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voskakism

Member

From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 6

How do I review the boot up text?

Hi everyone!

I'm new to GNU/LINUX and I started right away with Arch (i686). I find it cool!

Does anyone know how to see again the text of the kernel loading and the arch-specific boot up sequence (which is in brighter text) ??

I am getting some error messages there, some red "[FAIL]"s when it's trying to load modules and demons, I guess. The problem is that I don't get much time to read them, so there should be a way to review them in a log file, or perhaps freeze/unfreeze the screen with a key, right?

Anyway, KDE doesn't start afterwards as it used to, and it gets to a black screen with only a text cursor at the top left side of the screen that does not respond no matter what I do.

I think it all started when I:

pacman -R virtualbox-ose

and

pacman -R virtualbox-additions virtualbox-modules

I used a live cd to delete the vboxdrv module from "MODULES" in /etc/rc.conf, but still it didn't fix it...

Any help would be appreciated!
Thanks in advance.

JeffersonF

Member

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 4

Re: How do I review the boot up text?

Hi, voskakism!

Have you tried looking at the logs in /var/log?

I am thinking you may want to look at errors.log especially.

You can also print out the entire kernel ring buffer and read it from the top with:

dmesg | less

Another thing you could try would be to go through your modules list and daemons list in /etc/rc.conf, blacklisting things one at a time and rebooting, to see which one is causing the fail messages.
To blacklist an entry put an ! in front of it (i.e. DAEMONS=(alsa !sshd) where sshd is blacklisted and alsa is not.)

Unfortunately, I do not know how you can look at the bright colored Arch boot sequence directly.

One more thing, if it started when you removed those packages, have you tried reinstalling them to see if your problems go away and it really does have to do with them?

Glad you like Arch!
Hope I was of some assistance.:)

fogobogo

Member

Registered: 2008-08-24

Posts: 83

Re: How do I review the boot up text?

Hi. Although not always obvious the wiki already knows the answer
http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Pos … ot_Process

voskakism

Member

From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 6

Re: How do I review the boot up text?

Thank you people both for your replies.

Since Arch doesn't boot at all, there's no cli or gui after boot up, so i had to use a live cd.
Note that /media/disk/ is the mountpoint of /. So /media/disk/var/log/ (in ubuntu's live cd) is in fact the Arch /var/log.
Here's all the log files i found in there, i checked them all but there didn't seem to be anything wrong in them. Also, errors.log is empty like many others.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ su
Password: 
root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# ls -l /media/disk/var/log/
total 3336
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 auth.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 auth.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 auth.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 auth.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 auth.log.4
-rw------- 1 root root       0 2008-01-08 23:06 btmp
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2009-01-07 01:12 ConsoleKit
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    1701 2009-04-17 01:50 crond
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    2616 2009-04-13 21:02 crond.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    1909 2009-04-10 21:02 crond.2
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    1469 2009-03-30 21:02 crond.3
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    2191 2009-03-24 22:02 crond.4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root lp      4096 2009-04-13 21:02 cups
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 daemon.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 daemon.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 daemon.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 daemon.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 daemon.log.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   28748 2009-04-17 01:50 dmesg.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 errors.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 errors.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 errors.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 errors.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 errors.log.4
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 everything.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 everything.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 everything.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 everything.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 everything.log.4
-rw------- 1 root root   24024 2009-02-07 20:45 faillog
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2009-01-26 23:25 gdm
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 2036248 2009-04-17 01:50 kdm.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 kernel.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 kernel.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 kernel.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 kernel.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 kernel.log.4
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  292292 2009-04-14 11:30 lastlog
-rw-r----- 1 root   19     101 2008-01-30 16:16 lpr.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 messages.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 messages.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 messages.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 messages.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 messages.log.4
drwxr-xr-x 2 root root    4096 2009-01-11 14:32 old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root  384277 2009-04-14 14:02 pacman.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root      87 2009-04-14 11:30 pm-powersave.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    5092 2009-02-09 19:43 pm-suspend.log
drwxr-xr-x 3 root root    4096 2009-04-13 21:02 samba
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 syslog.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 syslog.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 syslog.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 syslog.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 syslog.log.4
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-13 21:02 user.log
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-04-10 21:02 user.log.1
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-30 21:02 user.log.2
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-24 22:02 user.log.3
-rw-r----- 1 root   19       0 2009-03-10 22:02 user.log.4
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  145152 2009-04-17 01:50 wtmp
-rw-rw-r-- 1 root root  627072 2009-04-10 19:56 wtmp.1
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   10973 2009-04-17 01:50 Xorg.0.log
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   10973 2009-04-17 01:48 Xorg.0.log.old
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   26409 2008-01-14 23:40 Xorg.1.log

You were right about the dmesg | less command, JeffersonF, i tried it, but i got the kernel ring buffer of the ubuntu live cd. But the file /media/disk/var/log/dmesg.log is about Arch. Here it is.

