Lightdm breaks after latest kernel update

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After upgrading to the packages linux-latest-5.8-1 linux-latest-virtualbox-guest-modules-5.8-1 linux-latest-virtualbox-host-modules-5.8-1 linux58-5.8.6-1 linux58-virtualbox-guest-modules-6.1.14-0 linux58-virtualbox-host-modules-6.1.14-0 the desktop boot process hanged at “Failed to start Light Display Manager” and the only way to get to boot again was to restore to a previous snapshot.

I tried running pacdiff but there was nothing related to lightdm.

I am running the linux kernel 5.7.19-2-MANJARO, NVIDIA driver 450.66, i3wm and lightdm-gtk-greeter

LightDM log
Xorg log

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I have the same probem here. PC froze right after updating.
I already tried reinstalling xorg, lightdm (and tried gtk, sddm), and gpu drivers. Nothing. Still “Failed to start Light Display Manager”. Any ideas?

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We need the Xorg and lightdm logs. It’s very hard to say anything without those.

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Xorg log: sprungeDOTus/mfBhc0)
lightdm log: sprungeDOTus/Rm3INy)

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That Xorg log sure doesn’t look good.

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Any ideas?

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Depending on how much you want to experiment, I’d install xorg-server-git and xf86-video-amdgpu-git from AUR with debugging symbols included and without optimizations to get a better picture of where this error happens and then file a bug report at xorg-server or xf86-video-amdgpu.

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Sorry, I’ve just added the logs to the original post

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Yours seems to be a more straightforward problem.

[     6.487] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[     6.487] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[     6.487] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[     6.489] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[     6.489] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[     6.489] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.
[     6.489] (EE) No devices detected.

I’d try reinstalling the gpu config with mhwd (use the -f flag to force it). But first, please run sudo dmesg | grep -i "nvidia"

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Thanks! Reinstalling the drivers solved the issue for me.

The output of sudo dmesg | grep -i "nvidia":

[    1.902680] audit: type=1400 audit(1600022292.065:6): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe" pid=313 comm="apparmor_parser"
[    1.903490] audit: type=1400 audit(1600022292.065:7): apparmor="STATUS" operation="profile_load" profile="unconfined" name="nvidia_modprobe//kmod" pid=313 comm="apparmor_parser"
[    2.580704] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=3 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input4
[    2.580772] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=7 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input5
[    2.580847] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=8 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input6
[    2.580898] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=9 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input7
[    2.580953] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=10 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input8
[    2.581001] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=11 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input9
[    2.581048] input: HDA NVidia HDMI/DP,pcm=12 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.1/sound/card1/input10
[    3.394632] nvidia-gpu 0000:01:00.3: i2c timeout error e0000000
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And how would you do that? Installig with debugging symbols included and without optimizations?

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Open a new topic please and mention me.

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OK got it fixed somehow! Here is what i did after bootup/reboot:

systemctl disable lightdm
sudo pacman -Syu
sudo pacman -R lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
pamac install xorg-server-git xf86-video-amdgpu-git
sudo pacman -S lightdm lightdm-gtk-greeter
systemctl enable lightdm-gtk-greeter
systemctl enable lightdm
reboot

Cheers!

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You are forcibly using development git packages from outside the repos that arent being handled by mhwd.
You are always going to be the one responsible for that - its not a normal functioning manjaro system.

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I agree with @cscs, it’s usually not recommended to use -git packages if you don’t have a pressing reason. However, if the issue persists with the officially packages, I think you could keep the -git packages till the next update, and see if that’s already fixed the problem.

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