Error during reboot after doing backups

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Hello guys.
Got this problem while booting. Yesterday i was doing backups of my qubes into new debian13 qube so i could later transfer it to external hdd drive. I deleted few old qubes, i dont think i changed anything related to sys net etc.
What is the way out of this? I need to at least copy my qubes to hdd usb so i can make new install. I wanted to do upgrade in system to 4.e before.

Thanks in advance for help.

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Hello @Jannowak ,

I do not know much, but here is the first thing I would try…

Can you tell us:

  • What is the actual problem? Is there no graphical display for login? Is it possible the GUI login is on a different screen output?
  • Can you use keys Crtl-Alt-F2 together to get a login prompt?
  • If yes, can you log in as user, and try the first systemctl command that is recommended?
    • Maybe it is better to put sudo before.
    • I am guessing there are no earlier errors.
    • Maybe there will be a clue in the output.
  • Another useful command will be : systemctl status
    • It will tell if “lightdm” failed, or not.

Remember, if you do not have a standard Qubes install, then more details about your system may help you to get useful suggestions.

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I will try this out soon when i come back from Holiday at 27th and let you know how it goes, thank you.

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When i access command line, systemctl doesnt work. login prompt works, after i put password it shows what i sent.

i did this step - Autostart troubleshooting — Qubes OS Documentation

and now it shows still - failed to start xen-init-de nodes, JSON configuration stub)

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