Yet another stuck at login problem

Hi Folks,

I’m pretty new to Manjaro and I recently installed it on my Inspiron 13 5378.
Everything worked like a charm at first (for two weeks I’d say) but now I’m stuck at the login screen. I had a first error (that popped on the login screen) regarding Theme that I managed to troubleshoot but I’m still stuck, I use my password but cant enter the desktop…
Here is the error log ! THX in advance !

-- Logs begin at Sun 2020-11-01 10:50:17 EST, end at Wed 2020-11-11 15:37:38 EST. --
Nov 11 14:32:43 inspiron systemd-modules-load[219]: Failed to find module 'platform-integrity'
Nov 11 14:32:43 inspiron kernel: tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087f flags 0x201] vs fed40080 f80
Nov 11 14:32:43 inspiron kernel: tpm_crb MSFT0101:00: [Firmware Bug]: ACPI region does not cover the entire command/response buffer. [mem 0xfed40000-0xfed4087f flags 0x201] vs fed40080 f80
Nov 11 14:32:44 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
Nov 11 14:32:44 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:   device [8086:9d14] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
Nov 11 14:32:44 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:    [ 0] RxErr                  (First)
Nov 11 14:32:45 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
Nov 11 14:32:45 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:   device [8086:9d14] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
Nov 11 14:32:45 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:    [ 0] RxErr                  (First)
Nov 11 14:32:45 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
Nov 11 14:32:45 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:   device [8086:9d14] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
Nov 11 14:32:45 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:    [ 0] RxErr                  (First)
Nov 11 14:32:46 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER: PCIe Bus Error: severity=Corrected, type=Physical Layer, (Receiver ID)
Nov 11 14:32:46 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:   device [8086:9d14] error status/mask=00000001/00002000
Nov 11 14:32:46 inspiron kernel: pcieport 0000:00:1c.0: AER:    [ 0] RxErr                  (First)
Nov 11 14:32:47 inspiron sddm[566]: Unable to find autologin session entry "plasma"
Nov 11 14:32:50 inspiron nmbd[746]: [2020/11/11 14:32:50.632897,  0] ../../lib/util/become_daemon.c:147(daemon_status)
Nov 11 14:32:50 inspiron nmbd[746]:   daemon_status: daemon 'nmbd' : No local IPv4 non-loopback interfaces available, waiting for interface ...
Nov 11 14:32:50 inspiron nmbd[746]: [2020/11/11 14:32:50.633128,  0] ../../source3/nmbd/nmbd_subnetdb.c:253(create_subnets)
Nov 11 14:32:50 inspiron nmbd[746]:   NOTE: NetBIOS name resolution is not supported for Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6).
Nov 11 14:32:58 inspiron sddm[566]: Invalid session "/var/lib/sddm/.desktop"
Nov 11 14:32:58 inspiron sddm[566]: Invalid session "/var/lib/sddm/.desktop"
Nov 11 14:32:59 inspiron sddm[566]: Invalid session "/var/lib/sddm/.desktop"
Nov 11 14:32:59 inspiron sddm[566]: Invalid session "/var/lib/sddm/.desktop"
Nov 11 14:32:59 inspiron sddm[566]: Invalid session "/var/lib/sddm/.desktop"
Nov 11 14:32:59 inspiron sddm[566]: Invalid session "/var/lib/sddm/.desktop"
Nov 11 14:33:00 inspiron sddm[566]: Invalid session "/var/lib/sddm/.desktop"
Nov 11 14:34:20 inspiron systemd[1]: Failed to start Samba NMB Daemon.
░░ Subject: A start job for unit nmb.service has failed
░░ Defined-By: systemd
░░ Support: https://forum.manjaro.org/c/support
░░ 
░░ A start job for unit nmb.service has finished with a failure.
░░ 
░░ The job identifier is 104 and the job result is failed.
Nov 11 14:34:20 inspiron smbd[781]: [2020/11/11 14:34:20.699893,  0] ../../lib/util/become_daemon.c:135(daemon_ready)
Nov 11 14:34:20 inspiron smbd[781]:   daemon_ready: daemon 'smbd' finished starting up and ready to serve connections

What ISO did you use for your install ?
What changed before the error? An install? Update? Removal? How did you do that?

We can check if you are up to date:

sudo pacman -Syyu

The main issue seems to be

But that error usually happens when you dont have a desktop installed…

Also going to leave these just in case:
How to work with an unbootable Manjaro (black screen, login failed, cant boot, etc)
How to provide good information

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