Did a "sudo pacman -Syu", now it doesn't boot anymore

[user4711]

Hello, I typed "sudo pacman -Syu" in the console window recently in order to get new updates.

After the update process finished the system doesn't start up anymore. It hangs on the screen showing the text "manjaro" where the five points colors changing from white to green and vice versa.

I have no idea what to do

Help - thank you for reading my post

PS: I used to update my Manjaro system periodically without problems with this command for few years without thinking about it and without any problems, but this time it's really stuck.

[Graham]

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[eugen-b]

Do you have a USB stick with a live Manjaro?
Boot with it and retreive
/var/log/pacman.log
and
/var/log/Xorg.0.log
and post its contents via hastebin.com or similar.

[user4711]

Output: see https://pastebin.com/LzMsKLAT

[eugen-b]

Ahm, is it from the installed or from the live system? I guess from the live system, therefore vmware.

You need to mount the installed system first, then access the files.

[user4711]

Sorry, my bad, I was in the in the directory of the live system. The new log from the mounted system: https://pastebin.com/tp8iNaYL

Thank you very much for your attention

[eugen-b]

The Xorg.0.log seems still to be from the live system. However we can guess that xorg upgrade caused the issue. So chroot into the installed system and downgrade xorg and xorg-common

manjaro-chroot /mnt
pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server*1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1*pkg.tar.xz

Edit: I corrected the command, the version is -1.

[user4711]

Sadly it doesn't work:

[manjaro@manjaro log]$ 
[manjaro@manjaro log]$ manjaro-chroot /run/media/manjaro/5c1af607-da10-4041-81a1-77b17979f6d1/ ls
bin   dev  home  lib64	     mnt  proc	root-image-pkgs.txt  sbin  sys	usr  xfce-image-pkgs.txt
boot  etc  lib	 lost+found  opt  root	run		     srv   tmp	var
[manjaro@manjaro log]$ 
[manjaro@manjaro log]$ manjaro-chroot /run/media/manjaro/5c1af607-da10-4041-81a1-77b17979f6d1/ pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server*1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1*pkg.tar.xz
chroot: failed to run command 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server*1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1*pkg.tar.xz': No such file or directory
[manjaro@manjaro log]$ 
[manjaro@manjaro log]$ 

What I'm doing wrong?

[eugen-b]

Try manjaro-chroot -a instead, it will try to find the installed system automatically.

[user4711]

I tried manjaro-chroot -a, the console output looked very promising but it still hangs upon boot.

Log file:

On the live system ...
--------------
[manjaro@manjaro log]$ manjaro-chroot -a
==> Selected OS: ManjaroLinuxlinux
  -> mounted: /var/lib/manjaro-tools/manjaro-chroot
[root@manjaro /]# pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server*1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1*pkg.tar.xz
loading packages...
warning: downgrading package xorg-server (1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2 => 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1)
warning: downgrading package xorg-server-common (1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2 => 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1)
resolving dependencies...
looking for conflicting packages...
 
Packages (2) xorg-server-1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1  xorg-server-common-1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1
 
Total Installed Size:  3.69 MiB
Net Upgrade Size:      0.00 MiB
 
:: Proceed with installation? [Y/n] Y
(2/2) checking keys in keyring                               [################################] 100%
(2/2) checking package integrity                             [################################] 100%
(2/2) loading package files                                  [################################] 100%
(2/2) checking for file conflicts                            [################################] 100%
:: Processing package changes...
(1/2) downgrading xorg-server-common                         [################################] 100%
(2/2) downgrading xorg-server                                [################################] 100%
:: Running post-transaction hooks...
(1/1) Arming ConditionNeedsUpdate...
[root@manjaro /]#
 
