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Huoi

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Registered: 2022-07-08

Posts: 1

Display hangs unless nomodeset is present

Just installed Arch on a new laptop. I had to add nomodeset to the kernel parameter in grub to boot the usb and install or else it will hang at some point.

The issue is that after the install, I still need nomodeset so that the display won't freeze. However, having nomodeset prevents me from booting to X.

If there is no nomodeset, sometimes I can login into KDE Plasma, however after a few seconds, the display freezes and the caplocks key blinks.

Is there anyway I can boot to KDE without it freezing?

I am using a Dell Latitude 7490 laptop with Intel Graphics, if that helps.

V1del

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Registered: 2012-10-16

Posts: 25,267

Re: Display hangs unless nomodeset is present

Welcome to the boards

Capslock blinking means you had a kernel panic. Though I don't expect it to contain much, can you reboot from a freeze (... with nomodeset if need be) and post the full output of a

sudo journalctl -b-1

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/List_o … n_services

Some suggestion would be to test whether the linux-lts package/kernel fares better, or since this is a newer system go forward and try linux-mainline though that requires diving into the AUR/a custom repo: https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/linux-mainline