Baron composed on 2018-03-16 17:26 (UTC): > Felix Miata wrote: >> Instead of startx, try >> journalctl | grep failed >> and see if it reports what failed. > If I run this now, will I get anything useful ? If you're in a normal boot, try: journalctl -b -1 | grep failed instead. s/-1/-2/ if you want to look at the 2nd previous boot. Either presume Q4OS has persistent journaling enabled. Otherwise you'll get nothing useful. >> If Q4OS is a Plymouth user, you might try disabling it by adding to >> cmdline >> plymouth.enable=0 > I did see something about "plymouth" when the pages of lines were > flashing by. Plymouth for most users is nothing but bling, Windows emulation, covering up boot messages with a GUI screen. Plymouth is actually useful or even required for some configurations. I don't have it installed anywhere that allows it to be removed. -- "Wisdom is supreme; therefore get wisdom. Whatever else you get, get wisdom." Proverbs 4:7 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: trinity-users-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx For additional commands, e-mail: trinity-users-help@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Read list messages on the web archive: http://trinity-users.pearsoncomputing.net/ Please remember not to top-post: http://trinity.pearsoncomputing.net/mailing_lists/#top-posting