Stuck at “/dev/nvme01p7: clean, … files, …blocks” after installing optimus manager

I am completely new to linux and manjaro as a whole. My laptop has a 3060 and intel gpu with optimus.

I installed optimus-manager following a guide,

And after rebooting, I got stuck at a black screen with the following “/dev/nvme01p7: clean, … files, …blocks”

Switching to tty2 using ctrl+alt+f2 works, but I have no idea what the problem is :frowning:

Hi @Andyye, and welcome!

If you can switch to tty2, as you mentioned, switch to it, and log in there. Then see if you can make sure everything is synchronised:

sudo pamac update

Then see if you can start X:

startx

If that doesn’t work, I don’t know, perhaps try removing optimus-manager from tty2:

sudo pamac remove optimus-manager

and come back to the forum and ask for help. Because I have absolutely no idea.

The more I think of it, the more it sounds like you have to enable/put something in a configuration file that starts X/SDDM when ready.

DISCLAIMER: I’ve never used, nor do I think I WILL ever use optimus-manager, so I’m not sure about any of this. It’s just me guessing. You’ll notice I didn’t let you edit any configuration files. That’s why.

removing optimus-manager worked, but I really want to be able to switch between integrated and dedicated graphic cards, so is there any alternative? or even better, a fix?

I have absolutely no idea, since I don’t use hybrid graphics or even a laptop.

But I’m thinking that you have to have the hybrid drivers installed. Check wit:

mhwd --listinstalled

And:

mhwd --list

Post the output if you wish us to take a look for you.

Edit:

For more information, look at, and absorb: NVIDIA Optimus - ArchWiki

returns

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


Warning: No installed USB configs!

and

returns


> 0000:01:00.0 (0300:10de:2520) Display controller nVidia Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2021.07.28               false            PCI
          video-nvidia            2020.11.30               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI


> 0000:2d:00.0 (0200:10ec:8168) Network controller Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
         network-r8168            2016.04.20                true            PCI


> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:9a60) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime            2021.07.28               false            PCI
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

I almost think you’ll have to install the hybrid drivers first:

mhwd --install pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime

IIRC anyway.


And if it doesn’t work, switch to tty2 and remove it:

sudo mhwd --remove pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime

However, I once again put my disclaimer here that this is only guesswork.

Tried it, does not work at all

Well, I’m out of ideas.

But, see How to provide good information and, if applicable, [HowTo] post screenshots and links

That would be neccessary for anyone other trying to help. In fact, I should’ve asked earlier.

This is my inxi output

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
  root=UUID=b23461fb-d6e4-4f03-8f51-80b02ae66865 rw quiet apparmor=1
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603HM_GU603HM
  v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: GU603HM v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: GU603HM.309 date: 06/24/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 18.3 Wh (23.4%) condition: 78.1/90.0 Wh (86.8%)
  volts: 15.9 min: 15.9 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
  status: Discharging cycles: 110
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.31 GiB used: 2.2 GiB (14.4%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 8D (141) stepping: 1 microcode: 2C
  cache: L2: 24 MiB bogomips: 79888
  Speed: 801 MHz min/max: 800/4800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 801 2: 819
  3: 1034 4: 805 5: 776 6: 1190 7: 801 8: 802 9: 822 10: 801 11: 801 12: 1140
  13: 1055 14: 789 15: 1185 16: 811
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
  arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni
  avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f
  avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush
  clflushopt clwb 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 fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify
  hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single
  lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
  pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good
  sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
  ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer
  tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
  xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown 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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
  v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
  driver: N/A alternate: nouveau bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520
  class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 13d3:5458 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
  loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.7x16.7")
  s-diag: 798mm (31.4")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 2560x1600 hz: 165 dpi: 189 size: 344x215mm (13.5x8.5")
  diag: 406mm (16")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
  v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
  chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
  bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2d:00.0
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel port: N/A
  bus-ID: 0000:2f:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
  bus-ID: 3-14:6 chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
  v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 9.75 GiB (1.0%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00
  size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: GXA7301Q temp: 42.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 234.91 GiB size: 230.17 GiB (97.98%) used: 9.72 GiB (4.2%)
  fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7 label: N/A
  uuid: b23461fb-d6e4-4f03-8f51-80b02ae66865
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
  used: 30.1 MiB (11.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  label: SYSTEM uuid: 16B4-896D
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
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: 695.66 GiB fs: ntfs label: OS
  uuid: 4C46B66646B65106
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 850 MiB fs: ntfs label: RECOVERY
  uuid: 1268014C68012FD1
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 22 GiB fs: ntfs label: RESTORE
  uuid: BAF236B1F236722D
  ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 200 MiB fs: vfat label: MYASUS
  uuid: E436-A1D4
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 13d3:5458 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-5:3 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c53f class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 3-9:4 info: Shenzhen Goodix FingerPrint type: <vendor specific>
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 27c6:521d class-ID: ff00
  Device-4: 3-10:5 info: ASUSTek N-KEY Device type: Keyboard
  driver: asus,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 0b05:19b6 class-ID: 0301
  Device-5: 3-14:6 info: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: Bluetooth
  driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 51.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0
Info:
  Processes: 311 Uptime: 8m wakeups: 5 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1225 lib: 333 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh
  v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.08
    ~                                                         

It states the driver as N/A , so my guess is still that it’s the driver, somehow.