BIOS EBDA/lowmem at: 0009f000/0009f000
Linux version 2.6.28-ARCH (root@T-POWA-LX) (gcc version 4.3.3 (GCC) ) #1 SMP PREEMPT Tue Mar 17 06:42:43 UTC 2009
KERNEL supported cpus:
  Intel GenuineIntel
  AMD AuthenticAMD
  NSC Geode by NSC
  Cyrix CyrixInstead
  Centaur CentaurHauls
  Transmeta GenuineTMx86
  Transmeta TransmetaCPU
  UMC UMC UMC UMC
BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fee0000 (usable)
 BIOS-e820: 000000007fee0000 - 000000007fee3000 (ACPI NVS)
 BIOS-e820: 000000007fee3000 - 000000007fef0000 (ACPI data)
 BIOS-e820: 000000007fef0000 - 000000007ff00000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
 BIOS-e820: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
DMI 2.4 present.
Phoenix BIOS detected: BIOS may corrupt low RAM, working it around.
last_pfn = 0x7fee0 max_arch_pfn = 0x100000
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 0, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
Scanning 0 areas for low memory corruption
modified physical RAM map:
 modified: 0000000000000000 - 0000000000010000 (reserved)
 modified: 0000000000010000 - 000000000009f000 (usable)
 modified: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
 modified: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
 modified: 0000000000100000 - 000000007fee0000 (usable)
 modified: 000000007fee0000 - 000000007fee3000 (ACPI NVS)
 modified: 000000007fee3000 - 000000007fef0000 (ACPI data)
 modified: 000000007fef0000 - 000000007ff00000 (reserved)
 modified: 00000000e0000000 - 00000000f0000000 (reserved)
 modified: 00000000fec00000 - 0000000100000000 (reserved)
kernel direct mapping tables up to 377fe000 @ 10000-16000
RAMDISK: 7f9e2000 - 7fecfb52
Allocated new RAMDISK: 00570000 - 00a5db52
Move RAMDISK from 000000007f9e2000 - 000000007fecfb51 to 00570000 - 00a5db51
ACPI: RSDP 000F8210, 0024 (r2 ATI   )
ACPI: XSDT 7FEE3100, 004C (r1 ATI    ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD        0)
ACPI: FACP 7FEE8440, 00F4 (r3 ATI    ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD        0)
FADT: X_PM1a_EVT_BLK.bit_width (8) does not match PM1_EVT_LEN (4)
ACPI: DSDT 7FEE3280, 515D (r1 ATI    ASUSACPI     1000 MSFT  3000000)
ACPI: FACS 7FEE0000, 0040
ACPI: SSDT 7FEE8680, 030E (r1 PTLTD  POWERNOW        1  LTP        1)
ACPI: HPET 7FEE8A00, 0038 (r1 ATI    ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD       98)
ACPI: MCFG 7FEE8A80, 003C (r1 ATI    ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD        0)
ACPI: APIC 7FEE8580, 0084 (r1 ATI    ASUSACPI 42302E31 AWRD        0)
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
1158MB HIGHMEM available.
887MB LOWMEM available.
  mapped low ram: 0 - 377fe000
  low ram: 00000000 - 377fe000
  bootmap 00012000 - 00018f00
(9 early reservations) ==> bootmem [0000000000 - 00377fe000]
  #0 [0000000000 - 0000001000]   BIOS data page ==> [0000000000 - 0000001000]
  #1 [0000001000 - 0000002000]    EX TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000001000 - 0000002000]
  #2 [0000006000 - 0000007000]       TRAMPOLINE ==> [0000006000 - 0000007000]
  #3 [0000100000 - 000056cb20]    TEXT DATA BSS ==> [0000100000 - 000056cb20]
  #4 [000056d000 - 0000570000]    INIT_PG_TABLE ==> [000056d000 - 0000570000]
  #5 [000009f000 - 0000100000]    BIOS reserved ==> [000009f000 - 0000100000]
  #6 [0000010000 - 0000012000]          PGTABLE ==> [0000010000 - 0000012000]
  #7 [0000570000 - 0000a5db52]      NEW RAMDISK ==> [0000570000 - 0000a5db52]
  #8 [0000012000 - 0000019000]          BOOTMAP ==> [0000012000 - 0000019000]
found SMP MP-table at [c00f6560] 000f6560
Zone PFN ranges:
  DMA      0x00000010 -> 0x00001000
  Normal   0x00001000 -> 0x000377fe
  HighMem  0x000377fe -> 0x0007fee0
Movable zone start PFN for each node
early_node_map[2] active PFN ranges
    0: 0x00000010 -> 0x0000009f
    0: 0x00000100 -> 0x0007fee0
On node 0 totalpages: 523887
free_area_init_node: node 0, pgdat c0415a00, node_mem_map c1000200
  DMA zone: 32 pages used for memmap
  DMA zone: 0 pages reserved
  DMA zone: 3951 pages, LIFO batch:0
  Normal zone: 1744 pages used for memmap
  Normal zone: 221486 pages, LIFO batch:31
  HighMem zone: 2318 pages used for memmap
  HighMem zone: 294356 pages, LIFO batch:31
  Movable zone: 0 pages used for memmap
Detected use of extended apic ids on hypertransport bus
ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x4008
ACPI: Local APIC address 0xfee00000
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x00] lapic_id[0x00] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x01] lapic_id[0x01] enabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x02] lapic_id[0x02] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC (acpi_id[0x03] lapic_id[0x03] disabled)
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x00] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x01] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x02] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: LAPIC_NMI (acpi_id[0x03] high edge lint[0x1])
ACPI: IOAPIC (id[0x04] address[0xfec00000] gsi_base[0])
