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levalithan

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how to access tty before sddm loads

hey all

stumped on this issue, system freezes when it tries to load sddm on startup and i have no clue why

main problem is that i cant get to a terminal to try fixing it

keybinds dont do anything, its getting quite annoying

thanks for the help

Last edited by levalithan (2022-08-09 07:51:21)

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Re: how to access tty before sddm loads

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … _boot_into

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levalithan

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Re: how to access tty before sddm loads

https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/System … _boot_into

its quite hard to follow this guide when i dont have a terminal

seth

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Re: how to access tty before sddm loads

Not if you read the text beyond the blue boxes.

Alternatively, append one of the following kernel parameters to your bootloader:

systemd.unit=multi-user.target (which roughly corresponds to the old runlevel 3),
systemd.unit=rescue.target (which roughly corresponds to the old runlevel 1).

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levalithan

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Re: how to access tty before sddm loads

youre right, i was dumb, thanks a lot