If you’re installing linux on a Asus UX31A laptop, and intend on using the 3.10 or 3.11 kernel, you may want to take a look at this before trying to fight with X.
If you reboot and nothing shows up after grub, there is an issue with modeset, Linux 3.10/11 kernel, and the i915 driver. To get the laptop to boot in a non-X and non-modeset mode, append “nomodeset” to the kernel arguments via Grub.
These guys have seem to have fixed the issue directly on the kernel. [Note: You must have make, gcc, and patch installed to get the package]
Additionally the guys from Fedora found that you can fix the issue by enabling CSM and disabling secure boot.
https://ask.fedoraproject.org/question/29186/black-screen-after-upgrade-to-kernel-310/
Also, if you’re having issues wtih NetworkManager not connecting, it may be due to dhcpcd running in the background.