[arch-general] Kernel LTS won't boot properly

[David C. Rankin]

On 03/23/2010 05:30 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
> On 03/23/2010 01:51 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>> On 03/21/2010 03:04 AM, Nilesh Govindarajan wrote:
>>> I installed kernel26-lts.
>>>
>>> It will boot properly upto Udev then screen will flicker and then
>>> nothing shows up, but it seems like the boot is going on.
>>>
>>> Its just after when INIT changes the screen font.
>>>
>>
>> Hmm,
>>
>>     You might try reinstalling. I had an initrd get corrupted a few
>> days ago and I
>> booted the LTS kernel to fix it -- so I know the LTS kernel should
>> boot fine --
>> and -- I also know that corruption issues can cause the exact problem
>> you are
>> describing (and that I experienced a few days ago). When I reinstalled
>> the arch
>> kernel - all was fixed. Hopefully the same with fix your issue with LTS.
>> Regardless, it is a quick confirmation either way :p
>>
> 
> I've tried it re-installing thrice. No success. Should I re-download the
> package ?
> 

Oh YES - that was implied in the reinstall -- sorry. Give it a go. I don't know
why the checksums don't catch this type of corruption, but I had to re-download
and then install with 'pacman -U <pkgName>'. Hopefully, the 4th time will be a
charm.

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