[SOLVED] Arch not installing on HP Envy 15'' (black screen)

ottoshmidt · 2013-11-17 20:03:26

Problem:

Screen goes black after choosing the default entry from installation media (UEFI mode).

I've disabled secure boot from BIOS, prepared USB flash as instructed in this wiki in Windows 8.

So far, I have tried Arch dual ISOs from ftp mirrors: 2013.11.01, 2013.10.01, 2013.09.01 and all of them had the same result as described above.

I also tried 2013.06.01 installation ISO (copied to USB from my older CD) which results in kernel panic (screen isn't blank though).

Other Distros:

The newest Ubuntu has the same result as newest Arch (blank screen). Though, I managed to launch Ubuntu 12.10 LiveUSB (posting from it now), which
is some progress for me now. Hope to get some older Arch iso that would work too.

P.S. Something tells me it's a graphics driver issue on a kernel level in resent releases, but I'm not an expert.

RESOLUTION: Was Fixed in arch's 2014-01-05 iso

Last edited by ottoshmidt (2014-01-08 15:05:55)

ckyony · 2013-11-18 06:09:34

If it can give you some consolation, I have the same problem with my brand new HP Envy 15".

Keep us posted with the future resolution

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ottoshmidt · 2013-11-19 20:38:09

Unsuccessfully tried iso of 2012.12.01 and of 2013.01.04. In those cases it freezes somethere during Booting, guess at:

[ ok ] Reached command prompts

or something, instead of going black screen.

Will try OpenSuse tomorrow if it works. If not will have no other choice but Ubuntu 12.10 which I am sorry to end up with but still better
than MS Win. Hope it installs as there was no prob with trying it live.

jm82 · 2013-11-20 21:48:20

Could be the same as this issue I'm facing with the latest Arch iso. I used to run Arch on this PC but, thinking about it, I stopped a while back when the machine stopped booting (possibly after a system update... )

Will update this thread if I find a solution.

https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=173236

chilebiker · 2013-11-26 19:56:58

I had the same problem with the same laptop. Append "nouveau.modeset=0" to the options on your installation media in /loader/entries/arch64...conf

jm82 · 2013-11-27 22:19:48

Finally got there. Seems there's a bug with the isohybrid mbr. The instructions/guidance djgera provided here moved me in the right direction.

However, my local system was still using syslinux v4, so I had to tweak the process. Documented here.

Hope it helps.

chilebiker · 2013-12-10 20:34:06

Actually, append this to the kernel line: i915.invert_brightness=1

ottoshmidt · 2013-12-11 09:36:42

chilebiker, jm82

Are those two different methods? If yes, which one should I try first to install fresh Arch on the machine.
Does it work for the newest iso?

I was guessing it was a graphics card driver issue (or a kernel module problem in new kernels).

Arch Linux

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[SOLVED] Arch not installing on HP Envy 15'' (black screen)

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