Silent Boot - There is a cursor on an empty console

efronberlian · 2015-01-11 18:24:45

I have followed everything from https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Silent_boot

This is my current kernel options with rEFInd:

options "root=UUID=4b3977bd-a39f-46ab-980f-648c695a0554 rootfstype=ext4 rw add_efi_memmap quiet loglevel=3 vga=current splash rd.udev.log-priority=3 rcutree.rcu_idle_gp_delay=1"

It switches from graphics mode from refind to text mode and then back to graphics mode with slim.

Can anyone tell me what's happening? and maybe how to fix the problem?

Thanks

karol · 2015-01-11 19:40:50

Can you boot will less silent boot or using just standard options?

efronberlian · 2015-01-12 02:43:37

Can you elaborate? I can't seem to understand what you mean. And thanks for helping me out on the previous post.

karol · 2015-01-12 06:52:59

Can you boot with e.g.

options "root=UUID=4b3977bd-a39f-46ab-980f-648c695a0554 rootfstype=ext4 rw add_efi_memmap"

drop all the non-essential stuff and only add it one at a time (assuming 'vga=current' is non-essential):

options "root=UUID=4b3977bd-a39f-46ab-980f-648c695a0554 rootfstype=ext4 rw add_efi_memmap vga=current"

efronberlian wrote:

thanks for helping me out on the previous post

You're welcome :-)
Assuming you could boot OK with the options you posted in https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=192097 maybe

splash

or

rd.udev.log-priority=3

are the source of the problem?

Last edited by karol (2015-01-12 06:57:01)

efronberlian · 2015-01-13 03:02:45

I can boot with both of them. I switched my display manager to sddm now. And it doesnt have the cursor anymore but the screen still blinks back and forth from rEFInd until it reaches sddm..

I think the problem is I am missing something not having too much settings.

Last edited by efronberlian (2015-01-13 03:03:49)

hungerfish · 2015-01-13 09:46:22

To clarify, you want to get the 'flicker free smooth' boot experience and that's what's not working, not the boot itself.

I've given up on achieving that goal years ago, but maybe it's time to revisit. Sorry I can't be of any help, but could you perhaps outline your general setup + some timings.
You mentined refind and sddm, what else gets run during boot (I'm assuming default systemd+ ? )
I ask, because I find the linked YT video from the wiki amazing, could never match that speed (let alone the 'flickerfreeness)', even with bare minimal systemd + x + dwm.

V1del · 2015-01-13 11:44:25

Have you tried getting rid of the vga=current and instead enabling early KMS?

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Silent Boot - There is a cursor on an empty console

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