On Tue, 22 Jan 2013 17:34:29 +0000 Whiskers <catwheezel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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 unable to use the system. > > I used my original installation disc to boot, and was able to follow the > Wiki instructions (accessed using a different computer) to run chroot and > downgrade the kernel to 3.6.11-1, and the system is now running again. > > An 'unconfirmed' bug is listed at <https://bugs.archlinux.org/> 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. > Linux 3.7.x has seen a lot of kms/drm changes, so it's hard to answer your question without knowing your graphics hardware. FWIW, for me all 3.7 kernel boot fine on machines with (not-so-new) intel and radeon cards. Also, can you boot with "nomodeset" in kernel boot line? Best, L. -- Leonid Isaev GnuPG key: 0x164B5A6D Fingerprint: C0DF 20D0 C075 C3F1 E1BE 775A A7AE F6CB 164B 5A6D
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