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TheRealPGT

Member

Registered: 2025-01-19

Posts: 4

OpenRC stuck on "starting local..."

So I just switched to openrc by editing etc/default/grub to add a kernel parameter for openrc and then doing grub-mkconfig -o /boot/grub/grub.cfg and when I boot, openrc gets stuck on "starting local...".
When I press ctrl+alt+ f1 to open a new tty, it doesn't work(just shows a black screen with a blinking underscore). How can I fix this?

Scimmia

Fellow

Registered: 2012-09-01

Posts: 12,453

Re: OpenRC stuck on "starting local..."

Arch isn't set up for OpenRC, it takes a whole lot more work than just adding a kernel parameter.

Lone_Wolf

Administrator

From: Netherlands, Europe

Registered: 2005-10-04

Posts: 13,401

Re: OpenRC stuck on "starting local..."

You did instruct openrc to start getty as described in https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/OpenRC#Services ?

Moderator Note :
Moving to aur board

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Disliking systemd intensely, but not satisfied with alternatives so focusing on taming systemd.

clean chroot building not flexible enough ?
Try clean chroot manager by graysky