IOAPIC[0]: apic_id 4, version 33, address 0xfec00000, GSI 0-23
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 0 global_irq 2 dfl dfl)
ACPI: INT_SRC_OVR (bus 0 bus_irq 9 global_irq 9 low level)
ACPI: IRQ0 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ2 used by override.
ACPI: IRQ9 used by override.
Enabling APIC mode:  Flat.  Using 1 I/O APICs
ACPI: HPET id: 0x8200 base: 0xfed00000
Using ACPI (MADT) for SMP configuration information
SMP: Allowing 4 CPUs, 2 hotplug CPUs
PM: Registered nosave memory: 000000000009f000 - 00000000000a0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000a0000 - 00000000000f0000
PM: Registered nosave memory: 00000000000f0000 - 0000000000100000
Allocating PCI resources starting at 80000000 (gap: 7ff00000:60100000)
PERCPU: Allocating 36864 bytes of per cpu data
NR_CPUS: 16, nr_cpu_ids: 4, nr_node_ids 1
Built 1 zonelists in Zone order, mobility grouping on.  Total pages: 519793
Kernel command line: root=/dev/sdb2 ro
Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Initializing CPU#0
PID hash table entries: 4096 (order: 12, 16384 bytes)
Fast TSC calibration using PIT
Detected 2999.673 MHz processor.
Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
console [tty0] enabled
Dentry cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
Inode-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Scanning for low memory corruption every 60 seconds
Memory: 2067764k/2096000k available (2282k kernel code, 26980k reserved, 1032k data, 336k init, 1186696k highmem)
virtual kernel memory layout:
    fixmap  : 0xffee8000 - 0xfffff000   (1116 kB)
    pkmap   : 0xff800000 - 0xffc00000   (4096 kB)
    vmalloc : 0xf7ffe000 - 0xff7fe000   ( 120 MB)
    lowmem  : 0xc0000000 - 0xf77fe000   ( 887 MB)
      .init : 0xc0443000 - 0xc0497000   ( 336 kB)
      .data : 0xc033a897 - 0xc043cbdc   (1032 kB)
      .text : 0xc0100000 - 0xc033a897   (2282 kB)
Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode...Ok.
SLUB: Genslabs=12, HWalign=64, Order=0-3, MinObjects=0, CPUs=4, Nodes=1
hpet clockevent registered
HPET: 4 timers in total, 0 timers will be used for per-cpu timer
Calibrating delay loop (skipped), value calculated using timer frequency.. 6001.31 BogoMIPS (lpj=9998910)
Security Framework initialized
Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 1024K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 0
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
using C1E aware idle routine
Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
ACPI: Core revision 20080926
ACPI: Checking initramfs for custom DSDT
..TIMER: vector=0x30 apic1=0 pin1=2 apic2=-1 pin2=-1
CPU0: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ stepping 03
Booting processor 1 APIC 0x1 ip 0x6000
Initializing CPU#1
Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 6002.68 BogoMIPS (lpj=9999489)
CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: L2 Cache: 1024K (64 bytes/line)
CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0
CPU: Processor Core ID: 1
Intel machine check architecture supported.
Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1.
x86 PAT enabled: cpu 1, old 0x7040600070406, new 0x7010600070106
CPU1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 6000+ stepping 03
Brought up 2 CPUs
Total of 2 processors activated (12003.99 BogoMIPS).
net_namespace: 768 bytes
Booting paravirtualized kernel on bare hardware
NET: Registered protocol family 16
ACPI: bus type pci registered
PCI: MCFG configuration 0: base e0000000 segment 0 buses 0 - 255
PCI: MCFG area at e0000000 reserved in E820
PCI: Using MMCONFIG for extended config space
PCI: Using configuration type 1 for base access
ACPI: EC: Look up EC in DSDT
ACPI: Interpreter enabled
ACPI: (supports S0 S1 S3 S4 S5)
ACPI: Using IOAPIC for interrupt routing
ACPI: No dock devices found.
ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
pci 0000:00:02.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:02.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:07.0: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:07.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 10 io port: [0xfc00-0xfc07]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 14 io port: [0xf800-0xf803]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 18 io port: [0xf400-0xf407]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 1c io port: [0xf000-0xf003]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 20 io port: [0xec00-0xec0f]
pci 0000:00:12.0: reg 24 32bit mmio: [0xfe02f000-0xfe02f3ff]
pci 0000:00:12.0: set SATA to AHCI mode
pci 0000:00:13.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02e000-0xfe02efff]
pci 0000:00:13.1: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02d000-0xfe02dfff]
pci 0000:00:13.2: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02c000-0xfe02cfff]
pci 0000:00:13.3: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02b000-0xfe02bfff]
pci 0000:00:13.4: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe02a000-0xfe02afff]
pci 0000:00:13.5: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfe029000-0xfe0290ff]
