Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

I've been trying again with the latest kernel, 3.7.9-1-i686. My logs are now showing what looks like a possible clue; here's what I think is the interesting part of /var/log/Xorg.0.log.old for my last attempt to boot using that kernel: [ 1426.786] (II) NOUVEAU(0): NVLeaveVT is called. [ 1426.78

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Sun, Feb 10, 2013 at 09:55:17PM +, Whiskers wrote: > On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:33:52 -0800 Federico Cinelli > wrote: > > >Have you tried the xf86-video-nv driver from [extra]. > > Not yet; if necessary I'll even try the proprietary nVidia driver. Is nv still supported and usable ? I had a

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Sat, 9 Feb 2013 16:33:52 -0800 Federico Cinelli wrote: >Have you tried the xf86-video-nv driver from [extra]. Not yet; if necessary I'll even try the proprietary nVidia driver. >Also, if preloading >the module in mkinitcpio.conf does not work. I would try appending both >pci=nommconf and id

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:15:50 + Mauro Santos wrote: >It seems you are using late KMS, try adding nouveau to the MODULES array >in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf and see if you still have problems. Thanks for the suggestion; sadly, it made no difference this time. -- -- ^^ -- Whiskers -- ~~~

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Sun, 10 Feb 2013 00:15:50 + Mauro Santos wrote: > On 09-02-2013 23:59, Whiskers wrote: > > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:20:47 -0600 Leonid Isaev > > wrote: > > > >> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:56 + > >> Whiskers wrote: > >> > >>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:25:45 +0100 Karol Babioch > >>> wrote

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On 09-02-2013 23:59, Whiskers wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:20:47 -0600 Leonid Isaev > wrote: > >> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:56 + >> Whiskers wrote: >> >>> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:25:45 +0100 Karol Babioch >>> wrote: >>> Hi, Am 22.01.2013 18:34, schrieb Whiskers: > > [...]

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:20:47 -0600 Leonid Isaev wrote: >On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:56 + >Whiskers wrote: > >> On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:25:45 +0100 Karol Babioch >> wrote: >> >> >Hi, >> > >> >Am 22.01.2013 18:34, schrieb Whiskers: [...] >> I'm using the Nouveau video driver with an old lapto

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 21:07:56 + Whiskers wrote: > On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:25:45 +0100 Karol Babioch wrote: > > >Hi, > > > >Am 22.01.2013 18:34, schrieb Whiskers: > >> An 'unconfirmed' bug is listed at but this > >> seems to relate to vlc segfaulting with the new

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 19:25:45 +0100 Karol Babioch wrote: >Hi, > >Am 22.01.2013 18:34, schrieb Whiskers: >> An 'unconfirmed' bug is listed at 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.

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 12:20:28 -0600 Leonid Isaev wrote: >On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:34:29 + >Whiskers 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 th

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

Hi, Am 22.01.2013 18:34, schrieb Whiskers: > An 'unconfirmed' bug is listed at 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. No, that's almost certainly another issue. You may want to tr

Re: [arch-general] Linux-3.7.3-1-i686 blank screen

On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:34:29 + Whiskers 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 una