[arch-general] screen goes blank on reboot after 1st pacman Su of new install!!!???

[fons at kokkinizita.net]

On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 11:51:12AM +0200, Andre Osku Schmidt wrote:
> i got lost in your mail... but i do see from your subject that you
> should use `pacman -Syu` and not just `pacman -Su`, as the package
> database wont be updated without `y`...
> 
> and for blank screen, maybe try kernel option `nomodeset`... and in
> next mail try to be more precise what you did and what happens... as
> you talk about "pop-ups", did you install xorg ? are you using a DE ?
> which gfx driver you installed for xorg ?...

The popups are those generated by the monitor when it doesn't get a 
valid signal. Having a Sony as well they sound familiar to me.

Things seem to go wrong well before Xorg gets involved. The
nomodeset option willl probably provide a working system in
RL 3. Once that is working we can have a closer look.

Ciao,


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