I’m running on a system with dual boot with Windows 10. I can boot to windows 10 thru GRUB menu well. But it doesn’t boot when Manjaro is selected. This happened right after I updated. Prior to this, I have correct NVIDIA driver installation. What should i do?
Welcome to the forum! 
I would recommend booting up from the Manjaro install medium in live mode ─ any one of the install media will do ─ and issue the following commands in a terminal window… 
ls -l /boot/efi
ls -l /boot
Click the </> button in the toolbar of the post editor and paste the output of those two commands in between the two lines of backticks (```).
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What’s exactly happening?
In addition to @Aragorn’s suggestion please enter
sudo manjaro-chroot -a
inxi -Fazy
parted -l
efibootmgr -v
Post the result here.
Then don’t forget:
exit
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Thanks for the prompt help! Here’s the output
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ ls -l /boot
total 9778
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 40960 Oct 5 15:37 amd-ucode.img
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 30 Oct 19 13:56 grub
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 3161088 Jun 16 17:50 intel-ucode.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 21 Oct 19 11:32 linux58-x86_64.kver
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root 34 Oct 19 13:55 memtest86+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 6810048 Oct 19 13:55 vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
Try to reinstall the initramfs by
sudo mkinitcpio -P
when chrooted.
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It just shows the logo of my motherboard and freezes. This is the output.
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo manjaro-chroot -a
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
==> Detected systems:
--> 0) ManjaroLinux
==> Select system to mount [0-0] :
0
==> ERROR: You can't mount 0!
Enter 1
It’s a litle bug…
But more important: your initramfs is missing, see command above or follow @Aragorn’s set of commands. 
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Okay, I see the problem already: you don’t have an initramfs. Okay, here’s what to do…
Assuming that you’re still booted up in the live session, issue the following command in the terminal…
su -
Enter the live session’s root password. Now proceed with the following commands…
manjaro-chroot -a
mkinitcpio -g -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
sync
exit
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this error shows up
[manjaro ~]# manjaro-chroot -a
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
==> Detected systems:
--> 0) ManjaroLinux
==> Select system to mount [0-0] :
1
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/nvme0n1p6]
--> mount: [/mnt]
--> mount: [/mnt/boot/efi]
[manjaro /]# mkinitcpio -g -k /boot/vmlinuz-5.8-x86_64
readlink: invalid option -- 'k'
Try 'readlink --help' for more information.
==> ERROR: Unable to write to path: `-k'
@Wollie, should i proceed with sudo mkinitcpio -P
Hmm… If the -k option is no longer supported, then they haven’t updated the man page. 
Well, try the following then instead…
mkinitcpio -P -g
I’ve executed the commands, and got the confirmation that the image was generated successfully. The problem still persists though after reboot 
The question is how the initramfs file got lost? Have you interrupted the update process?
In that case chroot again and apply
rm -f /var/lib/pacman/sync/*
rm /var/lib/pacman/db.lck
pacman-mirrors -f && pacman -Syyu
and report what you got.
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I didn’t interrupt the update process. Here’s the output now btw of @Wollie 's intial suggested commands .
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo manjaro-chroot -a
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
==> Detected systems:
--> 0) ManjaroLinux
==> Select system to mount [0-0] :
1
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/nvme0n1p6]
--> mount: [/mnt]
--> mount: [/mnt/boot/efi]
[manjaro /]# inxi -Fazy
12System:
12Kernel 5.8.16-2-MANJARO x86_64 12bits 64 12compiler N/A
12parameters BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-x86_64 lang=en_US keytable=us tz=UTC
driver=free nouveau.modeset=1 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1
misobasedir=manjaro misolabel=MANJARO_XFCE_2012 quiet systemd.show_status=1
apparmor=1 security=apparmor
12Desktop Xfce 12info xfce4-panel 12wm xfwm4 12dm N/A 12Distro Manjaro Linux
12Machine:
12Type Desktop 12Mobo Micro-Star 12model B450 GAMING PRO CARBON AC (MS-7B85) 12v 1.0
12serial <filter> 12UEFI American Megatrends 12v 1.C0 12date 06/11/2020
12CPU:
12Topology 6-Core 12model AMD Ryzen 5 3600 12socket AM4 12bits 64 12type MT MCP
12arch Zen 2 12family 17 (23) 12model-id 71 (113) 12stepping N/A 12microcode 8701021
12L1 cache 384 KiB 12L2 cache 3072 KiB 12L3 cache 32.0 MiB
12flags avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 sse4a ssse3 svm
12bogomips 86424
12Speed 3596 MHz 12min/max 2200/3600 MHz 12base/boost 3600/4200 12boost enabled
12volts 1.1 V 12ext-clock 100 MHz 12Core speeds (MHz) 121 3600 122 2055 123 2194 124 2193
125 2057 126 2197 127 2199 128 2199 129 3599 1210 1837 1211 2121 1212 2193
12Vulnerabilities 12Type itlb_multihit 12status Not affected
12Type l1tf 12status Not affected
12Type mds 12status Not affected
12Type meltdown 12status Not affected
12Type spec_store_bypass
12mitigation Speculative Store Bypass disabled via prctl and seccomp
12Type spectre_v1
12mitigation usercopy/swapgs barriers and __user pointer sanitization
12Type spectre_v2 12mitigation Full AMD retpoline, IBPB: conditional, STIBP:
conditional, RSB filling
12Type srbds 12status Not affected
12Type tsx_async_abort 12status Not affected
12Graphics:
12Device-1 NVIDIA TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER] 12vendor Gigabyte
12driver nouveau 12v kernel 12alternate nvidia_drm,nvidia 12bus ID 26:00.0
12chip ID 10de:1f06
12Display 12server X.org 1.20.9 12driver nouveau 12note display driver n/a
12FAILED nvidia
12Message Advanced graphics data unavailable for root.
