Xbian not starting: Can't access tty

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(10th Jul, 2013 05:49 AM)harmenzon Wrote:  

Quote:1) What size SD card are you using?

16Gb

Quote:2) What add-ons have you installed?

Download package

Quote:3) Have you copied *anything* onto the SD card?

No, but probably downloaded.

Quote:4) Was it a *fresh* install or an upgrade?

fresh install

I agree with you, I think the SD card is full. But how do I get access to for example:

Code:

/home/xbian/incomplete

or more likely

Code:

/media/usb/incomplete

1) Try <cntl> <alt> <del> from the screen and see if that puts you in a login screen.
2) Use the SD card in another machine and edit the cmdline.txt file and add avoid_safe_mode=1 (This should put you in safe mode).
Try in the RPi
3) Rename cmdline.txt to cmdline.txt.bak
Try in the RPi
Hopefully, one of the above, will get you to a terminal screen.

Also see https://github.com/xbianonpi/xbian-package-initramfs/wiki/XBian-specific-cmdline.txt-options and the "rescue" options.