Try installing it:

mhwd --install pci video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-prime

And then removing the video-linux one:

mhwd --remove pci video-linux

Followed by rebooting.

Edit:

If that works, report back with another, new inxi output for us.

here is my inxi output
The driver appeared, but somehow the system does not boot without removing optimus-manager

System:
  Kernel: 5.13.19-2-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.13-x86_64
  root=UUID=b23461fb-d6e4-4f03-8f51-80b02ae66865 rw quiet apparmor=1
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: KDE Plasma 5.22.5 tk: Qt 5.15.2 wm: kwin_x11 vt: 2 dm: SDDM
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: ASUSTeK product: ROG Zephyrus M16 GU603HM_GU603HM
  v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: ASUSTeK model: GU603HM v: 1.0 serial: <filter>
  UEFI: American Megatrends LLC. v: GU603HM.309 date: 06/24/2021
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 11.2 Wh (14.3%) condition: 78.1/90.0 Wh (86.8%)
  volts: 15.9 min: 15.9 model: ASUSTeK ASUS Battery type: Li-ion serial: N/A
  status: Discharging cycles: 110
  Device-1: hidpp_battery_0
  model: Logitech G304 Lightspeed Wireless Gaming Mouse serial: <filter>
  charge: 100% (should be ignored) rechargeable: yes status: Discharging
Memory:
  RAM: total: 15.31 GiB used: 1.96 GiB (12.8%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: 8-Core model: 11th Gen Intel Core i9-11900H bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Tiger Lake family: 6 model-id: 8D (141) stepping: 1 microcode: 2C
  cache: L2: 24 MiB bogomips: 79888
  Speed: 824 MHz min/max: 800/4800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 824 2: 801
  3: 1117 4: 1051 5: 887 6: 1062 7: 958 8: 2166 9: 801 10: 800 11: 1170
  12: 1292 13: 820 14: 810 15: 778 16: 833
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm acpi adx aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_capabilities
  arch_perfmon art avx avx2 avx512_bitalg avx512_vbmi2 avx512_vnni
  avx512_vp2intersect avx512_vpopcntdq avx512bw avx512cd avx512dq avx512f
  avx512ifma avx512vbmi avx512vl bmi1 bmi2 bts cat_l2 cdp_l2 clflush
  clflushopt clwb 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 fsrm fxsr gfni ht hwp hwp_act_window hwp_epp hwp_notify
  hwp_pkg_req ibpb ibrs ibrs_enhanced ida intel_pt invpcid invpcid_single
  lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor movbe movdir64b movdiri msr mtrr
  nonstop_tsc nopl nx ospke pae pat pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pdpe1gb pebs pge
  pku pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pts rdpid rdrand rdseed rdt_a rdtscp rep_good
  sdbg sep sha_ni smap smep split_lock_detect ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
  ssse3 stibp syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc tsc_adjust tsc_deadline_timer
  tsc_known_freq umip vaes vme vmx vnmi vpclmulqdq vpid x2apic xgetbv1 xsave
  xsavec xsaveopt xsaves xtopology xtpr
  Vulnerabilities: Type: itlb_multihit status: Not affected
  Type: l1tf status: Not affected
  Type: mds status: Not affected
  Type: meltdown 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: Enhanced IBRS, IBPB: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Not affected
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel TigerLake-H GT1 [UHD Graphics] vendor: ASUSTeK driver: i915
  v: kernel bus-ID: 0000:00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a60 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: NVIDIA GA106M [GeForce RTX 3060 Mobile / Max-Q] vendor: ASUSTeK
  driver: nvidia v: 470.63.01 alternate: nouveau,nvidia_drm
  bus-ID: 0000:01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2520 class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 3-2:2 chip-ID: 13d3:5458 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 compositor: kwin_x11 driver:
  loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: :0 screens: 1
  Screen-1: 0 s-res: 2560x1600 s-dpi: 96 s-size: 677x423mm (26.7x16.7")
  s-diag: 798mm (31.4")
  Monitor-1: eDP-1 res: 2560x1600 hz: 165 dpi: 189 size: 344x215mm (13.5x8.5")
  diag: 406mm (16")
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa Intel UHD Graphics (TGL GT1) v: 4.6 Mesa 21.2.3
  direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel Tiger Lake-H HD Audio vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel
  v: kernel alternate: snd_sof_pci_intel_tgl bus-ID: 0000:00:1f.3
  chip-ID: 8086:43c8 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
  bus-ID: 0000:01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:228e class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.13.19-2-MANJARO running: yes
  Sound Server-2: JACK v: 1.9.19 running: no
  Sound Server-3: PulseAudio v: 15.0 running: yes
  Sound Server-4: PipeWire v: 0.3.38 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
