#1042563 installation-reports: installation OK, screen remains blank during boot and GDM Greeter

#1042563#5
Date:
2023-07-30 11:48:47 UTC
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(Please provide enough information to help the Debian
maintainers evaluate the report efficiently - e.g., by filling
in the sections below.)

Everything work well _after_ I remove the computer from the docking station and put it
back.

- boots into visible Grub menu (including background picture)
- Grub works well
- kernel starts without any output (except that the screen is first grey = lit-up and
  turns totally dark a few seconds later)
- password prompt for encrypted disk (if used) is not visible but password can be entered
  blindly; password prompt and all other output becomes visible when computer is briefly
  removed from docking station
- GDM is started, Greeter screen remains invisible if computer has not been removed from
  station, becomes visible then
- Greeter screen is visible after logging out

Boot method: network
Image version: https://www.debian.org/releases/bookworm/amd64/ch05s01.en.html#boot-initrd
Date: <Date and time of the install>

Machine: Think Pad X 230 with docking station
Partitions: <df -Tl will do; the raw partition table is preferred>


Base System Installation Checklist:
[O] = OK, [E] = Error (please elaborate below), [ ] = didn't try it

Initial boot:           [O]
Detect network card:    [O]
Configure network:      [O]
Detect media:           [O]
Load installer modules: [O]
Clock/timezone setup:   [O]
User/password setup:    [O]
Detect hard drives:     [O]
Partition hard drives:  [O]
Install base system:    [O]
Install tasks:          [O]
Install boot loader:    [O]
Overall install:        [O]

Comments/Problems:

see above

Please make sure that any installation logs that you think would
be useful are attached to this report. (You can find them in the
installer system in /var/log/ and later on the installed system
under /var/log/installer.) Please compress large files using gzip.

#1042563#10
Date:
2023-07-30 12:08:13 UTC
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Hi Axel!

I'm a little confused here...

You say the machine is a Thinkpad X230, but the attached cpuinfo says
you have an Atom CPU and the DMI data says it's an ASUSTeK Eee
PC. What hardware are we actually looking at here please?
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#1042563#15
Date:
2023-07-31 13:22:35 UTC
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It also says 4.15 kernel which is clearly not bookworm.  I think the
installation log was accidentally from a much earlier install on a
different machine.