Manjaro Sikaris a fresh install; already major problems!

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kirjoita tai liitä kood inxi -zav7                                                                                                        1 ✘ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.1-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=34796349-f6be-418b-9d55-fb28a1fdfd46 rw quiet splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 1 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Precision M4400 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 8 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0G328M serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A29
    date: 06/04/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 40.3/48.8 Wh (82.5%)
    volts: 11.0 min: 11.1 model: Samsung SDI DELL PT43699 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: charging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.69 GiB used: 2.43 GiB (31.6%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo T9600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1
    built: 2008 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23)
    stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 798 min/max: 800/2801 boost: enabled scaling:
    driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 798 2: 798
    bogomips: 11177
  Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
    cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht ida lahf_lm lm
    mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse
    pse36 pti rep_good sep smx sse sse2 sse4_1 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tsc vme
    xsave xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
    SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA G96GLM [Quadro FX 1700M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau
    v: kernel non-free: series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL) last:
    release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm
    built: 2006-13 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:065a
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 59.0 C
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_2M type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0c45:63f0 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau
    display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x317mm (20.00x12.48")
    s-diag: 599mm (23.57")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG Display 0x018f built: 2008 res: 1920x1200
    hz: 60 dpi: 147 gamma: 1.2 size: 331x207mm (13.03x8.15") diag: 390mm (15.4")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1920x1200 min: 640x350
  API: OpenGL v: 3.3 Mesa 22.3.1 renderer: NV96 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.1-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: efe0 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10f5 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4235
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp12s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: enp0s29f7u1 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode) type: USB
    driver: rndis_host v: kernel bus-ID: 2-1:6 chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00
    serial: <filter>
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci
    v: 3.0 port: 6ea0 bus-ID: 00:1f.2 chip-ID: 8086:282a rev: N/A class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 39.62 GiB (8.5%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD5000BPKT-75PK4T0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ■■■■■■■■ model: DVD+-RW UJ892 rev: 1.01
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 200.7 GiB size: 196.49 GiB (97.90%) used: 8.78 GiB (4.5%)
    fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 34796349-f6be-418b-9d55-fb28a1fdfd46
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 85.9 MiB (16.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 3CE8-DF30
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 253.91 GiB size: 248.86 GiB (98.01%)
    used: 30.76 GiB (12.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
    uuid: c0c2f1c7-e51c-4a77-891e-c40e30db75cb
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: swap
    uuid: 567a9d71-fda6-49c3-8308-de4b3ba208e7
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6:3 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_2M type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 168mA
    chip-ID: 0c45:63f0 class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1:6 info: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode)
    type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Broadcom BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor
    type: Smart Card driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a5c:5800 class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 7-1:2 info: Logitech Corded Tilt-Wheel Mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c040 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 57.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C gpu: nouveau
    temp: 58.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 181 Uptime: 1h 46m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1117 libs: 319 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.24
    /                                                            ia tähän

you are on RAID:

so switch to ahci in bios, if you are using windows dont switch, or you will not be able to boot into windows…


and you are using old nvidia:

which is no longer supported by manjaro and other distros… so either install an older kernel like the 5.4 and 5.10, they should work better, or install the drivers manually by going through this topic:

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Hello brahma,

Thank You very much for your help.

I already switched to ahci.
Fortunately, I don’t use Windows (!).

Well, to be honest I don’t even know what exactly are “kernel headers”.
So Is it possible for me to stick to current (6.1x) kernel and still install
the proper graphic drivers…!?
I won’t downgrade the kernel, unless it is necessary.
But the certificates problem still exists; I’m unable to install anything,
what to do with that…?!

you probably have to reinstall on AHCI mode, just to be sure…
in the link there are 2 post on how to install the drivers on 6.1 kernel, post number 22 and 23… but first the update issue needs to be resolved so post output from:
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu
what the exact error is…

Ok thanks; maybe I’ll do a complete re-install later,
if it proves vital.

I have already run the commands You just wrote,
and just run them again ( sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu).

