I installed Debian 11.3.0, upon first boot, it appears to crash right after entering the LUKS password. No oops or kernel panic or other errors or warnings.
The freeze occurs immediately after this:
cryptsetup: sda3_crypt: set up successfully
No more text. The screen remains on. No blinking cursor. Scroll lock, caps lock, num lock, does not work.
There are no terminals available, alt+f2, f3, etc. does not work.
This is a server, there is no X environment that should have attempted to start, I didn't even install the desktop environment packages. Perhaps they get pulled in anyway and it does indeed attempt to start X?
In any case, is this a common issue? Is there a simple fix for it?