Arch Linux

DavyHT

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Registered: 2025-11-10

Posts: 1

Black screen on boot, after "Starting systemd-udevd"

Hey guys,

I normally wouldn't post here with a problem like this but I'm pretty stumped and it feels like the issue is too vague for me to find a solution in the documentation.

When booting into arch on my desktop pc I get a normal startup up until "Starting systemd-udevd version 260.1-2-arch"

At this point it hangs for a moment and then goes to a black screen and nothing else. I cannot switch to a different tty. I prefer to boot into the commandline and start the graphical environment after I log in by command, so all that should be happening is I should get a command line prompt to log in the same as opening any tty.

I tried starting the computer with an arch usb to chroot in and see if I could find anything wrong and maybe just update the system with pacman but when I start the pc with the live usb and load the arch install medium it stops on a black screen before I can even get to a prompt. It goes to a black screen after loading to the ram, saying "Welcome to Arch Linux" and running all the green "[okay]" checks. I don't know if this is a separate problem with the live usb or if they are related issues.

I booted into my ancient windows partition I never touch anymore and that started alright without any issues.

transcribed from a photo I took on my phone before we go to the black screen when booting my system normally:

[    0.008177] [Firmware Bug]: TSC_DEADLINE disabled due to Errata: please update microcode to version: 0x22 (or later)
:: running early hook [udev]
Starting system-udevd version 260.1-2-arch
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A little bit lost as to what to try next, I would very much appreciate some advice on where I should be looking to further identify the problem and try and fix it. Baffled by how I seem to be seperately having the same issue with the live usb, because I would hope that worst case scenario I could just reinstall the system but if I can't even boot into the usb then I'm pretty stumped.

Thank you very much for reading, please let me know if there is any more info you need to help.

All the best,

Davy