Unable to boot after update | Failed to load Kernel modules (Update from 5.4 to 5.9/5.10 | Nvidia NV160 family (Turing))

[anon89812132]

Hello,

Make a habit to read the stable announcements. There is a wiki post that explains what to do in some situations. For instance:

@philm

I’m still running on nvidia-450 and I want to upgrade to 460 (Kernel 5.10):

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• Print this page so you have it as a reference while in TTY2
• Log off
• Switch to TTY2 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F2
• Log in there
• Execute:

pamac remove nvidia-450xx-utils
#you will get some warnings about optional components needing this: 
#  no worries, you'll install 460 in the next line
sudo mhwd --install pci video-nvidia
sudo reboot

In your case, instead of nvidia-450xx-utils is nvidia-430xx-utils

You do not need the linux-heders for video-nvidia. You need them when you use dkms and dkms drivers …