PC is not booting after update

[Foxtrot813]

My PC is not booting anymore after update, btw too many people are facing the same problem on Telegram group and so far no solutions.

[RohitSingh]

Restore snapshot for now

[tbg]

Last update of sddm caused black screen after plymouth

Hello everybody, Today, after a pacman -Syu, after reboot I wasn't anymore able to login. After the plymouth screen, instead of presenting the login screen the system was showing a black screen. Restoring a snapshot the problem disappeared, but appeared again after re-upgrading. I thought to remove the splash from grub parameters and this was working (able to login). I checked the pacman log and found (amongst the rest) upgraded sddm (0.19.0-4 -> 0.19.0-5) So, I went back to the previous …

[innerd]

Hi do you have an idea what package cause the error? I reinstalled all (did a mess with the snapshosts upgrading too much) and now i have the same error everytime i do an update from the new installation.

[jonathon]

Computer doesn’t boot, boots to a black screen, or stops at a message

While there are many potential reasons why your installation doesn’t boot to a desktop, the primary reason is that the graphics drivers haven’t loaded correctly so your login/display manager (DM) doesn’t start. This is why you get a “black screen” or stuck at an [ OK ] Started some service message. The normal reason for this is that you have the incorrect driver version for the kernel. This can happens when the mirror you are updating from is not fully synchronised, or times out, and so y…

[Sunda-Spirit]

Thank you @Jonathon for diving me into the FAQ with my nose.
There my question is answered, why not every user is affected with the black screen.

The cause is the graphics driver!
Exactly as @WernerRomling suspected.

[rjcrowder]

Looks like it might be the same issue as this thread Last update of sddm caused black screen after plymuth