Arch Linux help - boot up, black screen

ace_w1zard · 2010-07-07 16:32:51

OK, i will try to explain to the best of my ability what happened when i was done installing arch and rebooted.

Well i booted into arch core-iso and set my time [UTC] and date.
and then i made for partitions as follows,
sda 1 - 20 gb - /root, boot, type 83
sda2 - 12 gb - /var type 83
sda 3 - 8.3 gb - type 82 - /swap
sda 4 - rest of memory - type 83 - /home

then wrote it

Then went onto install the Base, base-devel + sudo, wirelesstools, ndsiwrappers, wpa - supplicant, ssh, and net - cfg,

then installed it, then went on the config the system with nano

- click - /etc/rc.conf
edited the following
hostname = "baxxan"
eth0 = "dhcp"
gateway= "dhcp"
ctrl - x, y, enter

- clicked /etc/pacman.d/mirrorlist
then uncommented the [#] next to the url
"http://mirrorit.edu/archlinux/$repolos/1000"
and the ftp to

then set the root password

Then went onto install bootloader [ the hdd was empty so not much work there]
installed it on /dev/sda
then rebooted
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upon reboot i preformed system update
[pacman -Syu] as the root user

then through pacman installed xorg, gnome, gnome-extra, and alsa-utils

then configed the /etc/rc.conf files [ nano /etc/rc.conf]
and added "hal" and "gdm" to the daemons

then typed "adduser"
and completed on the required asked for information for adding that user

then went onto /etc/sudoers [nano /etc/sudoers]
and under,
root ALL= (ALL) + ALL
wrote,
username ALL = (ALL) + ALL

THEN saved and rebooted. and was happy i was done with my arch linux install!

BUT WHEN I REBOOTED, and went into arch linux through the new bootloader, NOTHING but a BLACK SCREEN, comes up with two little white lines near the top! i even tried booting into the fallback option and its the same black screen with 2 little lines near the top!
WTF IS GOING ON!

Please help
Thank you,

P.S -
dont send me the dam link to the beginners cause i READ It, believe me.

Thanks!

ace_w1zard · 2010-07-07 16:33:38

this has happen to me more then once just to tell you, when i tried installing arch around 5 month ago

litemotiv · 2010-07-07 16:58:49

please don't put text like URGENT or HELP! in your topic titles, it will only distract people from the actual problem

about your issue, it could be a problem with [wiki]KMS[/wiki]. first thing to try is to disable it (see the wiki page and search the forums for topics concerning your specific brand/type of card and bootup problems)

ace_w1zard · 2010-07-07 17:17:50

litemotiv wrote:

please don't put text like URGENT or HELP! in your topic titles, it will only distract people from the actual problem
about your issue, it could be a problem with [wiki]KMS[/wiki]. first thing to try is to disable it (see the wiki page and search the forums for topics concerning your specific brand/type of card and bootup problems)

k r u sure this is the problem, also the KMS link you sent me, is that the wiki?

hokasch · 2010-07-07 17:22:22

Click it and find out. If you installed a new kernel, are you sure the initram generation was succesfull?

karol · 2010-07-07 17:24:58

> his has happen to me more then once just to tell you, when i tried installing arch around 5 month ago
How did you fix it?

If you're booting straight into Gnome, try booting into console to see if it's a problem w/ the graphic part of your system or maybe it's the kernel's fault.

Last edited by karol (2010-07-07 17:26:27)

litemotiv · 2010-07-08 18:53:06

guess it wasn't that urgent..

fsckd · 2010-07-08 19:53:15

It's not entirely clear form your description, did you get the normal kernel boot messages? Where exactly in the boot process does it fail?

tomk · 2010-07-08 20:02:18

Thread title edited to make it less annoying.

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#1 2010-07-07 16:32:51

Arch Linux help - boot up, black screen

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