Re: Blank screen on tty (console) (revised)

From	Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net>
Newsgroups	linux.debian.user
Subject	Re: Blank screen on tty (console) (revised)
Date	2016-04-02 05:50 +0200
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Himanshu Shekhar composed on 2016-04-01 22:00 (UTC+0530):

> I am unable to use virtual console. Tried all combinations of cTRL+alt+f- .
> Only X works fine. Rest all screens show an underscore (cursor) which
> doesn't blink. I can't even login.

Even if you wait 30 seconds or a minute or more?

> Googling lead to a solution which said to change resolution in grub
> configuration and enable grub terminal. It worked for a few days, but
> doesn't work from last night.

> Debian Stretch with KDE plasma 5
> Linux image 4.4 (whatever is the latest one on testing)
> Grub EFI.

At the Grub menu, try removing both splash=silent & quiet from the kernel 
cmdline, then report back.

(originally and inexplicably without noticing I wrote verbose where it should 
have been quiet)
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Blank screen on tty (console) Himanshu Shekhar <irm2015006@iiita.ac.in> - 2016-04-01 18:40 +0200
  Re: Blank screen on tty (console) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-01 19:40 +0200
    OT: GRUB kernel options (Was: Blank screen on tty (console)) Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-02 05:40 +0200
  Re: Blank screen on tty (console) (revised) Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2016-04-02 05:50 +0200
    Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-04-02 19:50 +0200
      Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-02 21:20 +0200
        Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-04-02 22:50 +0200
          Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-03 00:50 +0200
          Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-04 21:20 +0200
            Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-04-04 23:00 +0200
              Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Lisi Reisz <lisi.reisz@gmail.com> - 2016-04-05 02:30 +0200
              Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-05 12:00 +0200
                Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2016-04-05 13:30 +0200
                Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-06 15:50 +0200
                Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Alan McConnell <alan@his.com> - 2016-04-05 16:00 +0200
      Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-04-03 10:20 +0200
        Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-03 11:00 +0200
          Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Floris <jkfloris@dds.nl> - 2016-04-03 11:10 +0200
            Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Brian <ad44@cityscape.co.uk> - 2016-04-03 12:30 +0200
          Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-04-03 21:30 +0200
            Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Mark Fletcher <mark27q1@gmail.com> - 2016-04-04 04:30 +0200
              Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2016-04-04 06:00 +0200
              Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question John Hasler <jhasler@newsguy.com> - 2016-04-04 06:00 +0200
              Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2016-04-04 07:40 +0200
              Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2016-04-04 09:20 +0200
          Re: Modified Rapture<g>, and a new question Adam Wilson <moxalt@riseup.net> - 2016-04-04 17:20 +0200

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