Hello dear all,
The question is coming from a complete newbie corner, so please forgive me if I ask dumb questions 
- I’ve tried to do a full system upgrade on a laptop which I was not using for quite a while, using
sudo pacman -Syu. - Upgrade failed (please refer to a screenshot).
- I’ve made slight attempt to delete this python thingy package (so that I could get rid of this issue), but after seeing that pacman itself depends on it, I hesitated to do so
- Also, I forgot to plugin my charger so laptop did shutdown quite abruptly. After turning it back on I’ve bumped into an issue - it cannot fully start, it fails with
[FAILED] Failed to start Load Kernel Modules - Thankfully, I was able to login using terminal (by pressing
ctrl+alt+f2) and get some system information (please refer below) - After some googling and inspecting
journalctl -b 0output, I’ve bumped into some complaints regarding nvidia. So I decided to delete packages (see screenshot on this as well), but it seemed to make things only worse as now I don’t even see “Failed to start Load Kernel Modules” error in console, only MSI logo remains on the screen. - But I still was able to get to a console by doing
ctrl+alt+f2and get another output ofjournalctl -b 0, please see below as well
At this point I decided to stop any further attempts while I’m able to get to a console 
I’m hoping you could help me achieve 2 things, would really appreciate it:
- Fix system start - so it actually starts so I can get to GUI
- Solve this package dependency issues and finish full system upgrade
Please help and also please let me know if there is some additional information I can provide
p.s. While googling I’ve bumped into journalctl -b 0 command, hopefully it will help to diagnose an issue (yes, there is some personal information disclosed, hopefully no harm could come out of it). I’ve found those Load Kernel Modules errors there, but couldn’t understand how to fix them…
Attachment: First system upgrade failure:
Attachment: inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host --width output:
System:
Kernel: 5.4.72-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 10.2.0
parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.4-x86_64
root=UUID=f03a99b3-8753-47be-a685-ef1b6a432e9b rw quiet
resume=UUID=7dc4c251-fe04-4b4d-9cc1-b11c968ffb08
Console: tty 2 Distro: Manjaro Linux
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Micro-Star product: GT72S 6QF v: REV:1.0
serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
Mobo: Micro-Star model: MS-1783 v: REV:1.0 serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: E1783IMS.11D date: 10/14/2016
Battery:
ID-1: BAT1 charge: 6.3 Wh condition: 8.6/86.6 Wh (10%) volts: 12.2/11.1
model: MSI BIF0_9 type: Li-ion serial: N/A status: Charging
Memory:
RAM: total: 31.32 GiB used: 257.4 MiB (0.8%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-6820HK bits: 64 type: MT MCP
arch: Skylake-S family: 6 model-id: 5E (94) stepping: 3 microcode: D6
L2 cache: 8192 KiB bogomips: 43214
Speed: 800 MHz min/max: 800/3600 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800
4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 802 8: 800
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat 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 hle 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 rtm sdbg sep smap smep 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
Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: Split huge pages
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 mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GM204M [GeForce GTX 980 Mobile] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: N/A alternate: nouveau, nvidia_drm, nvidia bus ID: 01:00.0
chip ID: 10de:161a
Display: server: X.org 1.20.9 driver: nvidia tty: 240x67
Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console. Try -G --display
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 100 Series/C230 Series Family HD Audio
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3
chip ID: 8086:a170
Device-2: NVIDIA GM204 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 chip ID: 10de:0fbb
Device-3: Logitech Webcam C270 type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus ID: 1-1.3:6 chip ID: 046d:0825 serial: <filter>
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.72-1-MANJARO
Network:
Device-1: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
vendor: Bigfoot Networks driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel port: d000
bus ID: 03:00.0 chip ID: 168c:003e
IF: wlp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros Killer E2400 Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: alx v: kernel port: c000 bus ID: 05:00.0
chip ID: 1969:e0a1
IF: enp5s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0 type: USB driver: btusb
bus ID: 1-10:5 chip ID: 0cf3:e300
WAN IP: <filter>
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.03 TiB used: 489.06 GiB (46.5%)
SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVPV128HDGM-00000
size: 119.24 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: BXW7300Q scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/nvme1n1 vendor: Samsung model: MZVPV128HDGM-00000
size: 119.24 GiB block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
lanes: 4 serial: <filter> rev: BXW7300Q scheme: GPT
ID-3: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
block size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s serial: <filter>
rev: 4B6Q scheme: GPT
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: BD-RE BU20N rev: 1.00
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
RAID:
Message: No RAID data was found.
