On 12/6/2019 10:25 PM, D. R. Evans wrote: > Felix Miata wrote on 12/6/19 11:22 AM: >> D. R. Evans composed on 2019-12-06 11:11 (UTC-0700): >> >>> I have a buster system that is failing ever to reach a login prompt on the >>> console tty. >> >>> The last message on the screen is: >>> A start job is running for Hold until boot process finished up >>> followed by a timer that simply increases without end and says "no limit". >> >>> How do I find out what is causing this? >> >> After the last message appears, can you reach any of the other 5 vttys to >> find >> waiting logins? Right away? Only after some delay of many seconds, or more >> than a >> minute? >> > > Nope, all just black. > > But I could log in via ssh, and started backing out recent changes (I'm not > sure how long the problem had existed, as I don't normally look at the console > screen once X has started). > > One of the changes was to switch to the Trinity desktop manager, and when I > reverted to using sddm, the problem went away. > > I don't like sddm, but at least it allows the machine to reach a login screen, > so I'll forget about trying to use tdm on that machine, and assume that the > problem won't recur. >
Given that you have access to the logs, that's your best clue to understand what's going on. -- John Doe