Updated my system and now it gives me a black screen with a blinking underscore cursor

General system Newbie
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i did a system upgrade earlier and when booting into my system it gives me a black screen. my default kernel is lts-kernel. i have no idea on what the problem is so i appreciate any insight of help available.

though i noticed a few things on the terminal while upgrading:
1.==> eos-update --yay
eos-update: package updater with additional features
Updating native and AUR apps…
[sudo] password for yuujin:
:: Synchronizing package databases…
endeavouros 14.5 KiB 16.7 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
core 117.7 KiB 79.6 KiB/s 00:01 [----------------------] 100%
extra 7.5 MiB 1283 KiB/s 00:06 [----------------------] 100%
multilib 133.7 KiB 79.3 KiB/s 00:02 [----------------------] 100%
:: Starting full system upgrade…
:: Replace tracker3 with extra/tinysparql? [Y/n]

  1. => dkms remove --no-depmod vboxhost/7.1.0_OSE -k 6.10.10-arch1-1 ==> dkms remove --no-depmod vboxhost/7.1.0_OSE -k 6.6.51-1-lts ==> dkms remove vboxhost/7.1.0_OSE ==> depmod 6.6.51-1-lts depmod: ERROR: could not open directory /lib/modules/6.6.51-1-lts: No such file or directory depmod: FATAL: could not search modules: No such file or directory ==> WARNING: depmod 6.6.51-1-lts' exited 1==> depmod 6.10.10-arch1-1

  2. => Warning about https://endeavouros.ip-connect.info/repo/$repo/$arch:
    Update level is 2244/2250, some [endeavouros] packages may be outdated if this mirror is in use.
    Continuing.
    ==> Warning about https://fastmirror.pp.ua/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch:
    Connection to this mirror failed.
    Continuing.
    ==> Warning about https://mirror.jingk.ai/endeavouros/repo/$repo/$arch:
    Update level is 2240/2250, some [endeavouros] packages may be outdated if this mirror is in use.
    Continuing.

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Try getting into a tty and updating your mirrors first. Then run an update.

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uh how do i update mirrors through tty?

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Try reflector-simple

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alright, gonna try it

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nope, can’t access tty. it’s still a blank screen that has an underscore flashing with my actual cursor flashing as well

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i can’t describe it well without uploading a video

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Does just running an update from the tty work?

sudo pacman -Syu

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https://bunkrrr.org/v/T9gzDMGEgc0Zm
here’s a vid of what im currently experiencing. hopefully it gives some insight. i cannot do anything here like a tty. but the REISUB does work so… @ricklinux

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I don’t see anything other than the blinking cursor disappear. You could use the live ISO and arch-chroot into the installed system which then would allow you to update if it runs on the live ISO.

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i accessed a snapshot i had and booted into a tty. here is the result

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Can you just try sudo pacman -Syyu from the tty.

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here you go

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Does it complete? Then reboot and see if it loads the desktop or not.

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https://bunkrrr.org/v/wQYY47LEcVFyB

i apologize for the noise, but as you can see in the vid…yeah. also there this one error that i did not quite catch earlier, maybe it’s something important?

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It looks like it completed? Did it boot to the desktop? Should be good.

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still the same problem as per the vid

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Well at least it’s updated by the looks of the output. Not sure what the issue is. What is the hardware from a tty.

inxi -Fz

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It looks like SDDM is not showing. Try to enter your password blindly in the black screen and hit Enter, or even switch to a different TTY (i.e. Ctrl+Alt+F3).
If you succeed on a TTY, login and check DM status:

systemctl status display-manager
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