On Mon, 2016-09-19 at 17:01 -0400, Ric Moore wrote: > On 09/18/2016 09:42 PM, Frank McCormick wrote: > > > > On 18/09/16 07:57 PM, Ric Moore wrote: > > > > > > On 09/18/2016 06:00 PM, Kent West wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 3:28 PM, bell canada <bellcanadardp@gma > > > > il.com > > > > <mailto:bellcanada...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > > > > > > > hello i installed debian 8 and i cant get into my > > > > desktop..why plz > > > > help > > > > > > > > roberto > > > > 438 881 9269 <tel:438%20881%209269> > > > > all i get is ablack scren > > > > even recory mode doesnt help > > > > > > > > > > > > Do you get to a login prompt at all (graphical or text-based)? > > > > > > > > What happens if you press Ctrl-Alt-F2? > > > If the OP would do that, login as his user and enter "startx", I > > > bet a > > > donut that he gets to his desktop. Mine is STILL boroken that way > > > ...POS. synaptic isn't fixed yet. <sighs> Someone just shoot me. > > > Ric > > > > > > > > > > > > I'll shoot you if you promise to return the favor :) The whole > > Mate > > desktop is broken because of GTK 3.2whatever :) > > I promise. The only upside is that all those Ubuntu users will be > soon > crying like grandmothers. That is a sad way to think. <evil cackles> > Ric > > I can re-create this in some way although maybe not the same as the OP as not enough information is given.
Normally when installing a secondary system on the box here, it would format the swap space giving it a new UUID, I would get the prompt when starting up about not being able to load the swap space, wait 90 secs then boot without one and edit fstab to reflect the new UUID. However, when not using nouveau drivers (in my case Nvidias latest 361.45.18-2 kernel modules) if the wrong UUID is present you will be given a black screen and no possibility of using ctrl-alt-f1 > 7 only command that works is ctrl-alt-del. Also recovery mode dumps you to the exact same problem - plain black screen. Edit the fstab from another system and you are back to having a normal log-in.
