On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:20:28 -0600 Leonid Isaev <lisaev@umail.iu.edu> wrote:
On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:34:29 +0000 Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> wrote:
I ran pacmatic -Syu last night, which updated the kernel to the version in the subject. This afternoon, the system started to boot normally but the display went blank before the login prompt appeared (I boot to a text login) so I was unable to use the system.
I used my original installation disc to boot, and was able to follow the Wiki instructions (accessed using a different computer) to run chroot and downgrade the kernel to 3.6.11-1, and the system is now running again.
An 'unconfirmed' bug is listed at <https://bugs.archlinux.org/> but this seems to relate to vlc segfaulting with the new kernel, so I don't know if that's the same problem affecting me.
Linux 3.7.x has seen a lot of kms/drm changes, so it's hard to answer your question without knowing your graphics hardware. FWIW, for me all 3.7 kernel boot fine on machines with (not-so-new) intel and radeon cards. Also, can you boot with "nomodeset" in kernel boot line?
Best, L.
I'll keep the nomodeset option in mind but I'm reluctant to try Linux-3.7.3-1 again just yet! Other people have posted problems with this kernel to the "Pacman & Package Upgrade Issues" web forum, so I'm not entirely on my own. -- -- ^^^^^^^^^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~~~~~~~~