Re: Boot Problem

[Joe <joe@jretrading.com>]

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