Xorg wont start after last update on nvidia prime setup

[vfbsilva]

I’ve followed this post

Here is my xorg.log
and system info:

    System:    Kernel: 5.8.6-1-MANJARO x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: N/A Console: tty 4 Distro: Manjaro Linux 
    Machine:   Type: Laptop System: Dell product: Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming v: N/A serial: <filter> 
               Mobo: Dell model: 0P84C9 v: A01 serial: <filter> UEFI: Dell v: 1.8.1 date: 08/15/2018 
    Battery:   ID-1: BAT0 charge: 36.9 Wh condition: 42.4/74.0 Wh (57%) model: SMP DELL 71JF452 status: Discharging 
    CPU:       Topology: Quad Core model: Intel Core i7-7700HQ bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Kaby Lake rev: 9 L2 cache: 6144 KiB 
               flags: avx avx2 lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 44817 
               Speed: 900 MHz min/max: 800/3800 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 978 2: 943 3: 946 4: 944 5: 982 6: 947 7: 947 8: 948 
    Graphics:  Device-1: Intel HD Graphics 630 vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel bus ID: 00:02.0 
               Device-2: NVIDIA GP107M [GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile] vendor: Dell driver: nvidia v: 450.66 bus ID: 01:00.0 
               Device-3: Sunplus Innovation Integrated Webcam type: USB driver: uvcvideo bus ID: 1-12:3 
               Display: server: X.org 1.20.8 driver: modesetting,nvidia tty: 240x67 
               Message: Advanced graphics data unavailable in console for root. 
    Audio:     Device-1: Intel CM238 HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 00:1f.3 
               Device-2: NVIDIA GP107GL High Definition Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 01:00.1 
               Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.8.6-1-MANJARO 
    Network:   Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: Dell driver: N/A port: d000 
               bus ID: 02:00.0 
               Device-2: Qualcomm Atheros QCA6174 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter vendor: Dell driver: ath10k_pci v: kernel 
               port: d000 bus ID: 03:00.0 
               IF: wlp3s0 state: up mac: <filter> 
               Device-3: Qualcomm Atheros type: USB driver: btusb bus ID: 1-4:2 
               IF-ID-1: docker0 state: down mac: <filter> 
    Drives:    Local Storage: total: 1.14 TiB used: 167.62 GiB (14.3%) 
               ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: LITE-ON model: CV3-8D256-11 SATA 256GB size: 238.47 GiB 
               ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Western Digital model: WD10JPVX-75JC3T0 size: 931.51 GiB 
    RAID:      Hardware-1: Intel 82801 Mobile SATA Controller [RAID mode] driver: ahci v: 3.0 bus ID: 00:17.0 
    Partition: ID-1: / size: 109.03 GiB used: 75.68 GiB (69.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda5 
               ID-2: /var size: 51.89 GiB used: 44.20 GiB (85.2%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2 
    Swap:      ID-1: swap-1 type: partition size: 1000.0 MiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) dev: /dev/sda6 
    Sensors:   System Temperatures: cpu: 43.0 C mobo: 33.0 C sodimm: 37.0 C 
               Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 0 
    Info:      Processes: 172 Uptime: 7m Memory: 15.51 GiB used: 365.6 MiB (2.3%) Init: systemd Compilers: gcc: 10.2.0 
               clang: 10.0.1 Packages: 1952 Shell: Bash v: 5.0.18 inxi: 3.1.05

[Fabby]

The 450 series still has some bugs. Unless you have a compelling reason to upgrade to the 450 series, you’re better off reverting to the 440 series, but as the GeForce GTX 1050 Ti Mobile is fully supported on 440, I can’t see any compelling reasons, so:

• log into the TTY

• Execute:

  sudo mhwd --remove pci video-nvidia-450xx
  sudo mhwd --install pci video-nvidia-440xx
  sudo reboot
  

(or video-hybrid-intel-nvidia-440xx-prime if you are/were on that one)