KDE Testing nVidia - Black Screen When Booting After Last Testing Update? Need Help!

Hi,

Everything was fine up until I installed the latest “Testing” updates today.
Installation went fine, but now the computer boots to a black screen?

Running KDE on the Testing branch with an nVidia GPU.
Selecting different Kernels does not help.
Please help, running off of a live USB now.

Jesse

Did it? We can only believe you at this point. I believe it wasn’t fine.

The usual… [HowTo] Provide System Information and so on [HowTo] Receive better support, [HowTo] How do I ask a question?, you’re not a new Jack here…

I don’t know what to provide.
I am running off of a live USB.
This is a bit more complicated - the Manjaro drive is LUKS encrypted…

How would I force open source nVidia display driver loading from grub menu?

    ~  inxi -v7azy                                                                                    ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 5.15.60-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.1
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_KDE_2137 quiet systemd.show_status=1
    driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.24.6 tk: Qt v: 5.15.5 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: TUF GAMING X570-PLUS (WI-FI) v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 4403
    date: 04/27/2022
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 31.26 GiB used: 3.02 GiB (9.7%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 7 5800X bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen 3 gen: 4
    built: 2021-22 process: TSMC n7 (7nm) family: 0x19 (25) model-id: 0x21 (33)
    stepping: 2 microcode: 0xA20120A
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 8 tpc: 2 threads: 16 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 512 KiB desc: d-8x32 KiB; i-8x32 KiB L2: 4 MiB desc: 8x512 KiB
    L3: 32 MiB desc: 1x32 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2967 high: 3600 min/max: 2200/4850 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2496 2: 2869
    3: 3310 4: 3598 5: 2878 6: 3593 7: 2878 8: 2872 9: 3600 10: 2878 11: 2878
    12: 2876 13: 2431 14: 2566 15: 2875 16: 2877 bogomips: 121660
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm adx aes aperfmperf apic arat avic avx avx2 bmi1
    bmi2 bpext cat_l3 cdp_l3 clflush clflushopt clwb clzero cmov cmp_legacy
    constant_tsc cpb cpuid cqm cqm_llc cqm_mbm_local cqm_mbm_total
    cqm_occup_llc cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists erms extapic
    extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fpu fsgsbase fsrm fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibrs ibs invpcid irperf lahf_lm lbrv lm mba mca mce
    misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor movbe msr mtrr mwaitx nonstop_tsc nopl npt
    nrip_save nx ospke osvw overflow_recov pae pat pausefilter pclmulqdq
    pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_llc perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pku pni popcnt
    pse pse36 rapl rdpid rdpru rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good sep sha_ni
    skinit smap smca smep ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 stibp succor
    svm svm_lock syscall tce topoext tsc tsc_scale umip v_spec_ctrl
    v_vmsave_vmload vaes vgif vmcb_clean vme vmmcall vpclmulqdq wbnoinvd wdt
    x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveerptr xsaveopt xsaves
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  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: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: always-on, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 [GeForce RTX 3060 Lite Hash Rate]
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 515.xx+
    status: current (as of 2022-07) arch: Ampere code: GAxxx process: TSMC n7
    (7nm) built: 2020-22 pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: HDMI-A-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,DP-3 bus-ID: 0a:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2504
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 5-3:6 chip-ID: 046d:082d
    class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa gpu: nouveau display-ID: :0
    screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x285mm (20.00x11.22")
    s-diag: 582mm (22.93")
  Monitor-1: HDMI-A-1 mapped: HDMI-1 model: Acer R240HY serial: <filter>
    built: 2017 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 93 gamma: 1.2
    size: 527x296mm (20.75x11.65") diag: 604mm (23.8") ratio: 16:9 modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  OpenGL: renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 14.0.6 256 bits) v: 4.5 Mesa 22.1.6
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GA106 High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel bus-ID: 5-3:6 v: kernel pcie: chip-ID: 046d:082d
    gen: 4 class-ID: 0102 speed: 16 GT/s serial: <filter> lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0a:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 4 speed: 16 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 0c:00.4 chip-ID: 1022:1487 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.60-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: e000
    bus-ID: 04:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp4s0 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-2: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 05:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2526 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp5s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-3: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 06:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp6s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter type: USB driver: btusb
    v: 0.8 bus-ID: 3-5:4 chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 0 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.52 TiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: SSD 980 PRO 2TB
    size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 5B2QGXA7 temp: 36.9 C scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Seagate model: ST4000DX005-3GH101
    size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter> rev: FC01 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 type: USB vendor: ASolid model: USB
    size: 58.59 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1 size: 300 MiB fs: vfat label: NO_LABEL
    uuid: C724-C72F
  ID-2: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 3.32 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-3: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: C80E-8B3F
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-4:2 info: ASolid USB_0114 type: Mass Storage
    driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 200mA
    chip-ID: 24a9:205a class-ID: 0806 serial: <filter>
  Hub-2: 1-5:3 info: Terminus Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 1a40:0101 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5.4:4 info: Realtek Mass Storage Device (Multicard Reader)
    type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 0bda:0151 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-1:2 info: HP OfficeJet 3830 series type: Printer driver: usblp
    interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 03f0:e511
    class-ID: 0701 serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 3-2:3 info: Dell Keyboard Hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 413c:1003 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2.1:5 info: Dell Keyboard type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 50mA
    chip-ID: 413c:2010 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 3-5:4 info: Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter
    type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0025 class-ID: e001
  Device-3: 3-6:6 info: ASUSTek AURA LED Controller type: HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 16mA
    chip-ID: 0b05:18f3 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 5-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 4 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-3:6 info: Logitech HD Pro Webcam C920 type: Video,Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 046d:082d class-ID: 0102 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 5-4:7 info: Sunplus Innovation Gaming mouse [Philips SPK9304]
    type: Mouse driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0
    speed: 1.5 Mb/s power: 98mA chip-ID: 1bcf:08a0 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-8: 6-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 41.2 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 339 Uptime: 42m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.1 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: pacman: 1209 lib: 318 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash
  v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.20

