doesn't boot until alt+sys req RE

[cricket]

mga 9 up to date, doesn't boot, press escape to go to verbose mode, just a black screen, pressing alt+sys req R and E fixes it. any thoughts?

[benmc]

some thoughts!
You haven't given much info to go on.

Did Mageia9 boot ok until the update?

Do you have nvidia hardware?

can you boot to a previous kernel?

Have you made some hardware changes since the last "normal" boot?

[dbg]

In a terminal type

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systemd-analyze blame

This might give you a hint of what is hanging up.

[doktor5000]

It's usually more useful to get the graphical plot as otherwise you don't see services that start concurrently and what is waiting for what. As root

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systemd-analyze plot > boot_mga.svg

and later attach boot_mga.svg here.