--------------
 
then rebooted
 
 
 
but it still hangs
 
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again, live system:
--------------
[manjaro@manjaro ~]$ cd /run/media/manjaro/5c1af607-da10-4041-81a1-77b17979f6d1/[manjaro@manjaro 5c1af607-da10-4041-81a1-77b17979f6d1]$ cat var/log/Xorg.0.log
[    31.861]
X.Org X Server 1.19.6
Release Date: 2017-12-20
[    31.861] X Protocol Version 11, Revision 0
[    31.861] Build Operating System: Linux 4.14.12-1-ARCH x86_64
[    31.861] Current Operating System: Linux madmax 4.1.50-1-MANJARO #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Mar 10 10:01:58 UTC 2018 x86_64
[    31.861] Kernel command line: BOOT_IMAGE=/boot/vmlinuz-4.1-x86_64 root=UUID=5c1af607-da10-4041-81a1-77b17979f6d1 rw quiet splash resume=UUID=cefabdbf-96a3-4fe3-8f24-7e2f807fbf13
[    31.861] Build Date: 26 January 2018  10:25:18AM
[    31.861]  
[    31.861] Current version of pixman: 0.34.0
[    31.861]    Before reporting problems, check http://wiki.x.org
    to make sure that you have the latest version.
[    31.861] Markers: (--) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting,
    (++) from command line, (!!) notice, (II) informational,
    (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (??) unknown.
[    31.861] (==) Log file: "/var/log/Xorg.0.log", Time: Sat Apr 14 20:49:08 2018
[    31.953] (==) Using config directory: "/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    31.953] (==) Using system config directory "/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d"
[    32.298] (==) No Layout section.  Using the first Screen section.
[    32.298] (==) No screen section available. Using defaults.
[    32.298] (**) |-->Screen "Default Screen Section" (0)
[    32.298] (**) |   |-->Monitor "<default monitor>"
[    32.459] (==) No device specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
    Using the first device section listed.
[    32.459] (**) |   |-->Device "Device0"
[    32.459] (==) No monitor specified for screen "Default Screen Section".
    Using a default monitor configuration.
[    32.459] (==) Automatically adding devices
[    32.459] (==) Automatically enabling devices
[    32.459] (==) Automatically adding GPU devices
[    32.459] (==) Automatically binding GPU devices
[    32.459] (==) Max clients allowed: 256, resource mask: 0x1fffff
[    33.478] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/".
[    33.478]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    33.478]    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/100dpi/").
[    33.594] (WW) `fonts.dir' not found (or not valid) in "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/".
[    33.594]    Entry deleted from font path.
[    33.594]    (Run 'mkfontdir' on "/usr/share/fonts/75dpi/").
[    33.594] (==) FontPath set to:
    /usr/share/fonts/misc/,
    /usr/share/fonts/TTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/OTF/,
    /usr/share/fonts/Type1/
[    33.594] (==) ModulePath set to "/usr/lib/xorg/modules"
[    33.594] (**) Extension "Composite" is enabled
[    33.594] (**) Extension "RENDER" is enabled
[    33.595] (II) The server relies on udev to provide the list of input devices.
    If no devices become available, reconfigure udev or disable AutoAddDevices.
[    33.756] (II) Loader magic: 0x41339bad60
[    33.756] (II) Module ABI versions:
[    33.756]    X.Org ANSI C Emulation: 0.4
[    33.756]    X.Org Video Driver: 23.0
[    33.756]    X.Org XInput driver : 24.1
[    33.756]    X.Org Server Extension : 10.0
[    33.758] (++) using VT number 7
 
