Leap 15.5 to Leap 15.6 Upgrade Fails - Nvidia Drivers - [Solved]

Migration from Leap 15.5 to Leap 15.6 using the upgrade fails due to Nvidia Drivers.

Leap 15.6 boots into command line mode after upgrade reboot.

The message in the log is not very helpful: “prime-select system_call (code=exited, status=1, FAILURE)”

The NVIDIA drivers need to be reinstalled. Probably a licensing issue.

Search for installed Nvidia drivers using “zypper se -s nvidia” or similar.

Uninstall the Nvidia drivers using “zypper remove xxx”.

Re-Install the Nvidia drivers from the command line using this guide: SDB:NVIDIA drivers - openSUSE Wiki

Check the driver config for the GPU using inxi -G.

Follow the instructions here for setting up Prime - SDB:NVIDIA SUSE Prime - openSUSE Wiki

Delete the X11 files.

Run “prime-select boot nvidia” as per the instructions.

Restart. KDE should launch.

Check to see if the NVIDIA driver is in use.

inxi -G

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Same thing happened to me, and I fixed it using the same solution: re-install the NVidia drivers.
Probably needed, as the upgrade also upgrades the kernel to a new major version (5.1x to 6.1x)