On Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 2:36 PM George N. White III <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 8, 2025 at 9:23 AM Terry Hurlbut <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Nov 8, 2025, 8:19 AM Terry Hurlbut <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Thu, Nov 6, 2025, 4:20 PM Samuel Sieb <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>> On 11/6/25 12:45 PM, Terry Hurlbut wrote: > >>> [...] > >>> > >>> Edit the grub entry to remove "quiet rhgb", then see what the last > >>> messages are when it gets stuck. > >>> [...] > >>> > >>> > >>> Finally I got a chance to try to boot the machine with a non-quiet > rhgb setting. The machine makes > >>> t to a line beginning with "started livesys". Then the screen bkanks > out except for the blinking, then > >>> steady underscore I mentioned at first. Another attempt let's me > remember more: "started livesys-late > >>> service." Then the blank-out. > > > > > > I can get to a command-line prompt that reads like "grub>". But I don't > know where to go from there. > > > > Enter "help" to get a list of commands, but from your description, it > seems that grub2 is working -- the > problem is getting graphics to work. Messing with grub is likely to > create new problems. > > Do you have a way to get a text console, boot the Live USB Installer, > or use ssh from another system. > Any of those should let you view the journal entries from a boot that > failed to reach graphics mode. > You may need to read up on journalctl -- it collects massive amounts > of data so you need to isolate > entries relevant to your problem. > > -- > George N. White III > -- I don't have a live USB installer. If I wanted to create one, could I do it on a public computer, like one at my local library, and how big a USB stick or "thumb drive" would I need to buy? And could I use that to install a new system, like a KDE install of F43? My data is on another SSD drive mounted as /crypt, so I could do a new install without losing data. Recreating my applications might take time, but I'm sure I could do that. The other options you named, I don't think I can do. I do have another desktop on my home network, and it's a Windows box. But I suspect just installing F43 in KDE would be the simplest option. > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > Fedora Code of Conduct: > https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ > List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines > List Archives: > https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected] > Do not reply to spam, report it: > https://pagure.io/fedora-infrastructure/new_issue > >
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