https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=199619
--- Comment #8 from Giorgio (giorgio.colacchio@gmail.com) --- Hi Elmar, I don’t know if it may be of help, anyway I have a similar problem: the point is that my problem does not seem related to graphic drivers. My OS is Slackware64 14.2, kernel 4.17.0. At boot, after the usual kernel messages, this is what I see, at the end, on the screen (please, note that I boot in non graphical mode, that is in init 3):
Welcome to Linux 4.17.0 (tty1)
darkstar login: [ 15.869206] wlan0: authenticate with 64:59:f8:cd:3a:88 [ 15.887504] wlan0: send auth to 64:59:f8:cd:3a:88 (try 1/3) [ 15.892825] wlan0: authenticated [ 15.895108] wlan0: associate with 64:59:f8:cd:3a:88 (try 1/3) [ 15.899592] wlan0: RX AssocResp from 64:59:f8:cd:3a:88 (capab=0x411 status=0 aid=3) [ 15.900872] wlan0: associated
as you can see, after the welcome message I can’t insert my login username – because of the extra messages related to wlan authentication/association – and as a consequence the system gets stuck. However, (in my case) we are dealing here with a “trivial” bug, since it suffices to press Enter in order to restore the login prompt and then start X. I don’t know if this bug may be related to yours: in any case I would try to boot in runlevel 3 in order to see what happens. All the best, Giorgio