screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

TheRedFox · 2011-01-16 19:07:05

I was trying to install arch linux onto my laptop (a little under a year old), and everything was proceeding smoothly. I left while the core packages were installing, to have a little lunch, and when I returned the screen had blanked and I couldn't unblank it. I powered off, because I couldn't think of anything better to do. next time that I turned it on, it worked fine again, and I began to boot arch. after the boot screen thing had finished, It blanked again. since then, the same pattern continued.
I am installing arch from a cd in an external drive, due to the fact that all of my flash drives are broken. I was, however, able to boot into a live cd of puppy, so it's probably not the drive that's the problem.
Any advice?
edit: my signature is out of date... don't pay attention to it

edit2: I was able to fix it by simply reformatting the root partition. didn't get any problems after that. I was using a core iso booted from a flash drive, though, rather than a net iso booted from a cd

Last edited by TheRedFox (2011-01-21 07:38:13)

Mr Green · 2011-01-16 19:14:01

Are you able to boot Arch cd?

If you leave it to do its thing screen will blank and normally a key press will bring it back to life

Difficult to tell from your post if you trying to boot the unfinished install of Arch?

MrG

TheRedFox · 2011-01-16 19:25:24

Oh, good point. I'm trying to boot the install cd, and it blanks right after the boot up thing (not sure what it's called), it blanks when it would normally go to the log in dialog.
I have tried a keystroke. it does not bring the screen back to life

Mr Green · 2011-01-16 19:30:45

Check the disc as you should see Arch logo and menu

TheRedFox · 2011-01-16 19:39:30

Now I'm not sure what you mean. I definitely can see the arch logo and menu after it boots into the cd, but then I hit the boot arch option, and after the boot up sequence thing, the screen goes blank.

jasonwryan · 2011-01-16 20:52:58

Sounds like a KMS issue: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/KMS

TheRedFox · 2011-01-17 02:13:03

so, supposing that it is a problem with KMS, what do you recommend that I do?

jasonwryan · 2011-01-17 02:23:54

It depends on your graphics card. You might try appending nomodeset to your kernel line to see if that helps.

Search the boards, there were any number of threads on it when it was added as default to the kernel...

TheRedFox · 2011-01-17 02:56:42

sure, thanks for your assistance

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#1 2011-01-16 19:07:05

screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#2 2011-01-16 19:14:01

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#3 2011-01-16 19:25:24

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#4 2011-01-16 19:30:45

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#5 2011-01-16 19:39:30

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#6 2011-01-16 20:52:58

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#7 2011-01-17 02:13:03

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#8 2011-01-17 02:23:54

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

#9 2011-01-17 02:56:42

Re: screen blanks after arch is loaded (Asus eeepc 1005PEB) [solved]

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