Manjaro stucks before the login screen after installing proprietary nvidia driver

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I have installed nvidia proprietary driver but Manjaro no longer boots. It stucks before the login screen.

I have tried the solutions proposed in this similar topic but they didn’t work.

My system info:

inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width

System:
  Kernel: 6.1.51-1-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 13.2.1
    clocksource: tsc available: acpi_pm
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-6.1-x86_64
    root=UUID=f71f8c41-2553-4c26-aec1-e58deb71bcc2 rw ibt=off quiet splash
    apparmor=1 security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME v: 44.4 tk: GTK v: 3.24.38 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 44.1
    Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ZenBook UX534FTC_UX533FTC v: 1.0
    serial: <superuser required>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: UX534FTC v: 1.0 serial: <superuser required>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: UX534FTC.306 date: 04/20/2020
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 28.3 Wh (57.1%) condition: 49.6/71.0 Wh (69.9%)
    power: 10.9 W volts: 15.8 min: 15.8 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion
    serial: N/A status: discharging cycles: 571
Memory:
  System RAM: total: 16 GiB available: 15.43 GiB used: 3.49 GiB (22.6%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-10510U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
    arch: Comet/Whiskey Lake note: check gen: core 10 level: v3 note: check
    built: 2018 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0x8E (142)
    stepping: 0xC (12) microcode: 0xF8
  Topology: cpus: 1x cores: 4 tpc: 2 threads: 8 smt: enabled cache:
    L1: 256 KiB desc: d-4x32 KiB; i-4x32 KiB L2: 1024 KiB desc: 4x256 KiB
    L3: 8 MiB desc: 1x8 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 2162 high: 2300 min/max: 400/4900 scaling:
    driver: intel_pstate governor: powersave cores: 1: 2300 2: 2300 3: 2300
    4: 2300 5: 1200 6: 2300 7: 2300 8: 2300 bogomips: 36812
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat
    arch_capabilities arch_perfmon art avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2 bts clflush
    clflushopt cmov constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64
    dtherm dts epb ept ept_ad erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fma fpu
    fsgsbase fxsr ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify ibpb ibrs
    ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor movbe mpx msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe
    pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdrand
    rdseed rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smap smep ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer
    vme vmx vnmi vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology
    xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: gather_data_sampling mitigation: Microcode
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown status: Not affected
  Type: mmio_stale_data mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: retbleed mitigation: Enhanced IBRS
  Type: spec_rstack_overflow status: Not affected
  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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB
    filling, PBRSB-eIBRS: SW sequence
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
    v: kernel arch: Gen-9.5 process: Intel 14nm built: 2016-20 ports:
    active: eDP-1 empty: DP-1,HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2 bus-ID: 00:02.0
    chip-ID: 8086:9b41 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: nouveau v: kernel non-free: 535.xx+ status: current (as of 2023-08)
    arch: Turing code: TUxxx process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-22 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 4 link-max: lanes: 16 bus-ID: 02:00.0
    chip-ID: 10de:1f91 class-ID: 0302
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD IR UVC WebCam driver: uvcvideo type: USB
    rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 bus-ID: 1-5:2 chip-ID: 13d3:56cb
    class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 with: Xwayland v: 23.2.0
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: X: loaded: nvidia gpu: i915 display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 model: BOE Display 0x07d8 built: 2018 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 142 gamma: 1.2 size: 344x194mm (13.54x7.64") diag: 395mm (15.5")
    ratio: 16:9 modes: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL v: 4.6 Mesa 23.1.6-3 renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (CML
    GT2) direct-render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel alternate: snd_soc_skl,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3
    chip-ID: 8086:02c8 class-ID: 0403
  API: ALSA v: k6.1.51-1-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: 0.3.79 status: active with: 1: pipewire-pulse
    status: active 2: pipewire-media-session status: active 3: pipewire-alsa
    type: plugin tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli
Network:
  Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-LP CNVi WiFi driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
    bus-ID: 00:14.3 chip-ID: 8086:02f0 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-1: surfshark_ipv6 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel AX201 Bluetooth driver: btusb v: 0.8 type: USB rev: 2.0
    speed: 12 Mb/s lanes: 1 mode: 1.1 bus-ID: 1-10:3 chip-ID: 8087:0026
    class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 2 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 476.94 GiB used: 128.32 GiB (26.9%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVLQ512HALU-00000
    size: 476.94 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 31.6 Gb/s
    lanes: 4 tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: FXV7000Q temp: 13.8 C
    scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 104.04 GiB size: 101.85 GiB (97.89%)
    used: 20.09 GiB (19.7%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5
    label: N/A uuid: f71f8c41-2553-4c26-aec1-e58deb71bcc2
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
    used: 35.1 MiB (13.7%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
    label: SYSTEM uuid: 4A4F-6394
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 269.88 GiB size: 264.58 GiB (98.04%)
    used: 108.2 GiB (40.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
    label: N/A uuid: 34be373e-27d9-4c11-9f50-6bbab27b3cf5
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: yes
    compressor: zstd max-pool: 20%
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 3.73 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: -2
    dev: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 label: N/A
    uuid: def1ea96-301d-4e87-8bf4-f5c75624096e
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1p2 maj-min: 259:2 size: 16 MiB fs: <superuser required>
    label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-2: /dev/nvme0n1p3 maj-min: 259:3 size: 97.66 GiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 5A5C07075C06DD9F
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 1.37 GiB fs: ntfs label: RECOVERY
    uuid: 12BCF0A9BCF0890D
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 2.0 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
    class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-5:2 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD IR UVC WebCam type: video
    driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s (57.2 MiB/s) lanes: 1
    mode: 2.0 power: 500mA chip-ID: 13d3:56cb class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 1-10:3 info: Intel AX201 Bluetooth type: bluetooth driver: btusb
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s (1.4 MiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 1.1
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 8087:0026 class-ID: e001
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.1
    speed: 10 Gb/s (1.16 GiB/s) lanes: 1 mode: 3.2 gen-2x1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0003
    class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 39.0 C pch: 37.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (rpm): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 260 Uptime: 11m wakeups: 1505 Init: systemd v: 253
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 13.2.1 clang: 16.0.6
  Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1405 libs: 360
  tools: gnome-software,pamac,trizen,yay pm: flatpak pkgs: 0 Shell: Zsh v: 5.9
  running-in: gnome-terminal inxi: 3.3.29

