[arch-general] pacman -Syu ~ 1 yr. of packages, tty1 hangs after root clean, tty2 console login OK - how to fix?

[David C. Rankin]

On 8/14/20 1:04 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
>   I have no clue what this assignment outside of section is telling me. I
> haven't changed the wireless config at all. Any idea on this or the boot hang
> issue? What to check?
> 

I fixed the netctl issue. It seems the netctl interface with systemd changed
and the normal subsystem service file has been turned into a service.d
directory containing 'profile' files. A reenable of the profile removed the
old symlinks and service file and replaced them with the service.d directory using

# netctl reenable the_profile

Network is up and happy again.

Additionally, I've done a completely additional reinstall:

# pacman -Qqn | pacman -S -

All goes well, no errors, but the boot still hangs on tty1 and no GUI or X is
every started though sddm says it is running.

I think it is time to wipe the slate clean and reinstall unless anyone has a
better idea?

The original install was from 2016 so it was a bit old, but still working well
before the ill-fated update.



-- 
David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E.

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