On Sun, Jul 04, 2010 at 11:51:12AM +0200, Andre Osku Schmidt wrote: > i got lost in your mail... but i do see from your subject that you > should use `pacman -Syu` and not just `pacman -Su`, as the package > database wont be updated without `y`... > > and for blank screen, maybe try kernel option `nomodeset`... and in > next mail try to be more precise what you did and what happens... as > you talk about "pop-ups", did you install xorg ? are you using a DE ? > which gfx driver you installed for xorg ?... The popups are those generated by the monitor when it doesn't get a valid signal. Having a Sony as well they sound familiar to me. Things seem to go wrong well before Xorg gets involved. The nomodeset option willl probably provide a working system in RL 3. Once that is working we can have a closer look. Ciao, -- Je veux que la mort me trouve plantant mes choux, mais nonchalant d’elle, et encore plus de mon jardin imparfait. (Michel de Montaigne)
