Black screen, system doesn't boot

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I am attempting to boot up a newly built system: MSI 845e Max series MS_6566E mobo, P4 2.53 533fsb, PC2700 256mb DDR Ram, WD 100gb ata100 HDD, Radeon 9000Pro vid., 350w ps. All these are new including cables. CD-ROM,CD/RW,Floppy are used.
I receive a black screen during boot up, all LEDs on the front of the case are lit even the CD drives which contain no disks. The HDD starts briefly and quits. I also installed the D-Bracket with the 2 USB connects and dianostic LEDs, the top 2 flash red & green, the bottom 2 are a steady red. I've read a few threads and left the machine on for approx. 5 minutes to no avail. Any suggestions? ?(

so you loaded an os on it?
make sure the wd is jumperless if alone on an ide

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System doesn't boot kernel26beyond

Since a week or so, my system doesn't boot, unless I press <enter> and the power button a few times during the process.
Once it has booted, everything works fine, but it is highly annoying nevertheless.
it seems to have something to do with loading my hardware.
Boot freezes after these log messages:
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Linux version 2.6.17-beyond (root@sara) (gcc version 4.1.1) #1 SMP PREEMPT Sat Jul 22 22:14:12 EST 2006
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) BIOS-provided physical RAM map:
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc00 (usable)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a0000 (reserved)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) BIOS-e820: 00000000000e0000 - 0000000000100000 (reserved)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000001ff40000 (usable)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) BIOS-e820: 000000001ff40000 - 000000001ff50000 (ACPI data)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) BIOS-e820: 000000001ff50000 - 0000000020000000 (ACPI NVS)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) 0MB HIGHMEM available.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) 511MB LOWMEM available.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) On node 0 totalpages: 130880
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) DMA zone: 4096 pages, LIFO batch:0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Normal zone: 126784 pages, LIFO batch:31
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) DMI 2.3 present.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: RSDP (v000 ACPIAM ) @ 0x000f5df0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: RSDT (v001 A M I OEMRSDT 0x09000406 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x1ff40000
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: FADT (v001 A M I OEMFACP 0x09000406 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x1ff40200
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: OEMB (v001 A M I OEMBIOS 0x09000406 MSFT 0x00000097) @ 0x1ff50040
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: DSDT (v001 1ABSP 1ABSP001 0x00000001 MSFT 0x02000001) @ 0x00000000
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PM-Timer IO Port: 0x408
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Allocating PCI resources starting at 30000000 (gap: 20000000:e0000000)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Detected 1276.987 MHz processor.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Built 1 zonelists
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Kernel command line: root=/dev/hda4 ro
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Found and enabled local APIC!
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) mapped APIC to ffffd000 (fee00000)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Initializing CPU#0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Event source pit configured with caps set: 07
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PID hash table entries: 2048 (order: 11, 8192 bytes)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Console: colour VGA+ 80x25
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Dentry cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Memory: 514844k/523520k available (1921k kernel code, 8120k reserved, 725k data, 184k init, 0k highmem)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Checking if this processor honours the WP bit even in supervisor mode... Ok.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Calibrating delay using timer specific routine.. 2197.93 BogoMIPS (lpj=1098965)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Security Framework v1.0.0 initialized
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Mount-cache hash table entries: 512
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) CPU: After generic identify, caps: afe9fbbf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000180 00000000 00000000
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) CPU: After vendor identify, caps: afe9fbbf 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000180 00000000 00000000
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) CPU: L1 I cache: 32K, L1 D cache: 32K
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) CPU: L2 cache: 2048K
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) CPU: After all inits, caps: afe9fbbf 00000000 00000000 00000040 00000180 00000000 00000000
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Intel machine check architecture supported.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) SMP alternatives: switching to UP code
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Freeing SMP alternatives: 16k freed
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) checking if image is initramfs... it is
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Freeing initrd memory: 404k freed
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Looking for DSDT in initramfs... error, file /DSDT.aml not found.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: setting ELCR to 0200 (from 0c30)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) CPU0: Intel(R) Pentium(R) M processor 1.60GHz stepping 06
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) SMP motherboard not detected.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) lapic max_delta_ns: 1345393639
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Event source pit new caps set: 01
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Event source lapic configured with caps set: 06
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Brought up 1 CPUs
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) migration_cost=0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 16
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: bus type pci registered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xf0031, last bus=2
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Setting up standard PCI resources
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Subsystem revision 20060127
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (evregion-0303): No handler for Region [ECOR] (dff2e63c) [EmbeddedControl] [20060127]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (exfldio-0279): Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler [20060127]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (psparse-0517): Method parse/execution failed [_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.ACS_] (Node dff27900), AE_NOT_EXIST
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (psparse-0517): Method parse/execution failed [_SB_.AC__._INI] (Node dff27420), AE_NOT_EXIST
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Interpreter enabled
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Using PIC for interrupt routing
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Root Bridge [PCI0] (0000:00)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Probing PCI hardware (bus 00)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (evregion-0303): No handler for Region [ECOR] (dff2e63c) [EmbeddedControl] [20060127]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (exfldio-0279): Region EmbeddedControl(3) has no handler [20060127]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (psparse-0517): Method parse/execution failed [_SB_.PCI0.SBRG.EC0_.BATS] (Node dff278e0), AE_NOT_EXIST
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (psparse-0517): Method parse/execution failed [_SB_.BAT0._STA] (Node dff245c0), AE_NOT_EXIST
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI Error (uteval-0158): Method execution failed [_SB_.BAT0._STA] (Node dff245c0), AE_NOT_EXIST
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI quirk: region 0400-047f claimed by ICH4 ACPI/GPIO/TCO
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI quirk: region 0500-053f claimed by ICH4 GPIO
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Ignoring BAR0-3 of IDE controller 0000:00:1f.1
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Boot video device is 0000:01:00.0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Transparent bridge - 0000:00:1e.0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bus #03 (-#06) is hidden behind transparent bridge #02 (-#02) (try 'pci=assign-busses')
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Please report the result to linux-kernel to fix this permanently
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bus #07 (-#0a) is hidden behind transparent bridge #02 (-#02) (try 'pci=assign-busses')
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Please report the result to linux-kernel to fix this permanently
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [_SB_.PCI0._PRT]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Embedded Controller [EC0] (gpe 28) interrupt mode.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [_SB_.PCI0.P0P2._PRT]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Routing Table [_SB_.PCI0.P0P1._PRT]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] (IRQs 3 4 5 6 7 10 *11 12)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] (IRQs 3 *4 5 6 7 11 12)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] (IRQs *10 12)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKD] (IRQs *5 6 10)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKE] (IRQs 6 11) *0, disabled.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKF] (IRQs 3 7) *0, disabled.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKG] (IRQs 4 7) *0, disabled.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKH] (IRQs 4 6 *10 12)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Linux Plug and Play Support v0.97 (c) Adam Belay
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: PnP ACPI init
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: PnP ACPI: found 15 devices
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) SCSI subsystem initialized
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Using ACPI for IRQ routing
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: If a device doesn't work, try "pci=routeirq". If it helps, post a report
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:09: ioport range 0x480-0x48f has been reserved
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:09: ioport range 0x5c0-0x5cf has been reserved
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:0d: ioport range 0x540-0x55f has been reserved
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:0d: ioport range 0x400-0x47f could not be reserved
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:0d: ioport range 0x480-0x48f has been reserved
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:0d: ioport range 0x500-0x53f has been reserved
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: 00:0d: ioport range 0x4c0-0x4cf has been reserved
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:01.0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: d000-dfff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: ff800000-ff8fffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: ce900000-de9fffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bus 3, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:01.0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001000-000010ff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001400-000014ff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: 32000000-33ffffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: 34000000-35ffffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bus 7, cardbus bridge: 0000:02:01.1