[    33.758] (II) systemd-logind: logind integration requires -keeptty and -keeptty was not provided, disabling logind integration
[    33.760] (II) xfree86: Adding drm device (/dev/dri/card0)
[    33.817] (--) PCI:*(0:0:15:0) 15ad:0405:15ad:0405 rev 0, Mem @ 0xe8000000/134217728, 0xfe000000/8388608, I/O @ 0x00001070/16, BIOS @ 0x????????/32768
[    33.817] (WW) Open ACPI failed (/var/run/acpid.socket) (No such file or directory)
[    33.817] (II) LoadModule: "glx"
[    34.021] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/extensions/libglx.so
[    37.086] (II) Module glx: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    37.086]    compiled for 1.19.6, module version = 1.0.0
[    37.086]    ABI class: X.Org Server Extension, version 10.0
[    37.086] (II) LoadModule: "vmware"
[    37.086] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/vmware_drv.so
[    40.541] (II) Module vmware: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    40.541]    compiled for 1.19.3, module version = 13.2.1
[    40.541]    Module class: X.Org Video Driver
[    40.541]    ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 23.0
[    40.541] (II) vmware: driver for VMware SVGA: vmware0405, vmware0710
[    40.546] (II) vmware(0): Creating default Display subsection in Screen section
    "Default Screen Section" for depth/fbbpp 24/32
[    40.546] (--) vmware(0): DRM driver version is 2.6.1
[    40.546] (==) vmware(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32
[    40.546] (==) vmware(0): RGB weight 888
[    40.546] (==) vmware(0): Default visual is TrueColor
[    40.546] (**) vmware(0): Option "DRI" "true"
[    40.547] (--) vmware(0): Min width 1, Max Width 8192.
[    40.547] (--) vmware(0): Min height 1, Max Height 8192.
[    40.547] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual1 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual2 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual3 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual4 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual5 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual6 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual7 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual8 has no monitor section
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Printing probed modes for output Virtual1
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.0   42.75  800 850 900 950  600 650 700 750 -hsync +vsync (45.0 kHz eP)
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "2560x1600"x60.0  348.50  2560 2752 3032 3504  1600 1603 1609 1658 -hsync +vsync (99.5 kHz e)
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1920x1440"x60.0  234.00  1920 2048 2256 2600  1440 1441 1444 1500 -hsync +vsync (90.0 kHz e)
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1856x1392"x60.0  218.25  1856 1952 2176 2528  1392 1393 1396 1439 -hsync +vsync (86.3 kHz e)
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1792x1344"x60.0  204.75  1792 1920 2120 2448  1344 1345 1348 1394 -hsync +vsync (83.6 kHz e)
[    40.548] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1920x1200"x59.9  193.25  1920 2056 2256 2592  1200 1203 1209 1245 -hsync +vsync (74.6 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1600x1200"x60.0  162.00  1600 1664 1856 2160  1200 1201 1204 1250 +hsync +vsync (75.0 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1680x1050"x60.0  146.25  1680 1784 1960 2240  1050 1053 1059 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1400x1050"x60.0  121.75  1400 1488 1632 1864  1050 1053 1057 1089 -hsync +vsync (65.3 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1280x1024"x60.0  108.00  1280 1328 1440 1688  1024 1025 1028 1066 +hsync +vsync (64.0 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1440x900"x59.9  106.50  1440 1520 1672 1904  900 903 909 934 -hsync +vsync (55.9 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1280x960"x60.0  108.00  1280 1376 1488 1800  960 961 964 1000 +hsync +vsync (60.0 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1360x768"x60.0   85.50  1360 1424 1536 1792  768 771 777 795 +hsync +vsync (47.7 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1280x800"x59.8   83.50  1280 1352 1480 1680  800 803 809 831 +hsync -vsync (49.7 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1152x864"x75.0  108.00  1152 1216 1344 1600  864 865 868 900 +hsync +vsync (67.5 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1280x768"x59.9   79.50  1280 1344 1472 1664  768 771 778 798 -hsync +vsync (47.8 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "1024x768"x60.0   65.00  1024 1048 1184 1344  768 771 777 806 -hsync -vsync (48.4 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "800x600"x60.3   40.00  800 840 968 1056  600 601 605 628 +hsync +vsync (37.9 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Modeline "640x480"x59.9   25.18  640 656 752 800  480 489 492 525 -hsync -vsync (31.5 kHz e)
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): EDID for output Virtual2
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): EDID for output Virtual3
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): EDID for output Virtual4
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): EDID for output Virtual5
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): EDID for output Virtual6
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): EDID for output Virtual7
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): EDID for output Virtual8
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual1 connected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual2 disconnected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual3 disconnected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual4 disconnected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual5 disconnected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual6 disconnected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual7 disconnected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual8 disconnected
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Using exact sizes for initial modes
[    40.549] (II) vmware(0): Output Virtual1 using initial mode 800x600 +0+0
[    40.549] (==) vmware(0): DPI set to (96, 96)
[    40.549] (==) vmware(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0)
[    40.549] (II) Loading sub module "fb"
[    40.549] (II) LoadModule: "fb"
[    40.550] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/libfb.so
