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Knucklegrumble

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Registered: 2015-08-25

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[SOLVED]Screen shuts off while starting Arch from USB for installation

I have a EeeBox PC EB1030 with an atom processor running ubuntu... I wanted to install Arch but when I boot from the USB while loading the kernel the screen turns off and I am forced to just turn off from power button.

The screen does not go black... it goes into power save mode and claims that no signal is coming from the pc.

I tried using nomodeset in the kernel boot parameters but it did not work... Any ideas?

My lspci

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx DRAM Controller (rev 04)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D2xxx/N2xxx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 0b)
00:1b.0 Audio device: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family High Definition Audio Controller (rev 02)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 1 (rev 02)
00:1c.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 2 (rev 02)
00:1c.2 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 3 (rev 02)
00:1c.3 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family PCI Express Port 4 (rev 02)
00:1d.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #1 (rev 02)
00:1d.1 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #2 (rev 02)
00:1d.2 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #3 (rev 02)
00:1d.3 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB UHCI Controller #4 (rev 02)
00:1d.7 USB controller: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family USB2 EHCI Controller (rev 02)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation 82801 Mobile PCI Bridge (rev e2)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation NM10 Family LPC Controller (rev 02)
00:1f.2 IDE interface: Intel Corporation N10/ICH7 Family SATA Controller [IDE mode] (rev 02)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corporation N10/ICH 7 Family SMBus Controller (rev 02)
02:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller (rev 06)
03:00.0 Network controller: Atheros Communications Inc. AR9485 Wireless Network Adapter (rev 01)

Thank you

Last edited by Knucklegrumble (2015-11-14 19:12:58)

Awebb

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Registered: 2010-05-06

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Re: [SOLVED]Screen shuts off while starting Arch from USB for installation

If you have a second computer, try this: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Install_from_SSH

After you have booted the installer, you should be logged in as root. If you have a wired ethernet connection, you could type dhcpcd in TTY1 and then switch to TTY2 (just in case dhcpcd decides to hog the TTY). When the wiki article ask you to modify a file, use cat "bla" >> filepath. Look up the IP of your device in your router or scan the network with nmap (or zenmap, if you need a GUI). That's a total of four commands you need to type blind: dhcpcd, passwd+newpass+enter+newpass+enter, cat for ssh config and start the sshd service.

You could also try to use the vga= or video= kernel parameter and set a really low mode manually, like 640x480.

Knucklegrumble

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Registered: 2015-08-25

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Re: [SOLVED]Screen shuts off while starting Arch from USB for installation

Yeah setting

video=VGA-1:1024@768@60

worked...

Thanks I was looking for that parameter!

jasonwryan

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Re: [SOLVED]Screen shuts off while starting Arch from USB for installation

Please remember to mark your thread as [Solved] by editing your first post and prepending it to the title.

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Awebb

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Re: [SOLVED]Screen shuts off while starting Arch from USB for installation

I still think a blind install would have been fun.