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chriseggroll

Member

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 64

install cd issues

Hi, having a problem with the recent Arch install CD, not getting any video.  I have an Nvidia GTX660 connected via HDMI to my tv and the tv is displaying the message "Invalid Format" when I boot from the CD.  Unfortunately I don't have a DVI to hdmi cable and the tv has no DVI port.  Is it possible to get an older copy of the install CD?  I have an existing install I'm trying to repair.  I found an old CD from 2012 that boots, but it's x86 so I can't do a chroot to fix my system (it seems the kernel did not install right).  Thanks,

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,412

Re: install cd issues

Try editing the kernel command line to disable KMS: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Ke … odesetting

chriseggroll

Member

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 64

Re: install cd issues

Thanks, I'll try that later!

chriseggroll

Member

Registered: 2007-02-04

Posts: 64

Re: install cd issues

That worked!  I ended up just reinstalling since my /home was on a separate drive, loving my new Cinnamon desktop

karol

Archivist

Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: install cd issues

Please remember to mark the thread as solved https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=130309