Tumbleweed works anymore

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After years of use with the latest updates Tumbleweed no longer starts , the grub works but no longer starts anything remains a window with a dash at the top left that does not respond to any command , even starting in failsafe does not start . Not being able to waste time, I reinstalled and everything works, but as soon as I update and install the Nvidia Drivers the problem returns, all the other times I’ve had problems of this kind I could recover by exiting with Ctrl+Alt+F2 and then I uninstalled the drivers, but Now I can’t do anything anymore because it doesn’t respond to any command. I also had the brilliant idea during the last install to choose Gnome and yast became slow as a tortoise, I can go get a coffee and go back to the computer which maybe ready.

inxi -v7
System:
  Host: linux-area51 Kernel: 6.1.10-1-default arch: x86_64 bits: 64
    compiler: gcc v: 12.2.1 Desktop: GNOME v: 43.2 tk: GTK v: 3.24.35
    wm: gnome-shell dm: GDM v: 43.0 Distro: openSUSE Tumbleweed 20230209
Machine:
  Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: M5A78L-M/USB3 v: Rev X.0x
    serial: <superuser required> BIOS: American Megatrends v: 2101
    date: 12/02/2014
Battery:
  Message: No system battery data found. Is one present?
Memory:
  RAM: total: 7.74 GiB used: 3.41 GiB (44.0%)
  RAM Report: permissions: Unable to run dmidecode. Root privileges
    required.
CPU:
  Info: quad core model: AMD FX-4300 bits: 64 type: MT MCP smt: enabled
    arch: Piledriver rev: 0 cache: L1: 192 KiB L2: 4 MiB L3: 4 MiB
  Speed (MHz): avg: 1404 high: 1406 min/max: 1400/3800 boost: enabled cores:
    1: 1404 2: 1406 3: 1406 4: 1400 bogomips: 30535
  Flags: 3dnowprefetch abm aes aperfmperf apic arat avx bmi1 clflush cmov
    cmp_legacy constant_tsc cpb cpuid cr8_legacy cx16 cx8 de decodeassists
    extapic extd_apicid f16c flushbyasid fma fma4 fpu fxsr fxsr_opt ht
    hw_pstate ibpb ibs lahf_lm lbrv lm mca mce misalignsse mmx mmxext monitor
    msr mtrr nodeid_msr nonstop_tsc nopl npt nrip_save nx osvw pae pat
    pausefilter pclmulqdq pdpe1gb perfctr_core perfctr_nb pfthreshold pge pni
    popcnt pse pse36 rdtscp rep_good sep skinit ssbd sse sse2 sse4_1 sse4_2
    sse4a ssse3 svm svm_lock syscall tbm tce topoext tsc tsc_scale vmcb_clean
    vme vmmcall wdt xop xsave
Graphics:
  Device-1: NVIDIA GF119 [GeForce GT 610] vendor: eVga.com. driver: nouveau
    v: kernel arch: Fermi pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 ports: active: VGA-1
    empty: DVI-I-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:104a class-ID: 0300
    temp: 36.0 C
  Device-2: Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo bus-ID: 2-2:2 chip-ID: 045e:0766
    class-ID: 0102
  Display: wayland server: X.org v: 1.21.1.7 with: Xwayland v: 22.1.8
    compositor: gnome-shell driver: gpu: nouveau display-ID: 0
  Monitor-1: VGA-1 model: Samsung S22D390 serial: H4MFC03505 res: 1920x1080
    dpi: 102 size: 477x268mm (18.78x10.55") diag: 547mm (21.5") modes:
    max: 1920x1080 min: 720x400
  API: OpenGL v: 4.5 Mesa 22.3.4 renderer: llvmpipe (LLVM 15.0.7 256 bits)
    direct render: Yes
Audio:
  Device-1: AMD SBx00 Azalia vendor: ASUSTeK M4A785TD driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel bus-ID: 2-2:2 chip-ID: 045e:0766 bus-ID: 00:14.2
    chip-ID: 1002:4383 class-ID: 0102 class-ID: 0403
  Device-2: NVIDIA GF119 HDMI Audio vendor: eVga.com. driver: snd_hda_intel
    v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 bus-ID: 01:00.1 chip-ID: 10de:0e08
    class-ID: 0403
  Device-3: Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 type: USB
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo
  Sound API: ALSA v: k6.1.10-1-default running: yes
  Sound Server-1: PulseAudio v: 16.1 running: no
  Sound Server-2: PipeWire v: 0.3.65 running: yes
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet
    vendor: ASUSTeK P8 series driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
    lanes: 1 port: e800 bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
  IF: enp3s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: 9c:5c:8e:7c:a3:a7
  IP v4: 192.168.1.109/24 type: dynamic noprefixroute scope: global
    broadcast: 192.168.1.255
  IP v6: fe80::4aa1:b797:396f:eb11/64 type: noprefixroute scope: link
  WAN IP: 146.241.158.131
Bluetooth:
  Message: No bluetooth data found.
Logical:
  Message: No logical block device data found.
RAID:
  Message: No RAID data found.
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 521.66 GiB used: 49 GiB (9.4%)
  ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Kingston model: SV300S37A60G size: 55.9 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: SSD serial: 50026B774A0363B0 rev: BBF0 scheme: GPT
  ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST500DM002-1BD142 size: 465.76 GiB
    speed: 3.0 Gb/s type: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: W3TB4TPF rev: KC45 scheme: GPT
  Message: No optical or floppy data found.
Partition:
  ID-1: / size: 51.76 GiB used: 6.4 GiB (12.4%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda2
    label: N/A uuid: 666bc6b9-3663-464b-a8a1-a1cbf174dda3
  ID-2: /boot size: 1 GiB used: 45.4 MiB (4.4%) fs: vfat dev: /dev/sda1
    label: N/A uuid: D5DA-A3AD
  ID-3: /dati size: 439.03 GiB used: 42.27 GiB (9.6%) fs: ext4
    dev: /dev/sdb3 label: N/A uuid: 4a79e528-7bbb-4357-ac42-c6b1b4796448
  ID-4: /tmp size: 9.51 GiB used: 632 KiB (0.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb2
    label: N/A uuid: fcc5e7f8-d93c-4100-82d2-ea8868bd706c
  ID-5: /var size: 9.51 GiB used: 292.8 MiB (3.0%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sdb1
    label: N/A uuid: 1d908ae7-d826-4fdb-a019-a2c911ff5706
Swap:
  Alert: No swap data was found.
Unmounted:
  Message: No unmounted partitions found.
USB:
  Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: Hi-speed hub with single TT ports: 2 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 2-2:2 info: Microsoft LifeCam VX-800 type: Video,Audio
    driver: snd-usb-audio,uvcvideo interfaces: 4 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s
    power: 500mA chip-ID: 045e:0766 class-ID: 0102
  Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
    speed: 480 Mb/s chip-ID: 1d6b:0002 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 3-3:2 info: Canon PIXMA MP230 type: Printer driver: usblp
    interfaces: 2 rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s power: 2mA chip-ID: 04a9:175f
    class-ID: 0701 serial: 637AA7
  Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: Super-speed hub ports: 2 rev: 3.0 speed: 5 Gb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0003 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Device-1: 6-2:2 info: Logitech M90/M100 Optical Mouse type: Mouse
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 1 rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 100mA chip-ID: 046d:c05a class-ID: 0301
  Device-2: 6-3:3 info: Logitech Keyboard K120 type: Keyboard,HID
    driver: hid-generic,usbhid interfaces: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 1.5 Mb/s
    power: 90mA chip-ID: 046d:c31c class-ID: 0300
  Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-8: 8-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 3 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
  Hub-9: 9-0:1 info: Full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
    chip-ID: 1d6b:0001 class-ID: 0900
Sensors:
  System Temperatures: cpu: 37.0 C mobo: 27.0 C gpu: nouveau temp: 36.0 C
  Fan Speeds (RPM): cpu: 1695 case-1: 1203
  Power: 12v: 12.03 5v: N/A 3.3v: 3.32 vbat: N/A gpu: nouveau mV: 900.00
Info:
  Processes: 249 Uptime: 1h 48m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 252
  default: graphical Compilers: gcc: N/A Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A
  note: see --rpm Shell: Bash v: 5.2.15 running-in: gnome-terminal
  inxi: 3.3.23
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I have exactly the same problem. Also after years of failproof work on tumbleweed.