mhwd -l

0000:02:00.0 (0302:10de:1f91) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
          video-nvidia            2023.03.23               false            PCI
    video-nvidia-470xx            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:9b41) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime            2023.03.23               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

mhwd -li

> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI


Warning: No installed USB configs!

mhwd -l -d --pci

--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:1c.4/0000:02:00.0 (0302:10de:1f91)
  Display controller nVidia Corporation TU117M [GeForce GTX 1650 Mobile / Max-Q]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2023.03.23
   INFO:	Hybrid prime solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	8
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	video-modesetting 
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2023.03.23
   INFO:	Hybrid prime solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	7
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	video-modesetting 
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-nvidia
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2023.03.23
   INFO:	Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:	5
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 

   NAME:	video-nvidia-470xx
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2023.03.23
   INFO:	Closed source NVIDIA drivers for linux.
   PRIORITY:	4
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 


--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
> PCI Device: /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:9b41)
  Display controller Intel Corporation CometLake-U GT2 [UHD Graphics]
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
  > INSTALLED:

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 

   NAME:	video-modesetting
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.01.13
   INFO:	X.org modesetting video driver.
   PRIORITY:	1
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	* 



  > AVAILABLE:

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2023.03.23
   INFO:	Hybrid prime solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	8
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	video-modesetting 
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-470xx-prime
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2023.03.23
   INFO:	Hybrid prime solution for NVIDIA Optimus Technology - Closed source NVIDIA driver & open source intel driver.
   PRIORITY:	7
   FREEDRIVER:	false
   DEPENDS:	video-modesetting 
   CONFLICTS:	video*nvidia* 
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0302 0300 
   VENDORIDS:	10de 8086 

   NAME:	video-linux
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2018.05.04
   INFO:	Standard open source drivers.
   PRIORITY:	2
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 0380 0302 
   VENDORIDS:	1002 8086 10de 

   NAME:	video-modesetting
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2020.01.13
   INFO:	X.org modesetting video driver.
   PRIORITY:	1
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	* 

   NAME:	video-vesa
   ATTACHED:	PCI
   VERSION:	2017.03.12
   INFO:	X.org vesa video driver.
   PRIORITY:	0
   FREEDRIVER:	true
   DEPENDS:	-
   CONFLICTS:	-
   CLASSIDS:	0300 
   VENDORIDS:	*
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you’ve installed nouveau (this is not the propietary driver) and to double the mess started in wayland-session.
install the propietary driver and use X11. nouveau and your 1650 will not work and wayland does not support nvidia-renderer.

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If I understand correctly, I have to login with X11 and then try to install the proprietary driven again?

BTW, apparently I can’t switch to X11. I tried to login with X11 via the options Gnome Classic and Gnome under Xorg but I immediatly get he login button back.

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if you cant enter into the desktop, you can do it from tty: ctrl+alt+f2 or f1-f6 keys, enter your username and password, and install them from there:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
reboot:
systemctl reboot

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I can enter into the desktop now, since I have disinstalled the Nvidia proprietary driver from a live usb session

7

how can you do this ? the propietary driver was not installed so it’s impossible to uninstall something that isn’t installed.

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?
I installed the proprietary driver. Manjaro stuck before the login screen. I run live Manjaro from usb. I did chroot and disinstalled the driver …

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a actual output of

is a way more informative.

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I am sorry, probably I was not clear enough.

The output of inxi --admin --verbosity=7 --filter --width in my first post is after having installed and disinstalled the proprietary driver.

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so after you installed the nvidia you got stuck, then you uninstalled it, and was able to boot?
enable early loading of the drivers:
sudo nano etc/mkinitcpio.conf
and edit the modules section to look like this:

MODULES=(i915 nvidia nvidia_drm nvidia_uvm nvidia_modeset)

save it with ctrl+x, press ‘y’, then enter and update it:
sudo mkinitcpio -P
install again the nvidia drivers, reboot and see if it helped…

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I have already tried this solution. Unfortunately it didn’t work.

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did you tried booting with different kernels?
provide also output from:
pacman -Qm
ls /etc/modprobe.d
find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"

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I just have 6.1.53-1-MANJARO

pacman -Qm                                                       ✔ 
code-features 1.81.1-1
dropbox 181.4.5678-1
gnome-shell-extension-material-shell 44-1
libsidplay 1.36.59-10
popcorntime 0.4.9-2
rstudio-desktop-bin 2023.06.2.561-1
spotify 1:1.2.20.1210-1
trizen 1:1.68-1
webkit2gtk-5.0 2.38.6-1

ls /etc/modprobe.d                                              ✔ 
mhwd-gpu.conf

find /etc/X11/ -name "*.conf"
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf
/etc/X11/xorg.conf
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remove this:
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
reboot;
install again the nvidia drivers:
sudo mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
reboot and try also switching to xorg in the login screen

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Amazing, it works!

So the problem was that I had a strange X11 configuration?

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I just realized that audio is not working anymore

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that doesnt look like its related… was the audio working before you installed the nvidia?
try different kernels, the 6.5 and the 5.15 and see if the audio works with any of them…

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