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@xxxxxxxxx> 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. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >> To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx -- Fedora Users List - The place to go to speculate endlessly
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