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

[Nilesh Govindarajan]

On 03/23/2010 11:58 PM, David C. Rankin wrote:
> 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.
>

I redownloaded it, re mkinitcpio, still the problem persists.

Is there any way to disable the change of screen font after udev ?

Any guesses ? Or re-download from another mirror ?

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Nilesh Govindarajan
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