Baron composed on 2018-03-16 17:26 (UTC):

> Felix Miata wrote:

>> Instead of startx, try

>> 	journalctl | grep failed

>> and see if it reports what failed.

> If I run this now, will I get anything useful ?

If you're in a normal boot, try:

	journalctl -b -1 | grep failed

instead. s/-1/-2/ if you want to look at the 2nd previous boot. Either presume
Q4OS has persistent journaling enabled. Otherwise you'll get nothing useful.

>> If Q4OS is a Plymouth user, you might try disabling it by adding to
>> cmdline

>> 	plymouth.enable=0

> I did see something about "plymouth" when the pages of lines were 
> flashing by.

Plymouth for most users is nothing but bling, Windows emulation, covering up
boot messages with a GUI screen. Plymouth is actually useful or even required
for some configurations. I don't have it installed anywhere that allows it to be
removed.
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