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. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com
