If you mean amdgpu-pro (which you should not use anyways) … then yes, it does not appear in the package list. but as shown in the following quote, you still have amdgpu-git.
And none of this means ‘mhwd is still in control’ … we will revisit this below by force reinstalling the proper driver profile.
CSCS is more experienced than me… maybe try timeshift rollback later, if nothing helps.
Edit:
From my opinion, if absolute nothing is changed… its probably the hardware.
Temps, powerdraw (power supply), gpu power connector (i know the chances are low), did you or someone else touched the Tower Case, maybe a connector not 100% stable or your GPU isnt no longer 100 perfect in the PCI-E Slot? I hope no real damage… as i said, steam has silence/invisible launcher updates and can only be detected after booting again in Steam and you see the launcher boot window changed for few seconds but then… you can easy MISS THIS FEEDBACK.
When there are no autoupdates elsewhere, why shouldn’t your GPU run into issue, when nothing changed… besides are hardware problem?
If I start a game with steam I still get the error CREATEDXGIFactory: FAILED
ERROR: [../mesa-23.3.5/src/amd/vulkan/radv_physical_device.c:1740] Code 0 : Could not open device /dev/dri/renderD128: Permission denied (VK_ERROR_INCOMPATIBLE_DRIVER)
ERROR: [Loader Message] Code 0 : setup_loader_term_phys_devs: Failed to detect any valid GPUs in the current config
ERROR at /usr/src/debug/vulkan-tools/Vulkan-Tools-1.3.269/vulkaninfo/./vulkaninfo.h:237:vkEnumeratePhysicalDevices failed with ERROR_INITIALIZATION_FAILED
I dont know how youve broken vulkan.
I do notice that you have vulkan-intel which you probably should not.
The package is just an ‘easy’ way to add a few boot options to make AMDGPU funcitonal on early GCN cards it would not otherwise be active for (sea islands, etc).
You are already using amdgpu.
That package would do nothing for you.
Extra thought:
Maybe some bad files/options in /etc/X11/* ?
Somewhere in there would be my guess. Installing proprietary drivers is never the right answer to a problem like this. If you’re not able to undo whatever you did then hopefully you have a Timeshift backup…
My guess, you changed something and just can’t remember or you maybe have data corruption… maybe unstable RAM settings, wrong RAM Timings in the BIOS is possible… who knows.
Are you 100% sure, there is no automatic updates activated somewhere else?
Do you had system freezes, that maybe lead to additional data corruption?
I used my Timeshift backup and everything is working again. I am absolutely sure I did not change something, and no automatic updates except Steam itself.
Point of information …
6.4 was/is not LTS (long term support) … or else it would have existed for longer than a few months.
Always keep your system up to date. 6.4 reached its end of life about 6 months ago.
(this also means it could not be the same issue as OP, as their opening inxi shows 6.6)