Bug#954081: debian-live-10.3.0-amd64-gnome.iso fails to load desktop on Acer A515-43-R19L laptop
Let me guess, your CPU and Graphics are AMD?
The only Debian based distro that I could get to work with modern AMD
graphics is MX19, Ubuntu 20.04 MATE works but back when I was removing
W10 Ubuntu 20.04 had just entered development status.
Give MX19 a try and if it works for you you will also have the added
benefit of a choice between Sysvinit and SystemD at boot time,
something no other currently available distro offers.
On 18/03/2020, jnqnfe@gmail.com <jnqnfe@gmail.com> wrote:
> Just throwing a couple of thoughts your way in case it helps at all.
>
> Ending up with a blank screen with a blinking cursor in the top left
> instead of the graphical login suggests that the graphical environment
> could not load for some reason. I have experienced this myself a couple
> of times using Debian's unstable channel after a major partial upgrade
> to a new version of Gnome. I also happen to have experienced it today
> when I returned to my computer only to find that a download had used up
> all of my remaining free disk space and things were not happy.
>
> Note that you can use CTRL+ALT+<F-keys> to switch to a different
> console interface and thus login in in text based mode. (The default
> graphical environment is assigned to one of the F1-12 keys, just try
> different F1-12 keys with CTRL+ALT until you get a text console).
>
> Since other distro live discs are working, but not the current Debian
> discs, have you tried an older Debian disc? Perhaps the particular
> package versions in the latest discs have a bug, just like I've
> experienced with the updated Gnome situation just mentioned, and the CD
> release team did not notice or it only occurs in certain situations.
>
> Note that you can build your own custom live disc with Debian's live-
> build tool, though of course if you're having trouble getting Debian
> installed in the first place ...
>
> On Mon, 2020-03-16 at 11:13 -0700, Lou Poppler wrote:
>> This is possibly a "non-free" firmware problem. I suggest you try
>> with one of
>> the "unofficial" "non-free" live images or installer images.
>>
>> https://cdimage.debian.org/cdimage/unofficial/non-free/cd-including-firmware/
>>
>> On Mon, 2020-03-16 at 09:25 -0400, Mike Haag wrote:
>> > Package: debian-live
>> > Severity: important
>> >
>> > I first updated the BIOS using the supplied Windows 10, then
>> > replaced the
>> > supplied 128GB SSD with a new 500GB SSD.
>> >
>> > Verified the iso file with SHA512, and tried running as both DVD
>> > and USB thumb
>> > drive:
>> >
>> > Grub starts as expected.
>> >
>> > 1. Attempted to start the live desktop environment from the first
>> > Grub menu
>> > item, "Debian GNU/Linux Live (kernel 4.19.0-8-amd64)".
>> > 2. Multiple status messages are displayed. Then, a Debian splash
>> > screen is
>> > briefly displayed, followed immediately by a blank screen with a
>> > blinking
>> > cursor, and the system freezes.
>> > 3. Ctrl-Alt-Del will reboot the laptop into the Grub menu.
>> >
>> > The graphical installer (third Grub menu item) runs, and appears to
>> > complete
>> > successfully. But, the installed system exhibits the same problem:
>> > Multiple
>> > startup messages, and the system freezes before the desktop
>> > environment starts,
>> > just displaying a blank screen and blinking cursor.
>> >
>> > For what it's worth, I also tried several other Debian-based and
>> > RPM
>> > distributions. Could only get a working system with the RPMs:
>> >
>> > 1. Debian: The following produce the same results as above.
>> >
>> > debian-live-10.3.0-amd64-gnome+nonfree.iso
>> > debian-live-testing-amd64-gnome.iso
>> > debian-10.3.0-amd64-netinst.iso
>> >
>> > 2. Ubuntu 19.10 and LinuxMint 19.3: The live distributions work as
>> > expected. Installed systems begin to boot but then both fail
>> > with
>> > unspecified watchdog soft lock errors before their respective
>> > desktop
>> > environments start.
>> >
>> > 3. Fedora 31: Live runs as expected. Installed system boots and
>> > runs as
>> > expected.
>> >
>> > 4. OpenSUSE Leap 15.1: Live runs as expected. Installed system
>> > boots and runs
>> > as expected.
>> >
>> > The only recommendation I could find using the Acer user forum and
>> > other
>> > internet searches, was to try editing the Grub menu line to
>> > "nomodeset", but
>> > that doesn't work. There was also some theorizing that the kernel
>> > needed to be
>> > updated to 5.0, but openSUSE 15.1 is kernel 4.12, and that is
>> > working.
>> >
>> > Looking for advice and suggestions: I do not know how to proceed
>> > with further
>> > trouble-shooting.
>> >
>> > Thanks, Mike
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > -- System Information:
>> > Debian Release: 10.3
>> > APT prefers stable-updates
>> > APT policy: (500, 'stable-updates'), (500, 'stable')
>> > Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
>> >
>> > Kernel: Linux 4.19.0-8-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores)
>> > Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8),
>> > LANGUAGE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
>> > Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
>> > Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
>> > LSM: AppArmor: enabled
>> >
>
>
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