On 12/04/17 13:38, Bill Shirley wrote:
If you're running rsyslog, try adding this to rsyslog.conf:
# All messages on last terminal
*.* /dev/tty12
Switch to tty12 (Ctrl+Alt+F2) to see all messages.
He seems to be saying he can't do "Ctrl+Alt+F2" as the system is
"unresponsive".
Bill
On 12/3/2017 8:18 PM, Ed Greshko wrote:
> On 12/04/17 09:01, Alex wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>>>> On Sun, Dec 3, 2017 at 4:53 PM, Ed Greshko <ed.greshko(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
>>>>> On 12/03/17 23:23, Alex wrote:
>>>>>> If I boot to multi-user first, then switch to graphical boot, it
works fine.
>>>>> Are you saying that after you get to multi-user mode you do something
like "init 5"
>>>>> to get t a GUI login or you use startx?
>>>> Is startx different from "systemctl isolate graphical.target"?
>>> Yes. With startx you don't start a display manager (gdm, sddm, or
whatever you've
>>> chosen). You won't have a login screen.
>> Sure, I just meant is it the same X server.
> Then I suppose you should have asked that question. :-)
>
> Yes.
>
>>>> I believe I've used both, but don't remember what I did last or
if
>>>> both of them produce the same results.
>>>>
>>>> (I'm new to Wayland but not Xorg or X11)
>>> It sounds as if you have a standard Workstation installation and as such gdm
will be
>>> the DM. And, it sounds as if gdm isn't starting.
>>>
>>> When you boot and get to the blank screen you should be able to get to a
Virtual
>>> Terminal (ctrl-alt-F2) and login to see what is going on.
>> Yes, that I know, and it does not work. The HDD light goes on
>> occasionally, but the system is unresponsive.
> OK. You'd not mentioned before now that you've tried getting to a Virtual
Terminal.
> A system booted to a blank screen can be viewed as unresponsive. So, there's a
bit
> of ambiguity in what you're writing.
>
> Maybe try removing rhgb and quiet from the boot params to see maybe see where the
> hangup is.
>
>
>
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