12Audio:
12Device-1 NVIDIA TU106 High Definition Audio 12vendor Gigabyte
12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12bus ID 26:00.1 12chip ID 10de:10f9
12Device-2 AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio 12vendor Micro-Star MSI
12driver snd_hda_intel 12v kernel 12bus ID 28:00.4 12chip ID 1022:1487
12Device-3 Z-Star Micro Venus USB2.0 Camera 12type USB
12driver snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo 12bus ID 1-6:3 12chip ID 0ac8:3420
12Sound Server ALSA 12v k5.8.16-2-MANJARO
12Network:
12Device-1 Intel Wireless-AC 9260 12driver iwlwifi 12v kernel 12bus ID 21:00.0
12chip ID 8086:2526
12IF wlo1 12state up 12mac <filter>
12Device-2 Intel I211 Gigabit Network 12vendor Micro-Star MSI 12driver igb
12v 5.6.0-k 12port f000 12bus ID 22:00.0 12chip ID 8086:1539
12IF enp34s0 12state down 12mac <filter>
12Device-3 Intel Wireless-AC 9260 Bluetooth Adapter 12type USB 12driver btusb
12bus ID 5-4:5 12chip ID 8087:0025
12Drives:
12Local Storage 12total 961.33 GiB 12used 154.50 GiB (16.1%)
12SMART Message Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
12ID-1 /dev/nvme0n1 12vendor Crucial 12model CT1000P1SSD8 12size 931.51 GiB
12block size 12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12speed 31.6 Gb/s 12lanes 4
12serial <filter> 12rev P3CR010
12ID-2 /dev/sda 12type USB 12vendor SanDisk 12model Ultra 12size 29.82 GiB 12block size
12physical 512 B 12logical 512 B 12serial <filter> 12rev 1.26
12Partition:
12ID-1 / 12raw size 511.05 GiB 12size 502.03 GiB (98.23%) 12used 154.37 GiB (30.7%)
12fs ext4 12block size 4096 B 12dev /dev/nvme0n1p6
12Swap:
12Alert No Swap data was found.
12Sensors:
12System Temperatures 12cpu 52.2 C 12mobo N/A 12gpu nouveau 12temp 42 C
12Fan Speeds (RPM) N/A 12gpu nouveau 12fan 654
12Info:
12Processes 324 12Uptime 6m 12Memory 15.64 GiB 12used 1.40 GiB (9.0%) 12Init systemd
12v 246 12Compilers 12gcc 10.2.0 12alt 8/9 12Packages 12pacman 1314 12lib 351
12Client Unknown Client: systemd 12inxi 3.1.05
[manjaro /]# parted -l
Model: SanDisk Ultra (scsi)
Disk /dev/sda: 32.0GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: msdos
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size Type File system Flags
2 2787MB 2792MB 4194kB primary esp
Model: CT1000P1SSD8 (nvme)
Disk /dev/nvme0n1: 1000GB
Sector size (logical/physical): 512B/512B
Partition Table: gpt
Disk Flags:
Number Start End Size File system Name Flags
1 1049kB 556MB 555MB ntfs Basic data partition hidden, diag
2 556MB 661MB 105MB fat32 EFI system partition boot, esp
3 661MB 677MB 16.8MB Microsoft reserved partition msftres
4 677MB 450GB 450GB ntfs Basic data partition msftdata
6 450GB 999GB 549GB ext4
5 999GB 1000GB 1023MB linux-swap(v1) swap
[manjaro /]# efibootmgr -v
BootCurrent: 0006
Timeout: 1 seconds
BootOrder: 0002,0004,0000,0007,0006,0001,0005
Boot0000* Windows Boot Manager HD(2,GPT,1e173b81-bb3f-4f77-b812-651360ceb2d7,0x109000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\MICROSOFT\BOOT\BOOTMGFW.EFI)WINDOWS.........x...B.C.D.O.B.J.E.C.T.=.{.9.d.e.a.8.6.2.c.-.5.c.d.d.-.4.e.7.0.-.a.c.c.1.-.f.3.2.b.3.4.4.d.4.7.9.5.}...,................
