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#26 2025-10-02 20:14:41
- seth
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
No, first and foremost try to boot https://grml.org/ (w/o applying nomodeset) to see whether the hardware causes problems there as well.
Then try to get the edid data from the monitor (see #14) and post that.
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#27 2025-10-02 20:20:38
- rimurusama
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
No, first and foremost try to boot https://grml.org/ (w/o applying nomodeset) to see whether the hardware causes problems there as well.
Then try to get the edid data from the monitor (see #14) and post that.
i am sorry but what to do with grml?
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#28 2025-10-02 20:22:14
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
i forgot to tell you something
i use a converter my monitor uses vga and my pc uses hdmi so i use a converter
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#29 2025-10-02 20:30:19
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
i am sorry but what to do with grml?
Boot it? See how it behaves.
i use a converter my monitor uses vga and my pc uses hdmi so i use a converter
Ok, that has just become the most likely problem.
Can you boot the system when explicitly using XGA/1024x768?
https://www.kernel.org/doc/Documentation/fb/modedb.rst
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#30 2025-10-02 21:35:57
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
like download it and just reboot the system or use it in my usb and do ssh?
it makes me automatically 1024x768 when using nomodeset but i am trying to make it work without setting it 1024x768
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#31 2025-10-03 08:25:39
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
grml is a live distro, you can put that on a USB key like the arch iso and boot it the same way.
The point is to try whether modesetting still works when you're only using a XGA output - iffff it's the converter, anything > 1024x768 might not be possible and that's what's this test would show.
If you can run at 1024x768 WITHOUT nomodeset it's extremely likely that the converter is the culprit.
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#32 2025-10-03 09:46:59
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
ok thanks i will install grml now but do you know the way to run arch at 1024x768?
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#33 2025-10-03 10:25:03
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
i tried grml and still it doesn't work without nomodeset
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#34 2025-10-03 14:01:07
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Re: screen goes black and turns back into my screen and then black again
do you know the way to run arch at 1024x768?
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