Manjaro booting up to a black screen

[Kobold]

@doubleSs

error: file '/boot/vmlinuz-6.9-x86_64' 
error: you need to load the kernel first

We always recommend to watch the second posting in the announcement Topic for FAQ, this should help:

@philm

Users with Nvidia graphic cards may get unbootable systems into graphical environments

Since we removed the linux69 kernel from our repositories and most users will use pamac to update their systems, there is a chance that you may land in a TTY after you reboot your system. Here is why:

• pamac has an auto-conflict resolution and might have put the linux69-nvidia package on the removal list.
• you only had linux69 as your kernel installed, since it got shipped by default in Manjaro 24.0 ISOs
• you rebooted your system without noticing that possible issue

How to fix:

• first don’t panic and log in to your TTY with your user name and password
• then install a kernel like 6.6 LTS or 6.10 to your system via: sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux66 or sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux610
• then install the nvidia drivers via: sudo mhwd --auto pci ${DRIVER} 0300