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001800-000018ff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 00001c00-00001cff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: 36000000-37ffffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: 38000000-39ffffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Bridge: 0000:00:1e.0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IO window: 1000-1fff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) MEM window: ff900000-ff9fffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PREFETCH window: dea00000-deafffff
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:1e.0 (0106 -> 0107)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:00:1e.0 to 64
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Enabling device 0000:02:01.0 (0000 -> 0003)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKB] enabled at IRQ 4
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: setting IRQ 4 as level-triggered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:01.0[A] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 4 (level, low) -> IRQ 4
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:01.0 to 64
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKA] enabled at IRQ 11
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: setting IRQ 11 as level-triggered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:02:01.1[B] -> Link [LNKA] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Setting latency timer of device 0000:02:01.1 to 64
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 2
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) IP route cache hash table entries: 4096 (order: 2, 16384 bytes)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP established hash table entries: 16384 (order: 5, 196608 bytes)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP bind hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 98304 bytes)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP: Hash tables configured (established 16384 bind 8192)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP reno registered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) apm: BIOS version 1.2 Flags 0x03 (Driver version 1.16ac)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) apm: overridden by ACPI.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) VFS: Disk quotas dquot_6.5.1
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Dquot-cache hash table entries: 1024 (order 0, 4096 bytes)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 [email protected]).
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Initializing Cryptographic API
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) io scheduler noop registered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) io scheduler anticipatory registered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) io scheduler deadline registered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) io scheduler cfq registered (default)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: ATI Technologies Inc., P10 , 01.00 (OEM: ATI MOBILITY RADEON 9600 )
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: VBE version: 2.0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:5680
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: pmi: set display start = c00c56ee, set palette = c00c5728
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: pmi: ports = d810 d816 d854 d838 d83c d85c d800 d804 d8b0 d8b2 d8b4
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: no monitor limits have been set
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: scrolling: redraw
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 128x48
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd0000000, mapped to 0xe0880000, using 6144k, total 65536k
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: AC Adapter [AC] (on-line)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery present)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT1] (battery absent)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Power Button (FF) [PWRF]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Lid Switch [LID]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Sleep Button (CM) [SLPB]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Power Button (CM) [PWRB]
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Video Device [VGA] (multi-head: yes rom: no post: no)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: CPU0 (power states: C1[C1] C2[C2])
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: Thermal Zone [THRM] (94 C)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) isapnp: Scanning for PnP cards...
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) isapnp: No Plug & Play device found
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Serial: 8250/16550 driver $Revision: 1.90 $ 4 ports, IRQ sharing disabled
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serial8250: ttyS1 at I/O 0x2f8 (irq = 3) is a NS16550A
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.6[B] -> Link [LNKB] -> GSI 4 (level, low) -> IRQ 4
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) floppy0: no floppy controllers found
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 16384K size 1024 blocksize
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) loop: loaded (max 8 devices)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PNP: PS/2 Controller [PNP0303:PS2K,PNP0f12:PS2M] at 0x60,0x64 irq 1,12
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) i8042.c: Detected active multiplexing controller, rev 1.1.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 AUX0 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 AUX1 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 AUX2 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 AUX3 port at 0x60,0x64 irq 12
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) serio: i8042 KBD port at 0x60,0x64 irq 1
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) mice: PS/2 mouse device common for all mice
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) TCP bic registered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 1
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 17
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Using IPI No-Shortcut mode
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 Core.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Time: tsc clocksource has been installed.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 Compression Driver loading.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Time: acpi_pm clocksource has been installed.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Event source pit disabled
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Event source lapic configured with caps set: 08
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hrtimers: Switched to high resolution mode CPU 0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 Encryption Driver loading.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 Swap Writer loading.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Suspend2 FileWriter loading.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI wakeup devices:
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) SMBS MODM P0P2 CBC1 USB1 USB2 USB3
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: (supports S0 S3 S4 S5)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Freeing unused kernel memory: 184k freed
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) input: AT Translated Set 2 keyboard as /class/input/input0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ICH4: IDE controller at PCI slot 0000:00:1f.1
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: Enabling device 0000:00:1f.1 (0005 -> 0007)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt Link [LNKC] enabled at IRQ 10
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) PCI: setting IRQ 10 as level-triggered
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:1f.1[A] -> Link [LNKC] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ICH4: chipset revision 3
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ICH4: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ide0: BM-DMA at 0xffa0-0xffa7, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ide1: BM-DMA at 0xffa8-0xffaf, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Probing IDE interface ide0...
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Synaptics Touchpad, model: 1, fw: 4.6, id: 0x925ea1, caps: 0x80471b/0x0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) input: SynPS/2 Synaptics TouchPad as /class/input/input1
Then I have to press enter and the powerbutton (asus M6) a few times, and then, a line at a time a couple of messages appear, then after "udev events" has passed, boot proceeds normally.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hda: IC25N060ATMR04-0, ATA DISK drive
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Probing IDE interface ide1...
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hdc: MATSHITADVD-RAM UJ-830S, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hda: max request size: 512KiB
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hda: 117210240 sectors (60011 MB) w/7884KiB Cache, CHS=16383/255/63, UDMA(100)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hda: cache flushes supported
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hda: hda1 hda2 <hda5> hda3 hda4
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) hdc: ATAPI 24X DVD-ROM DVD-R-RAM CD-R/RW drive, 2048kB Cache, UDMA(33)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.20
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver usbfs
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver hub
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Initializing USB Mass Storage driver...
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver usb-storage
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) USB Mass Storage support registered.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Linux agpgart interface v0.101 (c) Dave Jones
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) fglrx: module license 'Proprietary. (C) 2002 - ATI Technologies, Starnberg, GERMANY' taints kernel.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) [fglrx] Maximum main memory to use for locked dma buffers: 431 MBytes.
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) [fglrx] module loaded - fglrx 8.26.18 [Jun 22 2006] on minor 0
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) usbcore: registered new driver usblp
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) drivers/usb/class/usblp.c: v0.13: USB Printer Device Class driver
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) Capability LSM initialized
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) fuse init (API version 7.6)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) input: PC Speaker as /class/input/input2
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) NET: Registered protocol family 23
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, chip->init
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc_ircc_open(), can't get iobase of 0x2f8
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, Found chip at base=0x02e
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc-ircc, driver loaded (Dag Brattli)
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) nsc_ircc_open(), can't get iobase of 0x2f8
Jul 23 12:18:49 (none) pnp: Device 00:07 disabled.
I am using mkinitcpio already: /boot/grub/menu.lst:
# (0) Arch Linux
title Arch Linux
root (hd0,2)
kernel /vmlinuz26beyond root=/dev/hda4 ro
initrd /kernel26beyond.img
my /etc/mkinitcpio.conf:
MODULES=""
BINARIES=""
FILES=""
HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide filesystems"
I tried removing scsi and sata, since my root is on an ide disk. But the problem persists.
also recreating an image using mkinitcpio or reinstalling the kernel26beyond package using pacman doesn't help.
Does anyone have any idea what might be wrong and how this problem might be resolved.
It seems like a trivial issue since the systems basically works fine otherwise. However, I can't figure it out by myself, I have tried for a week.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

