System won't boot after upgrade
System won't boot after upgrade
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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:
- Press Ctrl+F2 to open another virtual terminal
- Login by entering your username (press ENTER afterwards) and then enter your password (press ENTER to login)
- Run the following command: sudo dpkg --configure -a
- When the above command finishes, run the command to upgrade your system again: sudo apt full-upgrade
- Last Author
- mladen
- Last Edited
- Nov 6 2017, 12:06
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I did these steps and now my installation ends up on a black screen with a flashing cursor.