Please check out this thread, this question is a follow-up.
Previously, I had the following error:
[ FAILED ] Failed to start Simple Desktop Display Manager.
See 'systemctl status sddm.service' for details.
I fixed it with the amazing help of this community. But ever since then, I didn’t update my laptop fearing the same issue might happen again. I know it’s not safe and is very risky, so today I decided to get rid of the fear and update Manjaro.
What happened? I ran into the exactly same issue. My laptop got stuck again during boot-up with the same message. However, I fixed it by following the same steps and everything’s fine again.
But I am not sure how to fix this, I believe if I update again I’ll run into the same issue. Now I cannot just not update Manjaro and that possibility is ruled out. So I’d like to fix this problem once and for all, permanently.
I’d appreciate help on this since I have no clue on how I could go about solving this issue.
I don’t have the xorg.conf file present in the /etc/X11/. I had deleted the file (as mentioned in the thread) when I fixed up the same issue again. But please find the rest of the files and their outputs below.
And everything is back to normal again. However, I do think if I update Manjaro I will run into the same issue again.
Output of sudo mhwd -li:
> Installed PCI configs:
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NAME VERSION FREEDRIVER TYPE
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video-modesetting 2020.01.13 true PCI
video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-450xx-prime 2019.10.25 false PCI
Warning: No installed USB configs!