[    40.584] (II) Module fb: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    40.584]    compiled for 1.19.6, module version = 1.0.0
[    40.584]    ABI class: X.Org ANSI C Emulation, version 0.4
[    40.584] (II) Loading sub module "dri2"
[    40.584] (II) LoadModule: "dri2"
[    40.584] (II) Module "dri2" already built-in
[    40.584] (==) Depth 24 pixmap format is 32 bpp
[    40.630] (II) vmware(0): Initialized VMWARE_CTRL extension version 0.2
[    41.155] (II) vmware(0): Gallium3D XA version: 2.3.0.
[    41.156] (II) vmware(0): Path of drm device is "/dev/dri/card0".
[    41.156] (II) vmware(0): [DRI2] Setup complete
[    41.156] (II) vmware(0): [DRI2]   DRI driver: vmwgfx
[    41.156] (--) vmware(0): Render acceleration is enabled.
[    41.156] (==) vmware(0): Rendercheck mode is disabled.
[    41.156] (**) vmware(0): Direct rendering (3D) is enabled.
[    41.156] (==) vmware(0): Direct presents are disabled.
[    41.156] (==) vmware(0): Hardware only presents are disabled.
[    41.156] (==) vmware(0): Backing store enabled
[    41.156] (==) vmware(0): Silken mouse enabled
[    41.170] (II) vmware(0): RandR 1.2 enabled, ignore the following RandR disabled message.
[    41.196] (==) vmware(0): DPMS enabled
[    41.196] (--) RandR disabled
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_MESA_copy_sub_buffer
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_create_context_profile
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_create_context_es{,2}_profile
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_framebuffer_sRGB
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_ARB_fbconfig_float
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: enabled GLX_EXT_fbconfig_packed_float
[    41.909] (II) AIGLX: GLX_EXT_texture_from_pixmap backed by buffer objects
[    41.911] (II) AIGLX: Loaded and initialized vmwgfx
[    41.911] (II) GLX: Initialized DRI2 GL provider for screen 0
[    41.928] (II) vmware(0): Setting screen physical size to 211 x 158
[    42.798] (II) config/udev: Adding input device Power Button (/dev/input/event2)
[    42.798] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    42.798] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    42.798] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    42.799] (**) Power Button: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[    42.799] (II) LoadModule: "libinput"
[    42.799] (II) Loading /usr/lib/xorg/modules/input/libinput_drv.so
[    43.066] (II) Module libinput: vendor="X.Org Foundation"
[    43.066]    compiled for 1.19.6, module version = 0.27.0
[    43.066]    Module class: X.Org XInput Driver
[    43.066]    ABI class: X.Org XInput driver, version 24.1
[    43.066] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'Power Button'
[    43.066] (**) Power Button: always reports core events
[    43.066] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event2"
[    43.068] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    43.069] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    43.069] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    43.070] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[    43.120] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input3/event2"
[    43.120] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Power Button" (type: KEYBOARD, id 6)
[    43.120] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    43.120] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    43.120] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[    43.284] (II) event2  - Power Button: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    43.284] (II) event2  - Power Button: device is a keyboard
[    43.286] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse (/dev/input/event1)
[    43.286] (**) VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[    43.286] (**) VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    43.287] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse'
[    43.287] (**) VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: always reports core events
[    43.287] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event1"
[    43.287] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    43.341] (II) event1  - VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    43.341] (II) event1  - VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: device is a pointer
[    43.341] (II) event1  - VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: device removed
[    43.400] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:11.0/0000:02:00.0/usb2/2-1/2-1:1.0/0003:0E0F:0003.0002/input/input2/event1"
[    43.400] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse" (type: MOUSE, id 7)
[    43.401] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    43.401] (**) VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    43.401] (**) VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    43.401] (**) VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    43.454] (II) event1  - VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    43.454] (II) event1  - VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: device is a pointer
[    43.456] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse (/dev/input/mouse0)
[    43.456] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    43.456] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    43.456] (II) config/udev: Adding input device AT Translated Set 2 keyboard (/dev/input/event0)
[    43.457] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "evdev keyboard catchall"
[    43.457] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "libinput keyboard catchall"
[    43.457] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "system-keyboard"
[    43.457] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: Applying InputClass "Keyboard Defaults"
[    43.457] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'AT Translated Set 2 keyboard'
[    43.457] (**) AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: always reports core events
[    43.457] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event0"
[    43.457] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    43.457] (II) event0  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    43.457] (II) event0  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    43.457] (II) event0  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[    43.485] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio0/input/input0/event0"
