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prabhus14

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Registered: 2009-07-28

Posts: 4

2.6.33 Kernel Macbook not booting

Hi All,

I installed Arch linux on macbook based on the instructions in the wiki. It went ok with 2.6.30 Kernel. But when I did a system upgrade and restarted, system seems to go blank after the "Waiting for udev events" step.

I can confirm this is a problem with 2.6.33 kernel, since I am facing the same issue if I attempt to install using an ftp mirror (Thus getting latest kernel during install).

Any pointers on this? Or is there a way to get some debug logs somehow for posting here?

Thanks for your time.

Regards,
Prabhu

timmahcheese

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Registered: 2009-08-03

Posts: 7

Re: 2.6.33 Kernel Macbook not booting

I'm also having this issue after upgrading to 2.6.33, but not every time I boot, only around 2/3 of the time. I think it has something to do with the new intel driver after udev detects the intel onboard video on my MacBook.

timmahcheese

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Registered: 2009-08-03

Posts: 7

Re: 2.6.33 Kernel Macbook not booting

Yup, it was an issue with the intel driver and KMS. You can fix this by initializing KMS before the kernel is bootstrapped by udev. Follow this link:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … Setting.29

zenlord

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From: Belgium

Registered: 2006-05-24

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Re: 2.6.33 Kernel Macbook not booting

which macbooks are affected? I have a 5.5 with nvidia graphics IIRC and planning on updating tonight...

prabhus14

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Registered: 2009-07-28

Posts: 4

Re: 2.6.33 Kernel Macbook not booting

Yup, it was an issue with the intel driver and KMS. You can fix this by initializing KMS before the kernel is bootstrapped by udev. Follow this link:

http://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Int … Setting.29

Thanks for that. This did the trick. Mine is a 2007 model. I have some issues with trackpad but will raise it separately.

Cheers.