Re: please help! debian won't boot
On 13-12-2017, at 23h 02'29", Jason Brenkus wrote about "Re: please help! debian won't boot"
> By cursor what I mean is a flashing underscore line. I tried reinstalling
> grub2 using super grub. At first I didn't think anything happened, but now
> I'm getting more then a blinking cursor. The screen now says #floppy0: no
> floppy controllers found
> # r8169 0000:03:00.0 eth0: link up
> # Ipv6: ADDCONF(NETDEV_CHANGE): eth0: link becomes ready.
>
> I tried to record the script that show before this screen and it looks like
> there is a lot loading, but I saw one place in the script that had a red
> FAILED and it looks like it says #failed to start load kernel modules
> It would probably be easier to reinstall, but I'm trying to learn linux.
> Any more suggestions?
>
Not more that what already was discussed. It looks like your Debian
boots fine. Try to access a console with Ctrl-Alt-Fn, where n=2-6, or
with Shift-Fn, if Ctrl-Alt-Fn doesn't work. Then login at the console
and check the logs.
If you have another computer you can try to ping or even ssh into this
Debian box. You can check your router and try to identify from the
dhcp clients list which one can be your Debian box.
If you have no other computers and you can't get into any console, try
to boot with a live disk, mount the harddrive and check the logs for
clues on what went wrong.
My best guess at the moment is that your kdm/gdm/xdm and X11 cannot
start due to a faulty xorg.conf file. All those messages that
disappeared are still there. You can get back to it with Ctrl-Alt-F1
or Shift-F1.
Ionel
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