Initially I had a update (with pacman -Syu) running, that crashed without me being present. The computer was then shut down with the off button (after unsuccessful trail of REISUB).
When booting up, Xorg doesn’t start, but I can start it with running
xstart
Then the system seemed intact, apart from sometimes having graphics bugs.
After a couple of days of on-and-off trying to fix this, I am now in a state where I could really need some help, because I can’t call what I have to fix in which order and how.
I thought it was a graphics driver issue and removed video-nvidia in order to check whether Nouveau driver fixes the bugs and then maybe reinstall video-nvidia later.
sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia
Reinstalling nvidia drivers with
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
doesn’t complete:
> Using config 'video-nvidia-470xx' for device: 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1284) Display controller nVidia Corporation GK208 [GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2]
> Installing video-nvidia-470xx...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-470xx/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
community downloading...
multilib downloading...
home_pbek_QOwnNotes_Arch_Extra downloading...
error: target not found: linux59-nvidia-470xx
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!
I am using kernel version 5.10 since the update. Might it be that mhwd still thinks it needs 5.9, because it says: error: target not found: linux59-nvidia-470xx ?
I am also concerned now that the initial interrupted pacman update left e.g. a corrupted package database behind.
Some output, that might be needed. What else is important?
inxi --full --verbosity=7 --filter --no-host
System:
Kernel: 5.10.79-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
Desktop: Xfce 4.16.0 tk: Gtk 3.24.29 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm 4.16.1 vt: 2
dm: LightDM 1.30.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: F2A85-M LE v: Rev X.0x
serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 6504 date: 11/26/2014
Battery:
Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
RAM: total: 7.78 GiB used: 2.38 GiB (30.6%)
RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
Info: Quad Core model: AMD A10-5700 APU with Radeon HD Graphics bits: 64
type: MCP arch: Piledriver rev: 1 cache: L1: 320 KiB L2: 8 MiB bogomips: 27347
Speed: 2024 MHz min/max: 1400/3400 MHz boost: enabled Core speeds (MHz): 1: 2067
2: 1532 3: 1407 4: 1407
Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists extapic
extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht hw_pstate ibs lahf_lm
lbrv lm lwp mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor msr mtrr nodeid_msr
nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb
perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep
skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce
topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA GK208 [GeForce GT 630 Rev. 2] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: nouveau
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1284 class-ID: 0300
Device-2: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 0c45:636b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Display: server: X.Org 1.21.1.1 compositor: xfwm4 v: 4.16.1 driver:
loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz s-dpi: 96
OpenGL: renderer: NV108 v: 4.3 Mesa 21.2.5 direct render: Yes
Audio:
Device-1: AMD FCH Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus-ID: 00:14.2 chip-ID: 1022:780d class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA GK208 HDMI/DP Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
v: kernel bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e0f class-ID: 0403
Device-3: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: USB driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
bus-ID: 1-3:3 chip-ID: 0c45:636b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.10.79-1-MANJARO running: yes
Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.40 running: no
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel port: d000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Device-2: TP-Link 802.11ac NIC type: USB driver: rtl88x2bu bus-ID: 7-1:2
chip-ID: 2357:0138 class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
IF: wlp0s16f1u1 state: up mac: <filter>
IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global broadcast: <filter>
IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.82 TiB used: 354.17 GiB (19.0%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 860 EVO 1TB size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 4B6Q scheme: MBR
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10EZEX-00BN5A0 size: 931.51 GiB
speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: 1A01 scheme: MBR
Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: HL-DT-ST model: DVDRAM GH24NSB0 rev: LN01
dev-links: cdrom
Features: speed: 12 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 62.5 GiB used: 38.8 GiB (62.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 label: N/A
uuid: ccc31f2b-b6f7-41e5-a608-d452c7e20445
ID-2: /boot/efi size: 511 MiB used: 304 KiB (0.1%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda3
label: N/A uuid: 7D8D-9560
ID-3: /home size: 385.03 GiB used: 179.18 GiB (46.5%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda6
label: N/A uuid: e02051e8-80ba-4772-a9d9-d9a8974edfa7
ID-4: /run/timeshift/backup size: 144.21 GiB used: 136.19 GiB (94.4%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda9 label: N/A uuid: a66b5f9f-dc25-467d-9ec1-462baad18622
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: file size: 8.3 GiB used: 256 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
file: /swapfile
Unmounted:
ID-1: /dev/sda1 size: 549 MiB fs: ntfs label: System-reserviert
uuid: C268588A68587EDB
ID-2: /dev/sda2 size: 220.9 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A uuid: 44705AED705AE4E8
ID-3: /dev/sda4 size: 1 KiB fs: <superuser required> label: N/A uuid: N/A
ID-4: /dev/sda7 size: 97.66 GiB fs: ext4 label: N/A
uuid: 52b725d1-99d5-4ec5-948f-ba5d6d803796
ID-5: /dev/sda8 size: 8.2 GiB fs: swap label: N/A
uuid: 5622066f-0444-4857-8aae-0a53f61c2f94
ID-6: /dev/sdb1 size: 100 MiB fs: ntfs label: System-reserviert
uuid: 56BE6F2CBE6F0439
ID-7: /dev/sdb2 size: 931.41 GiB fs: ntfs label: System uuid: F252755C5275270F
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 1-3:3 info: Microdia USB 2.0 Camera type: Video,Audio
driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
power: 500mA chip-ID: 0c45:636b class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 3-2:2 info: Cherry G83 (RS 6000) Keyboard type: Keyboard
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 100mA
chip-ID: 046a:0011 class-ID: 0301
Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Corsair Gaming HARPOON RGB Mouse type: Mouse,HID
driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 300mA
chip-ID: 1b1c:1b3c class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 5 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
Device-1: 7-1:2 info: TP-Link 802.11ac NIC type: Network driver: rtl88x2bu
interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 2357:0138
class-ID: 0000 serial: <filter>
Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 8.5 C mobo: N/A gpu: nouveau temp: 35.0 C
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
Processes: 211 Uptime: 1h 0m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 249 Compilers:
gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1382 pacman: 1375 snap: 7 Shell: Bash v: 5.1.8
running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.09
Those are the questions that I have right now:
-
How can I check if my pacman databases really are intact?
The following didn’t find anything. Would it find problems that stem from an interrupted update or might be likely from my mhwd error?
[ho@Holger ~]$ pacman -Dkv
Root : /
Conf File : /etc/pacman.conf
DB Path : /var/lib/pacman/
Cache Dirs: /var/cache/pacman/pkg/
Hook Dirs : /usr/share/libalpm/hooks/ /etc/pacman.d/hooks/
Lock File : /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
Log File : /var/log/pacman.log
GPG Dir : /etc/pacman.d/gnupg/
Targets : None
No database errors have been found!
- What might be the cause for the failing of the mhwd driver reinstall?
[ho@Holger ~]$ mhwd -l --pci
> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1284) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-nvidia-470xx 2021.11.04 false PCI
video-nvidia-390xx 2021.11.04 false PCI
video-linux 2018.05.04 true PCI
video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-vesa 2017.03.12 true PCI
> 0000:04:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co.,
[...]
[ho@Holger ~]$ sudo mhwd -i pci video-nvidia-470xx
[sudo] password for ho:
> Installing video-nvidia-470xx...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-470xx/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
:: Synchronizing package databases...
core downloading...
extra downloading...
community downloading...
multilib downloading...
home_pbek_QOwnNotes_Arch_Extra downloading...
error: target not found: linux59-nvidia-470xx
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!
I would be very grateful for any advice you might have!
Thanks for reading this!