pci 0000:00:13.5: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:00:13.5: PME# supported from D0 D1 D2 D3hot
pci 0000:00:13.5: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:14.0: reg 10 io port: [0xb00-0xb0f]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 10 io port: [0x00-0x07]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 14 io port: [0x00-0x03]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 18 io port: [0x00-0x07]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 1c io port: [0x00-0x03]
pci 0000:00:14.1: reg 20 io port: [0xe400-0xe40f]
pci 0000:00:14.2: reg 10 64bit mmio: [0xfe020000-0xfe023fff]
pci 0000:00:14.2: PME# supported from D0 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:00:14.2: PME# disabled
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfa000000-0xfaffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 14 64bit mmio: [0xc0000000-0xdfffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 1c 64bit mmio: [0xf8000000-0xf9ffffff]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 24 io port: [0xcc00-0xcc7f]
pci 0000:01:00.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0xfbfe0000-0xfbffffff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: bridge io port: [0xc000-0xcfff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xf8000000-0xfbffffff]
pci 0000:00:02.0: bridge 64bit mmio pref: [0xc0000000-0xdfffffff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 10 io port: [0xdc00-0xdcff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 18 64bit mmio: [0xfdcff000-0xfdcfffff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: reg 30 32bit mmio: [0x000000-0x01ffff]
pci 0000:02:00.0: supports D1 D2
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# supported from D1 D2 D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:02:00.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:07.0: bridge io port: [0xd000-0xdfff]
pci 0000:00:07.0: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xfdc00000-0xfdcfffff]
pci 0000:00:07.0: bridge 64bit mmio pref: [0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff]
pci 0000:03:06.0: reg 10 32bit mmio: [0xfdff0000-0xfdffffff]
pci 0000:03:06.0: reg 14 io port: [0xbc00-0xbc07]
pci 0000:03:06.0: PME# supported from D3hot D3cold
pci 0000:03:06.0: PME# disabled
pci 0000:00:14.4: transparent bridge
pci 0000:00:14.4: bridge io port: [0xb000-0xbfff]
pci 0000:00:14.4: bridge 32bit mmio: [0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff]
pci 0000:00:14.4: bridge 32bit mmio pref: [0xfde00000-0xfdefffff]
bus 00 -> node 0
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.P2P_._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCE2._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [\_SB_.PCI0.PCE7._PRT]
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK0] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11)
ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNK1] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 11) *0, disabled.
PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
NetLabel: Initializing
NetLabel:  domain hash size = 128
NetLabel:  protocols = UNLABELED CIPSOv4
NetLabel:  unlabeled traffic allowed by default
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 0
Switched to high resolution mode on CPU 1
pnp: PnP ACPI init
ACPI: bus type pnp registered
pnp: PnP ACPI: found 13 devices
ACPI: ACPI bus type pnp unregistered
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4100-0x411f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x228-0x22f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x40b-0x40b has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4d6-0x4d6 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc00-0xc01 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc14-0xc14 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc50-0xc52 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc6c-0xc6d has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xc6f-0xc6f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xcd0-0xcd1 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xcd2-0xcd3 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xcd4-0xcdf has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4000-0x40fe has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0x4210-0x4217 has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xb00-0xb0f has been reserved
system 00:01: ioport range 0xb10-0xb1f has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x4d0-0x4d1 has been reserved
system 00:07: ioport range 0x220-0x225 has been reserved
