In my experience, it’s of unheard of for Sid to break from time to time. I’d imagine updating in a day or a few might fix it.
On Thu, Dec 1, 2022 at 8:00 PM Michael Thompson <kneedragon1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Dear Debian ~ > > Please forgive my neglecting to use the correct format for a bug report, > but ~ let me explain. > I am a 60 year old home Linux tinkerer, a Linux geek. I run Mint + Mate as > my host and virtualbox, with a dozen guests. One guest is Debian sid. > I just ran sudo apt update; sudo apt full-upgrade and got a black screen. > I tried booting into fallback / recovery, and I got told the X-server had > not started. > Tried the old kernel, same deal. > Small frustration ~ re-install. > Chose the aarnet.edu.au mirror (I am in Brisbane) and booted, login as > root, adduser mike sudo. > Edit sources. Change the two lines that mention bullseye to read sid - > delete everything else. > Reboot. > Black screen. > Try the fallback - black screen. > Try the recovery, ask for startx - same msg. > I THINK your problem lays with the latest revision of the Xserver. > If you would like a screenshot of the output in the tty when X wouldn't > start, I have a screenshot I can send you. Reply to this email. > I hope you find this helpful. Mike > kneedragon1...@gmail.com >
