Re: Pooched on upgrading to new stable
On Fri, 19 Jun 2015, Michael Bonert wrote:
> I decided to upgrade to the latest 'stable'.
>
> On reboot, I see gdm3 launch in the boot sequence which presumably starts
> X11. I then get a black screen. It is as if X11 loads -- but get stuck. It
> doesn't crash. I can't jump to a terminal.
You can use the single user mode (add single to the boot line in grub or
whatever you're using for the macbook) and check out what is going on in
/var/log/Xorg.0.log. Alternatively, you can try logging into the machine
remotely and viewing the same file.
That will give you more details about what precisely X is doing when it
fails. [Considering that this is a macbook, it wouldn't surprise me that
it was some driver or monitor related issue, as those machines don't get
tested very much by anyone.]
--
Don Armstrong http://www.donarmstrong.com
But if, after all, we are on the wrong track, what then? Only
disappointed human hopes, nothing more. And even if we perish, what
will it matter in the endless cycles of eternity?
-- Fridtjof Nansen _Farthest North_ p152
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