Upgrades in past week or so are causing X to get OH NO Something went

I am using Manjaro Stable , Gnome. I’ve been patching using "pamac upgrade " then “topgrade” for some time with no issue , now every patch causes X to fail and GDM to fail. with the
OH No Something went wrong White Screen.
I chatted on Discord where they suggested i post here. Plain Intel driver Might be issue?
I’m using timeshift to pop back to working state - so before I try again over 465 updates i"ll post what is working below- then try to capture same if I have to use tty after patching.

HP EliteBook

System:
  Host: Flippy Kernel: 5.14.10-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: GNOME 40.5
  Distro: Manjaro Linux
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics driver: i915 v: kernel
  Device-2: Chicony HP HD Webcam [Fixed] type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.13 driver: loaded: modesetting
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
  v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.3
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 89.71 GiB (37.6%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: SK Hynix model: SC210 mSATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB
mhwd -li                                     
> Installed PCI configs:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI

Warning: No installed USB configs!

mhwd -l                                       
> 0000:00:02.0 (0300:8086:0166) Display controller Intel Corporation:
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
                  NAME               VERSION          FREEDRIVER           TYPE
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
           video-linux            2018.05.04                true            PCI
     video-modesetting            2020.01.13                true            PCI
            video-vesa            2017.03.12                true            PCI

pacman -Q| grep -i intel
intel-ucode 20210608-1
lib32-vulkan-intel 21.2.3-1
libva-intel-driver 2.4.1-1
vulkan-intel 21.2.3-1
xf86-video-intel 1:2.99.917+916+g31486f40-1

Oh yes I just recalled - when the X will crash and gdm fail - The framebuffer at start of boot ( I think its fb) where normally I see the start of the PC and kernel loading ( if quiet removed) is jsut blocks of white, unreadable until a certain point then JUST before X tries to load it becomes readable - I assume some driver loads then X fails.

This is not a reasonable inxi. Post a full one… if you wear tinfoil and dont know what the command does you can remove a few sections … but dont be too ridiculous: [HowTo] Provide System Information

My very first FOrum post :slight_smile: thanks for link on doing it right!

