OK so I did the startx and the first time got nothing and the machine
froze. So to make sure that my disks were not missing anything I
downloaded a new set and re-burned them. I did the startx and this time
I got a page full of blue with ( across the page. I had to use an
adapter from DVI to hdmi since this machine only has HDMI slots and no
place else for DVI or VGA. I checked the adapter and it was different
from the female plug which were 8 holes each of three rows but the
adapter had 3 two spaces and 3 prongs in three matching rows. I wonder
if that could be the problem?
On 08/10/2016 03:44 AM, Pascal Hambourg wrote:
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Le 10/08/2016 à 01:03, Maureen L Thomas a écrit :
When I boot in rescue mode it asks for the admin password or Ctrl D.
Good. You must type the root password to start a shell. Then what
happens if you run 'startx' in the shell ? It should launch a graphic
environment. If it does not hang with a blinking cursor again, then
the issue could be with the desktop manager.
but after it reboots from that it still stops at the blinking - in the
upper left hand corner. It goes no where from there and none of the
keys work so I have to hit ctrl-alt-del to reboot it.
Can't you switch back to a text console with Ctrl+Alt+F2 ?
I also have checked the net and no one seems to have an option for what
to do.
If it is a graphic issue, you may want to try to add "nomodeset" to
the kernel command line in the boot menu.
