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#1 2017-02-15 20:49:19
- Xeanto
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Booting a server headless and installing with SSH
Is there a way to boot archlinux on a nvidia gfx without having to hook up a keyboard to type in `nomodeset` on startup? i have a GPU in there, and the system is capable of booting, i just dont have a connector for the cable, otherwise i would just turn it on, with keyboard, hit tab, then type nomodeset.
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#2 2017-02-15 21:08:11
- graysky
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Re: Booting a server headless and installing with SSH
Just boot without the nvidia drivers (nouveau will be used by default). Maybe I am missing something.
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#3 2017-02-15 21:41:21
- Xeanto
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Re: Booting a server headless and installing with SSH
Just boot without the nvidia drivers (nouveau will be used by default). Maybe I am missing something.
You are; whenever you boot into an archlinux iso at first, on an nvidia card, it blackscreens and becomes unresponsive. I need to know what to blacklist so that i can boot it into a workable environment, and were it is responsive.
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#4 2017-02-15 21:47:29
- jasonwryan
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Re: Booting a server headless and installing with SSH
You can pass the relevant kernel option from the boot menu. See the KMS wiki page.
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#5 2017-02-15 22:11:22
- Trilby
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Re: Booting a server headless and installing with SSH
Without a keyboard it's hard to pass the kernel option.
I think the only way to do this would be to modify the iso.
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#6 2017-02-15 22:41:51
- graysky
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Re: Booting a server headless and installing with SSH
graysky wrote:Just boot without the nvidia drivers (nouveau will be used by default). Maybe I am missing something.
You are; whenever you boot into an archlinux iso at first, on an nvidia card, it blackscreens and becomes unresponsive. I need to know what to blacklist so that i can boot it into a workable environment, and were it is responsive.
I have a box that uses the 340xx driver and I don't remember needing to do this at all ...but it has been a few years since I booted to a live environment on it. If what you're saying is true and universally so, how is this not considered a bug? Seems like booting to a universally functional state should be the default. Again, perhaps I am missing something.
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