system 00:0b: iomem range 0xe0000000-0xefffffff has been reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xcd000-0xcffff has been reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xf0000-0xf7fff could not be reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xf8000-0xfbfff could not be reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xfc000-0xfffff could not be reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0x7fef0000-0x7ffeffff could not be reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xfed00000-0xfed000ff has been reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0x7fee0000-0x7fefffff could not be reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xffff0000-0xffffffff has been reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0x0-0x9ffff could not be reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0x100000-0x7fedffff could not be reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xfec00000-0xfec00fff has been reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xfee00000-0xfee00fff has been reserved
system 00:0c: iomem range 0xfff80000-0xfffeffff has been reserved
pci 0000:00:02.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:01
pci 0000:00:02.0:   IO window: 0xc000-0xcfff
pci 0000:00:02.0:   MEM window: 0xf8000000-0xfbffffff
pci 0000:00:02.0:   PREFETCH window: 0x000000c0000000-0x000000dfffffff
pci 0000:00:07.0: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:02
pci 0000:00:07.0:   IO window: 0xd000-0xdfff
pci 0000:00:07.0:   MEM window: 0xfdc00000-0xfdcfffff
pci 0000:00:07.0:   PREFETCH window: 0x000000fdd00000-0x000000fddfffff
pci 0000:00:14.4: PCI bridge, secondary bus 0000:03
pci 0000:00:14.4:   IO window: 0xb000-0xbfff
pci 0000:00:14.4:   MEM window: 0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff
pci 0000:00:14.4:   PREFETCH window: 0x000000fde00000-0x000000fdefffff
pci 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
pci 0000:00:07.0: setting latency timer to 64
bus: 00 index 0 io port: [0x00-0xffff]
bus: 00 index 1 mmio: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
bus: 01 index 0 io port: [0xc000-0xcfff]
bus: 01 index 1 mmio: [0xf8000000-0xfbffffff]
bus: 01 index 2 mmio: [0xc0000000-0xdfffffff]
bus: 01 index 3 mmio: [0x0-0x0]
bus: 02 index 0 io port: [0xd000-0xdfff]
bus: 02 index 1 mmio: [0xfdc00000-0xfdcfffff]
bus: 02 index 2 mmio: [0xfdd00000-0xfddfffff]
bus: 02 index 3 mmio: [0x0-0x0]
bus: 03 index 0 io port: [0xb000-0xbfff]
bus: 03 index 1 mmio: [0xfdf00000-0xfdffffff]
bus: 03 index 2 mmio: [0xfde00000-0xfdefffff]
bus: 03 index 3 io port: [0x00-0xffff]
bus: 03 index 4 mmio: [0x000000-0xffffffff]
NET: Registered protocol family 2
IP route cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
TCP established hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes)
TCP bind hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes)
TCP: Hash tables configured (established 131072 bind 65536)
TCP reno registered
NET: Registered protocol family 1
Unpacking initramfs... done
Freeing initrd memory: 5046k freed
apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x07 (Driver version 1.16ac)
apm: disabled - APM is not SMP safe.
audit: initializing netlink socket (disabled)
type=2000 audit(1239943817.530:1): initialized
highmem bounce pool size: 64 pages
VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
msgmni has been set to 1732
alg: No test for stdrng (krng)
Block layer SCSI generic (bsg) driver version 0.4 loaded (major 254)
io scheduler noop registered
io scheduler anticipatory registered
io scheduler deadline registered
io scheduler cfq registered (default)
pci 0000:01:00.0: Boot video device
pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: found MSI capability
pcieport-driver 0000:00:02.0: irq 767 for MSI/MSI-X
pci_express 0000:00:02.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pci_express 0000:00:02.0:pcie03: allocate port service
pcieport-driver 0000:00:07.0: setting latency timer to 64
pcieport-driver 0000:00:07.0: found MSI capability
pcieport-driver 0000:00:07.0: irq 766 for MSI/MSI-X
pci_express 0000:00:07.0:pcie00: allocate port service
pci_express 0000:00:07.0:pcie03: allocate port service
isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Serial: 8250/16550 driver4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
serial8250: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
00:09: ttyS0 at I/O 0x3f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
input: Macintosh mouse button emulation as /devices/virtual/input/input0
PNP: No PS/2 controller found. Probing ports directly.
serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
serio: i8042 AUX port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
cpuidle: using governor ladder
cpuidle: using governor menu
TCP cubic registered
NET: Registered protocol family 17
Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
registered taskstats version 1
Freeing unused kernel memory: 336k freed
SCSI subsystem initialized
libata version 3.00 loaded.
pata_atiixp 0000:00:14.1: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
scsi0 : pata_atiixp
scsi1 : pata_atiixp
ata1: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x1f0 ctl 0x3f6 bmdma 0xe400 irq 14
ata2: PATA max UDMA/100 cmd 0x170 ctl 0x376 bmdma 0xe408 irq 15
ata1.00: ATA-7: Maxtor 6Y080L0, YAR41VW0, max UDMA/133
ata1.00: 160086528 sectors, multi 1: LBA 
ata1.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 0:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      Maxtor 6Y080L0   YAR4 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
