Hello. I recently installed Garuda Linux on my PC as the main operating system, I already had it in dual boot with Windows and it worked well, however I removed Windows and reinstalled Garuda Linux. The installation went well and everything seemed correct, the problem is that after the first reboot I can no longer start and I am stuck on a black screen that says: Kernel driver in use: nouveau. I haven’t installed any NVIDIA drivers and I don’t plan to, I have a 1650. I started for the first time without proprietary drivers. I managed to get the garuda-inxi from another tty.
System:
Kernel: 6.15.3-zen1-1-zen arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 15.1.1 clocksource: tsc
avail: hpet,acpi_pm parameters: BOOT_IMAGE=/@/boot/vmlinuz-linux-zen
root=UUID=b8e9cf34-993d-4063-96e6-4bc0fa5f33fc rw rootflags=subvol=@ quiet loglevel=3 ibt=off
Console: tty 2 LM: greetd Distro: Garuda base: Arch Linux
Machine:
Type: Desktop System: ASUS product: N/A v: N/A serial: <superuser required>
Mobo: ASUSTeK model: PRIME B460M-A v: Rev 1.xx serial: <superuser required> part-nu: SKU
uuid: <superuser required> UEFI: American Megatrends v: 0602 date: 04/15/2020
CPU:
Info: model: Intel Core i5-10400F bits: 64 type: MT MCP arch: Comet Lake gen: core 10 level: v3
note: check built: 2020 process: Intel 14nm family: 6 model-id: 0xA5 (165) stepping: 3
microcode: 0x100
Topology: cpus: 1x dies: 1 clusters: 6 cores: 6 threads: 12 tpc: 2 smt: enabled cache:
L1: 384 KiB desc: d-6x32 KiB; i-6x32 KiB L2: 1.5 MiB desc: 6x256 KiB L3: 12 MiB desc: 1x12 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 800 min/max: 800/4300 scaling: driver: intel_pstate governor: performance
cores: 1: 800 2: 800 3: 800 4: 800 5: 800 6: 800 7: 800 8: 800 9: 800 10: 800 11: 800 12: 800
bogomips: 69597
Flags: avx avx2 ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx
Vulnerabilities: <filter>
Graphics:
Device-1: NVIDIA TU116 [GeForce GTX 1650 SUPER] vendor: PNY driver: nouveau v: kernel
non-free: 550-570.xx+ status: current (as of 2025-04; EOL~2026-12-xx) arch: Turing code: TUxxx
process: TSMC 12nm FF built: 2018-2022 pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3
speed: 8 GT/s ports: active: DP-1 empty: DVI-D-1,HDMI-A-1 bus-ID: 01:00.0 chip-ID: 10de:2187
class-ID: 0300
Display: unspecified server: Xwayland v: 24.1.8 driver: gpu: nouveau tty: 192x54
Monitor-1: DP-1 model: AOC 24G1WG3- serial: <filter> built: 2022 res: 1920x1080 dpi: 94
gamma: 1.2 size: 521x293mm (20.51x11.54") diag: 598mm (23.5") ratio: 16:9 modes: max: 1920x1080
min: 720x400
API: Vulkan v: 1.4.313 layers: 5 device: 0 type: cpu name: llvmpipe (LLVM 20.1.6 256 bits)
driver: mesa llvmpipe v: 25.1.4-arch1.1 (LLVM 20.1.6) device-ID: 10005:0000 surfaces: N/A
API: EGL Message: EGL data unavailable in console, eglinfo missing.
Info: Tools: api: vulkaninfo wl: kanshi, swaymsg, wdisplays x11: xprop
Audio:
Device-1: Intel Comet Lake PCH-V cAVS vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
alternate: snd_soc_avs,snd_sof_pci_intel_cnl bus-ID: 00:1f.3 chip-ID: 8086:a3f0 class-ID: 0403
Device-2: NVIDIA TU116 High Definition Audio vendor: PNY driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel pcie:
gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 16 link-max: gen: 3 speed: 8 GT/s bus-ID: 01:00.1
chip-ID: 10de:1aeb class-ID: 0403
API: ALSA v: k6.15.3-zen1-1-zen status: kernel-api tools: alsactl,alsamixer,amixer
Server-1: sndiod v: N/A status: off tools: aucat,midicat,sndioctl
Server-2: PipeWire v: 1.4.5 status: off with: 1: pipewire-pulse status: off 2: wireplumber
status: off 3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
tools: pactl,pw-cat,pw-cli,wpctl
Network:
Device-1: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8211/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet vendor: ASUSTeK RTL8111H
driver: r8169 v: kernel pcie: gen: 1 speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 port: 3000 bus-ID: 04:00.0
chip-ID: 10ec:8168 class-ID: 0200
IF: enp4s0 state: up speed: 1000 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Info: services: NetworkManager,systemd-timesyncd
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 1.13 TiB used: 19.15 GiB (1.7%)
SMART Message: Required tool smartctl not installed. Check --recommends
ID-1: /dev/sda maj-min: 8:0 vendor: Patriot model: Burst size: 223.57 GiB block-size:
physical: 512 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: SSD serial: <filter> fw-rev: KB.3
scheme: GPT
ID-2: /dev/sdb maj-min: 8:16 vendor: Toshiba model: HDWD110 size: 931.51 GiB block-size:
physical: 4096 B logical: 512 B speed: 6.0 Gb/s tech: HDD rpm: 7200 serial: <filter>
fw-rev: A8R0 scheme: GPT
Partition:
ID-1: / raw-size: 223.28 GiB size: 223.28 GiB (100.00%) used: 19.15 GiB (8.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-2: /boot/efi raw-size: 300 MiB size: 299.4 MiB (99.80%) used: 616 KiB (0.2%) fs: vfat
dev: /dev/sda1 maj-min: 8:1
ID-3: /home raw-size: 223.28 GiB size: 223.28 GiB (100.00%) used: 19.15 GiB (8.6%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-4: /var/log raw-size: 223.28 GiB size: 223.28 GiB (100.00%) used: 19.15 GiB (8.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
ID-5: /var/tmp raw-size: 223.28 GiB size: 223.28 GiB (100.00%) used: 19.15 GiB (8.6%)
fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2 maj-min: 8:2
Swap:
Kernel: swappiness: 133 (default 60) cache-pressure: 100 (default) zswap: no
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 15.52 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100 comp: zstd
avail: lzo-rle,lzo,lz4,lz4hc,deflate,842 dev: /dev/zram0
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 30.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Memory: total: 16 GiB available: 15.52 GiB used: 736.8 MiB (4.6%)
Processes: 235 Power: uptime: 1m states: freeze,mem,disk suspend: deep avail: s2idle
wakeups: 0 hibernate: platform avail: shutdown, reboot, suspend, test_resume image: 6.18 GiB
Init: systemd v: 257 default: graphical tool: systemctl
Packages: pm: pacman pkgs: 1746 libs: 422 tools: pacseek,paru Compilers: clang: 20.1.6
gcc: 15.1.1 Shell: garuda-inxi default: Bash v: 5.2.37 running-in: tty 2 inxi: 3.3.38
Garuda (2.7.2-1):
System install date: 2025-06-26
Last full system update: 2025-06-26
Is partially upgraded: No
Relevant software: snapper NetworkManager dracut
Windows dual boot: No/Undetected
Failed units: greetd.service