Boot0001* Hard Drive BBS(HD,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,0200)..GO..NO..........C.T.1.0.0.0.P.1.S.S.D.8...................\.,.@.r.d.=.X..........A..........................................Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.1.9.2.8.E.2.1.3.2.3.F.F........BO
Boot0002* Manjaro HD(2,GPT,1e173b81-bb3f-4f77-b812-651360ceb2d7,0x109000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\MANJARO\GRUBX64.EFI)
Boot0004* ubuntu HD(2,GPT,1e173b81-bb3f-4f77-b812-651360ceb2d7,0x109000,0x32000)/File(\EFI\UBUNTU\SHIMX64.EFI)
Boot0005* USB HDD BBS(HD,,0x0)/VenHw(5ce8128b-2cec-40f0-8372-80640e3dc858,0900)..GO..NO..........S.a.n.D.i.s.k. .U.l.t.r.a. .1...2.6...................\.,.@.r.d.=.X..........A.............................>..Gd-.;.A..MQ..L.4.C.5.3.2.0.0.0.0.4.0.4.1.8.1.0.5.4.0.3........BO
Boot0006* UEFI: SanDisk Ultra 1.26 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x3)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/USB(8,0)/CDROM(1,0x5311a0,0x8000)..BO
Boot0007* UEFI: SanDisk Ultra 1.26, Partition 2 PciRoot(0x0)/Pci(0x1,0x3)/Pci(0x0,0x0)/USB(8,0)/HD(2,MBR,0x0,0x5311a0,0x2000)..BO
I would afterwards install the proprietary Nvida driver. When in chroot enter:
mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
Also check if you have fully shutdown Windoze. If not, start Windoze and switch off fast boot. This could set the drive in a hibernating state affecting updates on manjaro’s site.
Hmmm. I think this might be a relevant info. Prior to updating Manjaro, I rolled back to a previous version of cuda and cudnn (v7.6 and v10.1 respectively) because of compatibility issues with tensorflow with the latest cuda and cudnn versions
Btw, here’s the output of mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ sudo manjaro-chroot -a
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
grub-probe: error: cannot find a GRUB drive for /dev/sda1. Check your device.map.
==> Detected systems:
--> 0) ManjaroLinux
==> Select system to mount [0-0] :
1
==> Mounting (ManjaroLinux) [/dev/nvme0n1p6]
--> mount: [/mnt]
--> mount: [/mnt/boot/efi]
[manjaro /]# mhwd -a pci nonfree 0300
> Using config 'video-nvidia-455xx' for device: 0000:26:00.0 (0300:10de:1f06) Display controller nVidia Corporation TU106 [GeForce RTX 2060 SUPER]
> Installing video-nvidia-455xx...
Sourcing /etc/mhwd-x86_64.conf
Has lib32 support: true
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/db/pci/graphic_drivers/nvidia-455xx/MHWDCONFIG
Processing classid: 0300
Sourcing /var/lib/mhwd/scripts/include/0300
Processing classid: 0302
checking dependencies...
error: failed to prepare transaction (could not satisfy dependencies)
:: removing nvidia-450xx-utils breaks dependency 'nvidia-utils' required by cuda
Error: pacman failed!
Error: script failed!
[manjaro /]#
P.S.
Yep. I have fast boot switched off. I’ve done this before already since it was affecting network connections whenever I boot to Manjaro before.
Remove cuda first. if you need this tool then you can install it afterwards.
In chroot:
pacman -Rsn cudaNow you know why I put that 
on @Wollie’s post above. 
@Aragorn, this is not something new and can be fixed. The repo’s have been updated. We start to remove whatever is given behind required by as long as it’s not getting some system relevant. So, some steps might be needed.
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I know, but it’s just that I consider Nvidia the spawn of Satan. 
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We can be happy - no hybrid graphics here 
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