Advice Please: Trisquel Suddenly Booting To Blank Blue Screen.

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Zem Mattress
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Hello all.
GNU/Linux and Trisquel Neophyte here. I have Trisquel Mini running alongside LMD Mate, on an old Dell Inspiron 1520.

Just recently I booted up Trisquel - which has been running without a hitch - and the login screen is now appearing a flat blue screen with the User, Desktop:, and Language: input fields, ( as well as the date in the upper right corner, and Quit button in the lower right. )

I input the username and password, and it loads to a black screen, with a cursor but no control over cursor.

Any thoughts on what is happening?

I'm guessing something got corrupted and I need to reinstall.

But I wondered if it was something I could fix by using the install disk?

Thanks for any advice.

- Zem

Zem Mattress
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And it is not 7.0, but the previous edition. I was going to upgrade that day, but then this happened.

Legimet
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Do the TTYs work?

Zem Mattress
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Can TTY be accessed before user access? Login doesn't produce anything but the black screen.

So: not that I can tell. (But again, neophyte).

Legimet
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Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 and see if you get a tty login prompt.

Zem Mattress
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That worked: I did get to the login prompt, thank you.

What is next ?

Magic Banana

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You enter your login, your password, and upgrade your distribution by executing:
$ sudo do-release-upgrade

Zem Mattress
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Magic B,

Yes, I did see the option to upgrade. However:

In this case I'm not trying to upgrade, but simply return to normal for the version I had.

I'm not on Trisquel 7, but the previous edition. Sorry if I did not include that info.

I would ideally like to know what is happening to my current system.

(Plus, as a new user it might be better for me not to move to Trisquel 7 right now, and wait until the bugs are fixed? Unless this is result of needing to "update" to the Trisquel 7, which sounds weird. )

Thanks,

Zem

Magic Banana

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Since you wanted to upgrade and since Trisquel Mini 7 uses a different display manager (LightDM instead of LXDM), the distribution upgrade may solve your problem. That is why I was suggesting it.

davidnotcoulthard (not verified)
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Try apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade .

quantumgravity
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I would advice trying

sudo startx

And see what happens.

Zem Mattress
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Thanks all for the advice.

I tried all advice above, from Banana, David, and Quantum, but no effect.

I suppose I need to reinstall?

- Zem

Zem Mattress
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Thanks to all who helped.

I ended up just reinstalling, and updating. No problems now.

- Zem