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andrzej1_1

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Registered: 2017-09-07

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[SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

Hey Arch community!

Recently I installed latest Arch 64bit on VirtualBox installed in Window 10. Today I was trying to fix driver issues - mesa driver was not loaded, so I created /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf containing:

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Intel Graphics"
  Driver      "intel"
  Option     "AccelMethod" "sna"
EndSection

I rebooted system and now boot is stucking after:

Starting version 218
/dev/sda1: recovering journal
/dev/sda1: clean, .. / .. file, .. / .. blocks

I tried rebooting, waiting but it didn't work.

What can I do to fix it?

Last edited by andrzej1_1 (2017-09-08 16:29:14)

2ManyDogs

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

Welcome to the forum. Please change your topic title to something that actually describes your problem.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

Please choose a topic title that actually describes your issue.

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … ow_to_post

Please boot the install CD image and post your /var/log/pacman.log and a journal from a failed boot. Use a pastebin if necessary.

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andrzej1_1

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

Sorry, I decided to choose topic after writing post content and I forgot. I will post logs tomorrow, because I don't have access to that PC now.

adesh

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

Trivial, but do you have xf86-video-intel installed?

andrzej1_1

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

Trivial, but do you have xf86-video-intel installed?

No, because I was only trying to make 3D acceleration works and wiki states that xf86-video-intel provides 2D acceleration. I will try to install it after I fix boot.

Last edited by andrzej1_1 (2017-09-07 18:41:05)

andrzej1_1

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

I removed 20-intel.conf  and system started working. Then I was trying to fix graphic issues and now I end up with black screen after starting graphical environment. Log from /var/log/pacman.log: https://ptpb.pw/UdLB
Please help.

Last edited by andrzej1_1 (2017-09-08 14:34:44)

Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

As your Arch installation is a VM it doesn't have Intel graphics, why are you trying Intel-specific fixes?

Did you follow the wiki page for VirtualBox guests when you installed your VM?
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Vi … nux_guests

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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andrzej1_1

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

Because my host have Intel integrated graphic card and I want to use it. Yes, I installed Guest Additions but it results in `Failed to load module "vboxvideo"`. My problem now is that I have only black screen.

Slithery

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

It doesn't matter what graphics card your host machine has, the VM can't see it.

It sounds like something went wrong when you tried to install the guest additions, did you do this with the Arch package or the guest additions ISO?.
Follow the steps on the wiki page I linked to and tell us exactly what you've done if it still doesn't work.

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No, it didn't "fix" anything. It just shifted the brokeness one space to the right. - jasonwryan
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andrzej1_1

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Re: [SOLVED] Unable to boot after adding xorg module config

I installed guest addition from Virtualbox (by mounting iso) and because of `Failed to load module "vboxvideo"`, I installed ones from arch upstream with removing conflicting files firstly.

Edit: I managed to get screen back with removing `virtualbox-guest-utils` , `virtualbox-guest-modules-arch` and installing Guets Additions provided by VirtualBox.

Last edited by andrzej1_1 (2017-09-08 16:28:52)