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Re: Boot Problem

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On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 11:05:15 -0500
"Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

> I have Bookworm installed on a 1TB SSD. When I attempted logging this 
> morning I failed! Rather than opening my XFCE desktop I was sent back 
> tot he login screen, over and over and ................. I got the
> same result attempting to login as root. I have to assume that grub
> has been 
> corrupted>  
> 
> As it happens I also have Bookworm installed on a second SSD on my 
> platform. I'm there sending this email
> 
> I have Grub Customizer installed in both. I have also just downloaded 
> and burned debian-12-2-0-ams64.
> 
> I am very nervous about messing with the OS. What might be my best 
> course of action to fix the problem (short of reinstalling)?
>

As Hans has said, this is a display issue, long after grub has
finished, if you're seeing a login prompt. Almost always, that means
your X session is not starting.

Something you could try first is to look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log as
there may be a clue there to the problem.

-- 
Joe

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Boot Problem "Stephen P. Molnar" <s.molnar@sbcglobal.net> - 2023-12-05 17:10 +0100
  Re: Boot Problem Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2023-12-05 17:30 +0100
  Re: Boot Problem Joe <joe@jretrading.com> - 2023-12-05 18:10 +0100
  Re: Boot Problem Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2023-12-05 18:50 +0100
    Re: Boot Problem Tom Furie <tom@furie.org.uk> - 2023-12-05 19:10 +0100
      Re: Boot Problem "Alexander V. Makartsev" <avbetev@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 20:30 +0100
      Re: Boot Problem Felix Miata <mrmazda@earthlink.net> - 2023-12-05 23:20 +0100
    Re: Boot Problem Hans <hans.ullrich@loop.de> - 2023-12-05 20:30 +0100
  Re: Boot Problem David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2023-12-05 21:50 +0100
    Re: Boot Problem Cindy Sue Causey <butterflybytes@gmail.com> - 2023-12-05 23:10 +0100
  Re: Boot Problem Michael Kjörling <2695bd53d63c@ewoof.net> - 2023-12-05 22:30 +0100

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