[CentOS] gnome boot problem

[dominic adair-jones]

Ok so I tried alt+d it switched over to text mode. I didn't see any error
it booted right to a black screen. I can ctl+alt+f2 to get to another
screen and I still get the "a start job is running for wait for Plymouth
boot screen to quit"

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 5:55 PM Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On 11/16/2017 02:01 PM, dominic adair-jones wrote:
> > On Thu, Nov 16, 2017, 4:55 PM Gordon Messmer <gordon.messmer at gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >> Alt+d will switch to the text output of the init process.  Press that
> >> combo as soon as you see the boot animation.
> > Not understanding. At what point in the boot process should I be doing
> that
>
> ... as soon as you see the boot animation.  When you see the grey
> screen, use Alt+d on the keyboard to switch to the text output. There,
> you will typically see text that describes why the boot process isn't
> completing.
>
> > and why would I need to do that at all?
>
> Because long ago the debugging text was deemed confusing, and a
> graphical wallpaper was placed over it.
>
> > Seems like it's something wrong
> > with the Plymouth and plymouth-scirpt packages.
>
> That's unlikely.  Those packages are probably just hiding the actual
> problem.
>
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