LM20 blinking cursor on startup

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markxtra
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LM20 blinking cursor on startup

Post by markxtra »

Hi

Hope you can help.

I've got LM20 on a SSD and it works great on a desktop. When I plug it into my laptop, it shows the logo and then just a blinking cursor.

I've backed up the SSD with timeshift on the desktop.
I can install a fresh install of LM20 on my laptop and it works.
When I apply the timeshift backup onto the laptop, it goes back to not loading and the blinking cursor.

Any help would be much appreciated.
Mark
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Re: LM20 blinking cursor on startup

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Desktop booting UEFI, laptop booting legacy or the other way round?

nvidia graphics, later gen CPU requiring a later kernel?

See here:
viewtopic.php?f=17&t=83444
particularly item 5, if you can post an inxi for both the desktop and laptop.
Thinkcentre M720Q - LM21.3 cinnamon, 4 x T430 - LM21.3 cinnamon, Homebrew desktop i5-8400+GTX1080 Cinnamon 19.0
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