Stuck boot at "Finished TLP system startup/shutdown" new kernel

[Kronsteus]

Good day!

After installing the new kernel 5.8.6-1 (via usual pacman -Syu) I am now stuck during boot at
Finished TLP system startup/shutdown
There appear to be no errors preceding or anything that I can tell is wrong in journalctl.

I am able to boot fine with the previous kernel 5.7.19-2 (and how I am writing this messages)
From checking around, similar post indicate this may has something to do with Nvidia driver.
I am indeed using the proprietary nvidia driver (with noveu uninstalled):

Installed PCI configs:
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                      NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
        video-nvidia-450xx            2019.10.25               false            PCI
    Warning: No installed USB configs!```

Any help pretty please?

[megavolt]

Hello and welcome!

I have found the same issue here:

Not able to boot Manjaro USB

Hi All, I am new to Manjaro and would very much like to install and try it on my PC (All in one Vaio with Legacy Nvidia 340.xx). BIOS based Not UFEI. I have been using Linux for some time and used Ubuntu, Fedora with no issues (although I had to add Nvidia Drivers,). Now I am trying to boot from a Manjaro USB and I keep getting Black screen. I did use several Kernel Parameter options (including Nomodeset), but nothing is working !!! Would appreciate any help?

There is no solution yet, but you can try this here:

Not able to boot Manjaro USB

Ok normally it would look like this: Reached target Graphical Interface. Starting TLP system startup/shutdown... Applying power save settings...done. Setting battery charge thresholds...done. Finished TLP system startup/shutdown. So there is a problem with the Powersaving settings, means with the ACPI. I would suggest to add acpi_osi to tell the UEFI/BIOS that you are running Windows. For the latest Windows 10, it is: acpi_osi="Windows 2020" Here is a list: Try what could fit. Or run i…

Not able to boot Manjaro USB

When the grub menu of the live disk appear type E and write it there: [Auswahl_236] Then type F10 to boot.

Maybe it is working for you?

Also this tutorial could be helpful:

[HowTo] Power savings setup| 2021-01-25

Difficulty: ★★★☆☆ Important things Make sure that you have installed working fine for your hardware LTS kernel or lastest stable kernel Since 4.12 kernel you have to create a /etc/udev/rules.d/60-ioschedulers.rules with setup about I/O schedulers for different types storage. HowTo is described in this article. Make sure that you have installed for your CPU Microcode Make sure that you have added the appropriate entries in the GRUB configuration file Make sure you have installed all of the…

[anon89812132]

Hello,

One important aspect, is your system a Laptop or a Desktop PC. If the latter, you can remove tlp. Before that you can try this too:

Boot stuck after update

While in the Grub Menu of Live media, press e to edit it, and append after quiet this line systemd.mask=tlp.service Then press F10 to save and continue booting. Is that helping? If that is a desktop pc, i would recommend to remove tlp

[Kronsteus]

Thank you very much for the possible solution @megavolt @anon89812132! It gave me some good understanding. It is a Desktop PC.
I ended up re-installing the nvidia video-nvidia-450xx driver in the GUI which let me boot with the latest 5.8.6-1 kernel.

Prior to reinstalling nvidia driver I noticed that my Steam games’ frame rate become really poor. The situation hasn’t changed post the reinstall.
As an experiment, I downloaded the latest ISO of manjaro 20.1 and installed on a separate SSD drive (same system). I then Installed the same nvidia driver followed by Steam,game. The frame rate is back at being good. Something has gone really sideways with my existing Manjaro and the upgrade (20 - 20.1) it seems and I cannot tell what. This warrants a different post i guess?