slackware 15 unbootable after slackpkg upgrade

I did a full upgrade after booting the new kernel, startx didn't work. The log showed no display device so I reinstalled the Nvidia drivers and it still didn't work. I made sure that nouveau was blacklisted and I recreated the grub.cfg. It is worth pointing out that I didn't update some config files when slackpkg asked me to but no files that have anything to do with x11 I think. xorg.conf is empty though so I tried the Nvidia xconfig utility and I got an exe error. The binaries literally wont run. I then tried reinstalling the Nvidia driver yet again and I recreated the grub.cfg. I now have an unbootable system which instantly throws me into the grub emergency shell without even letting me select the kernel or anything. Could the issue be that I did not make an initramfs (I forgot)? but wouldn't the system have been unbootable since the kernel upgrade and not after I installed the driver the 2nd time? I have no clue what the issue could be and no clue how to solve it. I would appreciate some help.