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Hi,
after the whole day of troubleshooting nothing work, reinstal of nvidia drivers, bbswitch, changing bbswitch defaults, swapping g05 and g06 versions…nothing.

The issue I spotted was that prime-select complained bbswitch was complaining about bbswitch not being loaded. WHen I loaded ‘modprobe bbswitch’ it did not complain but rcxdm restart caused a complete freeze.

After a whole day of trying to fix it in terminal I gave up.
Today I switch the laptop on and boom it works in gui…
no idea how and why

4

I can not act from the terminal because I can not enter it , it does not respond to any command . Now I’m afraid to retry installing Nvidia Proprietary drivers.

5

I have the same kind of behavior (black screen with a dash after grub and plymouth); in my case the strange thing is that I can startup smoothly on battery but not on power on (!). This happens since kernel 6.1 upgrade.

6

I opened a discussion here but I did not find an answer…

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It also worked for me with Kernel 6.1.10, then I updated with zypper dup yesterday and I don’t want to be wrong, but Mesa was among the updates. Mhaa today I worked on the computer all day I reinstalled 5 times, because I can’t in any way recover when I install the proprietary Nvidia drivers, it seems that the keyboard doesn’t activate and I can’t give any commands.

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I saw that there was the Nvidia Driver update to the new Kernel 6.1.10 , I tried and again black screen with flashing dash in the upper left corner , and no keys that work . I rebooted and added init 3 to the kernel line at the end , and it worked , I was able to get into text mode and uninstall the proprietary Nvidia drivers from Yast2 ncurses … thank goodness .