I'm not sure if this will help you, but I suddenly was having a lot of trouble booting. My system would just freeze with a blinking cursor. I thought it had something to do with my floppy drive because if I changed the boot priority in my bios to boot from the hard disk 1st, the system would boot but would hang for a very long time in areas, and as long as 5 minutes loading uevents. I suspected this was a udev problem.
I issued a few commands to reset udev, thinking maybe recent updates didn't take effect, which did the trick...
# udevtrigger
# udevcontrol reload_rules
After that, everything is back to normal. I'm still learning about udev and I'm still fuzzy about a lot of the techy stuff.

What can i do to get my phone working. It went to a black screen when I was playing a game. I pressed the power and home button then it showed the apple logo and went back to a black screen. Doesn't came on, show a charging sign, read on iTunes.

What can i do to get my phone working. It went to a black screen when I was playing a game. I pressed the power and home button then it showed the apple logo and went back to a black screen. Doesn't came on, show a charging sign, read on iTunes.

Press and hold the home and power buttons for 15-20 seconds until the white Apple logo appears.

Black Screen - Get Chime - Can Boot off HDD using another Mac - iMac 24in.

Hope someone can help me here, as I'm at my wits end.
I've got two issues, one with my MacBook Pro 17in, 4GB RAM, 160GB 7200rpm (2008) and another with my iMac 24in. 4GB RAM, 500GB 7200rpm (2009).
Firstly the MBP, left work on Thursday last week, got home, powered up the MBP and got a black screen!!! Tried resetting PRAM, SMC, booting in safe mode, removing and re-installing RAM, removing battery and mains power and leaving off overnight etc etc, yet nothing happens. Benn all over the forums and have not found any solution to get my beloved MBP working on it's own. I can boot off the HDD using another MBP 15in, re-install Snow Leopard and as far as I can tell the HDD is fine, as I have run disk utility and it tells me the HDD is OK.
I can't figure this out and it's doing my head in, as I use this laptop for business use and just can't afford to go out and buy another Mac. I should point out that this MBP never had any issues when running on Leopard, but ever since I upgraded to Snow Leopard, I have had nothing, but trouble. I did a clean install, in fact I have done it at least twice, even erasing the HDD securely, both at 7pass and 35pass, yet I have had permissions issues regularly and on the odd occasion, I have also had the problem of the HDD not being recognised.
The iMac is nearly the same, but the screen is working, although the iMac doesn't see the HDD no matter what way I do, again, reset PRAM, SMC, safe boot etc etc. In truth the iMac has been a lot more unreliable, but with the screen working, if I can get any solutions here, then I'll be working to work on that without the need or hassle of working via another.
I think that the MBP is only just still under warranty, but the iMac definitely is, but I need at least one working for business use, so really only want to let Apple have one at a time to look at/repair etc.
Ideally, as the HDD is working in the MBP, if I could get a solution to the black screen issue, then I could do without the iMac for whatever time it takes, so if there is anyone out there that can help, I'd be so grateful.
One last thing, when I bought the iMac 24in., I also bought an iMac 20in., but I never upgraded the 20in. to Snow Leopard and to this day, it has worked flawlessly, without a single issue ever.
Perhaps, I'm getting paranoid here, but there seems to me to be a link between the ongoing and regularly occurring problems with both Macs ant the upgrade to Snow Leopard. Why also, or is it just pure unadulterated coincidence that both the MBP and the iMac 24in have failed at pretty much the same time??!!!!
I'm going mental here, so I hope someone out there has a better fix, then me overdosing on Prozac!!
PS
I'm not a mac expert, not good with a soldering iron either, but I'm capable of following good instructions.

