Not able to load desktop after update

[yorugua]

I’m sure this is a very newbie question but I’m stuck so I better ask. I’m using a nvidia gt720, using nvidia drivers and after the update I’m not able to get to my desktop, I tried getting to tty by ctrl alt f2 but it doesnt work, what am I missing? thanks

[cscs]

[HowTo] Resolve an unbootable Manjaro (black screen, login failed, cant boot, etc)

When we have problems gaining access to our systems it is difficult to gather information, let alone fix any problems. Here we will cover common causes and solutions to ‘manjaro wont boot’. TTY If your desktop does not load properly then you might still be able to use most, if not all, functionality by dropping to a non-graphical TTY. By default your system will have multiple TTYs, with each corresponding to an Fx key. Your desktop is assigned to one as well - most often F1. You can change…

Update borked something

Probably your card cant handle 495 … use mhwd to remove it and reinstall 470. https://wiki.manjaro.org/index.php/Configure_Graphics_Cards Example: mhwd -l -d sudo mhwd -r pci video-nvidia sudo mhwd -f -i pci video-nvidia-470xx systemctl reboot

[yorugua]

I had to chroot into the system from the live USB manjaro and after that, I used the mhdw command to install the nvidia drivers

[yorugua]

so thanks for the help, the issue is solved

[cscs]

Cool beans.
If it was just the video drivers that should not have been necessary.
(runlevel 3 or similar should have sufficed)
But I am glad the issue is resolved.

[yorugua]

I tried everything, chroot was the only thing that worked, maybe there is some other issue…

[omano]

@cscs

runlevel 3 or similar should have sufficed

I think what is suggested here is that you may have been able to simply use another TTY while in the ‘unbootable’ state (desktop not loading), with the usual keyboard shortcut CTRL+ALT+F3, or use the run level 3 which is easy to do if I’m not wrong, simply append the number 3 to you grub startup command line from grub menu directly (it should drop you in a root terminal I think). Chroot from live USB is more for when you can’t do that, or if you prefer having a GUI to fix things.