I could post the whole output, but because my system is Finnish language, let’s first
try to solve the issue other way, ok !?
Someway, there appears to be 2 files to be updated, in the cache;
and I was unable to bypass those while trying to install anything;
the packages are:

manjaro-zsh-config-0.24-2
python-manjaro-sdk-0.9-1
-about half meg total.

When I run the command;
everything seems to go fine first, the files get downloaded etc;
but then there always appears errors like:

“The file /var/cache/pacman/pkg/manjaro-zsh-config-0.24-2-any.pkg.tar.zst” is corrupt
(faulty or damaged package (PGP-signature) )".

   ~  sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu                                                 1 ✘  3m 29s  
[sudo] marko-käyttäjän salasana: 
::INFO Downloading mirrors from Manjaro
::INFO => Mirror pool: https://repo.manjaro.org/mirrors.json
::INFO => Mirror status: https://repo.manjaro.org/status.json
::INFO Using default mirror file
::INFO Querying mirrors - This may take some time
  1.515 Canada         : https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/
  3.768 Australia      : https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/
  1.034 Bulgaria       : https://mirrors.netix.net/manjaro/
  0.796 Netherlands    : https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/
  1.156 United_States  : https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/
::INFO Writing mirror list
::Netherlands     : https://ftp.nluug.nl/pub/os/Linux/distr/manjaro/stable
::Bulgaria        : https://mirrors.netix.net/manjaro/stable
::United_States   : https://forksystems.mm.fcix.net/manjaro/stable
::Canada          : https://mirror.csclub.uwaterloo.ca/manjaro/stable
::Australia       : https://mirror.aarnet.edu.au/pub/manjaro/stable
::INFO Mirror list generated and saved to: /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
:: Päivitetään pakettitietokantoja...
 core                                              160,3 KiB   203 KiB/s 00:01 [#############################################] 100%
 extra                                            1829,0 KiB   805 KiB/s 00:02 [#############################################] 100%
 community                                           7,5 MiB   844 KiB/s 00:09 [#############################################] 100%
 multilib                                          166,4 KiB   476 KiB/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
:: Aloitetaan järjestelmäpäivitys...
selvitetään riippuvuuksia...
etsitään ristiriitaisia paketteja...

Paketit (2) manjaro-zsh-config-0.24-2  python-manjaro-sdk-0.9-1

Latauksen yhteiskoko:     0,09 MiB
Asennettavan yhteiskoko:  0,52 MiB
Päivityksen yhteiskoko:   0,00 MiB

:: Jatketaanko asentamista? [K/e] K
:: Noudetaan paketteja...
 manjaro-zsh-config-0.24-2-any                      68,0 KiB  67,3 KiB/s 00:01 [#############################################] 100%
 python-manjaro-sdk-0.9-1-any                       24,6 KiB  52,4 KiB/s 00:00 [#############################################] 100%
 Total (2/2)                                        92,6 KiB  38,8 KiB/s 00:02 [#############################################] 100%
(2/2) tarkistetaan avainrenkaan avaimia                                        [#############################################] 100%
(2/2) tarkastetaan pakettien virheettömyyttä                                   [#############################################] 100%
virhe: manjaro-zsh-config: signature from "Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>" is unknown trust
:: Tiedosto /var/cache/pacman/pkg/manjaro-zsh-config-0.24-2-any.pkg.tar.zst on vahingoittunut (virheellinen tai vahingoittunut paketti (PGP-allekirjoitus)).
Haluatko poistaa sen? [K/e] K
virhe: python-manjaro-sdk: signature from "Mark Wagie <mark@manjaro.org>" is unknown trust
:: Tiedosto /var/cache/pacman/pkg/python-manjaro-sdk-0.9-1-any.pkg.tar.zst on vahingoittunut (virheellinen tai vahingoittunut paketti (PGP-allekirjoitus)).
Haluatko poistaa sen? [K/e] K
virhe: latauksen suorittaminen epäonnistui (virheellinen tai vahingoittunut paketti (PGP-allekirjoitus))
Yhtään pakettia ei päivitetty tapahtuneiden virheiden vuoksi.
    ~                                                                                    

normally it works oob - perhaps you have a very very very new 4xxx card or a very very old card?

that is normal - as you should never run your system as root - the scenario is entirely unsupported.

audio issues may be related to having both pulseaudio and pipewire active - remove all packages related to pulseaudio

Why do you want to bypass those?