Using Snow Leopard forum is probably your best bet.
I don't care if someone has 20+ yrs, I still like having a good troubleshooting book/manual handy.
Mac: can't get by without bootable backups, even if you use TimeMachine, clone your system. Save you all this fuss and work.
Then invest in high quality disk repair and maintenance program.
Disk Warrior / TechTool Pro 5 / Drive Genius 3 - top 3 probably
There are always going to be normal items you just ignore with Repair Permissions. Useful to do once in a while but not magic. Same with SMC and the rest. Running disk repair is one of those things that it seems should be done before there is trouble, not after, and a weakness in HFS file system and disk directory.
Apple Support is a good place to start looking and then hardware category.
http://www.apple.com/support
http://www.apple.com/support/imac /macbookpro etc
Make sure all your software is current, don't install anything you are unsure of or can do without.
Run Apple Hardware Test off your OEM DVD specific to the Mac.
Now, have you Googled for this?
have you looked at reports about 500GB drives used in some Macs that had issues and were offered firmware update for the drive?
Considered just using another drive connected to iMac?
You can overheat a hard drive with needlessly running 7 and 35-write pass, besides which the best way to map out bad blocks is not Disk Utility.
http://www.bing.com/search?q=imacblackscreen
http://www.bing.com/search?q=AppleiMac+firmwareupdate
I'd direct your replies to iMac and MacBook Pro as well as to Using OS X Snow Leopard areas.

Hp 8560w booting into black screen, seems to be booting without display

Hi,
Ive got this elitebook 8650w from a friend who asked me to help him try to get it to run.
First thing noticable that something was wrong with this machine is when it started shutting down/rebooting randomly, i suspected overheating since it hadnt been cleaned and doing these shutdowns while it was running 3d games.
I told my friend he had to get it cleaned or it could sustain damage.
The next day the system started to reboot right after it completed windows logon, getting into a loop.
I suspected the temprature failsafe was doing this, because after the system did one cold start,it would boot to windows,reboot on its own and then wouldnt get through the boot process alltogether and just showed a black screen with the cooling fan running at top speed, capslock blinking.
It wasnt even showing the hp bios startup screen anymore.
I tried hooking up a monitor to the external vga, but the monitor goes into standy and remains black.
I know it did boot onto windows eventhough it was showing a blackscreen because i could type in the logon password, wait a bit and then shutdown the system with pressing alt-f4, enter.
clearly the system boots but just the display isnt working. but it isnt giving off any beeps or showing anything on boot.
So i took out the cooling parts and cleaned it to redo the thermal paste.
the job had previously been done by hp, and turned out to be done very very poorly,   half the GPU didnt even have thermal paste onit, a big airbubble prevented contact for more then 2/4th of the gpu surface.
i feared a burnout, but the surface didnt show discoloration and it had been working like this since he got it.
Eventhough it was a poor job done, it didnt seem to be burnt and the temperature failsafe just saved it from burning out.
After thouroughly cleaning the big blobs of paste hp put there most of it ending up next to the gpu and cpu instead of onit,blobs big enough to cover atleast 4 of the same type gpu's/cpu's
I redid the thermal paste using arctic silver number 5, the way it should be done and then reinstalled the blocks and heatpipes.
It all went smoothly into place and i reassembled the parts taken off the laptop.
Confident i rebooted, nothing changed and the problem persisted, it seems to be booting, but the screen doesnt display a thing, and stays completely black.
Shining a light onto the screen doesnt reveal any unlit graphics due to a broken backlight or anything.
Since it went through this loop often and me and my friend have been pressing keys to see if it would boot into a bios screen or anything i suspected the bios might have gotten screwed up, so i decided to try and restore default bios.
But how to do that without a screen?   i tried locating a bios jumper to do this but didnt find any.
Then i found a text the hp forom saying i could force factory setting by pressing f10 repeatedly 5x times during startup, then f5 for default and then f10 to safe and exit,enter.
I did try that a couple of times, but the machine doesnt reboot as it should when you safe an exit bios, s i dont even know if i get into bios in reality.
Now ive come across a few known problems with this machine in my forumcrawling.
2 problems wich results in the same behaviour are : 1 a faulty mobo and 2 a faulty board for the webcam behind the top of the display somehow preventing the screen to work properly.
So , dear hp support -  are there any known problems and sulotions to them other then, drain power and boot again?
If this machine did appear on the market with some of em having a faulty mobo, like some mssges say, why is that not on the official forum, and could i be dealing with such a machine, how do i find out?
If im dealing with a broken display, could that have been caused by a videocard overheating?
You can help me by telling me:
-Can i force bios default without having an active screen? if so, how? just pulling the battery and draining power didnt change a thing.
-Can i find out if GPU is broken (the system does seem to boot in the dark on a cold start)
-Can i find out if the display is broken by blinking messages or someting?
-Are there other known problems with this machine that give these failures as a result?
Can it be theres a broken inverter for the backlight? i geuss not, the vga port would be working then.
hopefull for an answer,
A friend's computer fixer.

I brought it into the Apple Store and I was completely denied of the 8600m GT recall. I am not paying $800 for a **** logic board replacement! Seriously, what the ****!?
I find this problem just as bad as the 8600m GT failures because this isn't the only forum I've been too that have people complaining about the same thing.
I don't know what to do anymore. Money doesn't grow on trees and I need a working laptop for school.
If anyone has any other suggestions please don't hesitate to let us know here.
Good luck to the rest of you!

