Manjaro is not booting anymore out of Nvidia driver problem

[kenshiwara]

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Hello! Please I need help in recovering my Manjaro system.

The Problem:

I can’t boot into my system at all. I am only ending with black screen that has the “ASROCK” which is the logo of my motherboard’s brand.

Current Situation:

I am using chroot from a live Manjaro USB but I don’t know how to fix my issue.

How did that happen?

1. After a fresh install of Manjaro KDE 20.2, I have got notified to update to the latest kernel.

2. After updating to the latest kernel (5.10), the system did not boot. As a result, I booted again using (5.9) and removed the latest kernel which is (5.10).

3. Thereafter, I have got a notification from the update manager that Manjaro is not able to update due to Nvidia driver conflict. So I removed the Nvidia driver and switched to the open-source one from the settings > hardware.

4. I stumbled upon this tutorial on the forum: My switch to the 5.10 kernel with update 2020-12-30

I moved through this tutorial but did not install the new kernel. My journey ended with this line:

sudo rm -R /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-nvidia-455xx

After that, the post said that I should install the latest drivers from the settings > hardware but that was not launching anymore.

5. I thought that restarting the system might help. After restarting, the system was not booting anymore. I have tried to switch to an older kernel but that did not help.

I assume that I really messed up when deleting this file: /var/lib/mhwd/local/pci/video-nvidia-455xx - but I felt safe while I was doing so since I was not using the Nvidia driver but the open-source one. I have no idea what went wrong.

6. I booted from a live USB of Manjaro, and mounted the system. Then logged in using chroot as the first step before posting here for help.

My System Info:

Manjaro KDE 20.2
Nvidia Geforce GTX 1050Ti

Any suggestions or solutions to recover my system without formatting will be much appreciated! Thanks in advance!

[TriMoon]

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What is the output at this moment, while inside and outside the chroot, of this command?

• mhwd

PS:
Are you able to boot and switch to another terminal using CTRLALTF2?

[kenshiwara]

Thank you so much for your reply and for offering help of course.

1. mhwd is giving the following output from inside chroot:

    0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1c82) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                          NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
        --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  video-nvidia            2020.11.30               false            PCI
            video-nvidia-390xx            2020.11.30               false            PCI
                   video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
             video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
                    video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI
   

2. mhwd is giving the following output from outside chroot while booting from a live Manjaro USB:

   Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-340xx-bumblebee/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-390xx-bumblebee/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-418xx-bumblebee/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-430xx-bumblebee/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-435xx-prime/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/hybrid-intel-nvidia-440xx-prime/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-340xx/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-390xx/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-418xx/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-430xx/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-435xx/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-440xx/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/catalyst/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/network_drivers/r8168/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    Warning: config '/var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/network_drivers/rt3562sta/MHWDCONFIG' is invalid!
    > 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:1c82) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        video-nvidia-455xx            2020.10.04               false            PCI
        video-nvidia-450xx            2020.10.04               false            PCI
               video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
         video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
                video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI
   

3. Yes, I can boot and switch to another terminal using CTRL+ALT+F2 even after seeing the black screen that has the logo of my motherboard’s brand (ASROCK).

Your help will be much appreciated. Thank you once again!

[TriMoon]

@kenshiwara

Yes, I can boot and switch to another terminal using CTRL+ALT+F2 even after seeing the black screen that has the logo of my motherboard’s brand

Could you provide the output of, so we know what is already (or not) installed:

• mhwd --listinstalled
• mhwd-kernel --listinstalled

When i figure out what to do next, you might be able to continue from another VC, as you been able already, after a boot into your normal system.

[kenshiwara]

Thank you for your reply.

After booting and meeting up with the same problem, I pressed CTRL+ALT+F2 and accessed the terminal. After doing so, I typed the commands that you have provided.

The results are as follows:

$ mhwd --listintalled
Warning: No installed PCI configs!
Warning: No installed USB configs!

$ mhwd-kernel --listintalled
    Currently running: 5.9.16-1-MANJARO (linux59)
    The following kernels are installed in your system:
    * linux54
    * linux59

[TriMoon]

Ok nice!
That means you don’t have any nVidia drivers installed at all at moment, which should make it easier…
Try these commands in the booted system (again in an extra VC):

1. sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux510
2. sudo mhwd --auto pci nonfree 0300
   If that does not work you can try the free drivers instead:
   sudo mhwd --auto pci free 0300

[kenshiwara]

That worked amazingly well. The system booted properly while having the latest kernel without any issues. Thank you very much for everything!!!

[editicalu]

Had the same problem on unstable after some update (don’t remember what exactly), booted into a live USB, chroot and found out (journalctl -r) that NVIDIA driver “could not find any displays”. Reinstalled only the kernel (using the mhwd-kernel -i linux510 command) and everything works again.