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dnl09_

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Registered: 2022-06-02

Posts: 8

Re: [SOLVED] Completely black screen (no cursor) on boot

mkinitcpio.conf (I left out the commented lines):

MODULES=(amdgpu)
BINARIES=()
FILES=()
HOOKS=(base udev autodetect modconf block filesystems keyboard fsck)

When I run mkinitcpio:

==> Starting dry run: 5.18.1-arch1-1
  -> Running build hook: [base]
  -> Running build hook: [udev]
  -> Running build hook: [autodetect]
  -> Running build hook: [modconf]
  -> Running build hook: [block]
==> WARNING: Possibly missing firmware for module: xhci_pci
  -> Running build hook: [filesystems]
  -> Running build hook: [keyboard]
  -> Running build hook: [fsck]
==> Generating module dependencies
==> Dry run complete, use -g IMAGE to generate a real image

Please run mkinitcpio -P. Without "-P"-Flag, you're only doing a dry run (as the output says in line 1), so without generating the image.

vejtics

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Registered: 2021-08-31

Posts: 20

Re: [SOLVED] Completely black screen (no cursor) on boot

After running mkinitcpio with the -P flag, my Arch boots with no issues. Just one thing -- is rescue mode something that automatically happens when I boot in single-user mode, i.e. is that normal? But even if it isn't, my original issue is solved.

seth

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Registered: 2012-09-03

Posts: 51,056

Re: [SOLVED] Completely black screen (no cursor) on boot

See https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … md_targets
single and rescue target are the same in systemd-world

Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.

@dnl09_ I've asked for your thread to be isolated from this one so you can pursuit that w/o interfering w/ the OPs thread.

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WorMzy

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Re: [SOLVED] Completely black screen (no cursor) on boot

Mod note: Split off dnl09_'s thread: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=276967

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