Windows 7 Black screen with cursor after boot camp partition

So I realise this is a problem that was plaguing people a few years back. So I'll go from the very start.
I've downloaded a copy of windows 7 professional 64bit from the Microsoft website. My optical/CD drive isn't working, so I've been unable to use it
to install windows. I decided I'd try booting from my USB. So I have the ISO file and formatted my USB and I've downloaded the latest drivers for boot camp assistant on my mac (version 5.0.4) I'm up to date with every update for my mac. Now, I do realise that Apple doesn't recommend using a USB to load windows, but I watched this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8z1gqw0ougo and it explained how to get the checkbox up when you're in boot camp so you can run from your USB.
My problem now, is that straight after I have partitioned my hard drive, it goes on to install windows but upon restarting it reaches "the black screen of death" with just the white cursor blinking. I've tried multiple times and keep getting the same result. I've even tried what Apple suggested and only have one USB device plugged in http://support.apple.com/kb/TS4536
The details for my mac are as follows:
Model Name:
iMac
Model Identifier:
iMac10,1
Processor Name:
Intel Core 2 Duo
Processor Speed:
3.06 GHz
Number of Processors:
1
Total Number of Cores:
2
L2 Cache:
3 MB
Memory:
4 GB
Bus Speed:
1.07 GHz
Boot ROM Version:
IM101.00CC.B00
SMC Version (system):
1.53f13
Serial Number (system):
W800992A5PE
Hardware UUID:
A108E54E-3C53-5AF8-BFDF-2CF7ED567A74
and it's a late 2009 model.

I have solved this issue now but seem to have encountered another one. I solved the above issue simply by keep on trying time and time again, partitioning the hard drive and trying to install windows 7.
Anyway, I have encountered this error: windows setup could not apply the configuration set. The WINDOWS folder cannot be found.
Please help!

Laptop black screen with mouse when booting from shutdown [solved]

Ok I am kind of at a loss at the moment. I have done a fresh install of arch for a friend. When I boot the laptop from a shutdown status it boots and I see systemd proccessing, but as soon as it reaches the desktop it is just a black screen with the mouse cursor. To reach the desktop I have to press ctl alt f1 than ctl alt f2. Here are some things I have done to tryand fix it.
The laptop
Dell
pentium M T2060, mobile 945GM
~/.xinitrc
if [ -d /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d ]; then
for f in /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc.d/*; do
[ -x "$f" ] && . "$f"
done
unset f
fi
if which dbus-launch >/dev/null && test -z "$DBUS_SESSION_BUS_ADDRESS"; then
eval "$(dbus-launch --sh-syntax --exit-with-session)"
fi
export GTK2_RC_FILES="$HOME/.gtkrc-2.0"
exec openbox-session
Openbox autostart.sh
compton -CGb &
pcmanfm --desktop &
tint2 &
sleep 4 && wbar
slim.conf
default_path /bin:/usr/bin:/usr/local/bin
default_xserver /usr/bin/X
xserver_arguments -nolisten tcp vt07
halt_cmd /sbin/shutdown -h now
reboot_cmd /sbin/shutdown -r now
console_cmd /usr/bin/xterm -C -fg white -bg black +sb -T "Console login" -e /bin/sh -c "/bin/cat /etc/issue; exec /bin/login"
#suspend_cmd /usr/sbin/suspend
xauth_path /usr/bin/xauth
authfile /var/run/slim.auth
numlock on
login_cmd exec /bin/bash -login ~/.xinitrc %session
sessiondir /usr/share/xsessions/
screenshot_cmd import -window root /slim.png
welcome_msg Welcome to %host
shutdown_msg The system is blowing up
reboot_msg There is a virus...
default_user tim
auto_login yes
current_theme default
lockfile /var/lock/slim.lock
logfile /var/log/slim.log
I edited my hooks to look like this thinking that adding resume would help
HOOKS="systemd modconf block resume filesystems keyboard fsck"
Here is my syslinux.cfg
DEFAULT arch
PROMPT 0 # Set to 1 if you always want to display the boot: prompt
TIMEOUT 50
UI menu.c32
#UI vesamenu.c32
MENU TITLE Arch Linux
#MENU BACKGROUND splash.png
MENU COLOR border 30;44 #40ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR title 1;36;44 #9033ccff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR sel 7;37;40 #e0ffffff #20ffffff all
MENU COLOR unsel 37;44 #50ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR help 37;40 #c0ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout_msg 37;40 #80ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR timeout 1;37;40 #c0ffffff #00000000 std
MENU COLOR msg07 37;40 #90ffffff #a0000000 std
MENU COLOR tabmsg 31;40 #30ffffff #00000000 std
LABEL arch
MENU LABEL Arch Linux
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda1 rw
INITRD ../initramfs-linuxY.img
LABEL archfallback
MENU LABEL Arch Linux Fallback
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux
APPEND root=/dev/sda1 rw
INITRD ../initramfs-linux-fallback.img
LABEL arch-ck
MENU LABEL Arch Linux-ck
LINUX ../vmlinuz-linux-ck
APPEND root=/dev/sda1 ro init=/usr/lib/systemd/systemd elevator=bfq
INITRD ../initramfs-linux-ck.img
I have also tried linux-ck to try a different kernel with no luck. When I reboot the computer it goes to the desktop.
Last edited by mich04 (2013-12-03 22:01:37)

ok, so I think I have foud a solution that works for me.
I created this file and added the following lines
/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
Section "Device"
Identifier "Intel Graphics"
Driver "intel"
Option "AccelMethod" "uxa"
EndSection
I have shutdown 3 times and it has booted to the desktop everytime. When I remove this file and go back to sna it reproduces the error of the black screen.

