• New Arch installation is messed up.
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I installed Arch again after being on Windows 7 for a while, and for some reason it has fucked up. I tried installing using the CD. This worked up until finding packages, and it couldn't get a connection, so I just used the CD packages for now. It completed that successfully, and I finished the rest of the installation. Once I had done that, I booted my system using the new installation and removed the CD. Everything was swell. I then managed to get the ethernet connection running, then I upgraded all of the packages with: [code]pacman -Syyu[/code] This worked perfectly and there were no errors. I decided to reboot since there was a kernel update. This is where I ran into new problems. When it turned on, it got through most of the booting procedure, and then near the end, it did that thing X does when it's starting, it sort of turned the screen off as it does when increasing the resolution for a GUI, except when it came back on, there was a flashing cursor in the middle of the screen, and I could type. It was very high resolution for a command line. I pressed Ctrl + C to escape from it and it then did the rest of the booting up, and then the login prompt, but it's all high resolution. It also had me logged on as "[root@(none) /]#". This also has caused dhcpcd to stop working, so I can't access the internet and I have no idea what to do. [editline]12:48PM[/editline] Uploading a video of it to Youtube.
This could very well be something to do with framebuffer stuffz. Try booting into recovery.
Sounds like KMS (Kernel Mode Setting). It's the default for Intel GPUs, and with newer version of the Intel driver it's the only option. However, KMS wouldn't affect your networking in any way, so thats a separate issue.
Actually I have an AMD 64 and ATI. It's weird since my old Arch install worked perfectly.
[QUOTE=nos217;21969421]Actually I have an AMD 64 and ATI. It's weird since my old Arch install worked perfectly.[/QUOTE] Ati graphics cards use KMS too, it must be Arch's default. It doesn't have to be used though. Try adding radeon.modeset=0 to the end of the kernel line in /boot/grub/menu.lst
There is nothing in /boot at all. [editline]11:46PM[/editline] I'm thinking of doing a take 2, but I don't have 2 ethernet cables so I would have to disconnect from my main computer, leaving me with nothing to do while it's installing. [editline]12:32AM[/editline] Tried it again, no avail. The Live CD works, and then updating everything (this time using a mirror as the source of packages to begin with) fucks it all up. I'm disappointed in Arch, I loved it before.
Just a quick question, is Gentoo hard to manage? As in, pacman can be used to update the entire system etc, can Portage do this also? [editline]06:19PM[/editline] I have a feeling a Gentoo installation may actually install more smoothly than Arch.
[QUOTE=nos217;21985494]Just a quick question, is Gentoo hard to manage? As in, pacman can be used to update the entire system etc, can Portage do this also? [editline]06:19PM[/editline] I have a feeling a Gentoo installation may actually install more smoothly than Arch.[/QUOTE] Gentoo is VERY easy to manage once you get around it.
Gentoo isn't that difficult at all, it's just time consuming.
I've gone through lots of the Gentoo steps already, it seems to be going more smoothly than Arch if I'm honest.
Ok, now that's taking too much effort, and I'm trying Arch again. I don't think it will work if I'm honest. I just want a very customizable, lightweight and fast Distribution.
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