can't even use the tty ...

kronikpillow · 2021-02-09 17:07:09

so... I'v been living in Arch for a few years now, and know the installation steps by mind ... A friend just came to my place to help him install it, I\v downloaded the latest iso, dd'd it to my usb
plugged it in to his laptop which ahs a Intel WiFi 6E AX210 card, and when i boot in to the Arch iso installation medium tty all I get from the tty is a constant spam of

video of whats going on

nothing i type in the tty helps get this spammed message out of the way, even to try to install drivers or edit anything, when i type it just keeps spamming in the screen .. i dunno what to do ...
can anyone help out?

V1del · 2021-02-09 17:34:54

blacklist bluetooth during the install with e.g.

module_blacklist=btusb

on the kernel params or just switch tty to another one that isn't also attached to the boot log

Last edited by V1del (2021-02-09 17:35:38)

loqs · 2021-02-09 18:16:34

I believe the support for the AX210 was added in 5.11 so the wireless interface will also not work.

kronikpillow · 2021-02-15 19:11:15

V1del wrote:

blacklist bluetooth during the install with e.g.
module_blacklist=btusb
on the kernel params or just switch tty to another one that isn't also attached to the boot log

how can i blacklist a module in a tty that is unresponsive? I can't type anything in it, it just keeps spamming that message and doesn't let me do anything

loqs wrote:

I believe the support for the AX210 was added in 5.11 so the wireless interface will also not work.

you mean it will work? or won't work? I'm confused

V1del · 2021-02-15 19:20:01

I'm talking about the kernel command line in the boot loader before actually booting into the system, please read the link I linked.

But if loqs intermission is to be trusted - which it usually is - you are likely not going to get wifi going either. That's a bit of a tricky situation to be in, technically you could remaster the iso to include e.g. the linux-mainline package but this might be a lot of involvement just to get the installation going. Maybe set up a phone tether or an ethernet connection if possible to do the install, or wait a month where I'd hope the 5.11 kernel having been pushed as an Arch package and included by default on the ISO

Head_on_a_Stick · 2021-02-15 19:38:28

loqs wrote:

I believe the support for the AX210 was added in 5.11

Intel says "5.10+", which I would take to mean that support started with v5.10. But I could be wrong :-)

Reference: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en … eless.html

loqs · 2021-02-16 00:34:54

@Head_on_a_Stick I should have provided my reference, apologies: https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69221
Perhaps wireless support is in 5.10 and bluetooth support needs 5.11.

kronikpillow · 2021-08-16 13:01:45

this is a funny thing ... after your intiial recommendations, i waited for a month for a new release of Arch, and bam ... wifi was working again on the above mentioned hardware, then a few weeks later, some updates came, and bam, wifi again doesn't work

V1del · 2021-08-16 13:04:27

Since this will now be a different cause, please mark this as [SOLVED] if you've managed to install Arch and open a new threads with details on your current issue and information/journal logs on your current setup.

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can't even use the tty ...

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