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you can use LC_ALL=C at the beginning of each command, so that it will be in english:

LC_ALL=C sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu

so follow the instructions in this topic:

then rerun the update again:
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack 5 && sudo pacman -Syyu

Audio issue might also be related to ALSA

OP should be informed of both options for dealing with potential conflict caused by PipeWire
(esp since there is no evidence that conflict exists)

pipewire.socket and pipewire.service can be disabled and masked to continue using PulseAudio

systemctl --user disable --now pipewire.socket pipewire.service
systemctl --user mask pipewire.socket pipewire.service

I would also suggest OP stop pulseaudio.socket and pulseaudio.service to test if playback direct to ALSA devices is working

systemctl --user stop pulseaudio.socket pulseaudio.service
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Hello again,

Thank you all for your help;
I eventually managed to solve the Certificates/Signatures problem concerning
updates/installs; by following information found elsewhere here in this
forum (sorry; I lost the link(-s) because of failed installation of the Nvidia legacy
drivers, and can’t currently boot my system anymore but from the Manjaro Sikaris dvd).
I haven’t investigated the sound problem of my root account yet;
sounds seem to work ok with my normal account.
I followed the instructions found on the guide by the user codesardine and Linux-aarhus,
but something went wrong; and/or it just won’t work; I’m unable to start X anymore.
I assume that the recent made Nvidia config file should be deleted from etc/ ;
(if it cannot be succesfully modified or something…?!?);
how to get the original install default config back (with free drivers) …?
Any suggestions ?
I would not like to do a complete re-instal of my system, if that wouldn’t be
absolutely necessary.
I think I’m a little lost now…

Ok, maybe a relevant and important addition…
I forgot to mention that to be more precise;
I followed the advice by codesardine And manaudio ;
maybe that was the issue here…?!
(sorry, manaudio)

this is the thread:

It’s normal behaviour. You shouldn’t be playing audio using the root account, it’s for administrative purposes not general use. :slight_smile:

The only thing most users should avoid is running PulseAudio as a systemwide daemon
What is wrong with system mode? – PulseAudio

Archiwiki has a few examples of how to enable multiple user access for PulseAudio
Allowing multiple users to share a PulseAudio daemon - ArchWiki

But OP may only need to add user account to Audio group

No sound when switching TTY

If the sound stops when switching between users on different TTYs or desktop environments (++Fx) then the users likely do not have access to the sound hardware when their TTY session is not selected. This can be fixed by adding the users to the audio group: Users and groups#Pre-systemd groups

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you probably didnt follow the nvidia instructions properly… its really not clear what exactly you did with the nvidia… did you added the ignore abi config?
from tty - ctrl+alt+f2 - or f1-f6 you can check for the drivers and for the config:
pacman -Qs nvidia
find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"
and remove them

I tried to remove the failed installation of Nvidia legacy drivers,
and to restore the former “default” stage with free drivers;
(for example; I edited the crub.conf, deleted x confs )
the result is a partly working system, with some severe
graphics corruption on splash boot and before launching the desktop
and browser); it seems that the splash (!?) system doesn’t work
anymore; I was forced to start x manually from tty2 to get here.
Heres the new inxi:

inxi -zav7                                                                                                          ✔ 
System:
  Kernel: 6.1.1-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.2.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=34796349-f6be-418b-9d55-fb28a1fdfd46 rw splash
    udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma v: 5.26.4 tk: Qt v: 5.15.7 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Portable System: Dell product: Precision M4400 v: N/A
    serial: <superuser required> Chassis: type: 8 serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: Dell model: 0G328M serial: <superuser required> BIOS: Dell v: A29
    date: 06/04/2013
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 40.3 Wh (100.0%) condition: 40.3/48.8 Wh (82.5%)
    volts: 10.9 min: 11.1 model: Samsung SDI DELL PT43699 type: Li-ion
    serial: <filter> status: charging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.69 GiB used: 2.43 GiB (31.6%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core2 Duo T9600 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn level: v1
    built: 2008 process: Intel 45nm family: 6 model-id: 0x17 (23)
    stepping: 0xA (10) microcode: 0xA0C
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 2 smt: <unsupported> cache: L1: 128 KiB
    desc: d-2x32 KiB; i-2x32 KiB L2: 6 MiB desc: 1x6 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2855 high: 2918 min/max: 800/2801 boost: enabled
    scaling: driver: acpi-cpufreq governor: schedutil cores: 1: 2918 2: 2793
    bogomips: 11174
  Flags: acpi aperfmperf apic arch_perfmon bts clflush cmov constant_tsc
    cpuid cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts est fpu fxsr ht ida lahf_lm lm
    mca mce mmx monitor msr mtrr nopl nx pae pat pbe pdcm pebs pge pni pse
    pse36 pti rep_good sep smx sse sse2 sse4_1 ssse3 syscall tm tm2 tsc vme
    xsave xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX unsupported
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion
  Type: mds status: Vulnerable: Clear CPU buffers attempted, no microcode;
    SMT disabled
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Unknown: No mitigations
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass status: Vulnerable
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, STIBP: disabled, RSB filling,
    PBRSB-eIBRS: Not affected
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA G96GLM [Quadro FX 1700M] vendor: Dell driver: nouveau
    v: kernel non-free: series: 340.xx status: legacy (EOL) last:
    release: 340.108 kernel: 5.4 xorg: 1.20 arch: Tesla process: 40-80nm
    built: 2006-13 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports:
    active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1,DP-2,VGA-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:065a
    class-ID: 0300 temp: 65.0 C
  Device-2: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_2M type: USB driver: uvcvideo
    bus-ID: 1-6:3 chip-ID: 0c45:63f0 class-ID: 0e02
  Display: server: X.Org v: 21.1.6 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nouveau dri: nouveau gpu: nouveau display-ID: :1 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1920x1200 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 508x317mm (20.00x12.48")
    s-diag: 599mm (23.57")
  Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: LG Display 0x018f built: 2008 res: 1920x1200
    hz: 60 dpi: 147 gamma: 1.2 size: 331x207mm (13.03x8.15") diag: 390mm (15.4")
    ratio: 16:10 modes: max: 1920x1200 min: 640x350
  API: OpenGL v: N/A renderer: N/A direct render: N/A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e class-ID: 0403
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.1-1-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-1: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-3: PipeWire v: 0.3.63 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Intel 82567LM Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e
    v: kernel port: efe0 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:10f5 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
    gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 0c:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4235
    class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlp12s0 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: enp0s29f7u2 state: unknown speed: -1 duplex: half mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode) type: USB
    driver: rndis_host v: kernel bus-ID: 2-2:4 chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00
    serial: <filter>
  Report: This feature requires one of these tools: hciconfig/bt-adapter
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 465.76 GiB used: 52.06 GiB (11.2%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Western Digital
    model: WD5000BPKT-75PK4T0 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
    rev: 1A01 scheme: GPT
  Optical-1: /dev/sr0 vendor: ■■■■■■■■ model: DVD+-RW UJ892 rev: 1.01
    dev-links: cdrom
  Features: speed: 24 multisession: yes audio: yes dvd: yes
    rw: cd-r,cd-rw,dvd-r,dvd-ram state: running
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 200.7 GiB size: 196.49 GiB (97.90%)
    used: 19.86 GiB (10.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 label: N/A
    uuid: 34796349-f6be-418b-9d55-fb28a1fdfd46
  ID-2: /boot raw-size: 512 MiB size: 511 MiB (99.80%)
    used: 85.9 MiB (16.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
    uuid: 3CE8-DF30
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 253.91 GiB size: 248.86 GiB (98.01%)
    used: 32.11 GiB (12.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 label: N/A
    uuid: c0c2f1c7-e51c-4a77-891e-c40e30db75cb
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 8.3 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 label: swap
    uuid: 567a9d71-fda6-49c3-8308-de4b3ba208e7
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-6:3 info: Microdia Integrated_Webcam_2M type: Video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 168mA
    chip-ID: 0c45:63f0 class-ID: 0e02
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:4 info: Samsung Galaxy series misc. (tethering mode)
    type: Bluetooth,CDC-Data driver: rndis_host interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA chip-ID: 04e8:6863 class-ID: 0a00
    serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Broadcom BCM5880 Secure Applications Processor
    type: Smart Card driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 0a5c:5800 class-ID: 0b00 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 7-1:2 info: Logitech Corded Tilt-Wheel Mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c040 class-ID: 0301
  Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 81.0 C mobo: N/A sodimm: SODIMM C gpu: nouveau
    temp: 65.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 4228
Info:
  Processes: 205 Uptime: 10m wakeups: 1 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.2.0 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1719 libs: 412 tools: pamac pm: flatpak pkgs: 0
  Shell: Zsh v: 5.9 default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.24
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_processor is getting hot…?!

