Is there a blank screen with blinking cursor in Debian?

Is there a blank screen with blinking cursor in Debian?

I have installed Debian (debian-9.0.0-i386-xfce-CD-1.iso) with xfce and “Debian desktop environment” on thin client with ide hdd connected. Installation was completed successfully but when I rebooted only blank screen with blinking cursor appeared after GRUB screen.

Why does Debian freeze when starting GNOME Display Manager?

The booting process freezes on [OK] Started GNOME Display Manager. That is when I googled the problem and I have found these posts which somewhat describe comparable problems. Now, to the best of my ability and after reading the suggested answers on these posts, I tried to uninstall GNOME then selected lightdm as the default desktop environment.

How to boot stuck at GNOME Display Manager?

I’ve outlined the steps to get gdm3 + Gnome working on my Buster install here: https://www.reddit.com/r/debian/comments/e7pxfu/boot_stuck_at_gnome_display_manager/ . It involved booting into Recovery Mode and adding a kernel parameter to /etc/default/grub file.

Why is my Konsole stuck in Debian 10?

I just installed last version of Debian and trying to boot into debian until it reaches “started Gnome Display Manager” where the Konsole gets stuck and the screen is going black every few seconds. I would like for some help, thanks. Location: Finland.

Why does Debian boot to a blank screen?

I was scared because I bricked an old laptop way back due to something with Grub when trying to install Arch. If you’re paranoid about this sort of thing, then you can get a small USB thumbdrive and install GRUB onto that (perhaps even with /boot on it).

How to install Debian on a USB thumbdrive?

Just use the standard netinst installer to do a standard install onto a USB thumbdrive. Or, if you do use the Debian Live CDs, expect to be a guinea pig.

How to run a manual fsck on Debian?

I did not have have a Live USB at hand, so isntead I booted in Linux 4.19.0-12-amd64 x86_64 (rescue mode) and provided the root password for maintenance. I then ran a manual fsck on all the listed disks, also on /dev/mapper/debian–vg-root and /dev/mapper/debian–vg-home, all of which came back clean.

How to get rid of static cursor in Debian?

Try to break the problem in half first, rather than to try this, and try that. See which part of it is working, and which part is not. Divide in half, then divide the broken part in half, and over and over till you find it.

Why does my computer screen go black when I start Debian?

But, with that pc a problem arise. When starting Debian, a black screen with a static cursor appears, and seems there’s nothing to do to skip this. What could I do to prevent this problem?

What’s the best way to debug Debian Linux?

Another thing is to carefully think thru the order of boot steps (as better described elsewhere), and to try to determine where exactly it is stopping, i.e. divide and conquer is a much faster debugging method than try one thing at a time. I can’t emphasize this enough.

How to stop the cursor from blinking in Emacs?

In Emacs, M-x blink-cursor-mode toggles the cursor’s blinking. Put (blink-cursor-mode 0) in your ~/.emacs to turn it off. This is a global setting and does not apply in a text terminal. See also Juri Linkov (Jurta)’s No Blinking page for how to turn off blinking in Lesstif, Tk, Gtk (Gnome), Qt (KDE), Firefox, and more.

Is there a way to stop the cursor from blinking?

Some terminals and other applications give you more options: The xterm cursor blinks if the cursorBlink resource is set to true or the -bc option is passed on the command line. The blink rate is customizable through the cursorOnTime and cursorOffTime resources.

Why does the cursor Blink on the xterm?

The xterm cursor blinks if the cursorBlink resource is set to true or the -bc option is passed on the command line. The blink rate is customizable through the cursorOnTime and cursorOffTime resources. Some other GUI terminal emulators can blink the cursor; check their configuration dialog box.