Hi Peter,
I've had problems in the past with something, IIRC a hard drive not
responding properly and the PC ended up waiting for ages before it would
continue and, of course, it does that during the boot-up process. Might
have been USB not HDF ... can't now remember for sure.
If you have a splash screen hiding the bootup log, , it may be worth
getting rid of it whilst trouble-shooting as the log will likely stall
at the relevant device or system. /var/log/ probably has the text but
doesn't easily show the stall.
If that gives a clue, but not enough, try removing devices to see if you
can isolate the specific device or devices that are responsible.
Trying to remember back to my specific problem, I may have found a
conflict between two devices.
As it's at startup, it's unlikely to be something like tired heat-sink
compound or clogged heatsink, as those take time to happen, but those
are also common roots for sporadic/random hangups.
Gordon.
On 11/04/2025 21:25, Peter Alefounder via Hampshire wrote:
Petyr B said:
Sounds like your card is on the way out to me
Could be, but how does it know when to cut out? On startup, everything
is normal until the login screen should appear.
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