Black screen when trying to boot to CD (using Option or C) on startup

Hi, everyone. I'm working on a Mac Mini (mid-2011 vintage) with an attached Superdrive (recently purchased). My monitor is an older VGA monitor linked up to the mini using a Mini DisplayPort to VGA adapter (plugged into the Thunderbolt port). Video runs fine, but when I try to boot to CD to try to reinstall OS, and either hold the Option key or hold C when I hear the chime, I never get any video. The screen is completely black. The moment I release Option or C, I get the usual logon screen. So I never get a screen with selection of boot devices and the mini never boots directly to CD. I'm not sure where to proceed with this and don't really want to go out and purchase a Thunderbolt monitor just to see if that would work. Anyone have any ideas that I could pursue? Thanks.

Thanks for responding. I'm actually trying to set up the Mac mii as my VMware ESXi 5 server (per Paraguin software guide, see http://paraguin.com/2012/01/10/the-mac-mini-vmware-esxi-5-server-part-2-installa tion/
Nobody following their procedures and posting on their site has had any (reported) video issues, but that was my guess, that somehow video drivers are not being loaded.
BTW, did you mean "hold the option key" at bootup cause my mac keyboard doesn't have an alt key?
Thanks. Still looking for other options.

Black Screen on Windows 7 boot - Boot Camp

I am getting a black screen on reboot of Windows. It just started last night during a viewing of a video. The system shut down and started to reboot and went to black screen after the partition was selected from pressing the option key. The system had been working successfully for several months and was not part of an install. The reason for the shutdown was unknown but not an error as the shutdown appeared to be a normal Windows shutdown. The windows partition successfully booted under parallels and successfully shut down. Not I do not seem to be getting an audio alert when the icons appear for selection after pressing the option key.
I have seen several posts on fixing this during installs but not during normal operation. Does anyone have a suggestion other than wiping out the partition and reinstalling the Windows OS?

I was having the same issue. Fixed it by booting into bootcamp via Parallels, and scheduling a chkdsk /f for the next restart.

Mac Pro 15in A few weeks old! black screen when trying to boot windows 7Ult

I have installed Windows 7 ultimate on my mac book pro 15 in, which is brand new! I have OSX 6.2 and Bootcamp 3.0.1.. I installed everything, and updated drivers. Then I closed out of Windows and everything seemed to be working fine. Until I try to boot back into windows, where nothing happens and there is a blank black screen with a white line flashing in the top left corner. The keyboard is unresponsive and so is the mouse. I have to hold power for 10 sec and then hold option during reboot to get back to OSX. I really want My windows 7 to work!!! but Idk what is wrong! I am pretty good with computers and have searched these forums for about 2 hours now. I saw there was a similar problem on the 27" IMacs... but I have found close to nothing on the 15" Macbook Pros. PLZ HELP!!!!!!!

one more thing, the same thing happens when i try to boot into osx, unless i go into recovery mode and erase everything on my second hard drive and eject the disc. I just opened the windows 7 box yesterday, and it is an official retail version, so i am really stumped here

Black screen when trying to boot into Windows 7

Hello everyone.
Today we've encountered an issue with one of our MacBook Pros with Windows 7 installed. The computer was booted into Windows 7 (it's strictly used as a Windows machine by this particular user) and after a time of inactivity it went to sleep. It wouldn't wake up from it's sleep so we tried a hard boot. At that point we would get the grey screen, the Apple tone wouldn't sound off and it would just go to a black screen (by default we have it booting to windows). So then we reset the PRAM. Now, we get the apple tone and we can boot into the Mac side. But when we try and boot into Windows, we get a blank screen.
What's even more interesting, if I try and boot into a Windows install disk to do a boot repair, it gives me a black screen. If I even try to boot from a live Linux cd, I get a blank screen! When important thing I then noticed was that the cd spinned for a couple minutes, then stopped. So I began to wonder if it was still loading the OS like expected, but just wasn't displaying it.
So I booted into Windows, got the blank black screen. Then I went into another computer, fired up remote desktop and voila! I'm in the machine!
So the problem is this: When booting into ANYTHING other than OS X, the display turns off.
What can we do?

Hello there,
I have a similar problem! Windows 7 shutdown unexpectedly and since that I can not reboot in windows anymore only with safe mode where everything is a mess.
Also when it's trying to reboot in windows a blue window appears,says something about drivers and it is counting something (79.78...till100)but I m not able to read it cause it disappears immidiately and then black screen and then it turns to reboot in mac which works fine.
I m sorry if I confused you with my english...
If anyone knows please help!
Thanks

Black Screen trying to run Boot Camp (XP) with 10.6.8 on a macbook pro

running 10.6.8 on a 3 year old macbook pro. boot camp with xp used to work no problem. i played and beat fallout 3 on it. now it gives me a black screen when i boot up. no sound. no flashing cursor. i ran parallels today and it accessed my drive and everything is there. but when i try to boot into boot camp it fails. anyone have any ideas? ive seen all of the advice for people on imacs or running windows 7, etc.
super bummed. want to play skyrim.
thank you!
damian

something similar has been happening to me for a a couple weeks (even before the most recent update, but now is definitely worse) on my 2010 MacBook Air. Firefox freezes upon startup, and then freezes maybe every twenty minutes or so when I'm actively using it, staying frozen for at least a minute or two. it drives me crazy.

