• cevn@lemmy.world
      2·
      7 months ago

      Every time I have seen a funky black screen with text against my will Nvidia was involved.

  • Naz@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    7 months ago

    It’s good to see that the same problems from Knoppix in 1998 still persist into 2024.

    It’s become my standard procedure to do a full backup before a major version upgrade of Linux nowadays as a result

    Xserver has failed to start.

  • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
    1·
    7 months ago

    Are you running a proprietary video driver? It might be worthwhile to disable it in case it became incompatible perhaps after a kernel upgrade.

    Did you perform a graphical login prior?

      • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
        1·
        7 months ago

        First, you might try booting an older kernel to see if that runs for you. Your bootloader such as grub might help you pick an old one.

        The older kernels are actually combinations of kernel + initial ramdisk that contains the version of your graphics drivers that were being used at that time. It could be a way to test the hypothesis.

          • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
            1·
            7 months ago

            Hmm, interesting. That tells us that it’s not actually a problem with your graphics driver or kernel version, and given that it was working on this version before, I would think some aspect of Xorg configuration, your graphics hardware has an issue, or your installation in general has been corrupted when it tried to upgrade.

            You might try to detect corruption by using a tool like debsums to check for any obviously corrupted files.

            What’s the state of your debian packages I wonder… does something like apt-get update or apt-get check highlight any problems with the state of installed packages that could point to a failed upgrade?

    • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      7 months ago

      Yeah. Why would anyone expect one of the most popular video cards in the world to work in Linux. Those idiots.

      Just to be clear. I understand why a proprietary card may not work. It isn’t Linux’s responsibility to make it work. However, what isn’t acceptable is for the automated update system of an OS to break a working system. Proprietary driver or not. The update system should have thrown up some very strong warnings that proceeding would break the system.

      • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
        11·
        7 months ago

        isn’t acceptable

        Have you contacted whoever you pay for your support contract?

        • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
          11·
          7 months ago

          As long as you keep relying on this cliche excuse, Linux is never going to be treated as a serious desktop operating system.

          Distros are trying to create usable, friendly systems. They failed at that if their distros are this fragile. That’s what “unacceptable” means in this context. You can’t just throw your middle finger up in the air at the user when their system fails by saying “you didn’t pay for it” and scurry off giggling. Yet Linux advocates keep pushing Linux on inexperienced users, saying that it’s the solution to everything; that it’s so easy their grandma uses it.

          I don’t use Linux as anything more than a toy for this very reason. I’ll start taking it seriously when its advocates do.

          • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
            1·
            7 months ago

            Linux is never going to be treated as a serious desktop operating system

            Oh noes!

            You can’t just throw your middle finger up in the air at the user when their system fails by saying “you didn’t pay for it” and scurry off giggling.

            I disagree.

            saying that it’s the solution to everything

            LOL

            • BradleyUffner@lemmy.worldEnglish
              11·
              7 months ago

              … And your reply shows exactly why no one should take anything you say seriously. You’re just trolling.

              • rah@feddit.ukEnglish
                1·
                7 months ago

                You’re just trolling.

                Don’t confuse laughing at you for trolling, they’re not the same thing.

  • db2@lemmy.world
    01·
    7 months ago

    wtf.png

    Looks like it wants to remove the cause but not the symptom.