# Netrunner Live 2016.1 hangs at boot before GUI
**URL:** https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024
**Category:** Rolling 2016.01
**Created:** [June 26, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024 "2016-06-26T14:55:55Z")
**Posts on this page:** 20
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### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 2:55pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/1 "2016-06-26T14:55:55Z")
I am trying to boot a Live USB of netrunner 2016.1 64bit on a Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series, with an NVidia GeForce GTX graphics card. However, it always hangs at boot regardless of whether I choose default or non-free option. Also, the problem is present for UEFI and Legacy boot.
The machine came pre-installed with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, UEFI boot. I have turned SecureBoot OFF.
When I attempt to boot netrunner, it hangs in one of 2 possible ways:
1.
```auto
A start job is running for LiveMedia MHWD Script (no limit)
```
which, if I press any button, gives me the message
```auto
plymouthd: could not start boot splash: No such file or directory
```
1.
`Starting Wait for Plymouth Boot Screen to Quit...
Starting terminate Plymouth Boot Screen...`
In both cases, a hard reboot is required, since Ctrl-Alt-Del just starts another non-ending job. I’ve waited as much as 40’, jobs keep going.
I’ve burned the ISO 3-4 times, always with the same results. Manjaro 16.06.1 also hangs in the exact same way.
Output of inxi -F :
`System: Host: ******** Kernel: 3.19.0-30-generic x86_64 (64 bit) Desktop: Gnome Distro: Ubuntu 14.04 trusty
Machine: System: Dell product: Inspiron 7559 version: 1.1.3
Mobo: Dell model: 0H0CC0 version: A00 Bios: Dell version: 1.1.3 date: 11/05/2015
CPU: Quad core Intel Core i7-6700HQ CPU (-HT-MCP-) cache: 6144 KB flags: (lm nx sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 sse4_2 ssse3 vmx)
Clock Speeds: 1: 800.00 MHz 2: 900.00 MHz 3: 800.00 MHz 4: 2601.00 MHz 5: 800.00 MHz 6: 800.00 MHz 7: 800.00 MHz 8: 800.00 MHz
Graphics: Card: Intel Device 191b X.Org: 1.17.1 drivers: nvidia,intel Resolution: 1920x1080@60.0hz
GLX Renderer: GeForce GTX 960M/PCIe/SSE2 GLX Version: 4.5.0 NVIDIA 364.19
Audio: Card: Intel Device a170 driver: snd_hda_intel Sound: ALSA ver: k3.19.0-30-generic
Network: Card-1: Intel Device 3165 driver: iwlwifi
IF: wlan0 state: up speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: ***************** Card-2: Realtek RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller driver: r8169
IF: eth0 state: down mac: **********************
Drives: HDD Total Size: 1008.2GB (0.8% used) 1: id: /dev/sda model: ST1000LM014 size: 1000.2GB
2: USB id: /dev/sdb model: DT_101_II size: 8.0GB
Partition: ID: / size: 898G used: 7.5G (1%) fs: ext4 ID: swap-1 size: 16.91GB used: 0.00GB (0%) fs: swap
RAID: No RAID devices detected - /proc/mdstat and md_mod kernel raid module present
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 79.0C mobo: 55.0C gpu: 57C
Fan Speeds (in rpm): cpu: 44880 mobo: 37650
Info: Processes: 248 Uptime: 1 min Memory: 744.1/7857.3MB Client: Shell (bash) inxi: 1.9.17
`
---
### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 3:37pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/2 "2016-06-26T15:37:36Z")
You have a hybrid graphics system, the Intel card would be the default and the nvidia would be the secondary card.
Could you give the output of the following command?
```auto
lspi
```
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 3:44pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/3 "2016-06-26T15:44:14Z")
> [@AJSlye](#):
>
> You have a hybrid graphics system, the Intel card would be the default and the nvidia would be the secondary card.
> Could you give the output of the following command?
