Manjaro blank screen after update

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After an update I can no longer get into Manjaro, the boot screen loads, after I select “Manjaro Linux” nothing happens but a dead, blank screen. I am new to Linux, so took my time to see what it was and if anything from here could fix it. Nothing has worked so far, I have Windows 7 and 10 as different OSes as well but I doubt that has anything to do with it.

I am in live boot atm, tried chroot:

Mar 15 02:24:00 GLaDOS systemd-modules-load[307]: Failed to find module 'nvidia'
Mar 15 02:24:00 GLaDOS systemd-modules-load[307]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-drm'
Mar 15 02:24:00 GLaDOS systemd-modules-load[307]: Failed to find module 'nvidia-uvm'
Mar 15 02:24:03 GLaDOS kernel: Bluetooth: hci0: Opcode 0xfc1e failed: -16
Mar 15 02:24:07 GLaDOS systemd[1]: Failed to start Light Display Manager.

It came up with that, then I tried inxi -Fza:

System:
  Kernel: 6.5.5-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: hpet,acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
    misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_XFCE_2304 quiet
    systemd.show_status=1 splash apparmor=1 security=apparmor driver=nonfree
    nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
  Desktop: Xfce v: 4.18.1 tk: Gtk v: 3.24.36 info: xfce4-panel wm: xfwm
    v: 4.18.0 vt: 7 dm: LightDM v: 1.32.0 Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: Micro-Star model: B450M MORTAR MAX (MS-7B89) v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: 2.D0
    date: 05/17/2021
CPU:
  Info: model: AMD Ryzen 5 2600 bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Zen+ gen: 2
    level: v3 note: check built: 2018-21 process: GF 12nm family: 0x17 (23)
    model-id: 8 stepping: 2 microcode: 0x800820D
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 6 tpc: 2 threads: 12 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 576 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x64 KiB L2: 3 MiB desc: 6x512 KiB
    L3: 16 MiB desc: 2x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1928 high: 3400 min/max: 1550/3400 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 1593 2: 1550
    3: 3400 4: 1550 5: 1550 6: 1550 7: 1550 8: 1550 9: 2347 10: 1550 11: 1550
    12: 3400 bogomips: 81635
  Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling status: Not affected
  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 mitigation: untrained return thunk; SMT vulnerable
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow mitigation: safe RET
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
    disabled, RSB filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 [GeForce GTX 1070] vendor: Gigabyte driver: nvidia
    v: 535.113.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm non-free: 535.xx+
    status: current (as of 2023-09) arch: Pascal code: GP10x
    process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16
    link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 26:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1b81
    class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5
    chip-ID: 045e:0810 class-ID: 0102
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 compositor: xfwm v: 4.18.0 driver:
    X: loaded: nvidia gpu: nvidia display-ID: :0.0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1080 s-size: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  Monitor-1: Unknown-1 mapped: DP-4 res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 90
    size: 544x303mm (21.42x11.93") modes: 1024x768
  API: EGL v: 1.5 hw: drv: nvidia platforms: gbm: drv: nvidia
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6.0 vendor: nvidia v: 535.113.01 glx-v: 1.4
    direct-render: yes renderer: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070/PCIe/SSE2
    memory: 7.81 GiB
Audio:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GP104 High Definition Audio vendor: Gigabyte
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 26:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:10f0 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: AMD Family 17h HD Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 28:00.3 chip-ID: 1022:1457 class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam HD-3000 driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
    type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-10:5
    chip-ID: 045e:0810 class-ID: 0102
  Device-4: Logitech G733 Gaming Headset
    driver: hid-generic,snd-usb-audio,usbhid type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-7:3 chip-ID: 046d:0afe class-ID: 0300
    serial: <filter>
  API: ALSA v: k6.5.5-1-MANJARO status: kernel-api with: aoss
    type: oss-emulator tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
  Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.22 status: off tools: N/A
  Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.81 status: off tools: pw-cli
  Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 status: active with: pulseaudio-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pacat,pactl,pavucontrol
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: Micro-Star MSI driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: f000 bus-ID: 22:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp34s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Wi-Fi 6 AX200 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie: gen: 2
    speed: 5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 25:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:2723 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp37s0 state: down mac: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX200 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-6:6 chip-ID: 8087:0029
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 5.91 TiB used: 23.39 GiB (0.4%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: 041 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Crucial model: CT240BX500SSD1
    size: 223.57 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
    tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: R013 scheme: GPT
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: Expansion Desk
    size: 3.64 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: 0915 scheme: GPT
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD20EZAZ-00GGJB0 size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B type: USB rev: 3.0 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1
    tech: HDD rpm: 5400 serial: <filter> fw-rev: 0107 scheme: MBR
  ID-5: /dev/sde maj-min: 8:64 vendor: Toshiba model: TOSHIBA USB DRV
    size: 14.44 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: USB
    rev: 3.2 spd: 5 Gb/s lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-1x1 tech: N/A serial: <filter>
    fw-rev: PMAP scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
Partition:
  Message: No partition data found.
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 55.2 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 47 C
  Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Processes: 325 Uptime: 9m wakeups: 0 Memory: total: 16 GiB
  available: 15.54 GiB used: 4.14 GiB (26.6%) Init: systemd v: 254
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1137 libs: 306 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Shell: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: xfce4-terminal inxi: 3.3.30
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo fdisk -l
Disk /dev/sda: 223.57 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Disk model: CT240BX500SSD1  
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 3BD57BAA-3C56-448D-A69B-D1999A90D1CA

