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Talster

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Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Hello everyone, I hope you're having a good day.

In an attempt to install Arch Linux, the screen booted directly to black after choosing the "Arch Linux Boot" option. I am used to (in previous installations) a graphical screen, with the Arch logo and a bit more "flair" to the menu, but this time I was greeted with a black screen with white text. Arch proceeded to boot directly to a black screen and hung there indefinitely.

I tried Manjaro Linux (it isn't Arch, but it's something) and I got nearly the same results. I also tried Arch Anywhere, and I got a little farther. I got a graphical interface (like what I expected from Arch Linux's first screen before the CLI), and it seemed to boot properly, but I got a list of issues with my ACPI, and then it hung there indefinitely as well. I have included some pictures of the error (with two different angles to account for the glare).

I am using a ROG G20 machine, ASUS motherboard, and I think that's the issue (I have included the specs below). I have turned off Secure Boot and Fast Boot as well as adjust the settings for the BIOS to boot non-UEFI devices. I would love to start getting Arch Linux up and running (used to tinker with it for hours on end on a laptop that refused to play nice with Arch) on a desktop.

Thank you for your volunteer services in the forum, it helped a million the last time I had an issue.

ACPI Errors and Specs: http://imgur.com/a/mrZep

Quick Edit: Should also note that I have torrented all of the ISOs used and have written them to CDs and USBs alike (used ImgBurn for the CDs and Rufus for the USBs), all have the same issue.

Last edited by Talster (2017-07-11 14:00:35)

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Arch install media have not booted to a screen with a logo for years.   When it "Hung" was there a prompt and a flashing cursor?  If so, all is as expected.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

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Talster

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Arch install media have not booted to a screen with a logo for years.   When it "Hung" was there a prompt and a flashing cursor?  If so, all is as expected.
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Installation_guide

Hi, thank you for the reply. There was no prompt or cursor, just a purely black screen. This seems to happen when I run it from the USB, but the CD gives me the ACPI errors listed in the photo.

kgtuning

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Did you use "nomodeset" at boot? You have an Nvidia card so you'd have to do that. see the archwiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _a_USB_key on the kernel perimeters section.

Talster

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Did you use "nomodeset" at boot? You have an Nvidia card so you'd have to do that. see the archwiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/In … _a_USB_key on the kernel perimeters section.

I have thrown "nomodeset" at the end of the line given before a boot but it did not seem to work. I also have the USB plugged into a USB 3.0 port, may be another issue. Only other thing I can think of is a missed BIOS setting.

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Talster

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Morning everyone, still the same issue. I hit tab on "Boot Arch Linux (x86_64)" and added every combination of the nomodeset commands and still no cigar. Same ACPI errors and exceptions. Let it run for a bit and it still stays there. There is a flashing cursor, but there is no prompt. It's at the bottom of the errors list. Typing does nothing either. I've been checking the wiki and Googling like hell but since no one else really has the same problem I do it must be something really ridiculously small that I missed. I'll let the ACPI error screen run for a while and I'll see what happens, but I'm not sure it'll continue.

dockland

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Morning everyone, still the same issue. I hit tab on "Boot Arch Linux (x86_64)" and added every combination of the nomodeset commands and still no cigar. Same ACPI errors and exceptions. Let it run for a bit and it still stays there. There is a flashing cursor, but there is no prompt. It's at the bottom of the errors list. Typing does nothing either. I've been checking the wiki and Googling like hell but since no one else really has the same problem I do it must be something really ridiculously small that I missed. I'll let the ACPI error screen run for a while and I'll see what happens, but I'm not sure it'll continue.

Have you unloaded security keys? I did disable secure boot on a previous computer (ASUS 87-K i belive), but the UEFI had an option to "Delete keys" that i missed. After deleteing those keys in UEFI all went well.
Don't know if it's the same options in your UEFI though.

E: typo

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Talster

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Good point, Dockland. I deleted the secure boot keys but I didn't delete the other keys. Would you suggest that I delete all of the keys after I back them up?

loqs

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Did you verify the ISO you downloaded?  Which months ISO are you using?  I would suggest trying the noacpi kernel parameter,  if the issue persists try loglevel=7 to see if more output is produced.

Talster

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

Thank you for the answer loqs. I torrented the ISO so I assumed that the sum would have already been checked. I'll try the noacpi parameter and get back to you all with the logs if the problem persists.

Talster

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Re: Arch Linux fails to boot on an ASUS motherboard

That did the trick! Using "pci=noacpi" let me boot into the machine. I'm scouring the wiki for information on this now, didn't know much about ACPI until these issues came up. Thanks everyone!