Replaced hard drive, can't reinstall

So I have an Inspiron 1525. Replaced the hard drive on it, and now I can't get Arch to boot properly. Got everything reinstalled without an issue, booted fine for all that, all the firmware and drivers that don't automatically work (xf86-input-synaptics, xf86-video-intel, linux-firmware) but when I reboot, it boots to a black screen. Now the really odd thing, is that it's still set to boot runlevel 3, so it shouldn't even be trying to do anything X related. And NONE of the ctl-alt-F1 through F12 are able to access a terminal, it just stays a blank black screen. Ctl-Alt-Bkspc doesn't do anything, as Ctl-Alt-Del does nothing either. The ONLY way I can get in is to pass the S argument on the kernel line.
This laptop used to work fantastically with Arch.
Specs:
C2D T8100, 3 GB ram, 160 GB hdd. Intel X3100 graphics. Intel 3945 wireless.
I know it's not a hardware issue, Win7 and Debian Squeeze are both on this box and working wonderfully without a single hiccup.
Last edited by tlmiller (2010-07-18 16:28:21)

Ok, quick history of install.
Boot, install, reboot to get into system.
pacman -Syu, update pacman. pacman -Syu again, update system. Saw kernel updated, rebooted to take effet.
pacman -S <all the various software I use>. rebooted. At this point, no config files have been touched.
Couldn't get in, issue as described. Tried passing 3, no change, tried passing 2, no change. Tried passing S, was able to get in.
Rebooted a few times after looking at various things, it would usually take between 3-4 tries passing S that I was able to get in, not EVERY time, but often enough that it wasn't a huge deal.
So it started as soon as X was installed (amongst a bunch of other software), but X shouldn't have been doing anything. I point out X because it ACTS like X when it fails to load.
Last edited by tlmiller (2010-07-18 17:23:15)

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