@Not To Miss If you are using GRUB Legacy (the one that you can choose when installing a fresh Arch) all you have to do to add a parameter to the kernel is to edit /boot/grub/menu.cfg and add it to the kernel line. For example, this is a typical section of Arch's GRUB Legacy fresh menu.cfg: # (0) Arch Linux title Arch Linux root (hd0,1) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda2 ro initrd /boot/initramfs-linux.img lock then you add clocksource=HPET to the kernel line this way: kernel /boot/vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/sda2 ro clocksource=HPET (ro is just another kernel parameter that means "read-only") If you're using GRUB2 it's a whole different story. Since GRUB2 is a completely different boot-loader, redesigned from scratch to meet current cumputing requeriments, you first need to a edit /etc/default/grub file and add clocksource=HPET to the kernel line and the generate a new /boot/grub/grub.cfg file as explained in the wiki: https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/GRUB2 Regarding your video issue, I remember time back I too had a similar problem with a gigabyte-based computer (as pointed by Myra) running GNOME 2.32; what I can't remember if I used xset or vbetool to force turn on display and temporarily workaround the issue - actually may be both depending if I did turn on the monitor from an X console or from a tty. Anyway, both tools are in our repos so you can install them and try luck. @ PGD: "[...] and brings to mind pictures of your computer spending all your money, running an anonymous proxy without asking you, or maybe sending prank e-mails to your friends. Maybe you're dealing with a teenage computer? :p" Lol x'D, I almost died with "brings to mind pictures of your computer spending all your money" These are the kind of grammatical errors that happens to me too despite I try to speak a descent english ^_^ (and the type of corrections I thanks!) -- -msx
