solus won't start

kro

hello, someone reboot my computer while I was updating it through SSH and it won't boot anymore.

It shows up a glitchy screen and I can't SSH to it any more.

It uses EFI. Pressing space I can see many boot options but none of them work.

I can't find in the doc how can I boot to command line only. It seems the boot interface use shortcuts that I don't know (like d to change the default, not helpful !). I can't find much there : boot-management or boot-rescue... it seems you are supposed to boot your computer in a first place. then I should use another distro live USB ? I've been searching for 15 min but could not find a way to boot to command line...

help would be much appreciated here !

murbert

kro I can't find in the doc how can I boot to command line only

CTRL ALT F2

WetGeek

kro hello, someone reboot my computer while I was updating it through SSH and it won't boot anymore.

Did you allow them to live?

kro

thanks for your answer. however it doesn't work. typing this during the boot won't do anything. neither after it freezes displaying a glitchy image. is there a way to boot directly in console mode ? maybe during boot-management when I can select the linux kernel I want to boot on ?

kro

... or a documentation on how to use a third part USB live system, to chroot in the installed system to recover a good behaviour, using eopkg commands e.g. ?

EbonJaeger

It sounds like you'll want to follow the steps here with a Solus live USB to apply and fix updates.

kro

EbonJaeger It sounds like you'll want to follow the steps here

Thank you ! This is exactly what I needed.
I could fix my computer with the aid of eopkg check.

WetGeek Did you allow them to live?

That would be the opposite, they allow me to live ? (it was my parents computer to be fair 😉)

I'm reconciled with Solus, thank you all !