[    43.485] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "AT Translated Set 2 keyboard" (type: KEYBOARD, id 8)
[    43.485] (**) Option "xkb_model" "pc105"
[    43.485] (**) Option "xkb_layout" "de"
[    43.485] (**) Option "xkb_options" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
[    43.487] (II) event0  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: is tagged by udev as: Keyboard
[    43.487] (II) event0  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device is a keyboard
[    43.487] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse (/dev/input/event4)
[    43.487] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[    43.487] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    43.487] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse'
[    43.487] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: always reports core events
[    43.487] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event4"
[    43.488] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    43.488] (II) event4  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    43.488] (II) event4  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device is a pointer
[    43.489] (II) event4  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device removed
[    43.543] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input4/event4"
[    43.543] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse" (type: MOUSE, id 9)
[    43.543] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    43.543] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    43.544] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    43.544] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    43.544] (II) event4  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    43.544] (II) event4  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device is a pointer
[    43.545] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse (/dev/input/mouse2)
[    43.545] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    43.546] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    43.546] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse (/dev/input/event3)
[    43.546] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: Applying InputClass "evdev pointer catchall"
[    43.546] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: Applying InputClass "libinput pointer catchall"
[    43.546] (II) Using input driver 'libinput' for 'VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse'
[    43.546] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: always reports core events
[    43.547] (**) Option "Device" "/dev/input/event3"
[    43.547] (**) Option "_source" "server/udev"
[    43.548] (II) event3  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    43.548] (II) event3  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device is a pointer
[    43.548] (II) event3  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device removed
[    43.600] (**) Option "config_info" "udev:/sys/devices/platform/i8042/serio1/input/input5/event3"
[    43.600] (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse" (type: MOUSE, id 10)
[    43.601] (**) Option "AccelerationScheme" "none"
[    43.601] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: (accel) selected scheme none/0
[    43.601] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: (accel) acceleration factor: 2.000
[    43.601] (**) VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: (accel) acceleration threshold: 4
[    43.602] (II) event3  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: is tagged by udev as: Mouse
[    43.602] (II) event3  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device is a pointer
[    43.603] (II) config/udev: Adding input device VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse (/dev/input/mouse1)
[    43.603] (II) No input driver specified, ignoring this device.
[    43.603] (II) This device may have been added with another device file.
[    71.072] (EE) No surface to present from.
[   109.460] (EE) No surface to present from.
[   109.508] (EE) No surface to present from.
[ 12170.544] (II) event2  - Power Button: device removed
[ 12170.925] (II) event1  - VMware VMware Virtual USB Mouse: device removed
[ 12170.969] (II) event0  - AT Translated Set 2 keyboard: device removed
[ 12170.995] (II) event4  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device removed
[ 12171.044] (II) event3  - VirtualPS/2 VMware VMMouse: device removed
[ 12171.796] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 12171.796] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 12171.797] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 12171.797] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 12171.807] (II) UnloadModule: "libinput"
[ 12172.619] (II) Server terminated successfully (0). Closing log file.
[manjaro@manjaro 5c1af607-da10-4041-81a1-77b17979f6d1]$
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
cat pacman.log
...
[2018-04-15 00:09] [ALPM] running 'update-desktop-database.hook'...
[2018-04-15 01:52] [PACMAN] Running 'pacman -U /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server-1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz /var/cache/pacman/pkg/xorg-server-common-1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1-x86_64.pkg.tar.xz'
[2018-04-15 01:52] [ALPM] transaction started
[2018-04-15 01:52] [ALPM] downgraded xorg-server-common (1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2 -> 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1)
[2018-04-15 01:52] [ALPM] downgraded xorg-server (1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-2 -> 1.19.6+13+gd0d1a694f-1)
[2018-04-15 01:52] [ALPM] transaction completed
[2018-04-15 01:52] [ALPM] running 'systemd-update.hook'...
[manjaro@manjaro 5c1af607-da10-4041-81a1-77b17979f6d1]$

[eugen-b]

Fron pacman.log
[2018-04-15 00:02] [ALPM] transaction interrupted
What happened at that time, why interrupted?

[user4711]

Wait ... I remember, I think a possible cause is that I SSH'd to this Manjaro host from a Windows machine using Putty, then doing a "pacman -Syu" from remote. When I came back, the Putty client said: the SSH connection was reset by peer. After this, everything seems to work as expected but after the a reboot, the things got stuck.

[anika200]

OK, so it was an interrupted update. There are several posts around that may fix that for you. I think you just need to restart the update or something.