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itisteve

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Registered: 2010-07-15

Posts: 24

Default arch kernel gets stuck, Fallback works

When I get to grub, if I select the default option, "Arch Linux," I get past grub to a blank screen, which flashes some white text way to fast to read, then pcspkr sounds, and the computer reboots (back to very start pre-grub screen).

Additionally, when I pass a vga= line to the Arch Fallback option, it gets used, and has a clear visual difference. That is until the UDEV things get loaded, in which case the tty then reverts to some horrible resolution and remains that way until I startx.

I'm not sure if these two issues are related, but I'm more concerned about the first one at the moment to be honest

Inxsible

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From: Chicago

Registered: 2008-06-09

Posts: 9,183

Re: Default arch kernel gets stuck, Fallback works

once you login using your Fallback, post your /boot/grub/menu.lst

if you menu.lst is using UUIDs for disk identification, also post the UUID of your root partition and home partition

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karol

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Registered: 2009-05-06

Posts: 25,440

Re: Default arch kernel gets stuck, Fallback works

Would be great if you could share what kernel version are you using.

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Default arch kernel gets stuck, Fallback works

Add "nomodeset" in the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst and try again.

itisteve

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Registered: 2010-07-15

Posts: 24

Re: Default arch kernel gets stuck, Fallback works

# (0) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 vga=773 ro
initrd /kernel26.img

# (1) Arch Linux
title  Arch Linux Fallback
root   (hd0,0)
kernel /vmlinuz26 root=/dev/sda3 nomodeset vga=773 ro
initrd /kernel26-fallback.img

the nomodeset fixed the display glitch, cheers!

flamelab

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From: Athens, Hellas (Greece)

Registered: 2007-12-26

Posts: 2,160

Re: Default arch kernel gets stuck, Fallback works

You'd better add "nomodeset" to the main boot option, not only fallback

itisteve

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Registered: 2010-07-15

Posts: 24

Re: Default arch kernel gets stuck, Fallback works

I tried that, but it made no difference so I removed it for simplicity.