>
> ```auto
> lspi
> ```
Yes. I get:
`00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1910 (rev 07)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1901 (rev 07)
00:01.1 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device 1905 (rev 07)
00:02.0 VGA compatible controller: Intel Corporation Device 191b (rev 06)
00:04.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device 1903 (rev 07)
00:14.0 USB controller: Intel Corporation Device a12f (rev 31)
00:14.2 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device a131 (rev 31)
00:15.0 Signal processing controller: Intel Corporation Device a160 (rev 31)
00:16.0 Communication controller: Intel Corporation Device a13a (rev 31)
00:17.0 SATA controller: Intel Corporation Device a103 (rev 31)
00:1c.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a110 (rev f1)
00:1c.4 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a114 (rev f1)
00:1c.5 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a115 (rev f1)
00:1c.6 PCI bridge: Intel Corporation Device a116 (rev f1)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corporation Device a14e (rev 31)
00:1f.2 Memory controller: Intel Corporation Device a121 (rev 31)
00:1f.3 Audio device: Intel Corporation Device a170 (rev 31)
00:1f.4 SMBus: Intel Corporation Device a123 (rev 31)
02:00.0 3D controller: NVIDIA Corporation Device 139b (rev a2)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168/8411 PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 10)
05:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation Device 3165 (rev 79)
06:00.0 Unassigned class [ff00]: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. Device 522a (rev 01)
`
---
### Author:  [@justnext](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/justnext)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 4:02pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/4 "2016-06-26T16:02:38Z")
> [@Avonidas](#):
>
> …However, it always hangs at boot…
Try to boot disabling nouveau driver, thus forcing the system to use Intel video driver. Add the following parameter to the kernel’s boot line:
```auto
modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
```
Regards
---
### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 4:29pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/5 "2016-06-26T16:29:09Z")
I don’t think that the nouveau driver is the issue here.
I think the issue in this case is that the Intel chip is a Skylake GPU, these are known to cause random lockups with kernels prior to 4.6.
However, you should be able to get around this disabling hardware acceleration for the Intel chip. [https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel\_graphics#Skylake\_support](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#Skylake_support)
Just keep in mind that under Netrunner Rolling (Manjaro) the config file would be located under /etc/X11/mhwd.d/intel.conf and NOT /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf.
You could try adding nomodeset the the boot options of syslinux on the live media.
Another option would be to disable the Intel GPU in the bios (UEFI) completely, and use only the nvidia GPU.
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 4:36pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/6 "2016-06-26T16:36:06Z")
> [@AJSlye](#):
>
> I don’t think that the nouveau driver is the issue, I think the issue here is the Intel chip is a Skylake GPU in this case.
> However, you should be able to get around this disabling hardware acceleration for the Intel chip. [Intel graphics - ArchWiki](https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/intel_graphics#Skylake_support)
>
> Another option would be to disable the Intel GPU in the bios (UEFI) completely, and use only the nvidia GPU.
Would this be temporary, or would I have to permanently disable the Intel GPU to install Netrunner? This seems a bit drastic.
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 4:57pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/7 "2016-06-26T16:57:58Z")
Well, I have tried adding the following to the boot options (pressing ‘e’ at grub menu) :
```auto
modprobe.blacklist=nouveau
```
```auto
i915.enable_rc6=0
```
```auto
i915.preliminary_hw_support=1
```
None has worked. I also don’t see any options in UEFI setup about disabling Intel GPU.
Now what? :huh:
---
### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 5:00pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/8 "2016-06-26T17:00:15Z")
Yes and No, If you plan on keeping the 4.4 kernel on the installed system then yes, if not then you would use mhwd-kernel to install the 4.6 kernel series as these bugs were fixed in that kernel.
```auto
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux46
```
To remove the current (4.4 series) kernel in the same step:
```auto
sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux46 rmc
```
I would normally point you to the Manjaro wiki for this, but the security certificates are still not valid for the wiki.
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 5:03pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/9 "2016-06-26T17:03:42Z")
> [@AJSlye](#):
>
> Yes and No, If you plan on using keeping the 4.4 kernel on the installed system then yes, if not then you would use mhwd-kernel to install the 4.6 kernel series as these bugs were fixed in that kernel.
>
> ```auto
> sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux46
> ```
>
> To remove the 4.4 kernel series in the same step:
>
> ```auto
> sudo mhwd-kernel -i linux46 rmc
> ```
>
> I would normally point you to the Manjaro wiki but the security certificates are still not valid for the wiki.