Blue hp circle on black screen, can\'t access boot options for recovery disk

I installed Symantec full disk encryption and encrypted the hard drive. Then I restarted the pc. I get a black screen with a blue HP logo in the center. Message at the bottom right sysa press the ESC key for startup menu, but no key works. Every key pressed gets a beeping sound. If I turn power off and then on and press the different f keys, I get different messages but still no response from any keys.
Symantec sent me a recover disk to deencrypt the drive but I can't get the pc to load from the drive. Any thoughts?. I have hard reset the pc twice ( battery and power cord out, hold power button for 30 seconds)
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I would remove the hard disk and then power up the notebook to see what response the BIOS has.
From your description of the problem, it sounds as if you may have encrypted the entire disk instead of just the C: volume or the BIOS ROM file is corrupt.
You should be able to get past the HP screen to enter the BIOS.
The BIOS should give complain that it cannot find a drive with a bootable OS.
If that does happen, and you have the recovery disk set or usb recovery media, life is good and you will need to take a look at the Symantek forum to see how to proceed with your encrypted disk.
If it does not then, the problem lies with the BIOS on the system board.
Pressing the Esc key and having the startup menu appear is conditional on the BIOS being in good condition. Yours may be corrupt. Try downloading a BIOS softpaq on another PC, extracting the BIOS ROM file and putting it on the root of a usb thumbdrive. Put the thumbdrive in a USB port in the notebook. Press the power button and immediately hold down the Windows key and begin tapping the B key. If this works and you see an led flash, release the keys and wait. the process should load a clean BIOS file to replace the corrupted one. This takes time, so be patient if you see a flashing led or no reaction from the notebook for a couple of minutes.
Post your results here and we can move on to the next steps you can take.
Best regards,
erico
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[SOLVED] GRUB2 does not process hooks: System doesn't boot

