On Fri, 01 May 2020 14:03:10 -0700, Samuel Sieb wrote: > On 5/1/20 1:16 PM, Beartooth wrote: >> Since the upgrade reboot, when I KVM to the Thinkpad, I see blank >> flashing panels on each monitor. There is no terminal emulator >> anywhere. >> I've tried a couple times to reboot it to rescue mode, but it ignores >> that. > > What graphics device do you have? Besides the Thpd's own monitor, I was connecting it through a TESmart 4-port HDMI KVM switch to my main monitor, an old 23" Dell flat panel whose model if any must be well-hidden. >> I can get to the line at the beginning of the boot process which >> is supposed to make it boot into rescue mode, but that has no effect. > > There is no "rescue mode" in the boot menu. That entry is for an initrd > that has all the kernel drivers, not just the ones for that specific > machine. For a real rescue mode, you need to use one of the net install > iso images. > > One option is to add "3" at the end of the kernel command line and if > that doesn't work, then try "single". The first one should get a full > running system with not graphics and the second one should be a minimal > boot. Either way, you should be able to access the previous logs and > find out what's happening. Adding 3 worked, whereupon, dammitall, I forgot to look for logs, and of course messed up some more. [....] >> Do I just call it a total loss and install F 32 from a freshly >> downloaded iso on a thumb drive? > > Those are related. You can put a Fedora live image on a thumb drive and > boot it and if necessary do the re-install from it as well. I'll go find a thumb drive -- with apologies for my clumsiness. Thank you! -- Beartooth Staffwright, Not Quite Clueless Power User Remember I know little (precious little!) of where up is. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
