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furycd001

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[SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

HI guys..

I ran an update on my computer last night & now this morning whenever I've turned it on I'm stuck with a blinking cursor in the top left of the screen. I can log in to another tty so here is some log files....

sudo journalctl -b

Xorg.0.log

Many thanks in advance for any help received....

Last edited by furycd001 (2021-09-22 13:59:56)

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

[   153.987] (EE) NVIDIA: Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module. Please see the
[   153.987] (EE) NVIDIA:     system's kernel log for additional error messages and
[   153.987] (EE) NVIDIA:     consult the NVIDIA README for details.

Check

lsmod | grep nvidia

If the module actually loads, try https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA … de_setting (kernel parametr AND initramfs extension)
Are you using lightdm?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/LightD … TTY_output

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furycd001

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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

Here is the output for lsmod | grep nvidia
Yes I am using lightdm & I already have that option set to true in the config....

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seth

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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

The kernel module is there so please try enabling drm and early KMS

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furycd001

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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

In "/etc/mkinitcpio.conf" I have MODULES=(nvidia nvidia_modeset nvidia_uvm nvidia_drm)". I also have the Pacman hook set up. Also I have "nvidia-drm.modeset=1" set in grub....

This getting stuck at a blinking cursor after an nvidia update happened before & I'm pretty sure I had to delete a file or folder to fix my problem. Problem is I can't remember what is was I deleted....

Whenever I try to run "nvidia-smi" I get the following error....

Failed to initialize NVML: Driver/library version mismatch

I just noticed this in dmesg....

NVRM: API mismatch: the client has the version 470.74, but this kernel module has the version 470.63.01. Please make sure that this kernel module and all NVIDIA driver components have the same version.

Last edited by furycd001 (2021-09-22 09:23:28)

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furycd001

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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

Ok so I just ran "sudo pacman -Rsn nvidia" & then rebooted. Upon rebooting I logged back into the tty & ran "sudo pacman -S nvidia" to reinstall the Nvidia driver. Now upon rebooting I'm greeted with my desktop. I don't know what happened, but everything is now working again

This post is now SOLVED!!

Last edited by furycd001 (2021-09-22 09:45:05)

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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

Then please modify your topic title to reflect that.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Genera … ow_to_post

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santelelle

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Re: [SOLVED] Stuck at blinking cursor after update..

I had a similar issue, and solved it by removing "optimus-manager"