ahci 0000:00:12.0: version 3.0
ahci 0000:00:12.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 22 (level, low) -> IRQ 22
ahci 0000:00:12.0: controller can't do 64bit DMA, forcing 32bit
ahci 0000:00:12.0: AHCI 0001.0100 32 slots 4 ports 3 Gbps 0xf impl SATA mode
ahci 0000:00:12.0: flags: ncq sntf ilck pm led clo pmp pio slum part 
scsi2 : ahci
scsi3 : ahci
scsi4 : ahci
scsi5 : ahci
ata3: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe02f000 port 0xfe02f100 irq 22
ata4: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe02f000 port 0xfe02f180 irq 22
ata5: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe02f000 port 0xfe02f200 irq 22
ata6: SATA max UDMA/133 abar m1024@0xfe02f000 port 0xfe02f280 irq 22
ata3: softreset failed (device not ready)
ata3: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
ata3: SATA link up 3.0 Gbps (SStatus 123 SControl 300)
ata3.00: ATA-7: WDC WD1600AAJS-00PSA0, 05.06H05, max UDMA/133
ata3.00: 312581808 sectors, multi 1: LBA48 NCQ (depth 31/32)
ata3.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata3.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata3.00: configured for UDMA/133
ata4: SATA link down (SStatus 0 SControl 300)
ata5: softreset failed (device not ready)
ata5: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
ata5: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata5.00: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S, 1.04, max UDMA/100
ata5.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata5.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata5.00: configured for UDMA/100
ata6: softreset failed (device not ready)
ata6: failed due to HW bug, retry pmp=0
ata6: SATA link up 1.5 Gbps (SStatus 113 SControl 300)
ata6.00: ATAPI: Optiarc DVD RW AD-7200S, 1.04, max UDMA/100
ata6.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata6.00: SB600 AHCI: limiting to 255 sectors per cmd
ata6.00: configured for UDMA/100
scsi 2:0:0:0: Direct-Access     ATA      WDC WD1600AAJS-0 05.0 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 4:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD RW AD-7200S  1.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
scsi 5:0:0:0: CD-ROM            Optiarc  DVD RW AD-7200S  1.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbfs
usbcore: registered new interface driver hub
usbcore: registered new device driver usb
ehci_hcd: USB 2.0 'Enhanced' Host Controller (EHCI) Driver
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: PCI INT D -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: applying AMD SB600/SB700 USB freeze workaround
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: debug port 1
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: irq 19, io mem 0xfe029000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:13.5: USB 2.0 started, EHCI 1.00
usb usb1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-0:1.0: 10 ports detected
ohci_hcd: USB 1.1 'Open' Host Controller (OHCI) Driver
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.0: irq 16, io mem 0xfe02e000
usb usb2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 2-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 2-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 3
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.1: irq 17, io mem 0xfe02d000
Driver 'sd' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 160086528 512-byte hardware sectors: (81.9 GB/76.3 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] 160086528 512-byte hardware sectors: (81.9 GB/76.3 GiB)
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write Protect is off
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sda:<4>Driver 'sr' needs updating - please use bus_type methods
usb usb3: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 3-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 3-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 4
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.2: irq 18, io mem 0xfe02c000
 sda1
sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160 GB/149 GiB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] 312581808 512-byte hardware sectors: (160 GB/149 GiB)
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write Protect is off
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 00 3a 00 00
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Write cache: enabled, read cache: enabled, doesn't support DPO or FUA
 sdb: sdb1 sdb2 sdb3 sdb4
sd 2:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI disk
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 125x/125x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr0
sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 48x/48x writer dvd-ram cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray
sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi CD-ROM sr1
usb usb4: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 4-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 4-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: PCI INT B -> GSI 17 (level, low) -> IRQ 17
