I’ve had this happen a few times, but a hard reboot seems to fix it. Since I can’t restart X I’m confused how to fix this. Any help would be useful!

It usually means a problem of the video driver switch modes. Try to boot in text mode to debug further. You can do that by interrupting the grub screen and adding a parameter. I’ve described the process here before (don’t have the link at moment).

I believe this is the description of how to boot into text mode: [image] Flame 2023 - Rocky Linux - rtx 3090 - non DKU video driver? Flame Questions You should seriously consider the advice from others here to either switch to a Mac or find a certified system config for L…

Turns out on boot, my box was selecting the wrong installer to launch

Rocky 8.7 boots to black screen with blinking cursor

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KuleshovEffect June 28, 2024, 7:20pm 4

I believe this is the description of how to boot into text mode:

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Rocky 8.7 boots to black screen with blinking cursor

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