Stuck at boot after first restart with only mouse pointer for the 3rd time, TTY is glitched out

I’m not sure what’s going on, but this has now happened after 3 separate reinstalls and a hard format of the hard drive. I’ve had this issue occur before on other distros, but never to this degree. I was lead to think maybe the drivers were failing, but I’m not 100% sure, as it booted up just fine.

This all started because I had a Manjaro installation that had been maybe a few months old, and it was working just fine. Randomly though, it crashed, and upon reboot, the login screen looked a bit glitchy and was absurdly bright. Upon attempting to login, the computer just locked up and wouldn’t respond to anything. Then, we got to this portion of the problem; upon boot, it goes to a mouse pointer, black screen, and the TTY is a total unusable pile of glitch.

In the latest particular instance, I had the hard drive hard formatted for about 2 hours through Windows’ Disk Management, then I reinstalled it once more using the minimal ISO. This hard drive is a little over 10 years old, but I don’t think it’s the problem here despite its age. After I did the first boot, worked just fine. I went ahead and did the updates that were needed, installed Flatpak and its pamac plugin, and that was it. Restarted the system and it got stuck again in that same black screen.

My only guess at what this is, is maybe the display drivers I updated to aren’t supported with my graphics card for some reason? Not entirely sure though. I found a guide that explained how to get back in using manjaro-chroot -a through a live environment, but I’m not sure where to go from there.

Would appreciate any ideas.

inxi output:

Summary
  Kernel: 5.15.57-2-MANJARO arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 12.1.0
    parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-5.15-x86_64
    root=UUID=773449a8-3cdd-402b-a42f-a5e1aab29993 rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet
    resume=UUID=6d9aae9f-83bb-4441-bc99-611539d4759d udev.log_priority=3
  Console: pty pts/3 wm: kwin_x11 DM: SDDM Distro: Manjaro Linux
    base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: All Series v: N/A serial: N/A
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: B85M-G v: Rev X.0x serial: <filter>
    UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3602 date: 03/23/2018
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 19.41 GiB used: 2.56 GiB (13.2%)
  Array-1: capacity: 32 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max-module-size: 8 GiB
    note: est.
  Device-1: ChannelA-DIMM0 type: no module installed
  Device-2: ChannelA-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 4 GiB
    speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: TeamGroup part-no: UD3-1600 serial: <filter>
  Device-3: ChannelB-DIMM0 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
    speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Patriot part-no: PSD38G16002 serial: N/A
  Device-4: ChannelB-DIMM1 type: DDR3 detail: synchronous size: 8 GiB
    speed: 1600 MT/s volts: N/A width (bits): data: 64 total: 64
    manufacturer: Patriot part-no: PSD38G16002 serial: N/A
CPU:
  Info: model: Intel Core i7-4770 socket: BGA1155 (1150) note: check bits: 64
    type: MT MCP arch: Haswell gen: core 4 built: 2013-15 process: Intel 22nm
    family: 6 model-id: 0x3C (60) stepping: 3 microcode: 0x28
  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: 3095 high: 3393 min/max: 800/3400 base/boost: 3400/3900
    scaling: driver: intel_cpufreq governor: schedutil volts: 1.2 V
    ext-clock: 100 MHz cores: 1: 1913 2: 3392 3: 3392 4: 3392 5: 3393 6: 3351
    7: 3333 8: 2597 bogomips: 54300
  Flags: abm acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx avx2 bmi1 bmi2
    bts clflush 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 ibpb ibrs invpcid invpcid_single lahf_lm lm mca mce
    md_clear mmx monitor movbe msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat pbe pcid
    pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
    rdtscp rep_good sdbg sep smep smx 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 xsave xsaveopt xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities:
  Type: itlb_multihit status: KVM: VMX disabled
  Type: l1tf mitigation: PTE Inversion; VMX: conditional cache flushes, SMT
    vulnerable
  Type: mds mitigation: Clear CPU buffers; SMT vulnerable
  Type: meltdown mitigation: PTI
  Type: mmio_stale_data status: Not affected
  Type: retbleed status: Not affected
  Type: spec_store_bypass mitigation: Speculative Store Bypass disabled via
    prctl and seccomp
  Type: spectre_v1 mitigation: usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer
    sanitization
  Type: spectre_v2 mitigation: Retpolines, IBPB: conditional, IBRS_FW,
    STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds mitigation: Microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor Integrated Graphics
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5.75 process: Intel 45nm
    built: 2010 ports: active: none empty: HDMI-A-1,HDMI-A-2,VGA-1
    bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0412 class-ID: 0380
  Device-2: NVIDIA GP107 [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti] vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: nvidia v: 515.57 non-free: 515.xx+ status: current (as of 2022-07)
    arch: Pascal code: GP10x process: TSMC 16nm built: 2016-21 pcie: gen: 3
    speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:1c82 class-ID: 0300
  Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.4 compositor: kwin_x11 driver: X:
    loaded: nvidia gpu: i915,nvidia display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 5760x1080 s-dpi: 101 s-size: 1449x272mm (57.05x10.71")
    s-diag: 1474mm (58.04")
  Monitor-1: DP-1 pos: right res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 size: N/A modes: N/A
  Monitor-2: DVI-D-0 pos: primary,left res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 102
    size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.54") modes: N/A
  Monitor-3: HDMI-0 pos: center res: 1920x1080 hz: 60 dpi: 50
    size: 983x576mm (38.7x22.68") diag: 1139mm (44.86") modes: N/A
  OpenGL: renderer: N/A v: N/A direct render: N/A
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Xeon E3-1200 v3/4th Gen Core Processor HD Audio
    vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:03.0
    chip-ID: 8086:0c0c class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: Intel 8 Series/C220 Series High Definition Audio vendor: ASUSTeK
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:8c20
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Micro-Star MSI
    driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s lanes: 16
    bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0fb9 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.15.57-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.21 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.56 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK H81M-C driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: d000 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full 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
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 2.44 TiB used: 10.99 GiB (0.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Crucial model: CT120M500SSD1
    family: Micron Client SSDs size: 111.79 GiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: <filter>
    rev: MU03 temp: 39 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 6y 333d 2h cycles: 2149
    written: 49.43 TiB
  ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Seagate model: ST2000DM008-2FR102
    family: BarraCuda 3.5 (SMR) size: 1.82 TiB block-size: physical: 4096 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.1 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> rev: 0001 temp: 41 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 5387h+41m+20.458s cycles: 330
    read: 5.17 TiB written: 6.64 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
    value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
  ID-3: /dev/sdc maj-min: 8:32 vendor: Seagate model: ST3500413AS
    family: Barracuda 7200.12 size: 465.76 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B
    logical: 512 B sata: 3.0 speed: 6.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200
    serial: <filter> rev: JC45 temp: 41 C scheme: GPT
  SMART: yes state: enabled health: PASSED on: 6y 92d 7h cycles: 2931
    read: 735.89 GiB written: 1.22 TiB Pre-Fail: attribute: Spin_Retry_Count
    value: 100 worst: 100 threshold: 97
  ID-4: /dev/sdd maj-min: 8:48 type: USB vendor: Transcend model: N/A
    size: 60.37 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B type: N/A
    serial: <filter> rev: TS37 scheme: MBR
  SMART Message: Unknown USB bridge. Flash drive/Unsupported enclosure?
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 444.11 GiB size: 444.11 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.99 GiB
    (2.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
    label: N/A uuid: 773449a8-3cdd-402b-a42f-a5e1aab29993
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 608 KiB
    (0.2%) fs: vfat block-size: 512 B dev: /dev/sdc1 maj-min: 8:33
    label: NO_LABEL uuid: 21C0-607D
  ID-3: /home raw-size: 444.11 GiB size: 444.11 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.99
    GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
    label: N/A uuid: 773449a8-3cdd-402b-a42f-a5e1aab29993
  ID-4: /var/cache raw-size: 444.11 GiB size: 444.11 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.99
    GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
    label: N/A uuid: 773449a8-3cdd-402b-a42f-a5e1aab29993
  ID-5: /var/log raw-size: 444.11 GiB size: 444.11 GiB (100.00%) used: 10.99
    GiB (2.5%) fs: btrfs block-size: 4096 B dev: /dev/sdc2 maj-min: 8:34
    label: N/A uuid: 773449a8-3cdd-402b-a42f-a5e1aab29993
Swap:
  Kernel: swappiness: 60 (default) cache-pressure: 100 (default)
  ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 21.36 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%)
    priority: -2 dev: /dev/sdc3 maj-min: 8:35 label: swap
    uuid: 6d9aae9f-83bb-4441-bc99-611539d4759d
Unmounted:
  ID-1: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 size: 100 MiB fs: vfat label: N/A
    uuid: 7E57-B0A8
  ID-2: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2 size: 110.74 GiB fs: ntfs label: Fast Boy
    uuid: 4AF25C43F25C3583
  ID-3: /dev/sda3 maj-min: 8:3 size: 518 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 2AF06036F0600A81
  ID-4: /dev/sda4 maj-min: 8:4 size: 450 MiB fs: ntfs label: N/A
    uuid: 6E78FB3C78FB021F
  ID-5: /dev/sdb1 maj-min: 8:17 size: 16 MiB fs: N/A label: N/A uuid: N/A
  ID-6: /dev/sdb2 maj-min: 8:18 size: 1.82 TiB fs: ntfs label: Bigger Boy
    uuid: B21C55631C55241F
  ID-7: /dev/sdd1 maj-min: 8:49 size: 2.7 GiB fs: iso9660
  ID-8: /dev/sdd2 maj-min: 8:50 size: 4 MiB fs: vfat label: MISO_EFI
    uuid: FC12-D2E0
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 1-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8008 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-4: 2-1:2 info: Intel Integrated Rate Matching Hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:8000 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 12 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Logitech Gaming Mouse G300 type: Mouse,Keyboard
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
    power: 200mA chip-ID: 046d:c246 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 3-4:3 info: Logitech Keyboard K120 type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 90mA chip-ID: 046d:c31c class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 3-6:4 info: LG Optimus (Various Models) MTP Mode
    type: Still Imaging driver: N/A interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 1004:61f9 class-ID: 0601 serial: <filter>
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 6 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 4-1:2 info: Transcend Information microSD/SD/CF UHS-II Card
    Reader [RDF8 RDF9] type: Mass Storage driver: usb-storage interfaces: 1
    rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s power: 896mA chip-ID: 8564:4000 class-ID: 0806
    serial: <filter>
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 34.0 C mobo: N/A gpu: nvidia temp: 52 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A gpu: nvidia fan: 0%
Info:
  Processes: 281 Uptime: 1h 59m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 251
  default: graphical tool: systemctl Compilers: gcc: 12.1.1 clang: 14.0.6
  Packages: pacman: 1064 lib: 306 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh (sudo) v: 5.9
  default: Bash v: 5.1.16 running-in: konsole inxi: 3.3.20

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Thanks, went ahead and added the inxi output (this is using inxi on a btrfs reinstall before the 1st restart after upgrading packages) using that command. I did go through my BIOS options and checked all my cables and such, nothing was out of the ordinary. Live Manjaro won’t work with my daily workload, so I can’t exactly use that. Nonetheless, I did a reinstall with btrfs, so I’m gonna see how well that works.

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