-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 2017-07-23 19:08, Felix Miata wrote: > Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 18:25 (UTC-0400): > >> Felix Miata wrote: > >>> Ken Heard composed on 2017-07-23 12:21 (UTC-0400): > >>>> Ctrl-alt-F1 shows the blank screen which appears at the end >>>> of the boot. I think the problem is that what appears on >>>> opening tty2 to tty5 should appear in tty1 but for some >>>> reason does not -- instead the blank screen. > >>> /etc/systemd/system/getty.target.wants/getty@tty1.service >>> probably says > >>> TTYVTDisallocate=yes > >>> Changing to > >>> TTYVTDisallocate=no > >>> should on subsequent boots leave init messages on tty1, but >>> plymouth may need to be purged for that to happen. > >> I tried that, but after I entered my /home password the boot >> continued and then stopped. After waiting fifteen minutes or so >> I concluded that the machine hanged. > > All my installations have that set to no, so it's very surprising > to me that this could happen. > >> I tried using the recovery mode from GRUB, but that hahged the >> machine as well. I then tried rescue mode from the installation >> disk. If it is possible to use that to put the Yes back, I could >> not figure it out. > >> What do I do now? > > If you had made a copy before your edit it would be a simple matter > to rename it. :-( > > That said, that file is a plain text file. Any editor available in > rescue mode can put it back once the Stretch / partition is > mounted. Try nano first, which for most people is much more > intuitive than traditional Linux editors like vi. > > Something to try first: append plymouth.enable=0 to the kernel > cmdline for an otherwise normal boot. Also try appending a 3, which > should block startup of the GUI login manager, but also should make > normal ttys 1-6 available. > All your suggestions require that I be able to boot the computer and log on as root from a tty, but as already explained I cannot do that. For rescue mode I need access to the original /etc directory. I looked for a way to do that but could not find one.
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