[SOLVED] Debian 12.2 Mate fail to launch Live desktop on Dell Optiplex 780
by Grobe from LinuxQuestions.org on (#6HWEM)
Hi.
The boot seems to do just right, the splash image is shown - but after that, there is the black screen with an underscore character in upper left corner blinking, and it stays like that indefinitely.
At first, I taught it could have being Ventoy messing up. But after I flashed the iso image onto a usb stick (used Ballena etcher on Linux Mint). But same result.
I've also noticed that other distros that is based on Debian has same issue on this computer. Emabuntus and sparkylinux 7.2 is tested (on Ventoy only).
ISO image
Code:sha256sum debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-mate.iso
efa5a0be3b9e4d837fa95b5cd88931b2609fce4c03b89bdda175160d87068212 debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-mate.isoVideo clip
Sorry for bad quality (camera failed to properly focus), but at least it gives a sense where it stops (better than me explaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SWKX5Ia_dQ
Hardware info of Optiplex 780 - inxi -Fxmz
Code:# inxi -Fxmz
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-169-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 780 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0C27VV v: A01 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A15
date: 08/06/2013
Memory: RAM: total: 3.67 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (31.2%)
Array-1: capacity: 8 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max module size: 2 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM_1 size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s type: DDR3
Device-2: DIMM_3 size: No Module Installed
Device-3: DIMM_2 size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s type: DDR3
Device-4: DIMM_4 size: No Module Installed
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn
rev: A L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11970
Speed: 1995 MHz min/max: 2000/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1995 2: 1995
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Q45/Q43 (ELK) v: 2.1 Mesa 21.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-169-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: ece0 bus ID: 00:19.0
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 4.00 TiB used: 1.08 TiB (27.1%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AVJS-63B6A0 size: 298.09 GiB
temp: 37 C
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST4000VX007-2DT166 size: 3.64 TiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Intel model: SSDSA2M080G2LE size: 74.53 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 71.40 GiB used: 8.75 GiB (12.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc2
ID-2: /boot size: 997.0 MiB used: 838.0 MiB (84.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /home size: 50.50 GiB used: 10.88 GiB (21.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
ID-4: /var size: 28.45 GiB used: 13.62 GiB (47.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
ID-5: swap-1 size: 3.13 GiB used: 21.0 MiB (0.7%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdc1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 258 Uptime: 55m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0
Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38Edit while writing this: I should test using the 12.4 iso images and see if those work better.
[Edit]
The 12.4 iso image was working without issues on the same computer. Problem solved
The boot seems to do just right, the splash image is shown - but after that, there is the black screen with an underscore character in upper left corner blinking, and it stays like that indefinitely.
At first, I taught it could have being Ventoy messing up. But after I flashed the iso image onto a usb stick (used Ballena etcher on Linux Mint). But same result.
I've also noticed that other distros that is based on Debian has same issue on this computer. Emabuntus and sparkylinux 7.2 is tested (on Ventoy only).
ISO image
Code:sha256sum debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-mate.iso
efa5a0be3b9e4d837fa95b5cd88931b2609fce4c03b89bdda175160d87068212 debian-live-12.2.0-amd64-mate.isoVideo clip
Sorry for bad quality (camera failed to properly focus), but at least it gives a sense where it stops (better than me explaining)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SWKX5Ia_dQ
Hardware info of Optiplex 780 - inxi -Fxmz
Code:# inxi -Fxmz
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-169-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.2.7 Distro: Linux Mint 20.3 Una base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop System: Dell product: OptiPlex 780 v: N/A serial: <filter>
Mobo: Dell model: 0C27VV v: A01 serial: <filter> BIOS: Dell v: A15
date: 08/06/2013
Memory: RAM: total: 3.67 GiB used: 1.14 GiB (31.2%)
Array-1: capacity: 8 GiB slots: 4 EC: None max module size: 2 GiB note: est.
Device-1: DIMM_1 size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s type: DDR3
Device-2: DIMM_3 size: No Module Installed
Device-3: DIMM_2 size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s type: DDR3
Device-4: DIMM_4 size: No Module Installed
CPU: Topology: Dual Core model: Intel Core2 Duo E8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn
rev: A L2 cache: 6144 KiB
flags: lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx bogomips: 11970
Speed: 1995 MHz min/max: 2000/3000 MHz Core speeds (MHz): 1: 1995 2: 1995
Graphics: Device-1: Intel 4 Series Integrated Graphics vendor: Dell driver: i915 v: kernel
bus ID: 00:02.0
Display: server: X.Org 1.20.13 driver: modesetting unloaded: fbdev,vesa
resolution: 1920x1080~60Hz
OpenGL: renderer: Mesa DRI Intel Q45/Q43 (ELK) v: 2.1 Mesa 21.2.6
direct render: Yes
Audio: Device-1: Intel 82801JD/DO HD Audio vendor: Dell driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel
bus ID: 00:1b.0
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-169-generic
Network: Device-1: Intel 82567LM-3 Gigabit Network vendor: Dell driver: e1000e v: 3.2.6-k
port: ece0 bus ID: 00:19.0
IF: enp0s25 state: up speed: 100 Mbps duplex: full mac: <filter>
Drives: Local Storage: total: 4.00 TiB used: 1.08 TiB (27.1%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Western Digital model: WD3200AVJS-63B6A0 size: 298.09 GiB
temp: 37 C
ID-2: /dev/sdb vendor: Seagate model: ST4000VX007-2DT166 size: 3.64 TiB
ID-3: /dev/sdc vendor: Intel model: SSDSA2M080G2LE size: 74.53 GiB
Partition: ID-1: / size: 71.40 GiB used: 8.75 GiB (12.3%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sdc2
ID-2: /boot size: 997.0 MiB used: 838.0 MiB (84.1%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda1
ID-3: /home size: 50.50 GiB used: 10.88 GiB (21.6%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda2
ID-4: /var size: 28.45 GiB used: 13.62 GiB (47.9%) fs: ext4 dev: /dev/sda4
ID-5: swap-1 size: 3.13 GiB used: 21.0 MiB (0.7%) fs: swap dev: /dev/sdc1
Sensors: System Temperatures: cpu: 35.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (RPM): N/A
Info: Processes: 258 Uptime: 55m Init: systemd runlevel: 5 Compilers: gcc: 9.4.0
Shell: bash v: 5.0.17 inxi: 3.0.38Edit while writing this: I should test using the 12.4 iso images and see if those work better.
[Edit]
The 12.4 iso image was working without issues on the same computer. Problem solved