This is the update that broke my system:
Currently running off of live USB and backing up my Home folder to a 2TB external drive.
Probably easiest to reinstall Manjaro KDE

or just switch back to the stable branch
also were you running the 5.18 kernel? it was dropped - end of life

How can I switch to “Stable” branch and update?
My Manjaro KDE won’t boot.
Running live USB now.

Also was using Kernel 5.19.

you can chroot from manjaro live usb:
manjaro-chroot -a

Tried that already - does not work (running Manjaro on a M.2 drive)

that doesnt matter, unless you are using btrfs, then you have to do it manually

    ~  sudo manjaro-chroot -a                                                                     255 ✘ 
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1.  Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sdb1.  Check your device.map.
==> ERROR: No Linux partitions detected!

are you using btrfs? or encryption?

Not using btrfs, but yes I am using LUKS encryption

so post output from:
lsblk -o PATH,PTTYPE,PARTTYPE,FSTYPE,PARTTYPENAME

    ~  lsblk -o PATH,PTTYPE,PARTTYPE,FSTYPE,PARTTYPENAME                                  255 ✘  21s  
PATH                                           PTTYPE PARTTYPE                             FSTYPE PARTTYPENAME
/dev/loop0                                                                                 squash 
/dev/loop1                                                                                 squash 
/dev/loop2                                                                                 squash 
/dev/loop3                                                                                 squash 
/dev/sda                                       gpt                                                
/dev/sda1                                      gpt    0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4 crypto Linux filesystem
/dev/sdb                                       dos                                         iso966 
/dev/sdb1                                      dos    0x0                                  iso966 Empty
/dev/sdb2                                      dos    0xef                                 vfat   EFI (FAT-12/16/32)
/dev/sdc                                                                                          
/dev/sdd                                                                                          
/dev/sde                                                                                          
/dev/sdf                                                                                          
/dev/mapper/luks-440db0cd-b663-44ee-ab79-06933f85b48c
                                                                                           ext4   
/dev/mapper/luks-f582c9be-160a-4e97-b241-6c549af441e2
                                                                                           ext4   
/dev/nvme0n1                                   gpt                                                
/dev/nvme0n1p1                                 gpt    c12a7328-f81f-11d2-ba4b-00a0c93ec93b vfat   EFI System
/dev/nvme0n1p2                                 gpt    0fc63daf-8483-4772-8e79-3d69d8477de4 crypto Linux filesystem
    ~ 

so run these:

sudo cryptsetup -v luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p2 cryptDrive
sudo mount /dev/mapper/cryptDrive /mnt
sudo manjaro-chroot /mnt

if there are no errors, rerun update again:
pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && pacman -Syyu

Ok, I will try that soon - just waiting for backup of home folder to external HDD to finish…
I appreciate the help (been running Linux for over 10 years and don’t know much about it)

ok, and what exactly is the issue? only a black screen, no error message?
did you tried booting with different kernels, if you have any installed?
was the grub menu shown, if you have it set it up to be shown?
were you prompted for your luks password?

Black screen after entering encryption password
I can press [Esc] to get GRUB menu.
Tried 3 different Kernels but still black screen.
Backup complete, will try your suggestion above now

Ok, I ran the above in terminal, no errors…
I then rebooted, but still no log in screen?
(after encryption password entered I get a black screen)