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Enrico87

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Strange screen colors while booting Arch Linux (i686)

I'm trying to install Arch on an old computer via usb live,
when I start the first option "Boot Arch Linux i686" at the beginning seems to work then stops and appears:

Arch Linux 3.17.6-1-arch (tty1)

archiso login: root (automatic login)

at this point the pixels begin to change from black to white. until the monitor becomes completely white and black horizontal line appears at the center.
you have any idea what could be the problem?
Thanks for  help

Last edited by Enrico87 (2015-01-28 19:06:27)

jasonwryan

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Re: Strange screen colors while booting Arch Linux (i686)

Video card in the machine? Have you read the KMS wiki article?

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Enrico87

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Re: Strange screen colors while booting Arch Linux (i686)

at the moment i have Debian installed with no GUI, if I tipe

lspci |grep  VGA

i get:

VGA compatible controller [0300]: Via Tecnologies, Inc. K8M800/K8N800/K8N800A[S3 UniChrome Pro](rev 01)

can you link me the article?

Last edited by Enrico87 (2015-01-28 20:59:04)

Trilby

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Re: Strange screen colors while booting Arch Linux (i686)

actually i have installed Debian

What??  The first post clearly said archlinux, but if this is debian, you are asking in the wrong place.  Did you just use debian because the arch iso was unusable?  Did these visual distrubances completely prevent login?

can you link me the article?

Not likely.  Is your google broken?

EDIT: in hindsight this post was more abrupt than needed for a new-comer to the forums.  Please pardon the tone - but the content was exactly as intended.  We are happy to help when it is needed, but archlinux users are expected to be able to do some of their own research.  If you really need the wiki link provided to you, you most likely would never be happy with archlinux.

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Enrico87

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Re: Strange screen colors while booting Arch Linux (i686)

sorry for my bad english..

I have Debian installed,
and it works fine, it just has no GUI,
i used Debian to see what's the name of the video Card because i didn't know it
I'd like to install Arch , that's why i wrote in the Installation forum

The problem occurs when, after rebooting with the live usb

I select "Boot Arch Linux" in the arch menu
I can use other options in the menu,
I perfomed a memory test ad it is fine...
don't know what else to do.

my google works fine,  I'm not lazy, I asked for the link just to be sure to get the right article...  sorry for that anyway.

Last edited by Enrico87 (2015-01-28 20:57:40)