Date: Mon, 1 May 2023 09:17:27 -0700 From: Kevin Oberman <rkoberman@gmail.com> To: Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@mittelstaedt.us> Cc: freebsd-emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: How to break to console on Mint Linux VM Message-ID: <CAN6yY1sabfMS15VgPDaY2ptRmqrSP44FXmV02QKSS9h4R4F0Pw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <062d1549-020d-e0c9-21ad-bf12720a4287@mittelstaedt.us> References: <CAN6yY1uVXynT8c=sGGcWU%2Bc5s7bNp4j6NA5qhLf2QWUaWohCGw@mail.gmail.com> <062d1549-020d-e0c9-21ad-bf12720a4287@mittelstaedt.us>
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--000000000000a2738205faa429ca Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 7:14=E2=80=AFAM Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@mittelstaedt.= us> wrote: > Mount the Mint Mate VM as a secondary disk on some convenient VM and edit > the password file to blank the password then dismount it and attempt to > restart it again. You might also edit ssh config to turn on ssh so you c= an > ssh into it once it's started. Or edit the X configs to get rid of X and > boot to a command line login (I assume it's booting to X login) > > virtual machine - Mounting another VM's .vdi in VirtualBox - Unix & Linux > Stack Exchange > <https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/105430/mounting-another-vms-vdi= -in-virtualbox> > > Ted > On 4/29/2023 6:32 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote: > > 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. An= y > 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 wh= at > and, without command line access, I'm unlikely to find it > > Thanks. Since that was my only Linux VM, yesterday I threw up a new one and did just that.Looks like something in the updated Mint does not like something in the over 11K line long .tcshrc.* setup I use. Switch to bash and it works. I really should switch to bash, I guess, but I have so much committed to learning tcsh and tweaking things to be just like I want them that it will be sad to say 'Goodbye'... and a new learning curve to make bash sing and dance like my tcsh setup. does. OTOH, I can recover the brain cells dedicated to dealing with tcsh scripting. BTW, the magic to get a terminal login prompt is <Right-CTRL>-F[1-6]. F8 is the X session. Learned this about 11 pm while reading VB documentation last night. Thanks so much for the suggestion! --=20 Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network Engineer E-mail: rkoberman@gmail.com PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1694B318AB39EF1B055683 --000000000000a2738205faa429ca Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"fon= t-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 7:14=E2= =80=AFAM Ted Mittelstaedt <<a href=3D"mailto:tedm@mittelstaedt.us">tedm@= mittelstaedt.us</a>> wrote:</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><block= quote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1= px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> =20 =20 =20 <div> <p>Mount the Mint Mate VM as a secondary disk on some convenient VM and edit the password file to blank the password then dismount it and attempt to restart it again.=C2=A0 You might also edit ssh config to turn on ssh so you can ssh into it once it's started.=C2=A0 Or= edit the X configs to get rid of X and boot to a command line login (I assume it's booting to X login)<br> </p> <p><a href=3D"https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/105430/mounting-= another-vms-vdi-in-virtualbox" target=3D"_blank">virtual machine - Mounting another VM's .vdi in VirtualBox - Unix & Linux Stack Exchange</a></p> <p>Ted<br> </p> <div>On 4/29/2023 6:32 PM, Kevin Oberman wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote type=3D"cite"> =20 <div dir=3D"ltr"> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">This m= orning 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=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">The sy= stem just returned:</div> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">ptavv&= gt; VBoxManage startvm Mint --type headless<br> Waiting for VM "Mint" to power on...<br> VM "Mint" has been successfully started.<br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">ptavv&= gt; </div> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I am n= ot 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=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br> </div> <div style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Can an= yone 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></span><br clear=3D"all"></div></blockquote></div></blo= ckquote><div><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans= -serif;font-size:small">Thanks. Since that was my only Linux VM, yesterday = I threw up a new one and did just that</span><span class=3D"gmail_default" = style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">.Looks like somethi= ng in the updated Mint does not like something in the over 11K line long .t= cshrc.* setup I use. Switch to bash and it works. I really should switch to= bash, I guess, but I have so much committed to learning tcsh and tweaking = things to be just like I want them that it will be sad to say 'Goodbye&= #39;... and a new learning curve to make bash sing and dance like my tcsh s= etup. does. OTOH, I can recover the brain cells dedicated to dealing with t= csh scripting.<br></span></div><div><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"= font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span = class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:sm= all">BTW, the magic to get a terminal login prompt is <Right-CTRL>-F[= 1-6]. F8 is the X session. Learned this about 11 pm while reading VB docume= ntation last night.</span></div><div><span class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D= "font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></span></div><div><span= class=3D"gmail_default" style=3D"font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:s= mall">Thanks so much for the suggestion!<br></span></div></div><span class= =3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_s= ignature"><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div><div dir=3D"ltr"><div= ><div dir=3D"ltr">Kevin Oberman, Part time kid herder and retired Network E= ngineer<br>E-mail: <a href=3D"mailto:rkoberman@gmail.com" target=3D"_blank"= >rkoberman@gmail.com</a><br></div><div>PGP Fingerprint: D03FB98AFA78E3B78C1= 694B318AB39EF1B055683</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> --000000000000a2738205faa429ca--
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