Trying to understand the issue a bit more.
I made some changes in the display UI
What tweaks were done just before the machine froze.
Upon reboot it sent me to the infamous login loop
A description of what happens might help.
went to my system snapshots and I'm installing my first clean setup from there'
Is this using Timeshift aka System Restore Utility or DejaDup aka Backups or something else
Just a suggestion, but after logging in to the tty via ctrl+alt+f2 maybe try the command
startx
Followed by return and post the result with any error messages
A) I changed the desktop display settings. Display > Scale: 1x (changed to 2x) > clicked apply. System froze and the only option was to do a hard reboot (press power button until the laptop power goes off).
B) After the above mentioned forced reboot, I did a search of the Linux Lite forum for issues where the auto-login is ignored and boots to the user account and password login... (selecting my username and entering my password followed by clicking enter) sends the user back to the same page. This is where I discovered the Ctrl+Alt+F2 feature.
C) I used the pre-installed Timeshift/Snapshot creation application (labeled: System Restore Utility) and applied the first RSYNC restore point I created immediately after the 6.0 install. The restore point was before any changes were made.
D) No need to proceed further with running startx. I did a fresh re-install of 6.0 and I'm back to an error free load. But, just in case... I'm saving a Timeshift/Snapshot of my fresh install.
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