On Tue, 5 Dec 2023 11:05:15 -0500 "Stephen P. Molnar" <[email protected]> wrote:
> I have Bookworm installed on a 1TB SSD. When I attempted logging this > morning I failed! Rather than opening my XFCE desktop I was sent back > tot he login screen, over and over and ................. I got the > same result attempting to login as root. I have to assume that grub > has been > corrupted> > > As it happens I also have Bookworm installed on a second SSD on my > platform. I'm there sending this email > > I have Grub Customizer installed in both. I have also just downloaded > and burned debian-12-2-0-ams64. > > I am very nervous about messing with the OS. What might be my best > course of action to fix the problem (short of reinstalling)? > As Hans has said, this is a display issue, long after grub has finished, if you're seeing a login prompt. Almost always, that means your X session is not starting. Something you could try first is to look at /var/log/Xorg.0.log as there may be a clue there to the problem. -- Joe
