayland 12v 23.2.2 12driver 12gpu nouveau 12display-ID :0
  12Monitor-1 DVI-D-1 12model NEC 20WGX2 12serial <filter> 12built 2007 12res 1680x1050 12dpi 99 12gamma 1.2
    12size 433x270mm (17.05x10.63") 12diag 510mm (20.1") 12ratio 16:10 12modes 12max 1680x1050 12min 720x400
  12Monitor-2 HDMI-A-1 12model NEC 20WGX2 12serial <filter> 12built 2007 12res 1680x1050 12dpi 99 12gamma 1.2
    12size 433x270mm (17.05x10.63") 12diag 510mm (20.1") 12ratio 16:10 12modes 12max 1680x1050 12min 720x400
  12API OpenGL 12Message Unable to show GL data. glxinfo is missing.
12Audio:
  12Device-1 Intel 200 Series PCH HD Audio 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel
    12bus-ID 00:1f.3 12chip-ID 8086:a2f0 12class-ID 0403
  12Device-2 NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio 12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1
    12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 3 12speed 8 GT/s 12bus-ID 01:00.1 12chip-ID 10de:0fb9
    12class-ID 0403
  12Device-3 Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 12driver snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 12type USB 12rev 2.0
    12speed 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12bus-ID 1-5.4.1:9 12chip-ID 046d:082d 12class-ID 0102 12serial <filter>
  12API ALSA 12v k6.5.5-1-MANJARO 12status kernel-api 12with aoss 12type oss-emulator
    12tools alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  12Server-1 sndiod 12v N/A 12status off 12tools aucat,midicat,sndioctl
  12Server-2 JACK 12v 1.9.22 12status off 12tools N/A
  12Server-3 PipeWire 12v 1.0.0 12status off 12with pipewire-media-session 12status off 12tools pw-cli
  12Server-4 PulseAudio 12v 16.1 12status off 12with 121 pulseaudio-alsa 12type plugin 122 pulseaudio-jack
    12type module 12tools pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
12Network:
  12Device-1 Intel Ethernet I219-V 12vendor ASUSTeK 12driver e1000e 12v kernel 12port N/A 12bus-ID 00:1f.6
    12chip-ID 8086:15b8 12class-ID 0200
  12IF enp0s31f6 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 ASUSTek ASUS USB-BT500 12driver btusb 12v 0.8 12type USB 12rev 1.1 12speed 12 Mb/s 12lanes 1
    12mode 1.1 12bus-ID 1-11:4 12chip-ID 0b05:190e 12class-ID e001 12serial <filter>
  12Report btmgmt 12ID hci0 12rfk-id 0 12state down 12bt-service N/A 12rfk-block 12hardware no 12software no
    12address N/A
12Logical:
  12Message No logical block device data found.
12RAID:
  12Message No RAID data found.
12Drives:
  12Local Storage 12total 1.38 TiB 12used 308.64 GiB (21.8%)
  12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1 12maj-min 259:2 12vendor Samsung 12model MZVKW512HMJP-00000 12size 476.94 GiB
    12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 31.6 Gb/s 12lanes 4 12tech SSD 12serial <filter>
    12fw-rev CXA7500Q 12temp 43.9 C
  12ID-2 /dev/nvme1n1 12maj-min 259:0 12vendor Samsung 12model SSD 970 EVO 1TB 12size 931.51 GiB 12block-size
    12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 31.6 Gb/s 12lanes 4 12tech SSD 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 2B2QEXE7
    12temp 38.9 C
  12ID-3 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor SanDisk 12model Cruzer Force 12size 7.45 GiB 12block-size
    12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 2.0 12spd 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12tech N/A
    12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 1.26
  12Message No optical or floppy data found.
12Partition:
  12ID-1 / 12raw-size 459.55 GiB 12size 451.27 GiB (98.20%) 12used 308.64 GiB (68.4%) 12fs ext4
    12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p2 12maj-min 259:4 12label N/A
    12uuid 57cffb90-5793-4e09-a6e1-47090124a251
  12ID-2 /boot/efi 12raw-size 300 MiB 12size 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 12used 264 KiB (0.1%) 12fs vfat
    12block-size 512 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p1 12maj-min 259:3 12label N/A 12uuid 12D3-6A4D
12Swap:
  12Alert No swap data was found.
12Unmounted:
  12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1p3 12maj-min 259:5 12size 17.09 GiB 12fs swap 12label N/A
    12uuid 9eccf73c-846e-41c2-9df8-92166a2a4579
  12ID-2 /dev/nvme1n1p1 12maj-min 259:1 12size 931.51 GiB 12fs ext4 12label Data
    12uuid d7449928-d30a-4479-bb48-f02d4213b325
  12ID-3 /dev/sda1 12maj-min 8:1 12size 3.52 GiB 12fs N/A 12label MANJARO_GNOME_2304
    12uuid 2023-10-15-11-57-15-00
  12ID-4 /dev/sda2 12maj-min 8:2 12size 4 MiB 12fs N/A 12label MISO_EFI 12uuid E09C-ECCD
12USB:
  12Hub-1 1-0:1 12info hi-speed hub with single TT 12ports 16 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1
    12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Device-1 1-2:2 12info SanDisk Cruzer Force 12type mass storage 12driver usb-storage 12interfaces 1
    12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12power 200mA 12chip-ID 0781:557d 12class-ID 0806
    12serial <filter>
  12Hub-2 1-5:3 12info NEC HighSpeed Hub 12ports 4 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0
    12power 100mA 12chip-ID 0409:005a 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-3 1-5.4:5 12info NEC HighSpeed Hub 12ports 4 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1
    12mode 2.0 12power 100mA 12chip-ID 0409:005a 12class-ID 0900
  12Device-1 1-5.4.1:9 12info Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 12type video,audio
    12driver snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 12interfaces 4 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 2.0
    12power 500mA 12chip-ID 046d:082d 12class-ID 0102 12serial <filter>
  12Device-2 1-11:4 12info ASUSTek ASUS USB-BT500 12type bluetooth 12driver btusb 12interfaces 2 12rev 1.1
    12speed 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12power 500mA 12chip-ID 0b05:190e 12class-ID e001
    12serial <filter>
  12Device-3 1-13:6 12info Jing-Mold Enterprise USB Keyboard 12type keyboard,HID
    12driver hid-generic,usbhid 12interfaces 2 12rev 1.1 12speed 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.0
    12power 100mA 12chip-ID 05af:8277 12class-ID 0301
  12Device-4 1-14:8 12info Microsoft IntelliMouse Optical 12type mouse 12driver hid-generic,usbhid
    12interfaces 1 12rev 1.1 12speed 1.5 Mb/s (183 KiB/s) 12lanes 1 12mode 1.0 12power 100mA 12chip-ID 045e:0029
    12class-ID 0301
  12Hub-4 2-0:1 12info super-speed hub 12ports 10 12rev 3.0 12speed 5 Gb/s (596.0 MiB/s) 12lanes 1
    12mode 3.2 gen-1x1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0003 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-5 3-0:1 12info hi-speed hub with single TT 12ports 2 12rev 2.0 12speed 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s)
    12lanes 1 12mode 2.0 12chip-ID 1d6b:0002 12class-ID 0900
  12Hub-6 4-0:1 12info super-speed hub 12ports 2 12rev 3.1 12speed 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) 12lanes 1
    12mode 3.2 gen-2x1 12chip-ID 1d6b:0003 12class-ID 0900
12Sensors:
  12System Temperatures 12cpu 45.0 C 12mobo N/A 12gpu nouveau 12temp 41.0 C
  12Fan Speeds (rpm) N/A
12Info:
  12Processes 0 12Uptime 25m 12wakeups 0 12Init systemd 12v 254 12default graphical 12tool systemctl 12Compilers
  12gcc 13.2.1 12clang 16.0.6 12Packages 12pm pacman 12pkgs 2001 12libs 472 12tools pamac,yay 12pm flatpak 12pkgs 0
  12Client Unknown Client: systemd 12inxi 3.3.31
[manjaro-gnome /]# 