My initial system was an SSD where /dev/sda1 was my boot partition and /dev/sda2 was an (encrypted) LVM containing home, root, var and swap. Since all partitions were ext3, I decided to do a clean format to ext4 and copy my data back on the partitions. First I archived everything but home with the arch live CD onto a server with:
rsync -a /mnt/* root@server:/path/to/backupdir/
Everything went fine, but after copying back, the system would not boot (it was GRUB Legacy). Since it was not in the MBR but on sda1, I figured I could upgrade to GRUB2 now. So I followed the described procedure (from a live CD) and installed GRUB2 (this time into the MBR of sda. I then regenerated the image via mkinitcpio -p linux and generated a configuration file.
When I try to start the system, GRUB2 gets loaded, but after the two messages for loading the ramdisk it remains silent for some time (no output at all) until it finally complains it cannot find my root. But I did not see any output of any hook being processed (including encrypt) so of course it cannot find my root, since it is still encrypted.
I reformatted my boot partition again and reinstalled and regenerated everything again (I copied the directory contents from my backup but moved the old grub folder). Still the same issue. I know I could probably just reinstall everything and restore the settings, but I'd really prefer to restore my system, since this should be a lot faster.
Here are the relevant configuration files:
rc.conf
# /etc/rc.conf - Main Configuration for Arch Linux
# LOCALIZATION
# LOCALE: available languages can be listed with the 'locale -a' command
# LANG in /etc/locale.conf takes precedence
# DAEMON_LOCALE: If set to 'yes', use $LOCALE as the locale during daemon
# startup and during the boot process. If set to 'no', the C locale is used.
# HARDWARECLOCK: set to "", "UTC" or "localtime", any other value will result
# in the hardware clock being left untouched (useful for virtualization)
# Note: Using "localtime" is discouraged, using "" makes hwclock fall back
# to the value in /var/lib/hwclock/adjfile
# TIMEZONE: timezones are found in /usr/share/zoneinfo
# Note: if unset, the value in /etc/localtime is used unchanged
# KEYMAP: keymaps are found in /usr/share/kbd/keymaps
# CONSOLEFONT: found in /usr/share/kbd/consolefonts (only needed for non-US)
# CONSOLEMAP: found in /usr/share/kbd/consoletrans
# USECOLOR: use ANSI color sequences in startup messages
LOCALE="en_US.UTF-8"
DAEMON_LOCALE="no"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
TIMEZONE="Europe/Berlin"
KEYMAP="de-latin1-nodeadkeys"
#CONSOLEFONT=
#CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"
# HARDWARE
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Blacklisting is no longer supported.
# Replace every !module by an entry as on the following line in a file in
# /etc/modprobe.d:
# blacklist module
# See "man modprobe.conf" for details.
MODULES=(acpi-cpufreq cpufreq_ondemand tun fuse vboxdrv)
# Udev settle timeout (default to 30)
UDEV_TIMEOUT=30
# Scan for FakeRAID (dmraid) Volumes at startup
USEDMRAID="no"
# Scan for BTRFS volumes at startup
USEBTRFS="no"
# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="yes"
# NETWORKING
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
HOSTNAME="archlaptop"
# Use 'ip addr' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
# Wired network setup
# - interface: name of device (required)
# - address: IP address (leave blank for DHCP)
# - netmask: subnet mask (ignored for DHCP) (optional, defaults to 255.255.255.0)
# - broadcast: broadcast address (ignored for DHCP) (optional)
# - gateway: default route (ignored for DHCP)
# Static IP example
# interface=eth0
# address=192.168.0.2
# netmask=255.255.255.0
# broadcast=192.168.0.255
# gateway=192.168.0.1
# DHCP example
# interface=eth0
# address=
# netmask=
# gateway=
interface=wlan0
address=
netmask=
broadcast=
gateway=
# Setting this to "yes" will skip network shutdown.
# This is required if your root device is on NFS.
NETWORK_PERSIST="no"
# Enable these netcfg profiles at boot-up. These are useful if you happen to
# need more advanced network features than the simple network service
# supports, such as multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
# - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
# - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
# This requires the netcfg package
NETWORKS=(FlosAP)
# DAEMONS
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
# - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
# - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
# If you are sure nothing else touches your hardware clock (such as ntpd or
# a dual-boot), you might want to enable 'hwclock'. Note that this will only
# make a difference if the hwclock program has been calibrated correctly.
# If you use a network filesystem you should enable 'netfs'.
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng dbus acpid crond alsa networkmanager @bumblebeed laptop-mode !hwclock ntpd psd)
mkinitcpio.conf
# vim:set ft=sh
# MODULES
# The following modules are loaded before any boot hooks are
# run. Advanced users may wish to specify all system modules
# in this array. For instance:
# MODULES="piix ide_disk reiserfs"
MODULES=""
# BINARIES
# This setting includes any additional binaries a given user may
# wish into the CPIO image. This is run first, so it may be used to
# override the actual binaries used in a given hook.
# (Existing files are NOT overwritten if already added)
# BINARIES are dependency parsed, so you may safely ignore libraries
BINARIES=""
# FILES
# This setting is similar to BINARIES above, however, files are added
# as-is and are not parsed in any way. This is useful for config files.
# Some users may wish to include modprobe.conf for custom module options
# like so:
# FILES="/etc/modprobe.d/modprobe.conf"
FILES=""
# HOOKS
# This is the most important setting in this file. The HOOKS control the
# modules and scripts added to the image, and what happens at boot time.
# Order is important, and it is recommended that you do not change the
# order in which HOOKS are added. Run 'mkinitcpio -H <hook name>' for
# help on a given hook.
# 'base' is _required_ unless you know precisely what you are doing.
# 'udev' is _required_ in order to automatically load modules
# 'filesystems' is _required_ unless you specify your fs modules in MODULES
# Examples:
## This setup specifies all modules in the MODULES setting above.
## No raid, lvm2, or encrypted root is needed.
# HOOKS="base"
## This setup will autodetect all modules for your system and should
## work as a sane default
# HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata filesystems"
## This is identical to the above, except the old ide subsystem is
## used for IDE devices instead of the new pata subsystem.
# HOOKS="base udev autodetect ide scsi sata filesystems"
## This setup will generate a 'full' image which supports most systems.
## No autodetection is done.
# HOOKS="base udev pata scsi sata usb filesystems"
## This setup assembles a pata mdadm array with an encrypted root FS.
## Note: See 'mkinitcpio -H mdadm' for more information on raid devices.
# HOOKS="base udev pata mdadm encrypt filesystems"
## This setup loads an lvm2 volume group on a usb device.
# HOOKS="base udev usb lvm2 filesystems"
HOOKS="base udev autodetect pata scsi sata keymap encrypt lvm2 resume filesystems usbinput"
# COMPRESSION
# Use this to compress the initramfs image. With kernels earlier than
# 2.6.30, only gzip is supported, which is also the default. Newer kernels
# support gzip, bzip2 and lzma. Kernels 2.6.38 and later support xz
# compression.
#COMPRESSION="gzip"
#COMPRESSION="bzip2"
#COMPRESSION="lzma"
#COMPRESSION="xz"
#COMPRESSION="lzop"
# COMPRESSION_OPTIONS
# Additional options for the compressor
#COMPRESSION_OPTIONS=""
grub.cfg
# DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE
# It is automatically generated by grub-mkconfig using templates
# from /etc/grub.d and settings from /etc/default/grub
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
insmod part_gpt
insmod part_msdos
if [ -s $prefix/grubenv ]; then
load_env
fi
set default="0"
if [ x"${feature_menuentry_id}" = xy ]; then
menuentry_id_option="--id"
else
menuentry_id_option=""
fi
export menuentry_id_option
if [ "${prev_saved_entry}" ]; then
set saved_entry="${prev_saved_entry}"
save_env saved_entry
set prev_saved_entry=
save_env prev_saved_entry
set boot_once=true
fi
function savedefault {
if [ -z "${boot_once}" ]; then
saved_entry="${chosen}"
save_env saved_entry
fi
function load_video {
if [ x$feature_all_video_module = xy ]; then
insmod all_video
else
insmod efi_gop
insmod efi_uga
insmod ieee1275_fb
insmod vbe
insmod vga
insmod video_bochs
insmod video_cirrus
fi
if loadfont unicode ; then
set gfxmode=auto
load_video
insmod gfxterm
set locale_dir=$prefix/locale
set lang=en_US
insmod gettext
fi
terminal_input console
terminal_output gfxterm
set timeout=5
### END /etc/grub.d/00_header ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-true-194e65d3-b357-430d-b4bb-67a8300d287d' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 b69dee88-a8c9-4af7-a938-7ca6c8ff368c
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b69dee88-a8c9-4af7-a938-7ca6c8ff368c
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux.img
menuentry 'Arch GNU/Linux, with Linux core repo kernel (Fallback initramfs)' --class arch --class gnu-linux --class gnu --class os $menuentry_id_option 'gnulinux-core repo kernel-fallback-194e65d3-b357-430d-b4bb-67a8300d287d' {
load_video
set gfxpayload=keep
insmod gzio
insmod part_msdos
insmod ext2
set root='hd0,msdos1'
if [ x$feature_platform_search_hint = xy ]; then
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root --hint-bios=hd0,msdos1 --hint-efi=hd0,msdos1 --hint-baremetal=ahci0,msdos1 b69dee88-a8c9-4af7-a938-7ca6c8ff368c
else
search --no-floppy --fs-uuid --set=root b69dee88-a8c9-4af7-a938-7ca6c8ff368c
fi
echo 'Loading Linux core repo kernel ...'
linux /vmlinuz-linux root=/dev/mapper/VolGroup00-root ro quiet
echo 'Loading initial ramdisk ...'
initrd /initramfs-linux-fallback.img
### END /etc/grub.d/10_linux ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_linux_xen ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### END /etc/grub.d/20_memtest86+ ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### END /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
# This file provides an easy way to add custom menu entries. Simply type the
# menu entries you want to add after this comment. Be careful not to change
# the 'exec tail' line above.
### END /etc/grub.d/40_custom ###
### BEGIN /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
if [ -f ${config_directory}/custom.cfg ]; then
source ${config_directory}/custom.cfg
elif [ -z "${config_directory}" -a -f $prefix/custom.cfg ]; then
source $prefix/custom.cfg;
fi
### END /etc/grub.d/41_custom ###
Thank you in advance. If you need any more information, please let me know.
Regards,
javex
Last edited by javex (2012-08-10 18:33:41)

Thank you for your reply. I looked further into the grub.cfg and removed the quiet part. Apparently the problem is that it runs all hooks but does not prompt me for a passphrase when running the encrypt hook. Why does this occur?
Edit: I solved this: apparently I forgot to specify a cryptdevice. Since the article about dm-crypt does not talk about GRUB2, I missed that. I will rework that section to specify GRUB2 and GRUB-Legacy
Last edited by javex (2012-08-10 18:33:22)

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