Here are my system specifications sometimes when i power off the system and when i turn it on i am facing this issue after crossing the splash screen instead of displaying desktop it shows a black screen with small blank cursor stuck on the screen it will be there until i forcefully shutdown the system by pressing power button in some cases it works after that it will boot normally if it doesn't work then i have to repeat the process i use androidx86 and Windows10 and MX Linux i have never faced this kind of issue when i was using previous MX Versions i couldn't find how to fix the problem. Can any one help me with this problem?
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How frequently does this problem happen? Has it every happened when you boot live? If it only happens on the installed system and not the live system then the problem could be associated with the plymouth splash screen.
It sounds like a problem with the graphics driver, maybe not a total system freeze. Instead of turning the machine off, you could press <Ctrl><Alt><F2>. That might get you to a console screen where you can log in on the command line. If you can do that then you will be able to shutdown properly with "sudo poweroff". You could also try to see if the problem is reported in the xorg log file with "less /var/log/Xorg.0.log". I'd suggest you try turning off plymouth (the splash screen) and see if that helps. You can do this with the command "sudo sysv-rc-conf plymouth off".
If it happens infrequently then you can do the investigation after you reboot into graphics mode. The previous log file should be at "/var/log/Xorg.0.log.old".
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asqwerth wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 6:06 am
Could it be the 4.19 kernel?
No i have edited the /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf file with different configuration now i will replace with this and i will see may be it is the problem.
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dolphin_oracle wrote: ↑Sat Jan 12, 2019 9:18 am
the splash screen is very easy to disable in mx-boot-options.
Thanks for the reply but the problem is not solved till now it happens frequently i need to force shutdown my pc and after trying one or two times it boots normally i couldn't understand why this problem is occurring may be because of windows 10 i didn't understand could anyone help me with this problem.
Hi there,
I'm experiencing the same issue running MX 18 on a USB flash drive on only one particular laptop, where it used to run fine.
Without any (known) change on the system it stucks all of a sudden. Screen is not really black but one can see the "shadow" of a very dark resemblance of the login screen.
I have to push the power button to shutdown, no alt+ctl+F2 works, no Fn+brightness_up/down is altering brightness.
On my desktop pc (with Linux installed) and another notebook (with Win7) it launches regularly.
Can anybody help me/us?
Edit- It seems to be related to graphic issues-> changing the splash theme in MX tools> boot options solved my issue!