EndeavourOS fails to boot into the DE

[Amasirat]

That actually helps a lot. Thanks!

[petsam]

@Amasirat

the AUR steam package

IIUC the package needs some nvidia-utils package, which in your case it can be provided by the other nvidia driver package. For example, you might try installing the specific set of compatible nvidia drivers/packages first and then install your steam related package.

https://aur.archlinux.org/packages?O=0&SeB=nd&K=nvidia+470&outdated=&SB=p&SO=d&PP=50&submit=Go

[joekamprad]

@petsam

can be provided by the other nvidia driver package

exactly… first get nvidia driver working what means getting the right version installed and system working with it and after this install steam…

[joekamprad]

nvidia-inst --legacyrepo
Add a third party repository for legacy (470 and 390 series) Nvidia drivers.
nvidia-inst --drivers

nvidia-inst --series 390 -t
2022-04-25 23:45:00: Info: Running: nvidia-inst v1.0.3-1
2022-04-25 23:45:00: Info: Command line: nvidia-inst --series 390 -t
2022-04-25 23:45:00: Info: Selected mode: nvidia
2022-04-25 23:45:00: Info: Installing packages: nvidia-390xx-dkms nvidia-390xx-utils nvidia-390xx-settings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
COMMANDS TO RUN:
    pacman -Syuq --noconfirm --noprogressbar --needed nvidia-390xx-dkms nvidia-390xx-utils nvidia-390xx-settings
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

or if 470 is supported:
nvidia-inst --series 470 -t

if test (-t) runs without error, you can do real install:
nvidia-inst --series 390 or
nvidia-inst --series 470

[Amasirat]

Thank you! I installed series 470. and rebooted a bunch of times, so it’s safe to say it’s fixed for now.

[zoli62]

@Amasirat

Update: Thanks everyone for responding so fast. I decided to reinstall the OS and carefully pick and choose the packages I installed and rebooted every time I installed one to see which one was the problem and it seems like steam was the culprit. more specifically steam with nvidia related drivers and stuff. I decided to install non-nvidia steam and they work and the computer boots fine.
Now as other people have stated My graphics card should be supported by series 390 drivers, so it’s weird that nvidia-inst says it’s not supported. I decided to try nvidia-installer-dkms, and that did manage to install a driver but after a reboot the system stops booting as usual. fortunately I installed Timeshift and created a backup of my root, so I could revert any changes. It seems like I can’t mess with my graphics driver in any way, either through installing steam or installing a proprietary driver. I guess I’ll be sticking with nouveau for now even though it bugs me why this happens.
once again thank you to everyone that replied, I’m not sure if this is solved or not but I can reach my PC now. That counts for something I guess.

I’m glad the problem is resolved. Nvidia drivers can come as a surprise. I also have an nvidia graphics card in my desktop and I prefer to use a nouveau driver because it is proven and works stably.