Arch hangs

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 10:03:51

Hey gang, just installed Arch for the first time, got all my apps installed, rebooted, and am met with this error:

microcode: failed to load file amd-ucode/microcode_amd_fam15h.bin missing

All I get is a black screen with that error at the top. Arch doesn't load.

Looks like a firmware error? What should I do?

Thanks.

Last edited by dontbugme (2013-03-10 11:10:58)

kaszak696 · 2013-03-10 10:21:22

Try this package, see if it helps.

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 10:37:42

Thanks. I chrooted from the live cd, and installed that, and no longer have that problem. Still hangs though!

Now it's a black screen, with the words "/dev/sda3: clean, 138264/21913600 files, 2520446/87635712 blocks"

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 11:12:46

I'm running 64-bit on a HP Pavilion G6, with a AMD A6-4400 APU Radeon chip.

mich41 · 2013-03-10 12:26:12

I don't get what's up with all the people recommending installing microcode updates to fix unrelated problems.

If you are able to get to fsck, it's probably some driver loaded by udev crashing the kernel.

Check if it will still hang if you go to /usr/lib/modules/<your-kernel-version>/kernel/drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/ and rename radeon.ko.gz to radeon.ko.gz.dont.load.me.please.

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 13:04:50

Hi, I added ".plz" to the end, and also tried adding it to the flgrx module. Same result, still hangs.

mich41 · 2013-03-10 13:32:58

Well, so it's not GPU. BTW, do you have any other proprietary drivers?

What about renaming whole /usr/lib/modules/<version>/ directory? At least we will know if it's a broken module or something else.

Last edited by mich41 (2013-03-10 13:34:46)

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 14:04:04

No, I don't think there are any other proprietary drivers.

I'll give your latest suggestion a shot.

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 14:48:00

Still hangs.

ewaller · 2013-03-10 15:28:40

Are the keyboard lights flashing, by chance? (If so, the kernel panicked)
Can you ping the box from another computer? (If so, the kernel is running and you have an IP address)
What happens is you press Ctrl-Alt-2 on the keyboard? (You should get a console)
If you can ping the box, can you ssh into it?

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 16:05:24

I have a console when I hit ctl-alt-f2. When I enter "startx", it says "no screens found".

Last edited by dontbugme (2013-03-10 16:06:09)

mich41 · 2013-03-10 16:11:34

So it seems that you were just surprised by systemd not spawning getty on tty1

Did you restore the drivers before trying startx?

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 16:13:21

Yes.

kaszak696 · 2013-03-10 16:18:36

Then check the usual, /var/log/Xorg.0.log and journal for any errors.

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 16:20:17

Possibly related console error:
gconf-warning **:client failed to connect to the d-bus daemon:
Unable to launch a dbus-daemon without a $DISPLAY for X11

Last edited by dontbugme (2013-03-10 16:22:05)

ewaller · 2013-03-10 16:20:49

Are you running a login manager? (kdm. gdm, slim ?)

Maybe you could pastebin your /var/log/Xorg.0.log and provide us a link? (Or post it here, but be sure to BBCode code tags)

mich41 · 2013-03-10 16:23:08

Maybe start with running just X. It should start a blank X server, maybe with mouse cursor (not sure). If it fails, look for (WW) or (EE) in /var/log/Xorg.0.log.

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 16:24:51

K, I'll reboot with a live cd and pastebin that file for you.

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 16:26:27

It says "EE".

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 16:36:28

Here's the content of Xorg.0:

http://pastebin.com/nGScjiYi

ewaller · 2013-03-10 16:53:48

I have no idea which xf86-video driver you need, but it might be extra/xf86-video-ati. Which drivers have you installed? ( pacman -Qs xf86-video )

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 17:04:55

I installed catalyst-dkms, but the command above comes up blank.

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 17:26:41

I just now tried installing xf86-video-ati but it says it conflicts with mesa-libgl and catalyst-utils, and asks if I want to remove catalyst-utils.

kaszak696 · 2013-03-10 17:35:51

aticonfig --initial

Read the wiki thoroughly.
Make sure dkms built the module properly.

Last edited by kaszak696 (2013-03-10 17:38:45)

dontbugme · 2013-03-10 17:44:31

Thank you, sir. That did it. I don't know how I missed it!

And props to everybody else in this thread who helped. Arch Linux is upand running, this is exciting!

Arch Linux

#1 2013-03-10 10:03:51

Arch hangs

#2 2013-03-10 10:21:22

Re: Arch hangs

#3 2013-03-10 10:37:42

Re: Arch hangs

#4 2013-03-10 11:12:46

Re: Arch hangs

#5 2013-03-10 12:26:12

Re: Arch hangs

#6 2013-03-10 13:04:50

Re: Arch hangs

#7 2013-03-10 13:32:58

Re: Arch hangs

#8 2013-03-10 14:04:04

Re: Arch hangs

#9 2013-03-10 14:48:00

Re: Arch hangs

#10 2013-03-10 15:28:40

Re: Arch hangs

#11 2013-03-10 16:05:24

Re: Arch hangs

#12 2013-03-10 16:11:34

Re: Arch hangs

#13 2013-03-10 16:13:21

Re: Arch hangs

#14 2013-03-10 16:18:36

Re: Arch hangs

#15 2013-03-10 16:20:17

Re: Arch hangs

#16 2013-03-10 16:20:49

Re: Arch hangs

#17 2013-03-10 16:23:08

Re: Arch hangs

#18 2013-03-10 16:24:51

Re: Arch hangs

#19 2013-03-10 16:26:27

Re: Arch hangs

#20 2013-03-10 16:36:28

Re: Arch hangs

#21 2013-03-10 16:53:48

Re: Arch hangs

#22 2013-03-10 17:04:55

Re: Arch hangs

#23 2013-03-10 17:26:41

Re: Arch hangs

#24 2013-03-10 17:35:51

Re: Arch hangs

#25 2013-03-10 17:44:31

Re: Arch hangs

Board footer