rand256, have you accidentally made a typo here?
rand256 wrote:And, of course, none of "nomodeset", "vga=791", "video:LVDS-1:d" and others kernel line options or their combination does not work - screen always goes black.
video=LVDS-1:d
Setting that (with an equal sign instead of the first colon) actually helped me.
Maybe you got misleaded somewhere?
That works for me too! Thans a lot ioxenus.
]]>And, of course, none of "nomodeset", "vga=791", "video:LVDS-1:d" and others kernel line options or their combination does not work - screen always goes black.
video=LVDS-1:d
Setting that (with an equal sign instead of the first colon) actually helped me.
Maybe you got misleaded somewhere?
Looks like I just need to wait for another 3-4 months and hope that this video driver issue will be fixed by then.
]]>But in my situation it's even worse. I havent been using archlinux for a few months and now I'm willing to make a new installation. So I've downloaded the latest iso release (20120907) and put it to USB drive. It boots fine and shows me boot menu, which asks me to choose x86 or x64 version. But whatever I choose, shortly after "loading udev" line screen just goes black. System is booted fine though, cause I can blindly enter commands like "reboot" or "shutdown", but I just can't see anything after udev line. And this is just the iso release - even not installed.
Installing linux-lts obviously is not an option, cause I can't even get into the console of USB iso to install the system to the HDD. And, of course, none of "nomodeset", "vga=791", "video:LVDS-1:d" and others kernel line options or their combination does not work - screen always goes black.
Could anyone tell exactly the name of this "wonderful" gma3600 driver in order to blacklist it by some kernel line option?
Or how to tell the system NOT to boot any (faulty) video driver and use only vesafb?
PS: When I tried to install Arch about 4 month ago there also were some troubles with video drivers, but then it at least always showed something on the screen, so there were chanses to debug these things. But now with the blank display, it's just... great! - that's all I can say.
]]>#pacman -S linux-lts
My screen works now! I just need it to setup my server. Thank you all for help
]]>Have you checked this thread out:
https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144445
All about the driver for your card.
Ok I see lots of people have problems with this graphic card. It's drivers problem. I know where to look next.
Thanks again for all your help theshadster. I really appreciate it
]]>https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=144445
All about the driver for your card.
]]>So I am sure it's got something to do with that linee now. I need to solve this and enable udev again. Got no idea how to do that. Any help appreciated
]]>Are you sure your monitor is plugged in ?
Are you running systemd ?
Are you using grub/grub2/lilo/heavens-knows-what ?
Monitor is plugged in cause I can see boot process until udev.
I am not sure what systemd is.
I think I am using lilo
I will try to boot from arch CD and check the log files in the morning. And get back
Thanks again for all the help theshadster
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