pacman -Qq | grep -e 'nvidia'
lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils
linux419-nvidia-340xx
mhwd-nvidia
mhwd-nvidia-340xx
mhwd-nvidia-390xx
nvidia-340xx-utils
I successfully removed ‘lib32-nvidia-340xx-utils’, ‘linux419-nvidia-340xx’, and ‘nvidia-340xx-utils’.
I deleted the three files in the /etc/ directory and rebooted. On shutdown for the reboot, it froze with the message
[3675.239517] watchdog: watchdog0: watchdog did not stop!
I had to hold the power button to force the shutdown. But this watchdog issue seems like it is an error for another day. On power up, the screen now works!
@linux-aarhus thanks for the above solution! I appreciate you and @kisun’s help! Moving forward with Manjaro updates, do you suspect that this driver issue will happen with each update? Or should updates honor the opensource drivers and not attempt to install/use nvidia drivers? Basically I am wondering if this machine has seen the end of the road for itself as far as updates for it.