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System won't boot after upgrade


Problem

System won't boot after upgrade, it hangs after successful unlock of the disk encryption, Purism logo is displayed. Pressing only black screen with cryptsetup (sda5_crypt): set up successfully in the upper left corner is displayed.

Solution

This can happen when system upgrade was interrupted or otherwise unsuccessful. Follow these steps to fix this:

  1. Press Ctrl+F2 to open another virtual terminal
  2. Login by entering your username (press ENTER afterwards) and then enter your password (press ENTER to login)
  3. Run the following command: sudo dpkg --configure -a
  4. When the above command finishes, run the command to upgrade your system again: sudo apt full-upgrade
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I did these steps and now my installation ends up on a black screen with a flashing cursor.

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