Black screen after an update

ernesto

Hello,

I use XFCE. After the latest update and a restart, I was faced with a black screen. I tried several times, but the result remained the same. A solution was suggested to me (At system startup, press the Space key several times to bring up the Boot Menu. On the highlighted kernel, press e and remove splash and quiet, then press Enter. This should show where the system is getting stuck.
Or do a chroot from Solus Live and roll back the update.) but it was too difficult for me.
I then installed Budgie, but the screen remained black. I noticed that the Caps Lock indicator light was flashing, which it had never done before when starting up the computer.
I installed Debian and everything works perfectly. However, I would still like to continue using Solus, which I really like.
I'm going to install it on an external SSD drive and see how it works. I'll let you know how it goes.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.

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ernesto

So I installed Solus XFCE on an external SSD disk, updated et reboot, it doesn't work.

pomon

Let’s summarize:

After installation the system boots and works fine, but after updating you get a black screen?
The shortcut Ctrl+Alt+F3 does not switch to a TTY?
In the advice about removing splash and quiet, do you encounter the problem during that step, or when chrooting?

Before updating, install the LTS kernel with sudo eopkg it linux-lts
Then run sudo clr-boot-manager set-timeout 5 && sudo clr-boot-manager update

Only after that perform the update. If the system doesn’t boot with the new kernel, select the LTS one.

ernesto

pomon Thank's for your quick answer.
To answer your questions:
1/ Yes
2 & 3 / No.
I'll try what you advice me

ernesto

pomon
Thank you so much. It works on the new kermel, the LTS. Without wanting to overdo it, what should I do during future updates? Should I always stick with the LTS kernel anyway?

pomon

On the internet people report this is a bug related to the i915 module on kernels from the 6.16.x series. That’s why you should stay on LTS until there’s a patch/fix for 6.16.

In the meantime you can review the logs. If earlier, before logging into LTS, you tried booting the newest kernel and then restarted, check:

sudo journalctl -k -b -1 | grep -i i915
sudo journalctl -b -1 -o short-precise | head -n 100

You can also report it here. Run inxi -MSG, because some information will be needed.

ernesto

pomon
I'm going to play it safe and stick with the LTS kernel while keeping an eye on news about kernel 6.16, since I can't actually boot the computer on that kernel. In the meantime, thank you for taking the time to read this and for your support. I've found Solus again and I'm very happy about it. Have a good day or night, I don't know where you are, but here in France it's early evening. Take care

ernesto

How can I note "solved" please. Thank you

EbonJaeger

ernesto There is a "Select Best Answer" button at the bottom right of the post if you hover over it on a desktop/laptop, and it's always there on mobile.

ernesto

OK Thank you

Axios

Glad you got your issue resolved.

ernesto

Axios
Thank You