On my Arch linux (x86-64) I use default login prompt (agetty + login), then after login X is automatically started by bash profile. After an update this weekend the login prompt from both agetty and login is not displayed. I triedputting --noreset --noissue to /etc/inittab:c1:2345:respawn:/sbin/agetty --noclear --noissue -8 -s 38400 tty1 linuxputting read to /etc/rc.localactually I put echo Press enter before read, but it is not displayed as welldisabling all modules and daemons in rc.confdisabling vga=... argument in /boot/grub/menu.lstbut nothing helped. Just after the processing UDev events messages are printed, something resets the screen and nothing is visible. Looking into /etc/rc.sysinit I found out that after udev, LOCALE is set and then systemd-vconsole-setup is called.When I insert my login and password (nothing visible), X starts normally. Ctrl+Alt+F1 works after X is started, not before.My graphic card is Intel X3100. I have intel-dri, xf86-video-i740, xf86-video-intel and lib32-intel-dri installed.
login prompt not displayed after boot
arch linux;boot;login
Your issue seems to be related to KMS. Try adding your video card module to your /etc/mkinitcpio.conf MODULES line and rebuilding your intitramfs.See the Arch Wiki Intel page for more details.