Partition:
ID-1: / raw size: 112.88 GiB size: 110.61 GiB (97.99%)
used: 66.47 GiB (60.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme1n1p2 label: N/A
uuid: f03a99b3-8753-47be-a685-ef1b6a432e9b
ID-2: /boot/efi raw size: 512.0 MiB size: 511.0 MiB (99.80%)
used: 292 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme1n1p1 label: N/A uuid: A6BA-85CA
ID-3: /mnt/drive_d raw size: 673.18 GiB size: 673.18 GiB (100.00%)
used: 364.40 GiB (54.1%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/sda5 label: DATA2
uuid: 3C9263A95FF7EC53
ID-4: /mnt/ssd2 raw size: 119.24 GiB size: 119.24 GiB (100.00%)
used: 58.19 GiB (48.8%) fs: ntfs dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 label: SSD2
uuid: 7DB9C20A1176736A
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache pressure: 100 (default)
ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 5.86 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
dev: /dev/nvme1n1p3 label: N/A uuid: 7dc4c251-fe04-4b4d-9cc1-b11c968ffb08
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 128.0 MiB fs: <superuser/root required> label: N/A
uuid: N/A
ID-2: /dev/sda2 size: 300.0 MiB fs: vfat label: SYSTEM uuid: 76E9-4C21
ID-3: /dev/sda3 size: 237.18 GiB fs: ntfs label: OS_Install
uuid: 4ED85E1BCBD7F987
ID-4: /dev/sda4 size: 900.0 MiB fs: ntfs label: WinRE tools
uuid: 39A9C41A8F60D8B6
ID-5: /dev/sda6 size: 19.85 GiB fs: ntfs label: BIOS_RVY
uuid: 7FA52BEB1EBA3F15
USB:
Hub: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0002
Hub: 1-1:2 info: Realtek RTS5411 Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 0bda:5411
Device-1: 1-1.2:4 info: Logitech M-U0007 [Corded Mouse M500] type: Mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
chip ID: 046d:c069
Device-2: 1-1.3:6 info: Logitech Webcam C270 type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip ID: 046d:0825 serial: <filter>
Device-3: 1-1.4:7 info: SiGma Micro Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
chip ID: 1c4f:0026
Device-4: 1-7:3 info: MSI steel series rgb keyboard type: HID driver: usbhid
interfaces: 1 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s chip ID: 1770:ff00 serial: <filter>
Device-5: 1-10:5 info: Qualcomm Atheros QCA61x4 Bluetooth 4.0
type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip ID: 0cf3:e300
Hub: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 10 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip ID: 1d6b:0003
Hub: 2-2:2 info: Realtek Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip ID: 0bda:0411
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 69.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 179 Uptime: 1m Init: systemd v: 246 Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0
clang: 10.0.1 Packages: pacman: 1410 lib: 400 flatpak: 0 Shell: Bash
v: 5.0.18 running in: tty 2 inxi: 3.1.05
Attachment: Part of the journalctl -b 0 after first failed boot which I think is relevant
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=046d, idProduct=0825, bcdDevice= 0.10
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: usb 1-1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=0, Product=0, SerialNumber=2
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: usb 1-1.3: SerialNumber: 1B125350
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd-modules-load[281]: Failed to insert module 'nvidia': Exec format error
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd[1]: Finished Flush Journal to Persistent Storage.
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-journal-flush comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1634488951.468:3): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-journal-flush comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd[1]: Started Rule-based Manager for Device Events and Files.
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-udevd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=lvm2-lvmetad comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd[1]: Started LVM2 metadata daemon.
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1634488951.484:4): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-udevd comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1634488951.484:5): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=lvm2-lvmetad comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=success'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd-modules-load[281]: Failed to insert module 'nvidia_drm': Exec format error
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: nvidia: disagrees about version of symbol module_layout
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd-modules-load[281]: Inserted module 'uinput'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: fbcon: Taking over console
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc kernel: audit: type=1130 audit(1634488951.544:6): pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-modules-load comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc audit[1]: SERVICE_START pid=1 uid=0 auid=4294967295 ses=4294967295 msg='unit=systemd-modules-load comm="systemd" exe="/usr/lib/systemd/systemd" hostname=? addr=? terminal=? res=failed'
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Main process exited, code=exited, status=1/FAILURE
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd[1]: systemd-modules-load.service: Failed with result 'exit-code'.
Oct 17 19:42:31 sergey-pc systemd[1]: Failed to start Load Kernel Modules.
Deletion of nvidia packages:
Attachment: Part of the journalctl -b 0 after deletion of nvidia packages which I think is relevant
Oct 17 20:25:25 sergey-pc systemd-modules-load[275]: Failed to find module 'nvidia'
Oct 17 20:25:25 sergey-pc systemd-modules-load[275]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-drm'
. I used these steps to recover my system:
But anyways thank you for willingness to help