also the output from logs, and also:
cat /etc/pacman.conf

The output is huge so I saved it to a text file, but I can’t upload it.

[manjaro-gnome /]# cat /etc/pacman.conf
#
# /etc/pacman.conf
#
# See the pacman.conf(5) manpage for option and repository directives

#
# GENERAL OPTIONS
#
[options]
# The following paths are commented out with their default values listed.
# If you wish to use different paths, uncomment and update the paths.
#RootDir     = /
#DBPath      = /var/lib/pacman/
CacheDir = /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
#LogFile     = /var/log/pacman.log
#GPGDir      = /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
#HookDir     = /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
HoldPkg      = pacman glibc manjaro-system
# If upgrades are available for these packages they will be asked for first
SyncFirst    = manjaro-system archlinux-keyring manjaro-keyring
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/curl -C - -f %u > %o
#XferCommand = /usr/bin/wget --passive-ftp -c -O %o %u
#CleanMethod = KeepInstalled
#UseDelta    = 0.7
Architecture = auto

#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnorePkg   =
#IgnoreGroup =

#NoUpgrade   =
#NoExtract   =

# Misc options
#UseSyslog
#Color
#TotalDownload
# We cannot check disk space from within a chroot environment
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists

# By default, pacman accepts packages signed by keys that its local keyring
# trusts (see pacman-key and its man page), as well as unsigned packages.
SigLevel    = Required DatabaseOptional
LocalFileSigLevel = Optional
#RemoteFileSigLevel = Required

# NOTE: You must run `pacman-key --init` before first using pacman; the local
# keyring can then be populated with the keys of all official Manjaro Linux
# packagers with `pacman-key --populate archlinux manjaro`.

#
# REPOSITORIES
#   - can be defined here or included from another file
#   - pacman will search repositories in the order defined here
#   - local/custom mirrors can be added here or in separate files
#   - repositories listed first will take precedence when packages
#     have identical names, regardless of version number
#   - URLs will have $repo replaced by the name of the current repo
#   - URLs will have $arch replaced by the name of the architecture
#
# Repository entries are of the format:
#       [repo-name]
#       Server = ServerName
#       Include = IncludePath
#
# The header [repo-name] is crucial - it must be present and
# uncommented to enable the repo.
#

# The testing repositories are disabled by default. To enable, uncomment the
# repo name header and Include lines. You can add preferred servers immediately
# after the header, and they will be used before the default mirrors.

[core]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[extra]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

[community]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# If you want to run 32 bit applications on your x86_64 system,
# enable the multilib repositories as required here.

[multilib]
SigLevel = PackageRequired
Include = /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist

# An example of a custom package repository.  See the pacman manpage for
# tips on creating your own repositories.
#[custom]
#SigLevel = Optional TrustAll
#Server = file:///home/custompkgs

[manjaro-gnome /]# 


that log output shouldnt be that huge, so post only the last 200 logs:
journalctl -b-1 -p4 --no-pager | tail -200

I’d missed this in my earlier searching:

jorglinux

Aug '22

Update && closure of thread

To solve this problem I finally ran:

sudo pacman -Scc
This will clean all the cache related to pacman

Then reinstalled gnome-shell, gnome-terminal, gnome-session using sudo pacman -S

Might this be worth trying? I don’t want to make matters worse!

this will not make things works, and its worth a try… but first post the logs…