Graphical boot sequence is not responding

When rebooting your system for the first time after installation, the system might be unresponsive during the graphical boot sequence.

If this occurs, a reset is required. In this scenario, the boot loader menu is displayed successfully. But selecting any entry and attempting to boot the system results in a halt. This usually indicates that there is a problem with the graphical boot sequence. To resolve the issue, you must disable the graphical boot by temporarily altering the setting at boot time before changing it permanently.

Disable the graphical boot permanently
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You can disable the graphical boot permanently by using the grubby tool.

Procedure
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  1. Log in to the root account on your system.
  2. Use the grubby tool to find the default GRUB2 kernel: 
    # grubby --default-kernel
     
    /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-0.el10_0.x86_64
  3. Use the grubby tool to remove the rhgb boot option from the default kernel in your GRUB2 configuration. For example: 
    # grubby --remove-args="rhgb" --update-kernel /boot/vmlinuz-6.12.0-0.el10_0.x86_64
  4. Reboot the system. The graphical boot sequence is no longer used. If you want to enable the graphical boot sequence, follow the same procedure, replacing the --remove-args="rhgb" parameter with the --args="rhgb" parameter. This restores the rhgb boot option to the default kernel in your GRUB2 configuration.

Disable the graphical boot temporarily
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You can disable the graphical boot temporarily by using the boot loader menu.

Procedure
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  1. Start your system and wait until the boot loader menu is displayed. If you set your boot timeout period to 0, press the Esc key to access it.
  2. From the boot loader menu, use your cursor keys to highlight the entry you want to boot. Press the Tab key on BIOS-based systems or the e key on UEFI-based systems to edit the selected entry options.
  3. In the list of options, find the kernel line - that is, the line beginning with the keyword linux. On this line, locate and delete rhgb.
  4. Press F10 or Ctrl+X to boot your system with the edited options.

    If the system started successfully, you can log in normally. However, if you do not disable graphical boot permanently, you must perform this procedure every time the system boots.