I’m able to get to the BIOS on my desktop. But when greeted by the boot loader to choose between Arch or Arch fallback, after choosing, I lose display.

Sometimes I can get display, but its not consistent. Draining my computers power by unplugging the power cord and holding the power button works sometimes. Sometimes a simple reboot will work.

I have an Asus b550m-plus motherboard. It was working great with Arch until recently.

Edit: it uses by press e at the boot loader then putting nomodeset at the end, but the display is choppy compared to when its able to boot without it.

Edit: Installing linux-lts and directing my bootloader to it worked. I didn’t even need to install linux.

  • TootSweet@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    26 days ago

    If I’m understanding, you can get into BIOS using the delete key (or whatever key your motherboard uses to get into BIOS). You can also get the bootloader to display a choice of boot entries that you can choose between. (Incidentally, which bootloader are you using? Grub? Syslinux? rEFInd? Something else? And are you booting in EFI or legacy BIOS mode?) But if you choose an option, you sometimes get a solid black screen with nothing on it and sometimes get… what? Completely normal operation?

    • dudesss@lemmy.caOPEnglish
      2·
      26 days ago

      All you said was correct. And I’m using systemd.

      If I press e on the boot loader choice, then put nomodeset at the end of the entry, I’m able to have display, but it looks pretty choppy compared to when it boots normally without issues without nomodeset.

      I have a 6900xt GPU, and

      /lib/firmware/amdgpu/

      Is missing a driver for the “navi 21” codename / family series. I don’t see it in the full Git downloads either.