Hi, I have run a number of Linux Distros, but this is a new one on me.
The laptop is a HP tc4400 Core2Duo, 4Gb ram, 128 Gb SSD. I installed Sparky on the whole disk, no other OS on there. Installation of Sparky 64 bit LXDE seemed to go fine but when I boot it hangs with a totally blank screen, or a blank screen with a single line "_" top left. At first I thought is was just failing boot up, but if I leave it alone, after about 5 minutes (timed it, not exaggerating) the Sparky OS comes up and seems OK. I have done all the updates, system is up to date.
It is not just that the boot time is annoying, but obviously something is wrong and I want to fix it. Not sure where to start, suggestions?
Chris
Wow, 5 minutes.
First - while you are waiting - can you get into a virtual terminal i.e. Ctl-Alt-F1 ## log in as root.
man journalctl
man systemd-analyze
type systemd-analyze blame
type sudo journalctl -b -0 ## to examine present boot
sudo journalctl -b -1 ## to examine previous boot.
sudo journalctl -b -1 | grep ailed ## shows Failed and failed
sudo journalctl -b -1 | grep error
I had a glitch in Debian stable possibly with new dnsmask ( spelling?) security updates and it hosed my wireless on shutdown last night.
Lurk in #debian-next
sparky wiki has instruction on "dpkg --configure -a" steps