Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

mo6152 · 2015-08-09 13:34:41

Hello,

This is my first time using Arch Linux. I have used mainly Ubuntu flavors before. I had a Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 with the following specs:
SanDisk SSD Plus 120 GB
1 GB DDR2 RAM.
Intel Atom N450

I installed Arch on the laptop yesterday by following the beginner's guide on the Wiki. I Then confirmed that the installation was successful by rebooting the machine without the installation media (flash drive), and it booted into terminal without problem.

I then shut it down using "shutdown now"

I now try to turn the laptop on, however I am greeted with a black screen. I can't type anything on it. The screen does not seem to be backlit either.

Also worth mentioning, the following shows up on the screen right before it goes black:

Booting 'Arch Linux'

Loading Linux linux ...
Loading initial ramdisk ...

Then a new screen flashes with the following:

[       0.907755] Failed to find cpu0 device node
starting version 224
/dev/sda2: recovering journal
/dev/sda2: clean, 37590/7135232 files, 760025/28518656 blocks

The screen then just goes completely black.

Any ideas?

graysky · 2015-08-09 13:43:57

Is this helpful? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=199901

mo6152 · 2015-08-09 15:36:27

graysky wrote:

Is this helpful? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=199901

I saw that thread already. Not really sure what to get out of it, though. I see that it was marked as solved, but I couldn't find what the solution was.

clfarron4 · 2015-08-09 16:10:36

mo6152 wrote:

graysky wrote:
Is this helpful? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=199901
I saw that thread already. Not really sure what to get out of it, though. I see that it was marked as solved, but I couldn't find what the solution was.

From what I can see, the solution(s) are either downgrading to kernel 4.0 or upgrading to the 4.2-rc mainline release (you can do this in the AUR).

mo6152 · 2015-08-15 21:20:20

clfarron4 wrote:

mo6152 wrote:
graysky wrote:
Is this helpful? https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=199901
I saw that thread already. Not really sure what to get out of it, though. I see that it was marked as solved, but I couldn't find what the solution was.
From what I can see, the solution(s) are either downgrading to kernel 4.0 or upgrading to the 4.2-rc mainline release (you can do this in the AUR).

Hmm

I'm still new to this, so please bear with me.

Does this mean that I would have to reinstall Arch?

how do I upgrade to the 4.2-rc mainline release (is that easier than downgrading?)

clfarron4 · 2015-08-15 21:30:22

mo6152 wrote:

clfarron4 wrote:
mo6152 wrote:
I saw that thread already. Not really sure what to get out of it, though. I see that it was marked as solved, but I couldn't find what the solution was.
From what I can see, the solution(s) are either downgrading to kernel 4.0 or upgrading to the 4.2-rc mainline release (you can do this in the AUR).
Hmm
I'm still new to this, so please bear with me.
Does this mean that I would have to reinstall Arch?
how do I upgrade to the 4.2-rc mainline release (is that easier than downgrading?)

No you don't have to re-install Arch. Just the kernel you are using. You have two options.

1) Downgrade packages using the Arch Rollback repositories.
2) Install the AUR from the AUR (great way to learn how to install from the AUR) or use miffe's repository for linux-mainline. If you do this, you will have to re-build your bootloaders entries to account for the new kernel.

2ManyDogs · 2015-08-15 21:53:39

If you think it is a kernel problem, you could also try installing the lts kernel. (linux-lts)

mo6152 · 2015-08-17 05:43:17

clfarron4 wrote:

mo6152 wrote:
clfarron4 wrote:
From what I can see, the solution(s) are either downgrading to kernel 4.0 or upgrading to the 4.2-rc mainline release (you can do this in the AUR).
Hmm
I'm still new to this, so please bear with me.
Does this mean that I would have to reinstall Arch?
how do I upgrade to the 4.2-rc mainline release (is that easier than downgrading?)
No you don't have to re-install Arch. Just the kernel you are using. You have two options.
1) Downgrade packages using the Arch Rollback repositories.
2) Install the AUR from the AUR (great way to learn how to install from the AUR) or use miffe's repository for linux-mainline. If you do this, you will have to re-build your bootloaders entries to account for the new kernel.

I looked at the thread you linked to again. It seems that the rc kernel didn't fix the problem.
I saw your link about rolling back the kernel, however it seemed to me like those were steps on how to downgrade more than just the kernel, correct? Wouldn't that be a security risk since some of the apps will be downgraded to previous versions that don't have bugs fixed?

2ManyDogs wrote:

If you think it is a kernel problem, you could also try installing the lts kernel. (linux-lts)

Do I just install that via Pacman?

Last edited by mo6152 (2015-08-17 05:44:40)

paulkerry · 2015-08-17 19:01:35

2ManyDogs wrote:

If you think it is a kernel problem, you could also try installing the lts kernel. (linux-lts)

Do I just install that via Pacman?

Yes. Make sure you have updated your system using...

pacman -Syu

and then install the lts kernel with...

pacman -S linux-lts

I've been using the lts kernel for several months now and it has worked flawlessly.

Regards Paul

Arch Linux

#1 2015-08-09 13:34:41

Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#2 2015-08-09 13:43:57

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#3 2015-08-09 15:36:27

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#4 2015-08-09 16:10:36

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#5 2015-08-15 21:20:20

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#6 2015-08-15 21:30:22

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#7 2015-08-15 21:53:39

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#8 2015-08-17 05:43:17

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

#9 2015-08-17 19:01:35

Re: Installed Arch yesterday and booted. Black screen on boot now

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