Black screen after boot.

[alp]

My computer no longer shows a login screen after boot, just a black screen. If I press ALT+CTRL+F3 during the black screen, I have access to terminal commands, but I don't know where to start looking for problems.

I was using Linux Mint 12 64-bit.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Miekuxi]

OK, Linux Mint uses a black screen by default.
Of course, if you install Lubuntu through Linux Mint, you will get the Lubuntu splash screen.

[alp]

My concern is that it no longer starts the gui, in my case gnome shell. There was usually a login screen after booting, but waiting for some 2-3 minutes nothing happens and it stays at a black screen.

[alp]

I should also say that I installed the icecat browser prior to this situation, I had to install several files in order for the program to build, but at the moment I don't recall their names.

[dagon]

Hi!

This sounds a bit out of my capacity but you can check your package history from the command line.

Package history:

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cat /var/log/dpkg.log

This will show the packages you've removed:

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cat /var/log/dpkg.log | grep "\ remove\ "

A longshot maybe... do you get any message from trying to switch to the xsession the normal way?

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ALT+CTRL+F7

I've had installs bug out on me like that and then start working again after trying to boot some ten times or more.

[alp]

Pressing ALT+CTRL+F7 does nothing while the screen is blank.

I tried the removal history command and it returned something like this:

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2012-03-12 16:03:33 remove cinelerra 1:2.2-0.3~ppa1~oneiric1 <none>

I have installed and uninstalled cinelerra before, but I'm not sure what the rest of this text means.

[alp]

With no other options left, I have reinstalled linux mint. Thanks for the help, though.