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.3: irq 17, io mem 0xfe02b000
usb usb5: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 5-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 5-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: PCI INT C -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: OHCI Host Controller
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 6
ohci_hcd 0000:00:13.4: irq 18, io mem 0xfe02a000
usb usb6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 6-0:1.0: USB hub found
hub 6-0:1.0: 2 ports detected
usb 1-2: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2
usb 1-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
hub 1-2:1.0: USB hub found
hub 1-2:1.0: 4 ports detected
usb 3-1: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 2
usb 3-1: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem.
EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery.
usb 3-2: new low speed USB device using ohci_hcd and address 3
EXT3-fs: recovery complete.
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
usb 3-2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
usb 1-2.2: new full speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 5
usb 1-2.2: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice
rtc_cmos 00:04: RTC can wake from S4
rtc_cmos 00:04: rtc core: registered rtc_cmos as rtc0
rtc0: alarms up to one month, 242 bytes nvram, hpet irqs
udev: starting version 140
r8169 Gigabit Ethernet driver 2.3LK-NAPI loaded
r8169 0000:02:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 19 (level, low) -> IRQ 19
r8169 0000:02:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
r8169 0000:02:00.0: irq 765 for MSI/MSI-X
eth0: RTL8168b/8111b at 0xf81aa000, 00:1d:60:75:84:51, XID 38000000 IRQ 765
HDA Intel 0000:00:14.2: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
Linux agpgart interface v0.103
nvidia: module license 'NVIDIA' taints kernel.
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18
nvidia 0000:01:00.0: setting latency timer to 64
NVRM: loading NVIDIA UNIX x86 Kernel Module  180.29  Wed Feb  4 23:44:25 PST 2009
fuse init (API version 7.10)
loop: module loaded
input: Power Button (FF) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1
ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
input: Power Button (CM) as /devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input2
ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
fan PNP0C0B:00: registered as cooling_device0
ACPI: Fan [FAN] (on)
processor ACPI_CPU:00: registered as cooling_device1
processor ACPI_CPU:01: registered as cooling_device2
ACPI Warning (nspredef-0858): \_TZ_.THRM._PSL: Return Package type mismatch at index 0 - found [NULL Object Descriptor], expected Reference [20080926]
ACPI: Expecting a [Reference] package element, found type 0
thermal LNXTHERM:01: registered as thermal_zone0
ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (40 C)
sd 0:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg0 type 0
sd 2:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg1 type 0
sr 4:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 5
sr 5:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg3 type 5
usbcore: registered new interface driver hiddev
piix4_smbus 0000:00:14.0: SMBus Host Controller at 0xb00, revision 0
input: Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.0/input/input3
generic-usb 0003:045E:00DD.0001: input,hidraw0: USB HID v1.11 Keyboard [Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000] on usb-0000:00:13.1-1/input0
input: Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000 as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.1/usb3/3-1/3-1:1.1/input/input4
generic-usb 0003:045E:00DD.0002: input,hidraw1: USB HID v1.11 Device [Microsoft Comfort Curve Keyboard 2000] on usb-0000:00:13.1-1/input1
input: Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM) as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:13.1/usb3/3-2/3-2:1.0/input/input5
generic-usb 0003:045E:0040.0003: input,hidraw2: USB HID v1.10 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft 3-Button Mouse with IntelliEye(TM)] on usb-0000:00:13.1-2/input0
usbcore: registered new interface driver usbhid
usbhid: v2.6:USB HID core driver
input: PC Speaker as /devices/platform/pcspkr/input/input6
usblp0: USB Bidirectional printer dev 5 if 0 alt 0 proto 2 vid 0x03F0 pid 0x6004
usbcore: registered new interface driver usblp
Error: Driver 'pcspkr' is already registered, aborting...
lp: driver loaded but no devices found
ppdev: user-space parallel port driver
IT8716 SuperIO detected.
parport_pc 00:0a: reported by Plug and Play ACPI
parport0: PC-style at 0x378, irq 7 [PCSPP,TRISTATE,EPP]
lp0: using parport0 (interrupt-driven).
EXT3 FS on sdb2, internal journal
kjournald starting.  Commit interval 5 seconds
EXT3 FS on sdb4, internal journal
EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Adding 1951888k swap on /dev/sdb3.  Priority:-1 extents:1 across:1951888k

