Fresh install boot hangs

cb9 · 2014-08-11 17:14:40

Hi,
At outset, note that my installation is pure Arch linux and it is fresh install which I did yesterday.
I have installed Arch linux yesterday with Openbox. I have not yet set it up completely. But something which is annoying me is boot hangs many times. I tried to debug it by adding parameters to kernel using grub-customizer. I added verbose and debug kernel parameter. The place where is hangs is
[25. 462902] Checking generic (e0000000 300000) vs hw (e0000000 10000000 )
[25. 481311] fb:switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA.
I used to use Antergos linux. I started getting this problem http://forum.antergos.com/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=1924 , so I switched to Archbang. I was still getting this problem http://bbs.archbang.org/viewtopic.php?id=5061 . Now I have switched to Arch Linux.

I thought it is problem with Broadcomm firmware or driver. But I think it is something different and related to intel video driver. I have installed Arch linux with Openbox. I am still getting this problem.

Last edited by cb9 (2014-08-11 17:16:30)

anatolik · 2014-08-11 17:21:48

Could you ping your machine? Could you ssh there?

Post your journal content for the last boot.

cb9 · 2014-08-11 17:35:01

I can ping my own machine using static ip which I have setup 192.168.1.2 . ssh I have not tried in this new install but I used to do ssh in other arch based distro a month back. So I guess ssh will work. I don't know how do I attach file to my post to journal content.

Last edited by cb9 (2014-08-11 17:35:48)

anatolik · 2014-08-11 19:00:03

cb9 wrote:

I don't know how do I attach file to my post to journal content.

"ssh $MACHINE journalctl -b > journal.txt" post the content to http://pastebin.com/ and leave the link here.

cb9 · 2014-08-12 02:24:49

Do I need to do ssh from another machine on the network to capture journal of my laptop which hangs? Or should I reboot this laptop which hangs and then capture journal? Because when it hangs during boot, I can not do anything except switch it off and switch on again. It hangs randomly. Not always. I also have Centos 6.4 and Windows 7 on same laptop which never hangs on CentOs or Windows 7. But only hangs on Arch linux randomly during boot. And http://pastebin.com/ does not work or may be down.

Last edited by cb9 (2014-08-12 02:28:09)

cb9 · 2014-08-13 03:16:02

Here is links to two journals http://dpaste.com/0RWYS6S and http://dpaste.com/00K0ZA0

headkase · 2014-08-13 03:26:44

cb9 wrote:

Do I need to do ssh from another machine on the network to capture journal of my laptop which hangs? Or should I reboot this laptop which hangs and then capture journal? Because when it hangs during boot, I can not do anything except switch it off and switch on again. It hangs randomly. Not always. I also have Centos 6.4 and Windows 7 on same laptop which never hangs on CentOs or Windows 7. But only hangs on Arch linux randomly during boot. And http://pastebin.com/ does not work or may be down.

As a side note, see: Here. Notice the request to not use pastebin.com as it is full of ads and mangles the text.

cb9 · 2014-08-13 03:48:45

This is the first time I have used sites similar to pastebin.com and I don't know much about it. Hope the journal logs I pasted help you to diagnose the root cause why it hangs. Though I like Arch Linux very much and I have used Arch Linux and it's derivatives like ArchBang, Antergos, Manjaro for more than 3 years, I am uninstalling Arch linux because it has become unusable to me. It is hanging very often and I don't think the problem can be easily fixed by me.

Thank you for help.

justasug · 2014-08-14 08:15:45

I had the exact same issue, with the boot process stopping at the fb:switching to inteldrmfb from VESA VGA line. See this thread https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=185225

What worked for me was switching to the linux-lts kernel. I know it's not an ideal solution, but at least it boots properly every time now.

Last edited by justasug (2014-08-14 08:16:29)

cb9 · 2014-08-15 04:21:56

Thanks for solution. So it is confirmed, something is wrong with new kernel.

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Fresh install boot hangs

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