Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2023 18:32:18 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: How to break to console on Mint Linux VM Message-ID: <CAN6yY1uVXynT8c=sGGcWU%2Bc5s7bNp4j6NA5qhLf2QWUaWohCGw@mail.gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] This morning I updated my Mint Mate VM and rebooted as directed. The system came up to the login screen and I entered the password. The screen expanded to its normal size, but the login screen just appeared again. Any entry of the password led me nowhere. I tried to boot headless, but could find no way to get to a login prompt. The system just returned: ptavv> VBoxManage startvm Mint --type headless Waiting for VM "Mint" to power on... VM "Mint" has been successfully started. ptavv> I am not a Linux expert and I'm mostly clueless about admin since systemd, and I don't make much use of this VM, but it is handy now and then. Can anyone provide a clue on how to try to rescue the system? Clearly, something is causing my session to exit on startup, but I have no idea what and, without command line access, I'm unlikely to find it -- Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 [-- Attachment #2 --] <div dir="ltr"><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">This morning I updated my Mint Mate VM and rebooted as directed. The system came up to the login screen and I entered the password. The screen expanded to its normal size, but the login screen just appeared again. Any entry of the password led me nowhere. I tried to boot headless, but could find no way to get to a login prompt.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">The system just returned:</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">ptavv> VBoxManage startvm Mint --type headless<br>Waiting for VM "Mint" to power on...<br>VM "Mint" has been successfully started.<br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">ptavv> </div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">I am not a Linux expert and I'm mostly clueless about admin since systemd, and I don't make much use of this VM, but it is handy now and then.</div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default"><br></div><div style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small" class="gmail_default">Can anyone provide a clue on how to try to rescue the system? Clearly, something is causing my session to exit on startup, but I have no idea what and, without command line access, I'm unlikely to find it<br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr">Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer<br>E-mail: <a href="mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com" target="_blank">rkoberman@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>home | help
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