i don't think there's something out of the ordinary here, right?

I tried to find if there was a module or deamon causing the problem as you suggested, but the problem remained. Also, it's not possible to use pacman to reinstall these packages, as Arch won't start anymore.

Fogobogo, the ArchWiki is trully amazing. Too bad i didn't search the content properly... i found some instructions in that link you posted, but still i can't get the screen stay still. Here are the files i was supposed to edit

This is the /etc/rc.local

#!/bin/bash
#/etc/rc.local: Local multi-user startup script.
#
read KEY

i tried "read -n1" and " -t5" as it mentioned.
(The "KEY" thing is something i found on the greek translation page of the same article, tried it as well, in vain.)

This is the original /etc/issue

^[[H^[[2J
Arch Linux (Core Dump)  \r  (\n) (\l)

and now it is

^[[2J
Arch Linux (Core Dump)  \r  (\n) (\l)

Here's the /etc/initab file with the aggety on vc/1 line commented:

#
# /etc/inittab
#

#  Runlevels:
#    0    Halt
#    1(S)    Single-user
#    2    Not used
#    3    Multi-user
#    4    Not used
#    5    X11
#    6    Reboot

## Only one of the following two lines can be uncommented!
# Boot to console
id:3:initdefault:
# Boot to X11
#id:5:initdefault:

rc::sysinit:/etc/rc.sysinit
rs:S1:wait:/etc/rc.single
rm:2345:wait:/etc/rc.multi
rh:06:wait:/etc/rc.shutdown
su:S:wait:/sbin/sulogin -p

# -8 options fixes umlauts problem on login
#c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/1 linux
c2:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/2 linux
c3:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/3 linux
c4:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/4 linux
c5:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/5 linux
c6:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -8 38400 vc/6 linux

ca::ctrlaltdel:/sbin/shutdown -t3 -r now

# Example lines for starting a login manager
x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/xdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/sbin/gdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon
#x:5:respawn:/usr/bin/slim >& /dev/null

# End of file

voskakism

Member

From: Athens, Greece

Registered: 2009-04-16

Posts: 6

Re: How do I review the boot up text?

Ok, i think i fixed the crash at boot up. I just deleted the /etc/xorg.conf file and re-made it with

hwd -xa

thanks a lot!

Last edited by voskakism (2009-04-29 14:01:17)

mike_93

Member

Registered: 2009-01-31

Posts: 60

Re: How do I review the boot up text?

/etc/rc.sysinit has the intro text and the startup scripts in. You can change the intro text to a more customized version if you want.

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Double booting Arch Linux and Linux Mint
Reader of XKCD

btartsa

Member

Registered: 2004-07-26

Posts: 222

Re: How do I review the boot up text?

Just fyi the scroll lock key works when booting up too

Neb

Member

Registered: 2009-04-29

Posts: 13

Re: How do I review the boot up text?

FYI, another quick and easy way is SHIFT+PageUp