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#1 2023-10-31 22:35:39
- Majahabla
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Arch doesn't boot after doing pacman -Syu and creating a xorg.conf fil
I ran pacman -Syu and created a file xorg.conf in .etc/x11 . Now my computer wont boot. After booting archlinux, there is a message
"/dev/mapper/volgroup0-lv_root: clean, 446488/1966080 files, 7332213/7864320 blocks".
It just stays there and doesn't boot. I have looked online, and I haven't found anyone else with the same issue. Any idea how to fix this?
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#2 2023-10-31 22:54:21
- WorMzy
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Re: Arch doesn't boot after doing pacman -Syu and creating a xorg.conf fil
Sounds like it booted, but the graphical target failed, likely related to the xorg.conf file, why did you create that, and what are the contents?
You can probably get to a TTY by pressing Alt+F2. From there you can login and investigate further. Start with the system journal (journalctl -b).
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#3 2023-11-01 07:11:56
- Majahabla
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Re: Arch doesn't boot after doing pacman -Syu and creating a xorg.conf fil
Sounds like it booted, but the graphical target failed, likely related to the xorg.conf file, why did you create that, and what are the contents?
You can probably get to a TTY by pressing Alt+F2. From there you can login and investigate further. Start with the system journal (journalctl -b).
Hmmm, I fixed it by deleting the file I created. Thanks for helping me. Its contents were
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
EndSection
I created it because xbacklight said "no outputs have backlights property" and archwiki https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/backlight said to make that file. although it says to make it in /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf and not just X11/xorg.conf so maybe that was the error.
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#4 2023-11-01 08:09:28
- seth
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Re: Arch doesn't boot after doing pacman -Syu and creating a xorg.conf fil
Please always remember to mark resolved threads by editing your initial posts subject - so others will know that there's no task left, but maybe a solution to find.
Thanks.
Please use [code][/code] tags. Edit your post in this regard.
The file explicitly references xf86-video-intel but you likely don't have that installed, nor do you want to: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Intel_ … stallation - blue note.
The backlight wiki also says "xbacklight only works with Intel. Other drivers did not add support for the RandR backlight property." - that includes the modesetting one, drop xbacklight, pursue one of the other approaches.
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