Device         Start       End   Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sda1       2048    206847    204800  100M EFI System
/dev/sda2     206848    239615     32768   16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sda3     239616 362981317 362741702  173G Microsoft basic data
/dev/sda4  467838976 468858879   1019904  498M Windows recovery environment
/dev/sda5  362981318 467838975 104857658   50G Linux filesystem

Partition table entries are not in disk order.


Disk /dev/sdb: 223.57 GiB, 240057409536 bytes, 468862128 sectors
Disk model: CT240BX500SSD1  
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 3D037ABE-D5E0-4F94-90E3-7F828BA08135

Device     Start       End   Sectors   Size Type
/dev/sdb1     34     32767     32734    16M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdb2  32768 468858879 468826112 223.6G Microsoft basic data


Disk /dev/sdc: 3.64 TiB, 4000787029504 bytes, 7814037167 sectors
Disk model: Expansion Desk  
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 4096 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: gpt
Disk identifier: 010FB60E-D356-4E79-8B92-2BE70D525491

Device      Start        End    Sectors  Size Type
/dev/sdc1      34     262177     262144  128M Microsoft reserved
/dev/sdc2  264192 7814035455 7813771264  3.6T Microsoft basic data

Partition 1 does not start on physical sector boundary.


Disk /dev/sdd: 1.82 TiB, 2000398934016 bytes, 3907029168 sectors
Disk model: EZAZ-00GGJB0    
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 4096 bytes / 4096 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0xb0caea80

Device     Boot Start        End    Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sdd1        2048 3907026943 3907024896  1.8T  7 HPFS/NTFS/exFAT


Disk /dev/sde: 14.44 GiB, 15502147584 bytes, 30277632 sectors
Disk model: TOSHIBA USB DRV 
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x00000000

Device     Boot   Start     End Sectors  Size Id Type
/dev/sde1  *         64 7346911 7346848  3.5G  0 Empty
/dev/sde2       7346912 7355103    8192    4M ef EFI (FAT-12/16/32)


Disk /dev/loop0: 147.03 MiB, 154169344 bytes, 301112 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop1: 1.16 GiB, 1241309184 bytes, 2424432 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop2: 1.47 GiB, 1579356160 bytes, 3084680 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes


Disk /dev/loop3: 668.69 MiB, 701173760 bytes, 1369480 sectors
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I do not know what to do, appreciate any help. Thanks.

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Search the forum :mag: upper right corner…

hinting: plymouth, kms, kernel 6.5

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Updated the kernel, and I’m on plymouth 2.2 but it’s still a blank screen.

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You updated the kernel too?

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Yes, to 6.6.

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Check LightDM and NVIDIA with:

if systemctl status lightdm.service | grep -q "active"; then
    echo "LightDM is already running."
else
    sudo systemctl enable lightdm.service || (sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300 && echo "Graphic updated") 
exit
fi

if systemctl status lightdm.service | grep -q "active"; then
    sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300 && echo "Graphic updated"
fi
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Please clarify. Do you mean that you have both Windows 7 and 10 multibooting on the same machine? If so, is Windows 7 installed and booting in UEFI or Legacy (MBR) mode? Each OS should be booting in UEFI mode for best results.

Additionally, ensure that Fast Startup in Windows 10 is disabled, as it can cause all kinds of bad karma for Linux. You might find some useful information in Multiboot Windows and Linux on Separate Disks.

That is all.

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have you removed kernel 6.5 ?

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LightDM service is active, but doesn’t run due to error code. I’ve tried a few other things and it turns out Nvidia drivers just won’t even load.
https://i.imgur.com/XbmKhB2.jpg

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Alright, well I reinstalled the drivers and it seems to work fine for now. Thanks for the help.

Edit: seems a bit sluggish though.

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