I messed up my graphics drivers. What can I do to remedy this?

Hi! I was messing around with graphics drivers to try and get Path of Exile 2 to work on Steam. I however, messed up a tiny bit :slight_smile:

I no longer can get into TTY and had to use a live USB to chroot into the system and get logs out. Which I’ve included below. What can I do to fix the issue I am having without completely re-installing the system? I’ve done a considerable amount of customization, and unfortunately didn’t do a backup. I appreciate any guidance, and if reinstalling is my best bet, I’m all good with that! :slight_smile:

inxi:

2System:
 12Kernel 6.10.13-3-MANJARO 12arch x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler gcc 12v 14.2.1
   12clocksource tsc 12avail hpet,acpi_pm 12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64
   lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC misobasedir=manjaro
   misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2412 quiet systemd.show_status=1 splash
   driver=nonfree nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
 12Desktop KDE Plasma 12v ERR-101 12tk Qt 12v N/A 12dm N/A 12Distro Manjaro
   12base Arch Linux
12Machine:
 12Type Desktop 12Mobo ASRock 12model Z590M Pro4 12serial <filter>
   12uuid 8859a1a8-d80d-0000-0000-000000000000 12UEFI American Megatrends LLC.
   12v L2.22 12date 01/18/2024
12CPU:
 12Info 12model 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900KF 12socket LGA1200 12bits 64 12type MT MCP
   12arch Rocket Lake 12gen core 11 12level v4 12note check 12built 2021+
   12process Intel 14nm 12family 6 12model-id 0xA7 (167) 12stepping 1 12microcode 0x62
 12Topology 12cpus 1x 12dies 1 12clusters 8 12cores 8 12threads 16 12tpc 2 12smt enabled
   12cache 12L1 640 KiB 12desc d-8x48 KiB; i-8x32 KiB 12L2 4 MiB 12desc 8x512 KiB
   12L3 16 MiB 12desc 1x16 MiB
 12Speed (MHz) 12avg 800 12min/max 800/5100:5300 12base/boost 3366/8500 12scaling
   12driver intel_pstate 12governor powersave 12volts 1.0 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12cores
   121 800 122 800 123 800 124 800 125 800 126 800 127 800 128 800 129 800 1210 800 1211 800 1212 800
   1213 800 1214 800 1215 800 1216 800 12bogomips 112160
 12Flags avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
 12Vulnerabilities
 12Type gather_data_sampling 12mitigation Microcode
 12Type itlb_multihit 12status Not affected
 12Type l1tf 12status Not affected
 12Type mds 12status Not affected
 12Type meltdown 12status Not affected
 12Type mmio_stale_data 12mitigation Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
 12Type reg_file_data_sampling 12status Not affected
 12Type retbleed 12mitigation Enhanced 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 Enhanced / Automatic IBRS; IBPB: conditional;
   RSB filling; PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence; BHI: SW loop, KVM: SW loop
 12Type srbds 12status Not affected
 12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
 12Device-1 NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate] 12vendor Micro-Star MSI
   12driver nvidia 12v 550.120 12non-free 550/565.xx+ 12status current (as of 2025-01;
   EOL~2026-12-xx) 12arch Ampere 12code GAxxx 12process TSMC n7 (7nm)
   12built 2020-2023 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max 12gen 4
   12speed 16 GT/s 12bus-ID 01:00.0 12chip-ID 10de:2504 12class-ID 0300
 12Display 12server X.org 12v 1.21.1.14 12with Xwayland 12v 24.1.4 12driver 12X
   12loaded modesetting 12alternate fbdev,vesa 12gpu nvidia 12display-ID :0
 12Monitor-1 Unknown-1 12size-res N/A 12modes 1024x768
 12API EGL 12v 1.5 12platforms 12device 1 12drv swrast 12gbm 12drv kms_swrast 12surfaceless
   12drv swrast 12inactive wayland,x11,device-0
 12API OpenGL 12v 4.5 12vendor mesa 12v 24.2.8-arch1.1 12note incomplete (EGL sourced)
   12renderer llvmpipe (LLVM 18.1.8 256 bits)
 12API Vulkan 12Message No Vulkan data available.
 12Info 12Tools 12api clinfo, eglinfo, glxinfo, vulkaninfo
   12de kscreen-console,kscreen-doctor 12wl wayland-info 12x11 xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
12Audio:
 12Device-1 Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio 12vendor ASRock 12driver snd_hda_intel
   12v kernel 12bus-ID 00:1f.3 12chip-ID 8086:43c8 12class-ID 0403
 12Device-2 NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio 12vendor Micro-Star MSI
   12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12pcie 12gen 1 12speed 2.5 GT/s 12lanes 16 12link-max
   12gen 4 12speed 16 GT/s 12bus-ID 01:00.1 12chip-ID 10de:228e 12class-ID 0403
 12Device-3 Samson C01U Pro condenser microphone
   12driver hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 12type USB 12rev 1.1 12speed 12 Mb/s
   12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12bus-ID 1-3:3 12chip-ID 17a0:0303 12class-ID 0300
 12Device-4 HP HyperX Cloud Stinger Core Wireless DTS
   12driver hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid 12type USB 12rev 1.1 12speed 12 Mb/s
   12lanes 1 12mode 1.1 12bus-ID 1-4:5 12chip-ID 03f0:0a8e 12class-ID 0300
   12serial <filter>
 12API ALSA 12v k6.10.13-3-MANJARO 12status kernel-api 12with aoss 12type oss-emulator
   12tools alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
 12Server-1 JACK 12v 1.9.22 12status off 12tools N/A
 12Server-2 PipeWire 12v 1.2.7 12status off 12with 121 pipewire-pulse 12status off
   122 wireplumber 12status off 123 pipewire-alsa 12type plugin
   12tools pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
12Network:
 12Device-1 Intel Ethernet I219-V 12vendor ASRock 12driver e1000e 12v kernel 12port N/A
   12bus-ID 00:1f.6 12chip-ID 8086:15fa 12class-ID 0200
 12IF enp0s31f6 12state up 12speed 1000 Mbps 12duplex full 12mac <filter>
 12Info 12services No services found.
12Drives:
 12Local Storage 12total 5.96 TiB 12used 200.81 GiB (3.3%)
 12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
 12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1 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 45.9 C
 12ID-2 /dev/sda 12maj-min 8:0 12vendor Seagate 12model ST4000VN006-3CW104
   12size 3.64 TiB 12block-size 12physical 4096 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s
   12tech N/A 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev SC60
 12ID-3 /dev/sdb 12maj-min 8:16 12vendor Silicon Power 12model SPCC Solid State Disk
   12size 953.87 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 6.0 Gb/s
   12tech SSD 12serial <filter> 12fw-rev 4A0
 12ID-4 /dev/sdc 12maj-min 8:32 12vendor Kingston 12model DataTraveler 3.0
   12size 28.82 GiB 12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 3.2
   12spd 5 Gb/s 12lanes 1 12mode 3.2 gen-1x1 12tech N/A 12serial <filter>
 12ID-5 /dev/sdd 12maj-min 8:48 12vendor Samsung 12model PSSD T7 12size 465.76 GiB
   12block-size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12type USB 12rev 2.1 12spd 480 Mb/s 12lanes 1
   12mode 2.0 12tech SSD 12serial <filter>
12Partition:
 12ID-1 / 12raw-size 901.97 GiB 12size 886.74 GiB (98.31%) 12used 200.81 GiB (22.6%)
   12fs ext4 12block-size 4096 B 12dev /dev/sdb2 12maj-min 8:18
 12ID-2 /boot/efi 12raw-size 300 MiB 12size 299.4 MiB (99.80%) 12used 292 KiB (0.1%)
   12fs vfat 12block-size 512 B 12dev /dev/sdb1 12maj-min 8:17
12Swap:
 12Alert No swap data was found.
12Sensors:
 12System Temperatures 12cpu 40.0 C 12mobo N/A
 12Fan Speeds (rpm) N/A
12Info:
 12Memory 12total 48 GiB 12available 46.91 GiB 12used 3.48 GiB (7.4%)
 12Processes 0 12Power 12uptime 9m 12states freeze,mem,disk 12suspend deep
   12avail s2idle 12wakeups 0 12hibernate platform 12avail shutdown, reboot, suspend,
   test_resume 12image 18.72 GiB 12Init systemd 12v 256 12default graphical
   12tool systemctl
 12Packages 12pm pacman 12pkgs 1529 12libs 417 12tools pamac 12pm flatpak 12pkgs 0
   12Compilers 12clang 18.1.8 12gcc 14.2.1 12alt 13 12Client systemd 12inxi 3.3.37