For the time being, I need to find a way to at least boot into the live session, otherwise I cannot update anything.
---
### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 5:20pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/10 "2016-06-26T17:20:27Z")
Not all laptops have this option. but to disable the intel GPU in the bios it would say something like use discrete video only or something along those lines.
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 5:25pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/11 "2016-06-26T17:25:49Z")
> [@AJSlye](#):
>
> Not all laptops have this option. but to disable the intel GPU in the bios it would say something like use discrete video only or something along those lines.
I’ll check again, but IIRC, no such option in my case.
Any ideas for boot options?
---
### Author:  [@justnext](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/justnext)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 5:29pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/12 "2016-06-26T17:29:33Z")
> [@Avonidas](#):
>
> …
> For the time being, I need to find a way to at least boot into the live session, otherwise I cannot update anything.
If nothing else works, you might try three other, less elegant methods. Try to boot with:
[list]
[_]nomodoset parameter
[_]vga=789 or vga=895 parameter
[\*]removing the splash parameter from boot line (this will disable plymouth on boot)
[/list]Use only one option on each boot. Good luck
---
### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [June 26, 2016, 5:39pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/13 "2016-06-26T17:39:23Z")
Which Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series is this exactly?
From my research of the motherboard listed in your inxi output, it looks like a 7559, but I need to be sure.
You may need to disable kms for both chips.
```auto
nomodeset, drm.modeset=0, nouveau.modeset=0
```
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 9:04am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/14 "2016-06-27T09:04:25Z")
> [@AJSlye](#):
>
> Which Dell Inspiron 15 7000 series is this exactly?
> From my research of the motherboard listed in your inxi output, it looks like a 7559, but I need to be sure.
That’s right, it is a 7559.
I will try your instructions later today, and let you know if it worked.
What’s strange is that, from what I gather, Manjaro 16.06 should have worked – it runs a 4.4.x kernel. If everything else fails, I will even consider installing Arch.
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 11:09am UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/15 "2016-06-27T11:09:59Z")
Ok, I don’t seem to be having luck with any boot options.
The default boot options I see in UEFI boot are:
```auto
initrd=\EFI\miso\netrunner.img misobasedir=netrunner misolabel=NRRE2016 nouveau.modeset=1 1915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=1 logo.nologo overlay=free
```
There is no “splash” option to remove.
---
### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 2:48pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/16 "2016-06-27T14:48:10Z")
OK, the live media uses syslinx and not grub, so no splash would not exist.
On the second sysliux screen you can hit F3 to select no KMS.
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### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/17 "2016-06-27T14:58:42Z")
> [@AJSlye](#):
>
> OK, the live media uses syslinx and not grub, so no splash would not exist.
>
> On the second sysliux screen you can hit F3 to select no KMS.
OK, I did some futher testing with Arch-based distros.
I managed to boot into GUI with KaOS 2016.06, setting boot options
```auto
nouveau.modeset=0 i915.modeset=1 radeon.modeset=0
```
AFAIK, I was using the Intel Skylake GPU in that session. KaOS Live runs a 4.6.2 kernel, which means that if I wait, some future Netrunner Rolling snapshot might possibly support my machine.
---
### Author:  [@AJSlye](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/AJSlye)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 3:08pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/18 "2016-06-27T15:08:25Z")
You should be able to use the same boot options using the boot option line of our live media’s syslinux screen.
Please let me know if that works or not, as the issue could be mhwd itself.
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### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 3:28pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/19 "2016-06-27T15:28:41Z")
> [@AJSlye](#):
>
> OK, the live media uses syslinx and not grub, so no splash would not exist.
>
> On the second sysliux screen you can hit F3 to select no KMS.
I’m a bit confused, what second syslinux screen?
At UEFI boot, I can only press ‘e’ to select boot options, F3 doesn’t seem to do anything.
---
### Author:  [@Avonidas](https://support.blue-systems.com/u/Avonidas)
#### Post date: [June 27, 2016, 3:31pm UTC](https://support.blue-systems.com/t/netrunner-live-2016-1-hangs-at-boot-before-gui/4024/20 "2016-06-27T15:31:38Z")
In every case, I always get a “FAILED to start load kernel modules” during boot, which might indicate a MHWD bug.
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