Problem starting Arch live

PsychoMantis · 2016-02-07 20:13:34

Hello,

I'm writing this post because I have some trouble installing Arch.
I created a bootable usb drive with the command :

dd bs=4M if=./archlinux-2016.02.01-dual.iso of=/dev/sdc && sync

Everything worked fine and I successfully installed it on my secondary laptop.
Then I wanted to install it on my primary laptop. I did the same as before, I chose to boot on the USB drive and selected the first option.
But after that, there was a problem: a few lines popped on the screen (I don’t have time to read it) and then the screen turns off. I also tried to plug it in an HDMI display and had the same result.

My computer is an ASUS RoG GL752VW-DH71
I also tried different distributions, and the installation worked correctly
Does someone know what i can/must do to have it working?

Thanks in advance for your answer

Last edited by PsychoMantis (2016-02-07 20:15:08)

ugjka · 2016-02-07 20:18:16

Try booting with nomodeset
https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/kernel_parameters

PsychoMantis · 2016-02-07 20:33:29

I pressed 'e' on the first entry and added 'nomodeset' at the end of the line.
The screen didn't turn off but the computer freezed...

The first entry is

Arch Linux archiso x86_64 UEFI CD

When I press 'e', I have

initrd=\EFI\archiso\intel_ucode.img initrd=\EFI\archiso\archiso.img archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=ARCH_201602

Last edited by PsychoMantis (2016-02-07 20:39:54)

jasonwryan · 2016-02-07 20:36:55

Without more details about the machine, it is impossible to determine what is going on. Please read How To Ask Questions The Smart Way and try and provide useful information.

PsychoMantis · 2016-02-07 20:59:46

My machine:

Model: ASUS RoG GL752VW-DH71
BIOS: GL752VZ.205
Motherboard: ASUSTek COMPUTER INC. GL752VW version 1.0
Processor: Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU @ 2.60GHz (8 CPUs), ~2.6GHz
RAM: 16GB DDR4
Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 960M
Hard drive: Samsung SSD 850 EVO M.2 250GB (just bought it, never used)

Last edited by PsychoMantis (2016-02-07 22:04:30)

Xwang · 2016-02-15 22:55:48

Have you managed to install arch linux?

marcus-s · 2016-02-16 17:29:11

When you press 'e', you get

initrd=\EFI\archiso\intel_ucode.img initrd=\EFI\archiso\archiso.img archisobasedir=arch archisolabel=ARCH_201602

you say. At the end of the line append 'nomodeset', like so:

initrd= ........ =ARCH_201602 nomodeset

Might work.

Silkworm205 · 2016-02-17 13:15:05

This is a skylake/nvidia hybrid graphics laptop. That would have been useful to post first.
Try adding elevator=deadline to your kernel parameters. That helped this guys post.

Wytau · 2017-03-09 16:50:08

I've been having the same issuefrom what I know Nouveau is for hybrid graphical systems.
My machine is doesn't support integrated or hybrid graphics.
Is there a way to possibly force our machines to use one graphical system when grub boots?

That may lead to a fix is all I was thinking.

Last edited by Wytau (2017-03-09 16:50:54)

jasonwryan · 2017-03-09 16:52:35

Please don't necrobump: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Co … bumping.22

Closing

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