On 2015-07-02 13:56, Chris Murphy wrote:
On Thu, Jul 2, 2015 at 11:41 AM, Matthew Woehlke wrote:
> I recently installed F22 (KDE spin) from scratch on a new Dell M6800.
> The Live CD seems to run okay, but when I try to boot the installed OS,
> it freezes when I try to log in. The machine is effectively unusable as
> a result.
Is it actual frozen?
The login *process chain* is frozen. On a "good day" (although I don't
think this has been the case since the originally-installed kernel) I
can switch to a different TTY and futilely try again.
Or you just can't see anything on the display?
The display is unchanged; I still see the login dialog / prompt /
whatever was on screen previously. (Although with updated kernels, TTY
switching results in an unrecoverable black screen.)
Can you ssh into it?
Ah... no?
> This affects login regardless of the method: graphical, tty,
*SSH* [...]
(emphasis added)
That is, ssh connects, but the login never completes and I never get to
a shell. I get "Last login: [...]", and then nothing; it's stuck at that
point. (And if I kill ssh and try again, I can still connect, so indeed,
the kernel is still alive.)
(In my various attempts to make things better in emergency mode - the
only way I've been able to get a usable shell - I was able to enable
sshd and coax the network into coming up on boot.)
Try booting with boot parameter nomodeset. Does that change anything?
Hmm... Yes. Seems to work okay with nomodeset. But why does that break
*ssh*? (And where - that is, against what - do I file a bug report?)
--
Matthew