I've recently rebooted mint and it won't get past the mint logo, I've tried to boot twice now and it just keeps getting stuck and I'm unsure what to do to fix it, what should I try doing?
#Stuck on mint logo on boot
grizzled kestrel
true acorn
I've recently rebooted mint and it won't get past the mint logo, I've tried to b...
Right when you see the mint logo, press ESC, it will show logs. Send them here
grizzled kestrel
grizzled kestrel
here's the status of lightdm
sorry for shitty images obviously I can't take actual screenshots rn
tried doing apt reinstall lightdm but that didn't work
true acorn
@grizzled kestrel can you just try
sudo systemctl enable lightdm
and then
sudo systemctl start lightdm
?
grizzled kestrel
oak wolf
a true purge would be sudo apt purge lightdm
followed by a full apt cleanout
folowed by sudo apt update
grizzled kestrel
so I should do that?
true acorn
@grizzled kestrel try what stunner said. and if that doesn't work, maybe you can try to remove lightdm and install sddm
grizzled kestrel
followed by a full apt cleanout
you mean sudo apt clean?
oak wolf
you mean `sudo apt clean`?
sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
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