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FS#71518 - xserver failure after nvidia and kernel update

Attached to Project: Arch Linux
Opened by Erich Erstu (Hyena) - Thursday, 15 July 2021, 22:22 GMT
Last edited by Antonio Rojas (arojas) - Friday, 16 July 2021, 09:06 GMT
Task Type Bug Report
Category Packages: Core
Status Closed
Assigned To No-one
Architecture x86_64
Severity Critical
Priority Normal
Reported Version
Due in Version Undecided
Due Date Undecided
Percent Complete 100%
Votes 0
Private No

Details

Description:
I installed the latest huge list of updates from around 14th of July 2021, among which were the following updates:

[2021-07-15T21:50:32+0300] [ALPM] upgraded nvidia-utils (465.31-1 -> 470.42.01-2)
[2021-07-15T21:50:50+0300] [ALPM] upgraded mhwd-nvidia (465.31-1 -> 470.42.01-1)
[2021-07-15T21:50:51+0300] [ALPM] upgraded lib32-nvidia-utils (465.31-1 -> 470.42.01-1)
[2021-07-15T21:51:14+0300] [ALPM] upgraded linux414-nvidia (465.31-4 -> 470.42.01-4)
[2021-07-15T21:51:24+0300] [ALPM] upgraded linux419-nvidia (465.31-4 -> 470.42.01-4)
[2021-07-15T21:51:36+0300] [ALPM] upgraded linux49-nvidia (465.31-4 -> 470.42.01-4)
[2021-07-15T21:51:39+0300] [ALPM] upgraded linux54-nvidia (465.31-6 -> 470.42.01-5)
[2021-07-15T21:51:56+0300] [ALPM] upgraded opencl-nvidia (465.31-1 -> 470.42.01-1)

I was greeted with a black screen when rebooting the computer. From the xserver log I could see that the new nvidia drivers are problematic.

[ 1131.747] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA GPU at PCI:11:0:0. Please
[ 1131.747] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): check your system's kernel log for additional error
[ 1131.747] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): messages and refer to Chapter 8: Common Problems in the
[ 1131.747] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): README for additional information.
[ 1131.747] (EE) NVIDIA(GPU-0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA graphics device!
[ 1131.747] (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failing initialization of X screen

After downgrading these nvidia packages xserver still failed to start:

lib32-nvidia-utils-470.42.01-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
linux414-nvidia-470.42.01-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
linux419-nvidia-470.42.01-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
linux49-nvidia-470.42.01-4-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
linux510-nvidia-470.42.01-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
linux54-nvidia-470.42.01-5-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
mhwd-nvidia-470.42.01-1-any.pkg.tar.zst
nvidia-utils-470.42.01-2-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst
opencl-nvidia-470.42.01-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

After downgrading the following package I was able to get xserver started but right now my network card is not recognized as something is still in a broken state.
linux54-5.4.131-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.zst

Luckily I was able to use the USB network cable adapter to get to the Internet.

Attached is the Xorg.0.log and a screenshot of what my package manager currently shows me.

I would not like to install the suggested updates because these are the ones that prevent the xserver from starting.
This task depends upon

Closed by  Antonio Rojas (arojas)
Friday, 16 July 2021, 09:06 GMT
Reason for closing:  Not a bug
Additional comments about closing:  That's not Arch
Comment by Erich Erstu (Hyena) - Thursday, 15 July 2021, 22:23 GMT
Seems like the attached files got lost during the error I received while submitting the form, so here they are.
   Xorg.0.log.old (7.1 KiB)
   Screenshot from 2021-07-16 00... (73 KiB)

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