  Kernel: 5.14.10-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 11.1.0
  parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-5.14-x86_64
  root=UUID=af6347d4-cb93-47a7-9841-9dac1feac7e8 rw quiet splash apparmor=1
  security=apparmor udev.log_priority=3
  Desktop: GNOME 40.5 tk: GTK 3.24.30 wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM 40.1
  Distro: Manjaro Linux base: Arch Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: Hewlett-Packard product: HP EliteBook Revolve 810 G1
  v: A1029F1102 serial: <filter> Chassis: type: 10 serial: <filter>
  Mobo: Hewlett-Packard model: 18F8 v: KBC Version 51.27 serial: <filter>
  BIOS: Hewlett-Packard v: 68IOD Ver. F.74 date: 04/11/2019
Battery:
  ID-1: BAT0 charge: 41.7 Wh (100.0%) condition: 41.7/41.7 Wh (100.0%)
  volts: 12.6 min: 11.1 model: Hewlett-Packard Primary type: Li-ion
  serial: <filter> status: Full
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.63 GiB used: 4.08 GiB (53.5%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges required.
CPU:
  Info: Dual Core model: Intel Core i5-3437U bits: 64 type: MT MCP
  arch: Ivy Bridge family: 6 model-id: 3A (58) stepping: 9 microcode: 21
  cache: L2: 3 MiB bogomips: 19161
  Speed: 1003 MHz min/max: 800/2900 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1003 2: 806
  3: 798 4: 801
  Flags: acpi aes aperfmperf apic arat arch_perfmon avx bts clflush cmov
  constant_tsc cpuid cpuid_fault cx16 cx8 de ds_cpl dtes64 dtherm dts epb ept
  erms est f16c flexpriority flush_l1d fpu fsgsbase fxsr ht ibpb ibrs ida
  lahf_lm lm mca mce md_clear mmx monitor msr mtrr nonstop_tsc nopl nx pae pat
  pbe pcid pclmulqdq pdcm pebs pge pln pni popcnt pse pse36 pti pts rdrand
  rdtscp rep_good sep smep smx ss ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 stibp
  syscall tm tm2 tpr_shadow tsc 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: 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: Full generic retpoline, IBPB: conditional,
  IBRS_FW, STIBP: conditional, RSB filling
  Type: srbds status: Vulnerable: No microcode
  Type: tsx_async_abort status: Not affected
Graphics:
  Device-1: Intel 3rd Gen Core processor Graphics vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  driver: i915 v: kernel bus-ID: 00:02.0 chip-ID: 8086:0166 class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: Chicony HP HD Webcam [Fixed] type: USB driver: uvcvideo
  bus-ID: 1-1.3:5 chip-ID: 04f2:b346 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Display: wayland server: X.org 1.20.13 compositor: gnome-shell driver:
  loaded: modesetting alternate: fbdev,vesa display-ID: 0
  resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo>
  OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel HD Graphics 4000 (IVB GT2)
  v: 4.2 Mesa 21.2.3 compat-v: 3.0 direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: Intel 7 Series/C216 Family High Definition Audio
  vendor: Hewlett-Packard driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0
  chip-ID: 8086:1e20 class-ID: 0403
  Sound Server-1: ALSA v: k5.14.10-1-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: Intel 82579LM Gigabit Network vendor: Hewlett-Packard
  driver: e1000e v: kernel port: 2060 bus-ID: 00:19.0 chip-ID: 8086:1502
  class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp0s25 state: down mac: <filter>
  Device-2: Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6235 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel
  bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:088e 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
  Device-3: HP HP hs2350 HSPA+ MobileBroadband type: USB
  driver: cdc_acm,cdc_mbim,cdc_wdm bus-ID: 1-1.5:6 chip-ID: 03f0:3d1d
  class-ID: 0202 serial: <filter>
  IF: wwp0s26u1u5i6 state: down mac: <filter>
  IF-ID-1: ipv6leakintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: <filter>
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: global
  IP v6: <filter> type: noprefixroute scope: link
  IF-ID-2: peer_myFlippy state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
  IP v4: <filter> scope: global
  WAN IP: <filter>
Bluetooth:
  Device-1: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver type: USB
  driver: btusb v: 0.8 bus-ID: 1-1.2:4 chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
  Report: rfkill ID: hci0 rfk-id: 1 state: down bt-service: enabled,running
  rfk-block: hardware: no software: yes address: see --recommends
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 238.47 GiB used: 89.04 GiB (37.3%)
  SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
  ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: SK Hynix model: SC210 mSATA 256GB
  size: 238.47 GiB block-size: physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s
  type: SSD serial: <filter> rev: 1L00 scheme: MBR
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / raw-size: 238.47 GiB size: 233.67 GiB (97.99%)
  used: 89.04 GiB (38.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1 label: N/A
  uuid: af6347d4-cb93-47a7-9841-9dac1feac7e8
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 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: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 1-1.1:3 info: Atmel Atmel maXTouch Digitizer type: HID
  driver: hid-generic,hid-multitouch,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0
  speed: 12 Mb/s power: 100mA chip-ID: 03eb:840b class-ID: 0300
  Device-2: 1-1.2:4 info: Intel Centrino Bluetooth Wireless Transceiver
  type: Bluetooth driver: btusb interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  chip-ID: 8087:07da class-ID: e001
  Device-3: 1-1.3:5 info: Chicony HP HD Webcam [Fixed] type: Video
  driver: uvcvideo interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 500mA
  chip-ID: 04f2:b346 class-ID: 0e02 serial: <filter>
  Device-4: 1-1.5:6 info: HP HP hs2350 HSPA+ MobileBroadband
  type: Communication,Abstract (modem),CDC-Data
  driver: cdc_acm,cdc_mbim,cdc_wdm interfaces: 11 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
  chip-ID: 03f0:3d1d class-ID: 0202 serial: <filter>
  Hub-3: 2-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 3 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: 8 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 8087:0024 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-1.6:3 info: STMicro Sensor Hub type: HID
  driver: hid-sensor-hub,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 12 Mb/s
  power: 100mA chip-ID: 0483:91d1 class-ID: 0300 serial: <filter>
  Hub-5: 3-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
  speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 4-0:1 info: Full speed (or root) Hub ports: 4 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
  chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 46.0 C mobo: 0.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info:
  Processes: 238 Uptime: 1h 7m wakeups: 2 Init: systemd v: 249 tool: systemctl
  Compilers: gcc: 11.1.0 Packages: 1469 pacman: 1460 lib: 439 flatpak: 0
  snap: 9 Shell: Zsh v: 5.8 running-in: tilix inxi: 3.3.08