Cant start computer

kmdailaob

I have just bought a desktop today, and have installed solus and use a few hours. But after I shut down, I cant start it as it remains at the process of having a underline on the left hand corner (the underline is stable and wont 'wink') Have restarted over and over

Girtablulu

did you install gpu graphic driver in the same time on your first install?

kmdailaob

Girtablulu I think nope. I use intel10400 and dont use a seperate gpu

Bhibb

Yeah, you may need to find a wired keyboard to get through this issue. :-/ I had some issues once upon a time, for boot, but the focus was in my GPU (NVidia) and Girtablulu 's recommendation satisifed my issue. I've also noticed issues booting when there was a difference between MBR and UEFI installation and messing with clr-boot-manager.

kmdailaob

i can accept reboot it but I am using bluetooth keyboard and it cant work at that stage

WetGeek

kmdailaob i can accept reboot it but I am using bluetooth keyboard and it cant work at that stage

I use a bluetooth keyboard for our media computer, too, because it has enough range to work from across the living rooom. When I reboot that machine after an update, I press a key (spacebar works) and then wait about 4 seconds to let the keyboard connect. Then it works fine. Maybe that would work for you, too?

kmdailaob

I see. Let me find a wired keyboard and try to solve it

kmdailaob

WetGeek have tried to press any button to make it connect, but the keyboard seems remain unconnected

kmdailaob

but know why it became like this? Just stuck at that picture

kmdailaob

still cant reboot after using wired keboard. Press the button of boot menu and nothing happened. Please help

Bhibb

Hey @kmdailaob it looks like you're in a pretty tight spot. I'd recommend taking a look at this boot management article here: https://getsol.us/articles/troubleshooting/boot-management/en/

Personally, I would check and see what GPU you have and maybe mess with kernel parameters. It can be as simple as:

Press space bar continuously (repeatedly) on reboot (with your wired keyboard)
I think this drops you to a terminal, but if not, get to one with Ctrl + Alt + F1 (or other 'F' keys) to get to TTY
Then you could add 'nomodeset' to the boot manager with echo 'nomodeset' | sudo tee /etc/kernel/cmdline.d/40_nomodeset.conf
Update clr-boot-manager with sudo clr-boot-manager update
Reboot and maybe this new setting (whatever you add, but I showed an example of 'nomodeset') will help you.

I'm no expert, so perhaps you don't need to get to TTY and can edit this directly in the clr-boot-manager. Hopefully other people chime in here! Sorry you're struggling with this!