journalctl:

Jan 18 15:54:10 albatross systemd-modules-load[391]: Failed to find module 'nvidia'
Jan 18 15:54:10 albatross systemd-modules-load[391]: Failed to find module 'nvidia_drm'
Jan 18 15:54:10 albatross systemd-modules-load[391]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-uvm'
Jan 18 15:54:15 albatross sddm[696]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 18 15:54:17 albatross sddm[696]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 18 15:54:19 albatross sddm[696]: Failed to read display number from pipe
Jan 18 15:54:19 albatross sddm[696]: Could not start Display server on vt 2
Jan 18 16:05:39 albatross dbus-broker-launch[601]: Activation request for 'org.freedesktop.nm_dispatcher' failed.
Jan 18 16:05:40 albatross kernel: watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop!

Other Logs:

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1RJnxUcvJAqV9DobbMWZ0ec1C_3--MM-x?usp=sharing

Hello and welcome.

Thank you for sharing a plethora of information.

Though you missed one:

mhwd -li -l

But I can see from here you are running an EOL (dead) kernel.
This would mean your system is in an unsupportable and out of date state … trying to mess with drivers likely also compounded problems because, for example, no modules would exist for a dead kernel.

We may wish to see all of them then too

mhwd-kernel -li
# OR
pacman -Qs '^linux[0-9][0-9]'

Also note you can make pastes with any of these commands, like so;

pacman -Qs '^linux[0-9][0-9]' | curl -F 'file=@-' https://0x0.st

From there you will need to ensure at least one working LTS kernel is installed (6.6, 6.12)

sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux612

Then remove the dead kernels

sudo mhwd-kernel -r linux610
## OR if mhwd fails somehow
sudo pacman -Rns linux610

We can also make sure you have working mirrors and are synced/up-to-date;

sudo pacman-mirrors --continent && sudo pacman -Syu

When you have completed these steps you may wish to also reinstall your graphics drivers;

sudo mhwd -f -a pci nonfree 0300 
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Restore from your last backup?

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