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Registered: 2007-04-14

Posts: 49

Blank Screen on laptop

I just installed Arch on my Acer laptop orignially using the open source ATI driver, however, I tried to install the propriety drivers, now all I get is a blank screen. I cannot even get to a command line terminal to reconfigure the xorg and rc.conf files. GDM is listed under the daemons array. Is there any way I can prevent GDM loading so i can get to a command line?

kano

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From: Michigan

Registered: 2007-05-04

Posts: 185

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Re: Blank Screen on laptop

Can you CTRL-ALT-F1 to get to a console or is that not working either?
If not, you can boot up with the Arch installer cd and mount your root partition and edit your rc.conf that way.

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Registered: 2007-04-14

Posts: 49

Re: Blank Screen on laptop

Thanks for the response. I cannot use CTR+ALT+F1 to get into a terminal...  But i did use the cd to mount the partition and edit it.

Mikko777

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From: Suomi, Finland

Registered: 2006-10-30

Posts: 837

Re: Blank Screen on laptop

I also had this x crashes and cant get to commandline extremely annoying issue while ago also...

After searching a "bit" I found this essential piece of information (should be in the wiki for sure).

To boot into "repair mode" in linux put "linux single" in grub bootup options!

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