Re: installation catch 22

From	Kent West <westk@acu.edu>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: installation catch 22
Date	2021-11-22 16:10 +0100
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On Sat, Nov 20, 2021, 7:47 AM <jashebert@aol.com> wrote:

> I am able ro login in safe mode which has few commands and I am a new user
> so I don't know enough.
>

See reply below (so messages are read in order).


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Kent West <westk@acu.edu>
> To: debian-user@lists.debian.org <debian-user@lists.debian.org>
> Cc: jashebert@aol.com
> Sent: Fri, Nov 19, 2021 11:10 am
> Subject: Re: installation catch 22
>
>
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:36 AM <jashebert@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> The installation runs through to completion but the system does not boot
> up.
> I have tried several times with the same result.
>
> I am able to log in and look at the log file where it informs me that some
> firmware
> needs to be updated. (red warnings)  I have a CD with the firmware but how
> do I
> install it if the system will not boot?
>
>
> You say the system does not boot up, and yet then you say you're able to
> log in.
>
> Perhaps what you mean is that the system does not boot up into a graphical
> system, but that you are getting to a login prompt?
>
> If so, after logging in, what happens if you run "startx"?
>
> --
> Kent West                    <")))><
> Westing Peacefully - http://kentwest.blogspot.com
>

Hi jashebert!

I would encourage you to reply to the debian-user list as a whole, so that
others may be able to chime in.

When you say "safe mode", I assume you mean that you're choosing the "Safe
Mode" option from the first GRUB boot screen menu?

If you let the machine boot normally, do you get to a login prompt at all?
If so, is it on a text-only screen, or a graphical screen?

If so, what happens when you type in your username and password?

-- 
Kent

>

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installation catch 22 jashebert@aol.com - 2021-11-19 16:40 +0100
  Re: installation catch 22 Dan Ritter <dsr@randomstring.org> - 2021-11-19 17:20 +0100
  Re: installation catch 22 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2021-11-19 17:20 +0100
    Re: installation catch 22 Kent West <westk@acu.edu> - 2021-11-22 16:10 +0100

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