[SOLVED} boot stops at black screen

25 February 2024, 21:49:04

Hello,
After running pacman -Syu on Feb 21, my computer would not reboot. After the Artix splash, it said "login:", then went to a black screen. This helped once before, but not this time. I decided to embrace the opportunity of a clean slate and installed artix-xfce-runit-20230814-x86_64.iso. That booted and I ran pacman -Syyu, which starts with a series of questions like ":: Replace karchive with world/karchive5? [Y/n]". I answered "y" to all ("n" stops the update) After that, boot failed in the same way. Another reinstall; now I'm afraid to update! Things like keepassxc and libreoffice don't work presumably because libraries are not up to date.

Thanks for any suggestions. The system inxi is below. I'll be glad to provide more information if I can. I didn't think to save the logs from the failed boot, but if necessary I could go through the process a third time and save them.

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System:
  Host: pluto Kernel: 6.4.10-artix1-1 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 Desktop: Xfce
    v: 4.18.1 Distro: Artix Linux
Machine:
  Type: Laptop System: HP product: HP Notebook v: Type1ProductConfigId
    serial: 5CG7111KTH
  Mobo: HP model: 8305 v: KBC Version 73.16 serial: PFXCT00WB682BU
    UEFI: Insyde v: F.25 date: 01/19/2017
CPU:
  Info: quad core AMD E2-7110 APU with AMD Radeon R2 Graphics [MCP]
    speed (MHz): avg: 1000 min/max: 1000/1800
Graphics:
  Device-1: AMD Mullins [Radeon R3 Graphics] driver: radeon v: kernel
  Device-2: Cheng Uei Precision Industry (Foxlink) HP TrueVision HD
    driver: uvcvideo type: USB
  Display: x11 server: X.org v: 1.21.1.8 driver: X: loaded: radeon
    unloaded: fbdev,modesetting,vesa dri: radeonsi gpu: radeon
    resolution: <missing: xdpyinfo/xrandr> resolution: 1920x1080
  API: OpenGL Message: Unable to show GL data. Required tool glxinfo
    missing.
Network:
  Device-1: Realtek RTL810xE PCI Express Fast Ethernet driver: r8169
  Device-2: Intel Wireless 3165 driver: iwlwifi
  Device-3: Intel Bluetooth wireless interface driver: btusb type: USB
Drives:
  Local Storage: total: 364.48 GiB used: 50.06 GiB (13.7%)
Info:
  Processes: 232 Uptime: 1h 29m Memory: total: 4 GiB note: est.
  available: 3.3 GiB used: 1.59 GiB (48.1%) Shell: Bash inxi: 3.3.28

Re: boot stops at black screen

Reply #1 – 26 February 2024, 03:58:26

Hello,

Have you tried with linux-lts?

Re: boot stops at black screen

Reply #2 – 26 February 2024, 17:06:01

Yes, it had the lts kernel at the time of the update.

Re: boot stops at black screen

Reply #3 – 26 February 2024, 17:08:32

Quote from: Tu71YE – on 26 February 2024, 17:06:01

Yes, it had the lts kernel at the time of the update.

Before or after the update ?

I mean a kernel update (lts) can sometimes cause problems; especially the very last one.

Re: boot stops at black screen

Reply #4 – 26 February 2024, 17:48:56

I changed to lts kernel months ago. I update once a week so it was nearly the latest version. I don't remember if the Feb. 21 update contained a new kernel version.

Re: boot stops at black screen

Reply #5 – 26 February 2024, 18:12:45

Quote from: Tu71YE – on 26 February 2024, 17:48:56

I changed to lts kernel months ago. I update once a week so it was nearly the latest version.

You could possibly try an older LTS kernel.
Don't you see anything in the logs?

But I'm not a great specialist...

Re: boot stops at black screen

Reply #6 – 26 February 2024, 19:28:21

Tintin, thanks for the suggestion. Once I catch up from all the down time, I'll try an older lts kernel and run pacman -Syu. If the boot fails again, I'll retrieve the logs before reinstalling, as I should have done the first time.

Re: boot stops at black screen

Reply #7 – 01 March 2024, 22:47:41

Just fyi, I did pacman -Syyu on the new install and it boots normally. Kernel is now 6.7.6-artix1-1