Dev1 Galaxy Forum / Boots to Blank Screen

Re: Boots to Blank Screen

dummy@example.com (Robin) — Sun, 10 May 2026 11:20:38 +0000

Apologies, I should have included more info in my original post:

I installed RefractaOS, Xfce, and installed it from the Live session, choosing auto-login at installation. It all worked just fine until yesterday when it started doing this. It effects everything, though, both OSes on both HDDs and even booting from a USB stick! So I went into the BIOS and made sure Secure Boot was disabled, UEFI-only is enabled (it was Legacy when the trouble started). That was supposed to fix it but didn't... I don't have Slim, but rather LightDM and all the config files in there are unchanged from installation.

Re: Boots to Blank Screen

dummy@example.com (fsmithred) — Sun, 10 May 2026 10:30:07 +0000

Which desktop environment, which display manager (or none?) and how did you set up autologin? It's usually in the display manager's config file (e.g. /etc/slim.conf) but there's also a way to do it with startx.

Re: Boots to Blank Screen

dummy@example.com (Camtaf) — Sun, 10 May 2026 09:13:09 +0000

Depends which version you installed....

I used to install from the live desktop, which booted to desktop, with sudo configured; nowadays, I just use the server version & install with XFCE, (no sudo configured).

Boots to Blank Screen

dummy@example.com (Robin) — Sun, 10 May 2026 01:19:31 +0000

This is a little weird.

When I boot up Devuan (Excalibur), it ends up at a blank screen, and in order to proceed I must

Cntrl+Alt+F3

to bring up a terminal window which provides me a way to log in, then I must

startx

to reach a desktop!

I thought I had autologin enabled, which always worked until today. Did an update do this or did I mess something up?

And how do I fix this so I can just turn the 'puter on and go grab a drink, and return to a desktop?

Thanks