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Hello!
I am using Arch for quite some time now and never had such problems. Today I tried to install Arch on my Laptop and directly after reboot the screen starts flickering very bad (in tty).
I couldnt find any solution for this problem.
Thanks for help!
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I think it is related to the Kernel, I have the same problems with Debian testing (Kernel 3.1). When i switch to 2.6.xx the problem disappears.
Any ideas?
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Have you put anything in kernel line in grub menu?
What happens if you disable acpi with acpi=off in kernel line?
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Henry David Thoreau
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No, i didnt change anything.
After disabling acpi the flickering in tty is gone, but I cant start X anymore.
gdm-binary[588]: WARNING: GdmDisplay: display lasted 0.030617 seconds
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GdMLocalDisplayFactory: maximum number of X display failures reached: check X server log for errorsThe error log says:
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(EE) No devices detected.
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no screens foundI am using xf86-video-intel as video driver.
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No idea. Some possible suggestions because i don't know what could be wrong because i don't have gdm:
-here are some threads regarding you gdm issue https://bbs.archlinux.org/search.php?se … 1224584985
-try to start session with startx command
-you could install xf86-video-intel-git from AUR
-you could install linux-git from AUR
Last edited by Shark (2011-12-03 15:50:29)
If you have built castles in the air, your work need not be lost; that is where they should be. Now put foundations under them.
Henry David Thoreau
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I finally found kind of an solution. This bug started with version 3.1 (linux kernel) and is still not solved apparently.
If someone is experiencing the same problems, here are some bug-reports:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=738813
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=753881
https://www.libreoffice.org/bugzilla/sh … i?id=43123
I solved this by downgrading the kernel to 3.0.7, here everything works fine now. This can be easily done with downgrade (AUR).
Thanks for the help.
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I solved the problem by installing the kernel26-lts package from core.
This has the advantage that you install a still supported kernel and that you don't have to install anything from AUR. But still, it's the same ugly workaround.
Don't forget to change the grub config in /boot/grub/menu.lst
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