you should post also output from:
pacman -Qs nvidia
find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"

and install the 5.4 and 5.10 kernels, and switch to one of them, they work better with the open source drivers, since you didnt managed to properly install the nvidia drivers

pacman -Qs nvidia                                                                                                   ✔ 
local/egl-wayland 2:1.1.11-2
    EGLStream-based Wayland external platform
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-1
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils 340.108-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities (32-bit)
local/lib32-opencl-nvidia-340xx 340.108-1
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA (32-bit)
local/libvdpau 1.5-1
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/mhwd-nvidia 525.60.11-2
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 525.60.11
local/mhwd-nvidia-340xx 340.108-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 340.108
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.157-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 390.157
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.161.03-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 470.161.03
local/nvidia-340xx-utils 340.108-1
    NVIDIA drivers utilities
local/opencl-nvidia-340xx 340.108-1
    OpenCL implemention for NVIDIA
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.17-2 (xorg-drivers)
    Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards
    ~  find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"                                                                                       ✔ 
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/30-touchpad.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/90-xpra-virtual.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf

Thank You, but I think I only lost a battle, not war :slight_smile:
So, I’ll try to re-install the nvidia drivers,
just taking a breath !
I won’t downgrade the kernel without a second try.

Currently,
I removed the splash from kernel parameters,
and with the echo enabled; I can tell you that
the boot process freezes after the lines:

"Hold until boot processes finished up "
“Terminate Plymouth Boot Screen…”

After those, I waited a moment, then switched to tty2
and ran startrx.
It seems to work; altough the loading time has increased significantly, I think.
Right now, the graphics garbage before browser screen seem to me gone.
That is the current state of my Manjaro system.

you didnt removed the drivers as you stated above:

local/nvidia-340xx-utils 340.108-1
local/lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils 340.108-1

you are just messing your system up… follow the steps in the how to link properly …

and output from:
cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf

I ended up re-installing Manjaro Sikaris.
Shame that I already installed a fair amount of programs to my old system.

I think there is some kind of bug on Sikaris Installation program;
everything goes fine until the partition (PartEd) part;
I f I chose the manual partitioning option;
the appearing window just shrinks and goes away; and so does
the main Installation window. (I didn’t check the processes, however,
just re-launched the installer).
I managed to repeat the case a couple of times.
I did find out by experimenting; that if I chose the option
“fullscreen” from the Installer’s options; the chance to succeed
normally increased.
I must tell you I didn’t face similar problem with the previous
Manjaro 21 Kde release (full).
So I now have a working system, with the free graphics drivers.

pacman -Qs nvidia                                                                                                                              1 ✘ 
local/lib32-libvdpau 1.5-1
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/libvdpau 1.5-1
    Nvidia VDPAU library
local/mhwd-nvidia 525.60.11-2
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 525.60.11
local/mhwd-nvidia-390xx 390.157-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 390.157
local/mhwd-nvidia-470xx 470.161.03-1
    MHWD module-ids for nvidia 470.161.03
local/xf86-video-nouveau 1.0.17-2 (xorg-drivers)
    Open Source 3D acceleration driver for nVidia cards

LC_ALL=C cat /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf                                                                                              1 ✘ 
cat: /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-nouveau.conf: No such file or directory
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since you didnt manage to install properly the nvidia drivers, switch to the older kernels 5.4 or 5.10 and use them with nouveau (free drivers) - they work better with …