  vendor: ASUSTeK driver: r8169 v: kernel port: 3000 bus-ID: 0000:2d:00.0
  chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: eno2 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: MEDIATEK vendor: AzureWave driver: mt7921e v: kernel port: N/A
  bus-ID: 0000:2f:00.0 chip-ID: 14c3:7961 class-ID: 0280
  IF: wlo1 state: up mac: <filter>
  IP v4: <filter> type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
  broadcast: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: USB driver: btusb v: 0.8
  bus-ID: 3-14:6 chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: up address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Hardware-1: Intel Volume Management Device NVMe RAID Controller driver: vmd
  v: 0.6 port: N/A bus-ID: 0000:00:0e.0 chip-ID: 8086:9a0b rev: class-ID: 0104
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 953.87 GiB used: 10.27 GiB (1.1%)
  SMART Message: Unable to run smartctl. Root privileges required.
  ID-1: /dev/nvme0n1 maj-min: 259:0 vendor: Samsung model: MZVL21T0HCLR-00B00
  size: 953.87 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 63.2 Gb/s
  lanes: 4 type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: GXA7301Q temp: 43.9 C scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 234.91 GiB size: 230.17 GiB (97.98%)
  used: 10.24 GiB (4.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/nvme0n1p7 maj-min: 259:7
  label: N/A uuid: b23461fb-d6e4-4f03-8f51-80b02ae66865
  ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 260 MiB size: 256 MiB (98.46%)
  used: 30.1 MiB (11.8%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/nvme0n1p1 maj-min: 259:1
  label: SYSTEM uuid: 16B4-896D
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
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: 695.66 GiB fs: ntfs label: OS
  uuid: 4C46B66646B65106
  ID-3: /dev/nvme0n1p4 maj-min: 259:4 size: 850 MiB fs: ntfs label: RECOVERY
  uuid: 1268014C68012FD1
  ID-4: /dev/nvme0n1p5 maj-min: 259:5 size: 22 GiB fs: ntfs label: RESTORE
  uuid: BAF236B1F236722D
  ID-5: /dev/nvme0n1p6 maj-min: 259:6 size: 200 MiB fs: vfat label: MYASUS
  uuid: E436-A1D4
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 1 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.1 speed: 10 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 16 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-2:2 info: IMC Networks USB2.0 HD UVC WebCam type: Video
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 13d3:5458 class-ID: fe01 serial: <filter>
  Device-2: 3-5:7 info: Logitech USB Receiver type: Keyboard,Mouse,HID
  driver: logitech-djreceiver,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 98mA chip-ID: 046d:c53f class-ID: 0300
  Device-3: 3-9:4 info: Shenzhen Goodix FingerPrint type: <vendor specific>
  driver: N/A interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 27c6:521d class-ID: ff00
  Device-4: 3-10:5 info: ASUSTek N-KEY Device type: Keyboard
  driver: asus,usbhid interfaces: 3 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 0b05:19b6 class-ID: 0301
  Device-5: 3-14:6 info: IMC Networks Wireless_Device type: Bluetooth
  driver: btusb interfaces: 3 rev: 2.1 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 100mA
  chip-ID: 13d3:3563 class-ID: e001 serial: <filter>
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 8 rev: 3.1 speed: 20 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 52.0 C mobo: N/A
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 2200
Info:
  Processes: 335 Uptime: 3m wakeups: 5 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: pacman: 1217 lib: 327 flatpak: 0 Shell: Zsh
  v: 5.8 default: Bash v: 5.1.8 running-in: yakuake inxi: 3.3.08

have you followed the instruction in this page?

though i don’t know if that’s related to your issue.

also, here is a picture of the output while the boot failed (when the optimus-manager was installed)

So I think maybe the optimus-manager removes the driver as it saids N/A?

yep. I followed the guide lines exactly, including installing the nvidia drivers

Somehow I missed this.

Kernel 5.13 is EOL (End Of Life) and no longer supported. I recommend using an LTS version:

mhwd-kernel --install linux510

Followed by rebooting, selecting Advanced… options in the grub menu and choosing version 5.10. Then, when successfully booted, removing version 5.13:

mhwd-kernel --remove linux513

Edit:

I’m not sure if it’s related, but it might have something to do with your struggles now.

No, it looks as if it’s there, from what I can see.

Do you mean 510? Because it returns

Error: Please make sure if the given kernel(s) exist(s).
available kernels:
   * linux414
   * linux419
   * linux44
   * linux49
   * linux510
   * linux513
   * linux514
   * linux515
   * linux54
   * linux510-rt

what is Linux 610?isn’t it 510?

You are correct! Sorry, my mistake.

Indeed, It was my mistake, and I’ve since corrected it.